Research talk:5¢/IFCI/DwightMacdonaldAbandonsHistory

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Z–46,02 (pronounced 46,02. (Z))⧼hue-philosophy-/en⧽ (pronounced ⧼hue-philosophy-tts-/en⧽) (pronounced ⧼hue-philosophy-tts-/en⧽)  /  (4602)ICFI reporters1:-1:-1

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Z–41,04 (pronounced 41,04. (Z))[IV] [Z] (pronounced (Fourth) (Z):) IV (pronounced Fourth)  /  (4104)Trotskyism (top-level category)() (pronounced Fourth)1:-1:-1

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Motifs or claims (North)

618. The euro has not successfully unified Europe / Inasmuch as it is still unstable and having crises, the euro has not successfully unified Europe (David North 2012) [2]
618. Dialectical-materialist analysis of Trotskyism is nothing without past history / You cannot do dialectical-materialist analysis of the processes within Trotskyism without knowing the overall history of Trotskyism and Leninism over the past century and how each moment in history has shaped subsequent sets of conditions; if analyses do not make use of previous conditions they will distort the dialectical method (David North 2012) [3]
618. Q618/Q618 The NPA is an opportunist party (2012) / As of 2012, the NPA is essentially an opportunist party; its unwillingness to turn against imperialist military actions in Libya and Syria is one sign of its class alignment (North 2012)
618. Q618/Q618 State capitalism was neither (North) / In the theory of "state capitalism", neither "state" nor "capitalist" was used in a Marxist sense; because Marxist revolution was disagreeable to anarchists, "state" was used to describe domination and "capitalism" was used to describe the shape of domination and coercion
618. Q618/Q618 Dialectic of Enlightenment is an expression of petty-bourgeois intellectuals' despair

Motifs or claims (pseudo-left)

618. Q618/Q618 New Anti-capitalist Party of France (NPA) -> their recorded statement was basically 'we got tired of having to be pro-Stalin but it doesn't mean we're pro-Trotsky'. not very promising. sounds kind of like when they walked away from "Stalinism" they just flat out lost their principles
618. Q618/Q618 we leave all strategic debates about taking power, dual power, and transitional demands for future conferences / Unlike the LCR, the NPA however does not resolve some issues, it leaves them open for future Conferences ... (New Parties of the Left: Experiences from Europe, 2011) -> this sounds almost satirical, good grief
618. Q618/Q618 The Root is Man (Dwight Macdonald)