Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 01:08:27 -0400
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: Fwd: LENIN ON TRIAL!




The -AT- blokes challenge the Revolutionary Patriarch.

From: <chummy_fleming-AT-yahoo.com.au>
To: <april_anarchy-AT-yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 7:57 PM
Subject: [april_anarchy] LENIN ON TRIAL!


> [NB. Please direct all email enquiries to: teyvie-AT-hotmail.com]
> 
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> 
> L E N I N  O N  T R I A L:
> 
> Condemned by History, Who Dares Defend Him?
> 
> Presented by 'NO GODS, NO MASTERS', the Melbourne Anarchist and 
> Autonomist Conference.
> 
> WHEN:
> 
> Sunday April 29th, 6 - 9pm.
> 
> WHERE: 
> 
> Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne. 
> (400 seats, advance tickets available.)
> 
> ENTRY:
> 
> $5.00 (free to conference goers).
> 
> ENQUIRIES:
> 
> Rob Dolchek: (03) 9 387 6646 / teyvie-AT-hotmail.com.
> 
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> 
> PROCEEDINGS WILL BE VIDEOTAPED BY SKA-TV, AND BROADCAST AT A LATER 
> DATE.
> 
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> 
> The CHARGES:
> 
> * Counter-revolution * Tyranny * Treason * Terror *
> 
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> 
> V.I. Lenin: Revolutionary Genius or Social Frankenstein?
> 
> The collapse of the Soviet Union has read the verdict of history on 
> Lenin's megalomaniac adventurism, but the Red Left has yet to learn 
> the lessons. Old slogans reappear in new catchphrases, and old 
> tactics are repainted as the urgent and necessary goals of the 
> moment. Anarchists are putting Lenin on trial, and challenge the Red 
> Left to defend him. Four charges will be heard:
> 
> 1) That Lenin was a *counter-revolutionary*, who attacked the 
> revolutionary movement to build his own power.
> 
> Prosecutor: Leigh Kendall
> Offences: The suppression and massacre of the Kronstadt garrison.
> 
> 2) That Lenin was a *terrorist*, who enslaved the people with all the 
> instruments of military and civil repression.
> 
> Prosecutor: Rob Dolchek
> Offences: The supression of the Maknovschyna, and the wars against 
> autonomous revolutionary collectives throughout Russia.
> 
> 3) That Lenin was a *tyrant*, who enslaved the people under state 
> capitalism, deceitfully proclaiming it to be the dawn of Marx's 
> utopia.
> 
> Prosecutor: Owen Gager
> Offences: Lenin's butchery of Marxist theory of the state and 
> socialist economy.
> 
> 4) That Lenin was a *traitor*, who continually undermined his own 
> party and betrayed his own revolutionary colleagues.
> 
> Prosecutor: Leigh Riley
> Offences: Lenin's subversion of Party democracy, manipulation of the 
> Party program, and selective and opportunistic betrayal of his rivals 
> and of dissidents generally.
> 
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> 
> PROCEDURE:
> 
> Each charge will be heard in turn, with a prosecution and a defence 
> each speaking for 12 minutes.
> 
> All speakers will then be allowed a short response.
> 
> Questions and contributions will be taken from the floor.
> 
> The assembly will vote on Lenin's guilt.
> 
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> 
> CHALLENGE:
> 
> We invite the Red Left to nominate speakers for the defence. Contact 
> Rob Dolchek on (03) 9 387 6646 / teyvie-AT-hotmail.com.
> 
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> 
> TICKETS:
> 
> Door tickets will be available, but we advise that pre-purchasing 
> will secure a seat, and a chance to join in the fun. For more 
> details, ring Rob or purchase tickets directly from:
> 
> BARRICADE BOOKS / INFOSHOP, 115 Sydney Rd., Brunswick, VIC..
> 
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> 
> FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS:
> 
> Will be notified as planning proceeds.
> To be realistic, demand the impossible