Re: [Marxism] Gloria La Riva 16-city speaking tour

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:43 AM, Mark Lause <markalause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> First, they place the priority on building their own organization,
> rather than promoting the unity that's best for the movement in
> general;

What is your basis for thinking that "unity is best for the socialist
movement in general" at *this* time?

When the government wants to develop a technology, it does not put all
its eggs in one basket. It funds several teams in several universities
and research institutes, who are trying *different* approaches to the
problem.

Likewise, at this time, it is *good* to have several different
socialist groups (SP, WWP, SEP, etc), trying out their different
approaches. Maybe *one* of these efforts will succeed. No one has a
magic silver bullet.

We should look upon the diversity and breadth of socialist groups as a
strength and not a weakness. What if the single effort into  which
all groups potentially united, turned out to be a failure?

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