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I was fortunate enough to having never met Tim Wohlforth. However, I did know a guy in the Workers League who was active in my union local for several years. He was always extremely disruptive in the local. In particular, he would rant on about the need for a labor party, giving that idea a bad name and making it difficult for me to raise the issue as a result. He was always overtly hostile to me. The rumor was that his father was a CIA agent, and I always wondered whether he was too. One thing that made me wonder: This guy was built like a pro football running back. He was so obnoxious that several different people tried to fight him on several occasions, but he always ran away. I always wondered whether that was because he was an undercover agent and if he had gotten into a fight his cover might be blown. A friend of mine who had been in the group around that same time has said that this guy was, in fact, an agent. That doesn't necessarily reflect on Wohlforth himself, but I can't help but think about this member of my local whenever I hear Wohlforth's name. John Reimann -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
