Re: A Question for the Moderator

[Joel Wendland <joelrw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Waistline2 wrote:
> In my estimate the American Marxists are the least qualified amongst world
> Marxists when dealing with the national factor. Between 1973 and I978 I had
> compiled much of the writings on the national factor in our history using a
> collection of roughly 30 years of Political Affairs as the core material.

I would be interested to learn which articles in PA you considered valuable
and those which you found unhelpful on the subject of the national question.
As I recall DuBois and James Jackson produced the best articles on the
national question (especially as it regarded African Americans) for PA in
the 1950s, all of which broke with the "Black-belt thesis" and the concept
of regional autonomy, though they continued to argue for self-determination.
In fact, about 10 years before he officially joined the CPUSA, DuBois,
according to some, is said to have authored the Party's official position on
the question in an article he wrote in 1951 -- the title of which escapes me
and I can't find my copy of it.

Joel Wendland

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