[Marxism] Redbaiting on the left

[Jscotlive@xxxxxxx]

Tom:
 
Yeah I remember attending demos of hundreds of thousands against the war in  
SF
organized by ANSWER, hardly sectarian actions at all, but rather the most  
massive
and visible protests against the war, actions that are to their  credit and 
to those who 
worked with them.

Reply:
 
Absolutely. ANSWER also deserves much respect for never, despite coming  
under massive pressure to do so in recent years, abandoning the Palestinian  
cause 
in the interests of 'tactics' by weaker, petite bourgeois elements within  
UFPJ, etc.
 
Some of my most memorable moments in radical politics came as a member of  
ANSWER in the run up to the war in Iraq. Packed out meetings, the sense  of 
purpose and comradeship amongst activists of ever background, race,  and 
ethnicity 
were the norm in those days. As to the so-called 'Stalinist'  elements behind 
ANSWER alluded to earlier, all I can say is we could do with  more Stalinists 
like them.
 
JWight
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