Date: 24 Oct 2001 10:21:12 +0200
From: "Tahir Wood" <twood-AT-uwc.ac.za>
Subject: AUT: Re: Re: Algeria




>>> cwright-AT-21stcentury.net 10/24/01 09:15AM >>>
You know, I may think that Lenin was fundamentally screwed politically, but
I think he was more of a revolutionary than most.  Lenin was never a
capitalist, he was a revolutionary who, mistakenly, badly mistakenly,
thought that state capitalism in Russia was progressive and would lead to a
strengthening of the working class.  His notion was not based on the
transformation of human social relations.  But for all of their strengths,
the council communists and Bordigists were wrong on this too.  I am not sure
how much better they would have done.

I appreciate this balanced view of Lenin - I think we need it. But I would like to know more about the last judgements you make. How and when did Bordiga accommodate himself to the state cap view? I know he was close to Lenin on the party, but I've not seen anything similar on the matter you're discussing here.
Tahir



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