Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 07:47:09 -0400
To: marxism-general-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu
From: malecki-AT-algonet.se (Robert Malecki)
Subject: M-G: Dondero and Albania!


Once again Dondero is whining about events in Albania. But even Dondero has 
to admit that the Albanians are armed, did build "Soviets" at least in the 
South and raised the demand for "democracy". They also called for the 
Berisha regimes fall..

Then he claims that this has nothing to do with the 1905 revolution in 
Russia. But I would say that 1905 had around the equilalent in demands in 
the slogans "bread,freedom and down with the monarchy". In fact in Russia 
their was less support for these "democratic" demands then was to be found 
in Albania a couple of months ago or perhaps even today.

Then Dondero tries to revise Lenin and the "subjective" role of the 
revolutionary party claiming even the Bolsheviks had problems with 
counter-revolutionary attempts. Meaning that the subjective role is hardly 
vital in Albania.This is Dondero's I told you so afterhand revision of 
Leninism and his own appetite to build a "broad" fake left alternative 
instead of a Leninist combat party. And it also is a revision of any kind of 
contact with revolutionary reality!

Once again I argue that it is not the objective situation that is the 
problem in Albania it is the subjective problem of revolutionary leadership. 
And when he comes to Italy and Italian political parties he sees and is 
convinced that his arguements about the Albanian revolution are correct. 
Because the last thing the Italian left wants is and Albanian revolution! 
The left in Italy buried in popular front politics and anti-imperialist 
fronts would nor could see a revolution coming if they were standing in the 
middle of it. And even to mention a Bolshevik combat party leading the 
vanguard of the proletariat to storm the gates of heaven and seize power 
,build a proletarian dictatorship, is so far from their peaceful popular 
front electoral politics of some bizaar peacefuk way to power reflects 
Dondero's and the Italian left's utter contemt of seriously talking about a 
1905 revolution which failed because of the lack of the subjective factor 
never mind October where the subjective factor was in place leading to the 
only successful proletarian revolution this planet has experienced.

He calls this revolution stuff and "Alice in Wonderland" project because it 
is Dondero who has left the path of any kind of understanding of the vital 
neccessity of revolutionary Internationalist combat parties along the lines 
of Lenin and Trotsky in order tp replace them with his broadie 9 and 1/2 
concept of uniting the left in some sort of swamp which will fall apart at 
the first sign of serious class struggle.

So anybody on this list should not take Dondero's ravings so seriously. He 
is looking for excuses to justfy his own menshevik appetite on the question 
of the subjective factor the party. The latest attempt to drag out Kronstad 
decades after
and whine "See what problems they had" and how impossible everythin is was 
nor is the arguement of Leninists. Lenin and Trotsky faced with a revolution 
in 1905 and later on 1917 and onwards could and did not whine about 
revolution being impossible in backward countries but rolled up their 
sleeves and took on and lead the revolutions where in 1905 it failed and in 
1917 was victorious.

Dondero's line is Give up now because Lenin and Trotsky were all wrong. I 
suggest that people on this list forget Dondero or even better critise him 
for his rotten defeatist anti-Leninist politics. And most of all Dondero's 
real live project of building a broad swamp of fake revolutionaries who 
agree to disagree about everything but agree generally about all the 
"mistakes" and "weaknesses" of the real Bolshevik Leninists like Lenin and 
Trotsky. 

That is what is going on here. And it is hardly a Alice in Wonderland saga. 
It is a group of fake leftists on the "Unity" list who have broken with any 
kind of serious attempts to build a revolutionary International based on the 
politics of Lenin and Trotsky. They want to win sensible people to their 
rotten centrist line of a lowlevel "broadie" swamp and in order to do this 
that have to attack Communists who see the opportunities instead of the 
obstacles of proletarian revolution in Albania. They 
cry is join us you lost souls those horrible Leninists/Trotskyist lefties 
ranting about the possibilites and neccessities is countered with counter 
revolutionary bougeois defeatism! How quaint Dondero. Centrists obviously 
will stup to anything to get some of the softies on this list. Anybody that 
believes Dondero's bag of tricks is welcomed to him and the unity list who's 
only claim to fame is banning serious Trotskyists from taking part in the 
discussions. So if you connect words and deeds of Dondero his line is 
bougeois defeatism in Albania connected to sticking knives of critism in the 
backs of people like Lenin and Trotsky and their "mistakes" and "problems". 
In plain language Dondero hates orthodox Leninists and Trotskyists and has 
been doing all kinds of flim flam numbers and organisation manuvres in order 
to stop us from taking part in the discussions on "Unity"..

By the way anybody going to Dondero's "Unity" list if it still exists should 
demand that serious militant Trotskyists be let in to argue politics. But I 
doubt it they even have special rules for certain people. The last thing in 
the world these people want is a serious discussion. 

Warm Regards
Bob Malecki
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