Just a BRIEF reply to Dave's reply to Rob.
Without wanting to sound too sectarian there were a few points in the
repy which don't seem to make much sense to me. The arguement appears
to be that we should defend Yugoslavia as well as supporting the
right of Kosovars to defend themselves. Rob's 'dual defeatism' seems
to be replaced by 'dual defence-ism'. Is this you position and is it
consistant with reality.
As for the Trotskyist rhetoric of: > in the Yugoslav army the
rank-and-file have to organise to take
> control of the army; to encourage the formation of multi-ethnic
> militia; to act against any reactionary paramilitaries engaged in
> ethnic cleansing; and to call for a truce if and when it is necessary
> for the workers movement to survive.
> Communists lead this movement by forming cells in the army and
> in militias and workers councils.
I do not care much for Left-ists in the Imperialist counteries
issuing political strategies to comrades in a far more difficult and
critical situation in oppressed countries.
One final more general point is one the varing responses of the left.
In Britain the support for Yugoslavia is coming from the Old Pro-
Soviet Communist Parties with the bulk of the left remaining
relatively neutral and the Trotskyist Workers Power isolated in its
support for the KLA while opposing NATO. What are other comrades
experience (as opposed to their own positions.
Regards,
John Walker
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