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. --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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