corstco wcs aa corol Other people, Beyond the Fragments and accept many of the ideas and obiectives of the organised far leit. now belleve that the objective of building a revolutionary party is undesirable because of Leninism's alleged inability to comprehend the scope of socialism's objectives.
They pretent pur thee movements movement, the anti-nuclear and ecology movements, ne womeis movencal ad so ole olich wucy Leninism as restrictive and authoritarian.
In some senses, these arguments seem reasonable at first glance. Why should the idea of creating a new party on the basis of a model dreamt up in Russia in 902 have any relevance? Isn't it true that the revolutonaly. organisallurls dogmatic? Elitist Undoubtediy, worker militants is that the Labour Party can be won to left : policies, and this is the • tight for ac ucrac c which incidentally authoritarian and élitist than the far left organisaLIOES then becomes the crucial issue. Through committing a Labour government to conference decisions, they hope, socialism can be achieved.
Socialist Challenge's response to this is not the "Labour Partv is rubbish' argument of Socialist Worker. We support all those fighting for socialist policies in the Labour Party through the experiences of testing this course out in practice. But while supporting their fight, we believe that ultimately another coursé will be necessary Ts tre toa Benn is noi me sae a c and a government with Bennite policies of reflation and planning agr t oramary peopie. but we douot uilal it would orlllg socialism.
The Labour left doesn't stand for breaking existin• system. but for radical reforms within These objectives are admirable in intent, yet the last particularly those who look to energes ro ana the anti-racist see alt Lilly allu the crucial argument for most way to get socialism.
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reements would bring many benefits It seems certain the large majority of those radicalised, looking for political solutions, will look to the Labour ere bouw mie more muran mmnonly especially young workers can building a revolutionary alternative contrary lo tue asscruons new pamphlet Refreshing the Parts Others Cannot the revolutionary left is growing. Through the unity of its forces. especially would be possible to quickly see the building of a магхс nob auene dockls wokco ral…l small revolutionary party, which would challenge the Communist Party as the main force to the left of This is a realistic, achievable huiding of a revolutionarv nartv in the '80s is Dossible because of the depth of the crisis which is developing. It will put massive pressure on all the existing political alignments. It is in periods such as the Dre sent that revolutionary parties are built.
true, though, that authoritarian, dogmatic and incapable of responding to new movements and issues? As a criticism of those sectarian 'Leninists' who believe that the commandist model of a secret underground party Russia is adequate for Europe today, there is some We will not build a mass revolutionary party in this countrv or any other country if we assume that commandism and preaching to people is the way to go about things.
We havè to be ambitious in our goals and aim for Perene hat i obrnin oieh to in ceprate nary opinion within framework — Parlamentarv deputies would be ac countable to that framework.
The heritage of Stalinism modern Marxists. Monolithism is werkn ncavuly of matese a hindrance. e,is frightons aney mant La hindrance. potential supporters be won directly to of Peter Hain in his of the International objective. The the Leninist left is in Czarist revolutionary and years of isolation «vsor over uie sunacs
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