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I'm not trying to take the piss -- but Philip Ferguson's enthusiasm for the POV of éirígi in Ireland and the PFLP in Palestine is undermined by the fact that these outfits -- despite the massive struggles logged over the past decades in their countries -- are marginal to the here and now of what can be/is being done. If we could be so lucky to have experienced such popular militancy. Surely that's a problem? A political problem. Here we have two populations who have been actively engaged in the rigors of struggle, and these outfits aren't playing a leading role. That's not the Lenin way, surely? Compare that to the dynamics of the struggle politics in Latin America or the role of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in the Middle East...and you have to think that maybe -- just maybe -- there is a tactical problem in play. I'm sure that éirígi and the PFLP are dedicated revolutionaries...but the significance of core rev orgs plugging away at the coal face with their own program of 'join us' and we'll lead the revolt may have entered its use-by date. Proven by...where is this strategy working? In Palestine? In the Six Counties? Not that I can see. I'm not saying I have an option to share. But I DO SAY that looking to these outfits to LEARN may be mistake. Much as I absolutely respect them... dave riley _________________________________________________________ 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
