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Dave Riley writes: >For Ferguson to cover for Sison on that point is obscene. Ah, the Trotskyist school of falsification. I did not cover for Sison killing anyone. And I certainly didn't show him around my hometown as Dave did: >Jose Maria Sison is a nice enough guy as I showed him and his partner around my home town of Brisbane and chaired his local meetings back in the mid eighties.. He also writes pretty good poetry. This whole thing arose when Andy P blasted Leila Khaled for speaking at an ILPS event in Manila. (She also spoke at other events). I asked Andy how it was OK for anti-Assad forces to get material aid from the imperialists but not for Leila Khaled to speak on an ILPS platform. (I should *repeat* here that I have no problem with progressive Syrians getting material aid from wherever they can in their struggle against the Assad dictatorship; equally I have no problem with Leila - denounced by Andy as a 'tired old Stalinist' - speaking on an ILPS platform. Rather than answer my question Andy chose to attack Sison's record and since Andy clearly didn't intend to answer my question I made a silly throwaway comment about Sison's past. Hands up, it was a stupid comment on my part. But, hey, I never acted as his host like you did! And I don't go round denouncing heroic revolutionary fighters like Leila Khaled for speaking on an ILPS platform. Andy is obsessed by the ILPS and it clouds his judgment. And there I shall leave it. Phil _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
