"There is no substitute for a revolutionary class attitude to imperialist war as well as imperialist peace. A revolutionary cannot put any limitation on the form of the struggle against the imperialist war, if for no other reason than the bourgeoisie certainly puts no limitation on its struggle. The tactics must be adapted to the circumstances, of course. This means that the movement must employ all forms of struggle.
"It is impossible to conduct a genuine revolutionary struggle without preparing the masses for self-defense. It is impossible to conduct a revolutionary struggle without warning the masses of the dangers they face and without being prepared for it in every possible way.
"The basic contradiction in the radical movement today is between those who espouse Marxism but renounce it in deeds, and in particular shun revolutionary methods of struggle, and those who make a bona fide effort in deeds to struggle but who have no Marxist conception of the class struggle, and therefore end up in a blind alley.
"[Our tendency] exists for the purpose of reviving and restoring revolutionary Marxism and bringing back the synthesis between the word and the deed."
- Sam Marcy, "Lessons of the Washington demonstrations," May 7, 1971
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