tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post1848046101811109660..comments2024-03-04T15:23:07.880+00:00Comments on Northern Voices: Taming the Trots: Anarchism’s Sisyphean TaskBlanco Posnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288856212231100137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-44169598687504134422011-02-08T15:01:49.977+00:002011-02-08T15:01:49.977+00:00Rachel says:
'The Trots et al like to portray...Rachel says:<br /><br />'The Trots et al like to portray anarchists as a minority, which in the big scheme of things we probably are but so are they, as are Tories, Liberals, Labourites, Greens or whatever.'<br /><br />In this case Linda Taaffe I think realised that the syndicalists on the NSSN steering committee were the biggest group after the Socialist Party. In this case the syndicalists and particularly Dave Chapple as Chairman operated as a sheild for the SWP members on the officers group by threatening to resign if the Socialist Party tried to purge the SWP officers. Hence the situation here was more like the CNT defending the POUM from the Stalinists. The Socialist Party approach in this case was to win over the anarchists/ syndicalists in their conflict with the SWP. I think the libertarian movement need to understand this situation more clearly.bammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889214646896381113noreply@blogger.com