On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 03:54 PM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > One question: What is "crisis of leadership theory?"
I don't know if there is actually a theory described as such or just my own impression of the prevailing view on the Marxist left that the trade union leaders and the parties they support is what is preventing the working class from becoming more militant, even revolutionary as predicted by our Marxist forebears. As you know, I associate the theory most prominently with Trotsky who founded the Fourth International in the belief that it was poised to replace the Second and Third Internationals in the course of the impending war. I can see why he may have thought that based on his experience in the Russian Revolution and the climate of the times which it in part inspired, but he may well have revised his outlook if he had lived through and beyond the war. If you polled most of the subscribers to the list, I think you'd find that most share the view that, but for their Democratic and social democratic "misleaders", the masses would be moving in our direction. Artesian and Charlie, for example, are poles apart on their reading of Soviet history but they are among the loudest proponents of that view. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33513): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33513 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109504727/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
