File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1997/97-02-02.144, message 70


Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:24:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Louis N Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: M-I: "The Flaming Path" (lnp3 post #1)


On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Gerald Levy wrote:

> 
>     a) on m1, the predecessor, of m-int, the most tangible, concrete
>        result of list discussions was the "Flaming Path."
> 

Louis: Dr. Levy makes a very important point here. One of the great
breakthroughs on these Spoons lists has actually been a growing
understanding of the Peruvian revolution. Adolfo Olaechea braved the
hostility of many flame-throwers like Dr. Levy and others whose hatred for
Maoism far exceeded their hatred for the imperialist bourgeoisie.

This hatred was so extreme that they felt the necessity to go set up their
own list where they wouldn't have to be exposed to the horrors of
"People's War" supporters.

What the rest of us learned, however, is that the Peruvian CP has nothing
to do with "Pol Pot-ism". Adolfo himself was the main factor in this by
putting forward a vigorous and legitimate Marxism. I may disagree with him
on historical questions, but I certainly identify with him on the
main lines of the contemporary class struggle.

The integration into the list of Maoist comrades like Sid Chatterjee,
Adolfo, and comrades with their own eclectic (!) brand of politics like
Louis Godena is nothing to be sneered at. The political consequences of
this can be very positive.

For example, there are Turkish comrades on the list who tend to have the
sort of generic Marxism that many of us support, while there are a number
of Europeans on the list who are connected politically with the powerful
Maoist current in Turkey. My hopes is that the spirit of camaraderie that
prevails on this list will eventually be reflected in the Turkish left
politics. 

Dr. Levy's problem is that he hates this camaraderie since it mostly based
on the mutual respect of vulgar, unlettered wage earners and graduate
students who put CLASS above the CLASSROOM.




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