Re: Marxism and War: The Origins and History of Revolutionary Defeatism

"Marv Gandall via groups.io" <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 01:32 PM, Mark Baugher wrote:

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> The DSA's predecessor, the Socialist Party, was the target of entryism.

And in entryism, the entryists generally get absorbed if they stay or are allowed to stay in long enough. Some of my former LSA and RMG comrades are still at it in the NDP over four decades.

Does this mean the Trotskyists in the US, France, and Britain who were expelled from their Communist parties were wrong or, worse, unprincipled in entering the social democratic parties?  As it turned out, there were no good choices. The Fourth International was consigned to the political wilderness whether it practiced entryism or maintained independent sections.


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