Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 20:27:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Siddharth Chatterjee <siddhart-AT-mailbox.syr.edu>
Subject: Re: M-I: Lousi >< P and the Truth



Rodwell,

There is something cold, relentless, and, as Gary Maclennan has pointed
out, something of the remnants of British imperialism and its immmense
snob complex imbedded in you. Your posts on Marxian value theory are
of some worth but whenever you open your mouth on any other topic, the
utter bankruptcy and emptiness of all that Trot jargon just wearies
the spirit as it piles on mound upon mound of nonsense. As far as I 
am aware of, you have never posted anything which contains any historical
analysis or specifics of current or recent struggles; all you and
your compatriots do is either steal like jackals materials posted by
others (LCMCRI on Albania, for example) or endlessly criticize past
struggles like Nicaragua, El Salvador and slander the great movements
and their leaders like that in China which involved hundreds of millions
of people just like the capitalist press does all the time. Nowhere
has the ideology that you uphold has led any mass movements - that is
NOWHERE. That is, your revolutions have all been intergalactic - in the
imagination.

Compare your contributions with those of Louis P with whom I do not agree
on everything. There is simply no comparison. It is immediately obvious
that Louis P works very hard to supply this list with good solid
analysis, history and research. I have learnt a lot from his postings,
i.e., it has been an education experience for me. For all his faults,
and all of us have them, this list would greatly diminish if for some
reason Louis P decided to leave this list. This was clear in the one
week he was not here when this list took a nose dive. One cannot say
anything remotely like this about you and Bedggood. To tell you the
truth, I have not learnt an iota from any of you and yet it seems
that you have "experience". You will most likely reply to this post
with more of the same, but I ask you in all seriousness, to contemplate
for a while and then reply. There is something very depressing, vacuous
and negative in your posts and those of Bedggood, Malecki and others.
Instead of lifting up our already battered human spirits, it further
tears it to shreds. Once again, take your time, and then reply if you
want.

S. Chatterjee    
 



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