Re: [Marxism] The DSP's fresh approach to applying democratic centralism

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Fidler wrote:
> A further question might be, how has the DSP assisted in educating new
> generations of radicalizing youth? What is the net value of its many
> pamphlets, books, newspapers, etc. in documenting and analyzing the nature
> of the Australian social formation, developing a theoretical understanding
> of developments in the class struggle, publicizing and explaining the
> significance of advances, setbacks and defeats for the workers and popular
> movements both in Australia and elsewhere? I think that record, overall, is
> a very positive contribution to building the collective memory of the
> Australian working class.

Let me repeat a point that I have made before. I think it is a good 
thing for socialist propaganda groups to exist. There are very many 
useful articles in Greenleft Weekly. Just because it is precluded that 
the DSP will ever become a mass revolutionary party, there is no reason 
to feel inadequate. As the late Sol Dollinger once observed:

"Frederick Engels wrote to an American that left sects perform a useful
purpose. They keep alive socialist ideology in those periods where the
class struggle is at a low ebb. For this reason I must respect the work
of the SLP, SWP, CP and a dozen other sect groups. They all are serving
a useful purpose."

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