IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

A BIG FLAME PAMPHLET An Extract

Socialist Challenge No. 5, 7 July 1977 · p. 7 of the scan · 605 words

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Internasional, Vol. 2, capitalism conld that syscemacie social impossible. ance of the New Deal or the post-war Keynesian reforms. They were prevented HOU HIBE LES TraCO naLure Or aC analysis. The nature of Trotsky's charac terisation of the epoch meant that any dentitication or capitals deve/oomiens automaticaily ruled out proletarian revoIf the further development of productconceivahle within the framework of bourgeois society, then evolution would be impossible. But since Ene HorEAer ac copIcAE DEENe ProducEe forces... Is inconcievable, the basic prem(Trotsky, The of the Communisr Thin was added to by statements that Songer meet the "imediate needs of the masses", and tesorms PUTU anven ms, any changes tn capitalism, while seen by Trotskyists as a concesson to reformum. could Dot be seen as real reforms No matter what imaginative and more sembus aemes ay soc втоскути mov ment mere made to analys levelopments, they are heid within the OWE CELULELICAL SERULEAEL. LOGEEA only see the development or expansion of capitalism (Lie "booma") as due la the "subjective factor" of leadership.

BOOM SITUATION 4 UCiS CUSCOCUe CI 1972 they related the ability of capitalisa to regenerare itself as a product temporary measures to create a boom situation.

It is even shown in the tille of Mandel's rocent book, Late Capiralism, to which one observer acidly responded - a system is never late until it is Gioad Tratskyism had orased to regard the bourgeoisie as a bile to develap the producLIVE LOTE U ENES NOUC Sy CHel post-war reforms. In fact, it was able to use both the needs and the desires of the masse and the colaboration of Europcan soçin democracy and Stalinism to creale a new period of stability and expansion. But this DOCS NOC MCA CEC DOETEEDUSIC UEEEAS politicaily progressive force It was the strength, actual and potential of -WOIAA the bourgeoisic develon IH HIC CH UIMarC,CD institutionalise class ooods sod strugsie of cather than simply negate them ignored statement that "the working cinss is thegrearess productive forceof all In this light, tie boom and stability of the system has to he seen in certain ways. The SILAILE CHRECI objective basis.

DULCEIS conclude thar WILICIL toroed lo make reformns attempting. for as in 1 the This only contirms Mark's often THa31 8Ha8 starled, peforms were real, systersatic and in canital's material stands sectors of struggle - the communit bealth, education, ete thus total the impact of the crisis and making an beiween scrugaies in consclousoess a practice more possible, as in prese -n-MIS LESINAS Hecause these factors go unackowieds ed, the effect on Trotskyist theary i f STORCA TEOR Class consciousoess chang ships it throws up which belp determi that consciousness.

In practical terms il in Trotskyist constant battle cry thai the condition were ripe, but the consciousness lackins SUBEAU LS IENUCCIN. working class consciousness is not matu enough then that is part of the objecti situatioo! Becaose Trolscysm bas n re-analysed the objective world it can on missing factor consciousness Bnd leadership What this separation leads to is tl belief that leadership can be transplant on top of the struggle; whetber or not 1 struggle itself har undergone sufficier transformation and maturation.

For Troiskyism. the existence of 1l parcy is ebe condition for development the subjective factor, the supposed onl So we end up where w with the vulgarised and over estimated notion of leadershin. A pont of leadership thar bears no relationsh ED wheener Do not Traiskyists have 1 acrual capacity to lead the struggle froe Inside the process of the struggle itseif

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