[Marxism] redbaiting

[Stiofan OBuadhaigh <sobuadhaigh@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Cut the redbaiting, please and 
>pick whichever one you want 
>to attend and attend that.

>United would be better, but
>all are good. Kwitcherbitchin.

Walter accuses me of "redbaiting" in my discussion of
the 
multiple, competing antiwar demonstrations this fall.
Por que?
I posted a serious query on a dilemma concerning the
American left wing and the response to the war.  I
believe 
this to be a proper subject for a discussion board of
Marxists.  
There would not be a group called ANSWER without 
the Workers World Party then and the Party of
Socialism and 
Liberation now. How is that redbaiting? Without left
wing 
leadership there would have been no antiwar movement
in 
this country during the Vietnam War or now during this
miserable conflict. This certainly doesn't upset me
and I am not sure why 
it would upset anyone else on this list. The larger
question still remains. If it is not ludicrous to have
competing national demonstrations I would like to hear
a reasoned argument.
  My dilemma, and the reason I made that post, is over
the seemingly universal acceptance of the idea of a
United Front and the inability of that to happen now
when it is 
needed the most in regards to ending the war.
Why is this so? I can already envision the end of this
war and 
the collapse of the antiwar movement and that will be
a
tragedy as it was after the Vietnam War.  It's not
really about 
which demonstration to to this fall, it's about trying
to find 
a better way to build a popular movement with the
potential to 
stop this endless cycle of imperialist adventures. I
sincerely would 
like to hear other opinions on this and if this is not
a  proper 
subject for this list then tell me why.


      
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