Brosa Luxemburg

Yes, I'd be very interested in that, actually

I've had less to do with them, but I'm on very good terms with some of their people here. Again, I think their analysis is very good, but in practice they don't actually 'do' much. Such is the peril of a very small organisation, I guess (and it's worse in the US, I think the ICT in the US is basically one guy now that LA Workers' Voice has gone). I suspect the ICT might see some growth over the next couple of years, organisationally I think their model is better than the ICC's, though I'm closer to the ICC on economics for instance.

I'm a sympathizer. They're not perfect, and I think I'd tend to agree more with the positions of the ICT or ICP, but I still agree with them overall. Also, check your email.

No, my criticisms are more to do with inertia and ossification. I think they can be sectarian, in that they've put the organisation before the interests of the working class, but I don't think they're alone in that, none of the existing organisations I think covers themself in glory in that regard. So I don't regard their lapses into sectarianism as anything other than the result of the pressure that a very small group of people who consider themselves beleaguered is constantly experiencing. I don't think it's structural, so much, or even if it is, I think they can change and indeed I hope they will change when the class struggle picks up, new people come towards the communist left and the existing orgs have to adapt to the new situation. If they don't adapt they'll die.

I also think a few of their formal political positions need a bit of tweaking, but all on relatively minor stuff. Nothing that calls into question their general theoretical line.

Gonna have to split this as it's too long for one post.

You're in North America aren't you? If so, then I have to say that any criticisms i have about sectarianism are NOT the same as criticisms you will have heard. My understanding from NA comrades is that the organisation in the US has really behaved badly in the recent past. I've been involved (if that's the right word) with the ICC and its sympathisers in the UK since late 1999 and never seen the kind of shit that comrades have said the NA section has gotten up to. On the other hand, some non-ICC comrades both in London and Manchester have a very negative opinion of the way they work here. As I say, I've never seen any of the terribly destructive shit they're sometimes accused of.

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Hi Brosa, in short I think they're one of the most important political organisations that have emerged in the last 50 years. They're a major (probably, the single most important) point of reference for my politics. I have some criticisms of the way they actually conduct themselves as an organisation but I think those criticisms are less important than the fact that I support their analysis and interventions.