On 14 Mar 2008 23:16:04 GMT, Dover Beach <moon.blanched@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Boron Elgar <boron_elgar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The CPUSA was only part of the movement in those days - there were so
>> many Marxist and Socialist groups and I think the flavors differed a
>> lot at the local group level, which, in turn, caused even more
>> splintering.
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>Yes, I happen to be reading a book about the history of the CPUSA and
>I'm losing track of the difference between the Socialist Party and the
>Socialist Labor Party. Follow the gourd!
The gourd must be crook neck. To twisted to follow.
>>I never got to
>> see the Seeger I had grown up admiring both for his talents and his
>> political stances.
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>That doesn't surprise me. Lots of successful political activists are
>rat bastards in their private lives. I've thought in the past that
>perhaps it's a requirement for being tough enough and ornery enough to
>fight the good fight as endlessly and publicly as many admirable and
>successful activists did.
That may well be true, too.
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>It's also clear to me that Seeger is a personal hero to several people
>on the group, and I don't want the debate to become personal, so I'll
>step away from Seeger (as I tried to do several posts ago when it was
>clear that I was hurting some feelings). I'd rather talk about big
>political movements like Communism anyway, rather than personalities.
My brother's specialty is Marxism. I'd ask him to come join the party,
but there isn't a snowball's chance of that ever happening.
Boron
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