John Holloway and Alex Callinicos debate part 4

John Holloway and Alex Callinicos debate strategies for changing the world marxism 2008 socialist workers party swp.

John Holloway (born 1947) is a lawyer, Marxist-oriented sociologist and philosopher, whose work is closely associated with the Zapatista movement in Mexico, his home since 1991. It has also been taken up by some intellectuals associated with the piqueteros in Argentina; Abahlali baseMjondolo movement in South Africa and the Anti-Globalization Movement in Europe and North America.
He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and has a Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Edinburgh. He is currently a teacher at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Autonomous University of Puebla.
His 2002 book, Change the World Without Taking Power, has been the subject of much debate in Marxist circles, and contends that the possibility of revolution resides not in the seizure of state apparatuses, but in day-to-day acts of abject refusal of capitalist society -- so-called anti-power, or 'the scream' as he puts it repeatedly. He is considered by supporters and critics to be broadly Autonomist in outlook, and his work is often compared and contrasted with that of figures such as Antonio Negri.
He is brother to writer and academic David Holloway, and first cousin to Canadian political activist Kate Holloway and Canadian entertainer Maureen Holloway

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[antandbigdog]

I just think it's fantastic to see these great minds at work. The Revolution is Now!

[twiglet1963]

Oh please.

[sahand57]

You are a 100% correct to point out the duality of the SWP's theory and practice as a result of the organization's Leninist/highly centralized structure. The ISO in U.S. practices much the same way.

[caprinecapers]

Of course Callinicos is right in saying that there has to be a two-way dialog between the organisation and its environment but this is NOT what the SWP does! They do not modify their theory according to the surrounding struggle, but instead have a fixed(Leninist) IDEOLOGY which is to be applied to each different struggle regardless of the specific circumstances. Also ALL members of a revo organisation must be able to articulate theory, but in the SWP it is only the intellectuals that do it.