tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post111963086678399235..comments2023-10-29T05:11:37.677-07:00Comments on Porcupine blog: CHILE AND VENEZUELA - NOT THE SAMELarry Gambonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04965037776214596919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-1120233693970715772005-07-01T09:01:00.000-07:002005-07-01T09:01:00.000-07:00A. Johnstone wrote "yes , even Anarchists have don...A. Johnstone wrote "yes , even Anarchists have done'<BR/><BR/>Yes, as SOME anarchists have done, but not all of us, or even a majority of us. Certainly, the AIT unions are specifically anarchist in ideology but others like the IWW, CGT, etc. are not and are open to all working class ideologies. The idea that syndicalist unions must be ideologically anarchist, rather than uniting all workers regardless of ideology, is something I have always criticized.Larry Gambonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965037776214596919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-1120233305771094102005-07-01T08:55:00.000-07:002005-07-01T08:55:00.000-07:00There are differences in how one interprets theory...There are differences in how one interprets theory. One can be rigid and dogmatic, or more open-minded. Certainly it is true that the SPGB and the old SPC saw eye to eye theoretically, but there was a difference in practice. The old SPC as a mass party had to be more flexible than the SPGB. Thus, the Vancouver local of the SPC did not support the 1912 miners strike, hewing to the hard parliamentary line, while the Naniamo branch actively supported it. Socialism was not limited to education and elections. A proto-syndicalist current existed within the SPC that would give rise to the OBU. I spent many hours reading the 1904-1916 Western Clarion to gather material for The Impossibilists and what impressed me most was how non-sectarian the publication could be. This is a marked difference to the post-1931 paper.Larry Gambonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965037776214596919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-1119811828732899342005-06-26T11:50:00.000-07:002005-06-26T11:50:00.000-07:00Perhaps it is because it is tiny that it perhaps d...Perhaps it is because it is tiny that it perhaps demonstrates certain ultra sectarian attitudes and traits , many things need repeating and repeating over and over again especially to those who have lost the visionof the past . <BR/>But the politics of the SPC is very much that of the old SPC .<BR/> If the present SPC grew , it too would develop roots within the labour movement , but without endeavouring to use the unions as a springboard for its own advancement ,as Leninist and Trotskyist and , yes , even Anarchists have done .The SPC would maintain the autonomy of the unions by not imposing a particular political ideology upon the class struggle waged by the unions . Doing otherwise is true sectarianism , and much more dangerous than saying told you so all the time to members of the Left .<BR/><BR/>See link for the SPC web pages <BR/> http://www.worldsocialism.org/canada/ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635675.post-1119762449629285432005-06-25T22:07:00.000-07:002005-06-25T22:07:00.000-07:00Thanks Larry. I really learned something with that...Thanks Larry. <BR/><BR/>I really learned something with that one.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.com