Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 21:11:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis N Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Permanet revolution & Nicaragua


On Wed, 2 Aug 1995, han wrote:

> This is where the permanent revoltion comes in.  Trotsky called this a
> socialist revolution anyway.  He tells the masses that a
> socialist revolution is not needed because we already have a socialist 
> revolution. By saying this he disarms the masses, they do not continue 
> their fight to take over the tools of production.  Trotsky tells them it 
> is not needed.

Louis Proyect:
When and where did you read this in Trotsky? You say that Trotsky 
"called" this a socialist revolution anyway. He "tells" the masses that a 
socialist revolution is not needed. By "saying" this he disarms the 
masses. Now I am not a Trotskyist, but I have learned from many of his 
writings. You seem to have a superior understanding of his writings. In 
fact, you represent yourself as some kind of expert on his thoughts, so 
it shouldn't be hard to provide some quotations from his writings where 
he "called", "told" and "said" all of the things you claim.

One of the things you'll learn about participating in this list is that 
you don't have the luxury of co-thinkers nodding their heads approvingly 
everytime you make statements that are part of your official party 
ideology. We come from many different traditions and have many different 
perspectives, so don't be surprised if some of us are a little rough with 
you when you say something that seems to be totally ignorant.




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