Re: [Marxism] GP entrails ]

[Erik Carlos Toren <ectoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Louis:
Well. That didn't clarify your statements. Rather than letting me know what you 
meant or correct your statement, you went the route of calling an organization 
a sect. That's your "IMHO." 

> To lead the American 
>people to socialism by becoming the majority party? 

So where was the GP heading, *not* becoming a "majority party? I guess that 
worked well for them quite a while ago. 

I personally have no problem with the GP per se. There is in reallity many GP's 
in the US rather than on cohesive GP. You had GP's that were quite clearly 
socialist as in Michigan. Others were New Agey. Others were PDA's off-shoots 
for angry Lib Dems. Locally, I worked along with them when they ran their 
Gubernatorial candidate, R. Mahajan. They had spirit, they had *ganas*. But 
willingness takes you so far. From my interaction they had the belief that 
folks would just *join* the GP once they heard Nader  speak. In many ways they 
copied the bad organizations habits of the Left. In the end, not many were in 
it for the long grassroots run. 


 âPor el Socialismoâ
ÂÂErikÂÂ





----- Original Message ----
From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>

The SP may not be as bad as the "Leninist" left, but it is still a 
sect. It obviously operates with the same small proprietor mentality 
as the Leninists. What is the goal of the SP? To lead the American 
people to socialism by becoming the majority party? Honestly, I don't 
think that any of these small groups do any harm. Many young people 
first find out about socialism from a Brian Moore speech or an 
article in the Militant.

But I must insist that a real revolutionary party is necessary and 
that another method is required than those of the SP and all the rest. 

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