The idea that Trotsky wrote something called "The Transitional Program" is a myth made up by dogmatists. There is no such thing and can never be any such thing. What Trotsky did write was called "The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International". In it, he explained: "It is necessary to help the masses in the process of the daily struggle to find the bridge between present demand and the socialist program of the revolution. This bridge should include a system of *transitional demands*, stemming from today’s conditions and from today’s consciousness of wide layers of the working class and unalterably leading to one final conclusion: the conquest of power by the proletariat."
I repeat: "a bridge between present demand and the socialist program of revolution... stemming from today's conditions and from today's consciousness". Notice that little word "today" in there? The doctrinaire "Trotskyists" seem to think that 2024 is no different from 1938. The doctrinaire "Trotskyists" adopt a transitional program of demands of nearly 100 years ago while they do mortal violence to the transitional *method*. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34095): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34095 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110158991/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
