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On 3/15 Louis Proyect wrote: In the interests of transparency, Creegan speaks for the CPGB, a tiny sect in Britain that has attached itself to the SWP like a remora to a shark over the years. Politically, it has begun to resemble John Rees and Lindsay German's Counterfire recently. This business about "the main enemy is at home" was raised by the Stop the War Coalition that Rees and German run in coordination with people like Andrew Murray, a long-time Stalinist. It is basically the British counterpart to ANSWER. ***************************** In the interests of trasparency, allow me to point out that I have never read anything on the Ukraine by John Rees, Lindsay German, Andrew Murray or anyone associated with them. "The main enemy is at home" is my instinctive response to Ukrainian events, as it should be for anyone claiming the legacy of Lenin and Leibknecht (as opposed to that of Kautsky). Also for transparency's sake: I do not speak for the CPGB. I write in their paper, the Weekly Worker, mostly on American affairs. As I have made clear in that publication, the views expressed in my articles are mine and no one else's. To their credit, the editors have never attempted to change a jot of anything I've written. In fact, I disagree with many of the CPGB's principal positions, as anyone reading the WW letters column over the past several years will be aware. Louis's growing resort to guilt by association--with regard to Marvin Gandall, and now me--is a convenient substitute for the substantive arguments he seems unable to offer. Jim Creegan ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
