RE: Weekly Worker 423 (14/3/02) - SA Trade Union FractionsNeeded

I dunno John--seems to me all they do is put out their paper and go to
Socialist Alliance meetings. They have an extremely weird pedigree--going
back to Turkish MLs with a faction in the old Brit CP [hence the name]. But
hey, I've been wrong more often than not, so as Lenin said in 1905,
"What.....ever!!!!"
ey

-----Original Message-----
From: John Lacny [mailto:jplst15+@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:30 PM
To: marxist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [marxist] Weekly Worker 423 (14/3/02) - SA Trade Union
FractionsNeeded


The Weekly Worker writes:

> However, we must be careful to avoid
> substituting the easier task of engaging
> with leftwing office-holders for  the much
> harder task of winning the rank and file
> -- of educating, agitating and organising
> them. Winning resolutions and union
> positions whilst the great majority remains
> inert is to build on sand

You know, I have never met any of the Communist Party of Great Britain
comrades in person (since I'm not from the UK), so I don't know what their
practice is like, but their analysis of political developments worldwide
and their prescriptions for the way forward tend to be so completely
right-on that I am really floored.  If I were British I would be in the
CPGB.

I'd appreciate it much if some of the CPGB members would participate in
these discussions more often than the weekly posting of what's in their
newspaper.  I realize that e-mail discussions are not a political priority,
but I think we can learn a lot from eachother.

John Lacny




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