[Marxism] Gloria La Riva 16-city speaking tour

[Aaron Aarons]

>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:11:54 -0400
>From: "Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml at gmail.com>
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>On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:43 AM, Mark Lause <markalause at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> First, they place the priority on building their own organization,
>> rather than promoting the unity that's best for the movement in
>> general;
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>What is your basis for thinking that "unity is best for the socialist movement in general" at *this* time?
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>When the government wants to develop a technology, it does not put all its eggs in one basket. It funds several teams in several universities and research institutes, who are trying *different* approaches to the problem.
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>Likewise, at this time, it is *good* to have several different socialist groups (SP, WWP, SEP, etc), trying out their different approaches. Maybe *one* of these efforts will succeed. No one has a magic silver bullet.
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>We should look upon the diversity and breadth of socialist groups as a strength and not a weakness.

For once, I agree with Ruthless.

>What if the single effort into which all groups potentially united, turned out to be a failure?

Or worse, a success! A success, that is, in forming a mass reformist party.