the iron broom

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carrol Cox wrote:

> Lou is being humorous in his reference to Olaechea, a wild man and an
> idiot, who would never be allowed to post on any list Lou moderated. I
> presume this joke is Lou's way of gracefully retreating.
>
> When Olaechea first appeared on the old Spoons marxism list I was
> convinced that he was a hoax, an invention by some clumsy satirist
> trying to mock Maoism. But apparently he was for real!

One of my favorite Olaechea-isms was his occasional invocation of the
"iron broom" - one that sweeps very clean, and presumably with
extreme prejudice.

He used to speak at the Stalin Society in London - does that still exist?

Doug