[Marxism] redbaiting

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

Louis will provide, I'm sure, his own definition, and a good one
it will be. In the meantime, let me try one variant, by way of
example:
Imagine, Yvonne (because if I remember right from previous posts
you share Weinberg's anarchism), that a representative of some trend in the 
antiglobalization movement published, on a variety of public
websites, an article saying that the cause for the decline of that
movement was due to the underhanded, infantile tactics of the anarchists; that 
for that movement to revive and succeed the anarchists
must cease to be considered a legitimate part of that movement; that 
arguments from the anarchists to be allowed to participate can hold no 
weight as they can't be trusted to agree to whatever terms others in 
the movement decide upon; and that these facts must be as widely
propagated as possible throughout the movement (knowing that the
bourgeois media will pick up on them).
Wouldn't you consider that redbaiting? Wouldn't you consider it
an unprincipled, uncomradely way to discuss with anarchists 
differences over strategy and tactics?
It is one thing for me, as I would, to get up in a meeting and
argue against a particular course of action advocated by an
anarchist group if, for instance, they were to say they had
the right to trash windows and I felt that would diminish union
and other participation. And it would be proper for me to argue that
the march should be properly marshalled to prevent that.
That is not the same as demanding that anarchists be read out
of the movement, which is what Weinberg is arguing vis-a-vis
WWP.
Andy Pollack


-- Yvonne Liu <yl90@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Louis, can you please define "redbaiting"?



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