The statement is by the Youth section, not DSA as a whole. I will agree that if that, or something like that, becomes the DSA position (and there is a chance that it will) , that eliminates any shreds of credibility it may have had before. Louis Proyect wrote: > > At 10:35 AM 4/19/99 -0400, you wrote: > >This statement by the Youth Section of DSA is incredibly good and I would > >say it reflects my views almost in total. --Nathan Newman > > Actually, it destroys whatever credibility DSA might have once had as a > radical group. When the Nation magazine outflanks DSA to the left on this > issue, there is little doubt that its commitment to socialism is purely > verbal. What we are witnessing is the American section of the Socialist > International falling into lockstep with the German Social Democracy and > the British Labor Party, in the same manner that "social patriots" voted > war credits in WWI. As disgusting as all this is, it serves to remind us > why Lenin was important. > > Louis Proyect > > (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html) -- Gar W. Lipow 815 Dundee RD NW Olympia, WA 98502 http://www.freetrain.org/