[Marxism] Re: Australian ISO leaves Socialist Alliance

["Tom O'Lincoln" <suarsos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't see why it's sectarian to post an ISO public statement without 
comment.

Although I always thought the Alliance was a misguided project, it was still 
very sad to see it fall apart.

Equally, sad, though on a lesser scale, are the attempts to pretend it's 
still in good shape (DSP) or that it would have suceeded if only the 
dastardly DSP hadn't stuffed it up (ISO)

I was very disappointed to see the ISO write that "the Socialist Alliance 
was doomed by subjective, not objective, factors. The Democratic Socialist 
Perspective used its organisational weight to impose a series of disastrous 
decisions"

A failure of this magnitude is always seriously conditioned by objective 
factors. The fact that there was some sectarian skullduggery in the alliance 
proves nothing; life in politics is always like that.

The ISO thought they could regroup significant number of disappointed Labor 
voters; the DSO thought they could regroup the left. Both projects were 
unreal, that's the reality. It would be better to face it.





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