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When push comes to shove, it's always Louis's list. Unsub me. On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > On 7/18/15 4:00 PM, Andrew Pollack wrote: > >> You're booting Jim for doing class analysis? >> That's fucked up. >> To be precise, that's Stalinism. >> >> > No, it's not. This is not a party. I don't collect dues or ask people to > sell a stupid newspaper at plant gates 6am in the morning. > > It is a mailing list that I have the right to edit, to create boundaries > around just like any other publication, print or electronic. I don't tend > to remove people from the list unless I decide that their purpose here is > only to do "class analysis" as you put it. I had 11 years of this kind of > "class analysis" in the Trotskyist movement and that was enough for me. If > anybody wants to set up a mailing list where you can blather on about the > petty-bourgeoisie, contact me privately and I'll help you get started. > > This list has been around for 17 years and has over 1500 subscribers. If > there's one thing I've learned over the years, it is that is not the place > to do Leon Trotsky imitations. Here's a reminder from the Marxmail website > subscription page for anybody tempted to repeat the Cannon-Shachtman debate: > > MODERATION PRINCIPLES: The Marxism mailing list is extremely permissive. > There are a couple of things that are frowned upon strongly. If you come to > the list with the attitude that you are a true Bolshevik, who needs to > convert 'Mensheviks' to your beliefs, you will be unsubbed. Members of > self-declared vanguard parties who can adjust to the tolerant atmosphere of > the list are more than welcome, since they usually bring with them years of > Marxist study and political experience. > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
