Continuing on the Lenin and organization tip, we are linking to an essay by Don Hamerquist that jumps into this much needed reassessment of Lenin and the question of revolutionary organization for our times. This is followed by several responses that take up different aspects of the essay.
I’ll be posting up some thoughts on Hamerquist’s essay later this week.
Don Hamerquist: Lenin, Leninism and some leftovers
Tom Wetzl: Reply to Hamerquist
What in the Hell blog: Responding to Hamerquist on Leninism
Noel Ignatiev: CLR James on the Marxist organization
Dave Renney: Scattered thoughts on the Leninist party and Don’s paper
Hellow Don and Jeanine, Steve
Lenin and Leftovers « Kasama // Aug 3, 2010 at 2:16 pm
[...] the Sketchy Thoughts blog. Some discussion as well as replies are published there as well as at Gathering Forces and Kersplebedeb. Two shorter sections near the end of the essay are omitted for its publication [...]
Lenin and Leftovers Part 2: Workerless Worker States? « Kasama // Aug 3, 2010 at 3:08 pm
[...] of this piece — which is excerpted from Sketchy Thoughts blog. Replies are added from Gathering Forces and Kersplebedeb. Don Hamerquist was a leading figure in the Sojourner Truth Organization (during [...]