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No question it doesn't end here. these are mutually exclusive projects. they cannot co-exist. There will be new rounds -- and the right have a lot on t their side, with the mass media as you say. The ongoing victory of the Corbynistas is far from guaranteed, but what is undeniable is they have won this round and it shows there is the energy and potential to keep strengthening their side. Corbyn's approach *has* been soft, but I am not sure it will always remain that way. there is a tendency of the far left to see tactics as strategy and if someone makes compromises, it must be because they are by nature a compromiser. There is no doubt Corbyn, and his supporters in the party and unions, make compromises when Corbyn was elected -- in a bid to achieve party peace they told the rest of the PLP there would be no de-selectin campaigns, no attempt to drive out those who did;t agree with Corbyn. This may well have been tactically wise -- giving your enemies the rope to hang themselves with etc. Well, they have hung themselves now, so was it a tactic to abandon, and leave them swinging, or a strategy of "keeping the party together", which would see these forces cutting down the right before they kill themselves. When the current coup started, one of the first things that Momentum and key union leaders said was "that agreement is finished". They explicitly threatened campaigns of de-selection of traitors. Will they follow through or go back to a compromise stance? It would depend on various factors and be wrong to predict in advance. Stuart On 7 July 2016 at 19:28, Gary MacLennan <gary.maclenn...@gmail.com> wrote: > This does not end here. The Blairites are the enemies of the blood of the > Left. The Right bungled the coup because they underestimated Corbyn's > strength of will. They could humiliate him in the Party Room and that they > did. But in the streets, thousands support him. So when Corbyn did not > resign, the Right had to put up or shut up. That they have done with a bad > grace. Heckling Corbyn though while he gave his speech on the Chilcot > Report was a very bad look. > > The Right's base is in the media and they are hated by the rank and file > party members. The Blairites stand for "Responsibility" which is defined by > the ruling class through the media. Corbyn stands for the dialectical > opposite "Responsiveness" as defined by the members. > > So the Blairites have failed to kill the Prince. If Corbyn were a Lorenzo > de Medici, the likes of Johnson, Eagle, Benn and Hunt would be hunted out > of the party. Unfortunately, Corbyn's is the soft approach, so the > conspirators will not suffer the fate of the Pazzi family. But I suspect > that the membership may not be so forgiving and may want to settle some > scores. We may yet something of a purge. > > The weakness of the Right is that their program is at the best cooperation > with a lighter version of Austerity. The *zeitgeist* is against them. By > contrast the Corbynites have cobbled together a program which promises > relief from the hell of neoliberalism. that and the threats against Corbyn > have brought tens of thousands flocking into the Labour Party. > > We may yet see deep trouble for those "whose minds are bent on the > conservation of things as they are". > > comradely > > Gary > > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Stuart Munckton via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > >> ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >> ***************************************************************** >> >> https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/62102 >> _________________________________________________________ >> Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm >> Set your options at: >> http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gary.maclennan1%40gmail.com >> > > _________________________________________________________ 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
