What's war good for? It's good for building the movement!

What's war good for? It's good for building the movement!

And what is the Movement? The Movement being whatever issue
is salient at the time. It was Globalisation, it is now Peace. It is an
opportunity to reword those old chants, to change the labels on the
donation buckets, and change the header on those old petition
forms. It is a new and exciting time to build the Movement.

And what is the best way to build the Anti-…….. Movement? It
is to join the Party, pay up your membership fees, sell the paper
and vote for our candidates. There are lots of new people around
the Movement that offer excellent opportunities to recruit and
build. It is about coming to the next big rally (preferably organised
with police permission), and listening to our speakers. It is about
being busy creating symbolic and spectacular actions. It is about
building the Party, as the best vehicle for the Movement to grow
and become successful.

And any criticism or dissent must from those people whose only
politics is that of sectarianism. They talk a lot but do nothing
important, autonomous direct action has nothing to offer the
Movement. Or maybe you just don't understand because you are
‘Thinking Under Capitalism’. Don’t make your concerns public
because we need 'unity' and 'solidarity' now more then ever
before if the Movement/Party is to have any success.

It is also about forgetting that the Party was in full support of the
Soviet war in Afghanistan during the 1980's. That the Party
supported the murderous purges, the campaigns of
disappearances and terror conducted against the Afghan people
by the USSR and the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
(PDPA). If you do remember, then remember that the Party was
doing good, progressive and revolutionary things (especially for
Party members).

In the light of reality, Party propaganda statements like “in the
April 1978 revolution … for the first time the history of the
country political power was transferred from the ruling class to
the working class” really are a little silly (A Brief Glimpse at
Afghanistan from 1978, Peace Courier, Sept/Oct 2001).
Especially in light of the fact the class privilege, private property
and a capitalist based wage economy was still operating after both
the 1973 and 1978 coups, carried out both times by the PDPA.

However, as long as a 'Socialist' imperial power was holding the
guns, it is all OK. Right?

In the end, it makes no difference who holds the guns when they
are aimed at you.

asger

@nti-copyright

(.... against Historical Revisionism. The Left is not always
beautiful)

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