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Since the beginning of 2007, the period since FRSO/OSCL's most recent
congress, our organization's strategy has been different from any in
the past. In the previous three-year period between FRSO/OSCL
congresses (2003-2006), the US Left faced chaotic and quickly changing
political conditions--the US war on Iraq; the US-backed invasion of
Lebanon by Israel; the devastation and displacement caused by Hurricane
Katrina , with the attendant racism and criminal negligence
of the state; and the extreme immigrant backlash leading to the
mobilization and uprising of immigrants. From these conditions and from
our continued belief in the need for greater organization by the Left,
we believe that if we truly want to build a revolutionary movement in
the United States, the Left cannot continue to function as it has.
To build such a movement, we must develop a real revolutionary
organization--an organized vehicle and plan for moving forward that is
based among all the oppressed. While we continue to engage and organize
among sectors such as workers, oppressed nationalities, youth and
students; in the anti-war movement; in Katrina survivor solidarity; for
immigrant rights; etc., we will do so with an eye towards building
stronger relationships and alliances among the social movements and the
organized Left.
Towards that end, our new strategy document "Which Way Is Left? Theory, Politics, Organization and 21st-Century Socialism"
gives an analysis of the current period and the challenges we face. It
details the lessons learned from previous socialist experiments. And it
argues for the crucial need to build a revolutionary party based on
these lessons that can struggle for a socialism of the 21st century.
That said, we want to talk to you--those engaged in the struggle
against capitalism and imperialism! We want to hear your ideas about
what it is going to take to build a stronger Left, what forms of
organization are needed, and what issues or concerns you may have about
building revolutionary organization.
For more information, write us at
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