Tony Cliff Interview 1996

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XOcAW64kAQ&feature=related

[Yehuda Stern]

Man, he's got a bad Israeli accent.

Should've guessed you were a Cliffite. : )

[Led Zeppelin]

He's comparing Stalin to Nero...?

That doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, but ok.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

YS:


Should've guessed you were a Cliffite. : )

I'm not.

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LZ:


He's comparing Stalin to Nero...?

No, he was comparing the adulation Nero received to that which Stalin attracted.

[black magick hustla]

how arent you a cliffite? you have the same analysis on state-capitalism and anti-imperialism. You also orbit around the SWP.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Marmot:


how arent you a cliffite? you have the same analysis on state-capitalism and anti-imperialism. You also orbit around the SWP.

Because it is a term of abuse, and I refuse to be categorised in this way by abusive comrades.

[Yehuda Stern]

Sorry then. Too serious a charge to just throw around : )

[ajs2007]

Great interview. I love his enthusiasm. He was no theoretician though and he shouldn't have tried to be one. I do like his emphasis on rank and file organisation though especially in the trade unions.

It would appear that his conductor, John Rees, wasn't listening when Cliff said it was a mistake to stand in elections.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

ajs, the mistake was to stand in elections at that time. Cliff was not making a general point, set in concrete.

I met Tony a few times; he was like that in 'real life' too: boundless enthusiasm.