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[Francis King]

Hi all

As I see it, many of the old divisions within the European left
(reformist/revolutionary; communist/social-democrat; Marxist/non-Marxist
etc. etc.) have long outlived their usefulness.

It seems to me that the main division these days is between, on the one
hand, those who want to administer the existing order as the "left" wing
of the ruling classes, and, on the other, those who want to contribute
to the struggle against the ruling classes. This division largely
coincides with the division between the "NATO-left" on the one hand and
the peace-movement left on the other. The ELP, of course, should be
firmly for peace and against the bosses.

The question is, how can we help gather together the different forces
(leftists, communists and ex-communists, left-wing greens, the left of
the labour and socialist movements etc.) who are on our side of this
divide? How can we work together as effectively as possible? It seems
clear to me that a doctrinaire party of the old Marxist-Leninist type,
with a single "line" would be worse than useless. On the other hand, we
have little experience in Europe of broad, non-sectarian, but
consistently left-wing politics. Such a combination must surely be
possible, if we can only find it...

Cheers

Francis

В Чтв, 14/02/2008 в 16:26 -0300, Josè María Miotto пишет:
> Hi to all.
> George: what is exactly the solution proposed by Italian radicals?
> I'm Italian but I live in Argentina and I'm affiliated to a communist
> party here. The analysis that the european parties do about their
> situation is so different from LatinoAmerican that my position in
> Italy would be fairly extremist (still Genova facts can show the
> opposite) and in Argentina, Rifondazione's position would be so
> social-democrat that would not be considered as a Communist party.
> Maybe a world party is not possible but it is possible a global
> coordination (like an international...).
> Josè Marìa Miotto
> 
> Hola a todos.
> George: cual es exactamente la solución de los radicales italianos?
> Yo soy italiano pero vivo en Argentina y aqui estoy afiliado a un
> partido comunista. El análisis que aquí realizan los partidos de
> izquierda sobre la situación local es tan distinto al de los partidos
> europeos, que mi posición en Italia sería muy extremista (aunque los
> hechos de Genova podrian demostrar lo contrario) y aquí la posicion de
> Rifondazione Comunista podría ser tomada como muy social.democrata.
> Quizas un partido mundial no sea posible pero sí una coordinacion
> global (una internacional...?)
> Josè Marìa Miotto
> 
> Ciao a tutti.
> George: cual'è esattamente la soluzione dei radicali italiani?
> Io sono italiano ma vivo in Argentina e mi sono affiliato a un partito
> comunista; l'analisi che qui fanno i diversi partiti di sinistra sulla
> situazione locale sono cosí diversi a quelli europei che la mia
> posizione in Italia sarebbe molto estremista (anche se ifatti di
> Genova dimostrano il contrario) e la posizione di Rifondazione qui
> potrebbe essere presa come socialdemocrata. Forse un partito mondiale
> non é possibile ma sí una coordinazione globale (una internazionale?)
> José María Miotto