Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line

Charles Boylan

Learn from the Teachers by Negative Example


From Montreal, Sunday, Nov. 7, 1971

...Today, a group of us (two Indians, three Haiitians, three from Trinidad and some of us) had a meeting – all of us were somehow involved in A.A. At the present time some of H’s guys, as usual, have started sabotaging A.A. (just like the Trotskytes) and even though organisationally we are running A.A., very soon these people will declare that A.A. is theirs, etc. Our strategy is to tell them O.K. it is all yours and we will continue our work and change the name of the group. Because, the name is not really important (or even whoever has started it, for instance Plekhanov started the Social Democratic Party in Russia but it was Lenin who developed it) rather it is the political work of individuals that will disseminate Marxist-Leninist ideas – as a result, our program will be, above all, political work and dissemination and accurate understanding of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Tsetung Thought among our nationalities. On this basis the group will meet every week and will precisely discuss the problems of the international communist movement, particularly in our own countries. Also, we will discuss important issues about China and the Communist Party of China and try to relate them to our minute experience (we ail believe that we have to study it and unite on specific issues).

In accordance, we will continue our political work too, particularly among our own nationalities. In terms of political work and defending our political rights we have come to this conclusion that struggle against deportation is an important aspect of the struggle against racial discrimination, because this weapon of reactionaries, deportation, stops all kinds of political work. That is, the struggle against deportation will open up a path toward the struggle against discrimination and political repression. It is an important aspect of our struggle in Canada. Do not misunderstand, this would not be our only task – that is we all will participate in this struggle, also disseminating political ideas and explaining them to the Quebec people is very very important and is one of our important tasks. The name of the group will be Afro-Asian Latin American Group (M-L) (this is not a party). And occasionally we will publish necessary publications. One of our first tasks is to study political issues of A.A. and ourselves and a group self-criticism about our wrong-doings and wrong political lines.

The main problem which has not yet been formulated is left sectarianism, that is criticizing without building a group and a political line. Of course, this is clearly obvious in the so-called Party of Canada (M-L). We will have an analysis of each group and if there is an attack against communism and the correct policies of China, under the name of communism and Marxism-Leninism, we will definitely put forward the correct issue (it is liberalism if we keep quiet). But parties like the Black Panthers, etc., even if they have some correct and some incorrect lines should not be criticised but rather their historical development and their good work has to be shown (of course, all of this talk is about the future and that is if we come across it – our first task is a study of our past actions and comparing it with Marxism-Leninism).

Another point is that even though I said at the beginning of this letter how many people (and where from) were in this meeting, nevertheless it is agreed that this group stays completely secret and in practice we will follow this. The reason that I wrote this to you is just for your information and I have decided to send you a report and a summation of our discussions every week, that is if you want it. I will write you more about this issue.