From Ernie's memoir:
I remember once when he made a few disparaging comments in my company
about the Fourth International, that I took to be a questioning of its
very existence and which got my back up a little, I faced him directly
on the issue, sort of poking fun at what he was saying. I posed a
hypothetical situation to him, that of an imaginary apolitical young
worker, who after reading a Deutscher book, for example, might become
convinced of the need for socialism and shows up on Deutscher’s doorstep
to ask him advice about what he, the young worker, should do to help
bring about this fundamental change. For me, I said, I wouldn’t hesitate
a moment because from what I knew from history, without their own
organization, workers won’t get anywhere and I would tell the young
worker to join my group as the first step in trying to build such an
organization which could help lead workers in transforming society. What
would you tell the young worker? I asked him, and I knew I was appealing
to his background as an active revolutionary leader, of which I knew he
felt proud. Momentarily, he looked a little bit non-plussed, probably
thinking that I had a bit of a nerve challenging him like that, but he
came back, surprisingly, saying he would recommend the same thing.
Better that than nothing, he said, in a sort of backhanded compliment.
https://louisproyect.org/2015/01/19/ernie-tate-and-isaac-deutscher/
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