From: "Harald Beyer-Arnesen" <haraldba-AT-online.no>
Subject: AUT: Re: unions against the war??
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:35:34 +0100



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From: "neil" <74742.1651-AT-compuserve.com>
To: "autopsy" <aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Cc: "Neil C." <74742.1651-AT-compuserve.com>
Sent: 24. januar 2003 03.04
Subject: AUT: unions against the war??


> Again my point , that communists must confront these real diferences
OPENLY
> and not tail behind or merge with just the refromism popular at the
present
> - they must have a long view  of developement/change for the future..

No disagreement.  The question becomes how, which may have
to be answered somewhat differently from country to country.  In
general however I would support the "No War But Class War"
approach.

I see little use in trying to join the "editorial board" of the "movement"
That part -- with all of its trade-offs is relative uninteresting. What
takes place on the street may or may not be something else
altogther. I doubt very much if the organizers controlled the 200-
500 000 who marched in Washington DC recently. The more or
less self-appointed "editorial board"  -- and it is wholly meaningless
to talk about direct democracy in this context --  might have
controlled the speakers, and the official slogans, but not everything
else that took place.

Does this make sense to you?

Harald

PS. When I say self-appointed, this is not necessarily a critique
but generally pretty much a fact.
















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