Click on the headline to link to a "Renegade Eye" entry- "Iran: On the character of the present lull and the tasks of the Marxists"- A Guest Commentary From The IMT.
Markin comment:
Very interesting to draw the analogy with Spain on the question of Trotsky's theory of Permanent Revolution. However, the two obvious weakness in the article are the lack of analysis of the relationship between the events today and those in 1979 by the left in Iran (and internationally) for and their responsibility for the "lull" (lack of revolutionary party and leadership). Nor do I see any serious criticism of the current movement's still rather heavy subservience to "moderate" Islamic fundamentalist forces. You have to make the break sometime. And that sometime is now if you want to coalesce a Marxist cadre. This Green (not the eco-green although the same proposition is true on both counts) and Red do not mix. As thousands of leftists in Iran have learned the hard way- with their lives.
Thank you for posting the link to my post.
ReplyDelete1) We have several articles about 1979.
2) The IMT has a method, that differentiates from the various sects. When people are following a leader, who may be an accident of history, you don't denounce them. It will only isolate you in a mass movement.
You don't say in Venezuela, "Down with Chavez." They'll think you're rightist or sectarian. You say something like, "it's good Chavez called for socialism, now he should ...." You put positive demands on leaders. Either way you win.
If Mousavi is opposed to the present government, he should break with it, and call for a revolutionary government. We know he won't.