Socialist Progressives

for the Fifth International. As such I'm WAY to the left of Kshama Sawant (I consider her right centrist or even left reformist) and we're probably to the left of the ISO too. As such, MANY of the things that I read, even in this group, I disagree with more or less. And I will argue my points, BUT ...

I think that one way to avoid some of the pitfalls you mentioned is to keep the arguments into the realm of theoretical discussion and not get real specific about personalities. This is one way that this group has, so far, avoided some of the more heated, polemical Stalinist vs Trotskyist debates that have divided the left and other boards. Not that I won't argue against what I consider Stalinist conceptions of party organization and their theoretical concepts, I just will do it without calling it Stalinist. I've found that when you keep the arguments on a purely theoretical level, you can avoid a lot of grief. Hope this helps.