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Key phrase: The first great step of importance for every country newly entering into the movement is always the —-organization of the workers—- ——/— While I support Howie, the requirement of that organization is not going to be done spontaneously on its own. Get over this shallow reading of CLR James that absolves one of organizing and actually DO IT, otherwise Engels and Marx would call you a katheder socialist! https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1881/letters/81_02_01.htm Best regards, Andrew Stewart - - - Subscribe to the Washington Babylon newsletter via https://washingtonbabylon.com/newsletter/ Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:29:03 -0500 From: Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> To: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Subject: [Marxism] Why Friedrich Engels would likely support a vote for Howie Hawkins today Message-ID: <47b28d7d-574a-34a0-bce0-6909e7fde...@panix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1886/letters/86_11_29.htm The rottenest side of the K. of L. [Knights of Labor] was their political neutrality, which resulted in sheer trickery on the part of the Powderlys, etc. ; but this has had its edge taken off by the behaviour of the masses at the November elections, especially in New York. The first great step of importance for every country newly entering into the movement is always the organisation of the workers as an independent political party, no matter how, so long as it is a distinct workers' party. And this step has been taken, far more rapidly than we had a right to hope, and that is the main thing. That the first programme of this party is still confused and highly deficient, that it has set up the banner of Henry George, these are inevitable evils but also only transitory ones. _________________________________________________________ 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
