Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:07:11 +0000
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: request for info


hello all

marc rodrigues wrote:
> i'm having an argument with some fucking leninists on another 
> mailing list, and i've made the assertion that there as just 
> as many, if not more, "youth" in north america that are some 
> type of anarchist than are some type of marxist-leninist.  
> i dont have anyhting concrete to back this up, though, so i 
> was wondering if anyone has ever seen any surveys or articles 
> that in any way address this question, if you could let me know 
> i would appreciate it.

None that I know of, sorry. It would be impossible to say for
definite but I think that the internal publications of the 
Leninists themselves probably assert that there are more
anarchists ("hard" and "soft") in the protest movements than
they would like. The spate of anti-anarchist diatribes that
occurred post-Seattle says a lot. 

And to be honest, I would be extremely surprised if there were
that many Leninists in North America in the first place. 

Iain