TheOldGreyWhistle wrote:I
What do we mean by “support”? Is this active or passive support? Are we talking about socialists as individuals or The Socialist Party as an organisation? We have to adopt an anti-reformist approach (which is not the same as an anti-this-or-that reform) as a “general line” otherwise we are on the slippery slope towards becoming yet another leftist capitalist party. This means that we have to clearly understand what reformism entails i.e. political activity via the state to modify the economic behaviour of capitalism.We face a genuine dilemma here – if we go down the road of actively supporting these reformist-type organisations where will this lead? Somewhere, somehow, a line has to be drawn. Reformism signifies the abandonment of the revolutionary goal. It is the antithesis of revolutionary intent.It would be better, therefore, to avoid the use of the word “support” altogether. It inevitably leads to confusion and who really cares, in those organisations to which there have been references, whether The Socialist Party offers its “support” or not?