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The American revolutionary Nat Weinstein died this morning. The following was forwarded by his comrade Carole Seligman: Nat Weinstein died early this morning. He was my main teacher in the socialist movement--mainly because he understood to the marrow of his bones the class structure of society and the class struggle; and he taught this to me among many, many people. He came to the socialist movement as a worker (in the Merchant Marines) and stayed a worker for his whole life. One of his great contributions to the socialist movement was his early appreciation of and association with, Malcolm X. That association brought Malcolm's ideas and militancy (and the ideas of self-defense and rejection of the ruling class political parties) to perhaps hundred of thousands of people with the SWP's publications of Malcolm's speeches and interviews. He lead the struggle in the SWP to stay true to the revolutionary program of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and James P. Cannon--a struggle which was lost, but carried out in a principled way that helped to preserve the revolutionary program for future generations of workers who will take up this struggle. He was imbued with revolutionary optimism for his whole life. --David ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
