File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1996/96-11-25.113, message 40


Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 10:40:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Louis N Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: M-I: Re: The Search for a Western Proletariat: Leninism v. Marxism


On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Richard Bos wrote:

> I think that it would be interesting to have a discussion about Leninism
> on the list. I know that Louis P thinks that the Left should be moving
> away from Leninist concepts of the Party. I would disagree, but I take
> his point, given abuses of democratic centralism that have gone on, and
> still do, in some parties.
> 

Louis P.: I actually advocate a return to the way the Bolshevik Party in
Russian functioned. This has about as much in common with the Comintern
model developed by Zinoviev as it does with the Freemasons. I think we
should have that discussion. As it stands now, we are about to embark on a
discussion on Monday of whether socialist revolution is a meaningful
concept in the industrialized West and Japan. If this is a possibility,
then of course the next question that needs to be discussed is what
organizational forms are appropriate for that task.



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