> CB: When you use "epigone" to refer to Lenin's followers it seems to be a
negative epithet. <
I guess that negative connotation is part of the common usage. However, it
misses my point. My point was that "democratic centralism" is something
which doesn't have a totally clear meaning in Lenin, s
elan CP. He spoke to their convention recently. And, read (like I haven't!)
the Richard Gott book on Chavez from Verso.
Michael Pugliese
4/24/02 11:00:43 AM, Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dem. cent. & Venezuela
>by Devine, James
>23 April 2002 21:06 UTC
>
$5m, in 1976, it was US$6.5m. From the
early 1980s subsidies were channelled to the pro-Soviet wing led by Cossutta,
partly to finance the pro-Soviet newspaper Paese Sera.
4/24/02 11:00:43 AM, Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dem. cent. & Venezuela
>by Devine, James
>23
dem. cent. & Venezuela
by Devine, James
23 April 2002 21:06 UTC
... Explaining why I described the idea of "democratic centralism" as coming
from the "Marxist" tradition rather than from "Leninism," I wrote: >> It's
from Lenin, but much of what&#x
This one is from a few days ago, but maybe someone will still be interested:
... Explaining why I described the idea of "democratic centralism" as coming
from the "Marxist" tradition rather than from "Leninism," I wrote: >> It's
from Lenin, but much of what's been written on "democratic centrali
dem. cent. & Venezuela
by Devine, James
16 April 2002 18:33 UTC
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[was: RE: [PEN-L:24983] Bureaucracy (speculative rant alert)]
I wrote: >>In leftist theory, "democratic centralism" refers to the
organization of the revolutionary politica
[was: RE: [PEN-L:24983] Bureaucracy (speculative rant alert)]
I wrote: >>In leftist theory, "democratic centralism" refers to the
organization of the revolutionary political party. The theory says that
when a party's membership decides on a policy (a line, a program) it is
binding on members of
