Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 17:15:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis N Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: re-vanguards


On 3 Jul 1996, Michael Luftmensch wrote:

> re-vanguards
> 
> By relying *exclusively* on Lenin's writings, Louis P. is 
> at a loss to understand 
> 
> "the manner in which this concept of a vanguard evolved 
> into what we see today on the left."
> 
> I suggest it evolved from a set of *practices* established 
> under Lenin. 
> 


Louis: I think we are probably concerned about 2 different issues,
Michael. I believe you are interested in the phenomenon of
authoritariansm while I am interested in sectarianism and how to overcome
it.



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