Re: [Marxism] The ISO in Zimbabwe

[glparramatta <glparramatta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I find it it a little hard to fathom what exactly has prompted Comrade 
Proyect's vicious but petty sectarian outburst towards the courageous 
comrades of the Zimbabwean ISO. Clearly, as is not unusual, he feels no 
need to actually know what the comrades do and think, in order to launch 
an attack on them for their dreaded ``Leninism''. Perhaps he just cannot 
bring himself to openly support Mugage as he sets about crushing the 
Zimbawean workers, peasants, township dweller and farm workers on behalf 
of the indigenous bourgeosie. Better to belittle and dismiss the 
well-respected and non-sectarian ISO, the only organised left force 
(e.g. ``Leninist'') in Zimbabwe.

For those who want to learn a little more about the ISO in Zim, please 
check out the GLW archives:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=uds&q=Zimbabwe%20ISO%20site%3Agreenleft.org.au

In solidarity,
Norm.

Louis Proyect wrote:

> > Before I saw Aaron's reply I was going to write:
> >   Louis, your post says nothing about why what the ISO does in 
> > Zimbabwe  is off. Failing that it looks very much like gratuitous 
> > sectarianism.
> >   To which I would now just add:
> >   Yours truly,
> >   Andy -- a REAL Cannonite
>
> Yes, that is true, Andy. You are a real Cannonite.
>
> As far as what the ISO is doing in Zimbabwe, it would have a hard time 
> I think in becoming a true vanguard even if it dumped its "Leninist" 
> baggage overboard. For example, they characterize Mugabe as a fascist, 
> which is pretty ill-conceived from a Marxist perspective. While 
> googling around, I discovered that Callinicos is from Zimbabwe 
> originally. Maybe that played a role in getting something off the 
> ground there. It is really pretty amazing (or maybe not so amazing) 
> that the Cliffites have not a single Third World section except in 
> Zimbabwe. Btw, differences over Zimbabwe led to a split in their 
> international movement: http://www.angelfire.com/journal/iso/
>
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