[Marxism] A regrettable incident of exclusionism

[Einde O'Callaghan]

Louis Proyect schrieb:
> John Riddell wrote:
> 
>>You have been excluded from events organized by the Communist League since
>>2004. Your public association at that time with Ernest Tate, who was
>>violence-baiting the party and its sister organization in the U.S., the
>>Socialist Workers Party, put you outside of those who are welcome at
>>meetings we take responsibility for.
> 
> 
> Well, I don't know John except through email exchanges and from his book 
> on the Comintern, but I do know Ernie fairly well having met him in 
> person 2 or 3 times at least. Let me put it this way, the notion of 
> Ernie "violence-baiting" anybody is absolutely *insane*. For people who 
> have been around the Trotskyist movement, there is a bitter irony 
> related to Ernie's being a victim of Gerry Healy's goons back in the 1960s.
> 
Indeed - I was shocked and horrified to read this grotesque accusation! 
When I joined the Trotskyist movement this was a burning issue - and the 
American SWP was quite clear on which side it stood (or at least I got 
this impression). Now their successors come up with this absurdity. Can 
the Communist League really sink any lower?

Einde O'Callaghan