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Re: [Marxism] Respect, a united front?!?!

Louis Proyect wrote:
> Here's a rather long explanation for the crisis in Respect by the SWP.
>
> http://www.swp.org.uk/respect_cc.php
>
> It describes their goal with respect to Respect as building a "united
> front". I might find time later today to explain why this is such a
> wrongheaded approach. Just let me say at the outset that a united front
> was meant as a way of uniting with the reformist parties in order to
> eventually supersede them.
>

As confirmation of the above, this just showed up on Doug Henwood's
LBO-Talk from Richard Seymour of Lenin's Tomb, an SWP member:

"There are no entrist organisations in Respect - Respect was always an
open alliance between reformists and revolutionaries."

full:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20071029/021114.html

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