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Mike Calvert wrote: >And that is why Phil, the IMG never got bigger than one thousand and Militant nearly hit ten thousand...? And look what the cheery result of the entry of *both groups* did. The IMG lost most of its membership and Militant likewise. In the meantime their politics became dramatically moderated by their presence in the LP. What is the actual balance sheet of five or six decades on entryism? Bugger all to show for it. If the energy that went into try to save the LP for socialism had've gone into building something intelligent outside, the revolutionary cause might be a lot more advanced in Britain. >The problem for Marxists is the existence of the LP >You cannot bypass it look at Respect and what they Achieved...zip point zilch... Getting sucked into the LP is about the worst fate imaginable. Respect was a LP model 2. Why vote for model 2 when the original model is in government anyway? What I don't get is why so many British revolutionaries don't actually want to be revolutionary, but prefer to be Labourites. What a thankless, self-defeating thing. Phil ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com