Re: [Marxism] PSL on China

[chegitz guevara <absynthe@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Louis Proyect<lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom Cod wrote:
>> what was the political basis of this split as I don't see any apparent 
>> political differences between them and WWP?  I heard it involved the main 
>> cadre involved in building ANSWER.  I also heard that it occurred in the 
>> manner of split as coup with the ostensible dissidents locking out the 
>> incumbents in possession from the HQ, which is kinda different, maybe some 
>> of us should have tried that with those folks at 410 West St or wherever 
>> that was.
>>
>
> None.
>
> I can't think of another instance in the history of the
> "Marxist-Leninist" left in which a split transpired without a public
> accounting. I imagine that there were internal documents which aired out
> the differences, but who knows what they contained. As Joaquin has
> pointed out on many occasions, this is not the way the Bolsheviks
> functioned. All their debates were carried out in the party press.

>From what I've been told by comrades involved on both sides, the split
was not over political differences, but over who would lead WWP after
Marcy's death. Both sides accuse the other of being sectarians,
anti-democratic, etc., but there isn't any difference in politics as
far as I can tell, aside from PSL running its own candidates in 2008
while WWP endorsed McKinney. Also, WWP seems more willing to play nice
with others these days (though there's plenty of room for
improvement), while PSL is still mostly trying to be in charge of
whatever coalition its in.

your comrade,

chegitz guevara
WORKING CLASS HERO SANDWICH!

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