Panel on Aidan Beatty's book, The Party is Always Right
I participated in a panel on Aidan Beatty's book, The Party is Always Right on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Besides Beatty and myself other panelists included Peter Ross and Gerry Downing. Steve Zeltzer, who organized the panel, served as moderator of the online discussion. Arriving in the audience for the Q&A part of the panel were several representatives from the Socialist Equality Party, including David North, Tom Mackaman, Joseph Kishore and Evan Blake. The online newspaper of the Socialist Equality Party, the World Socialist Website, ran an edited version of the sound recording of the panel that only included the remarks of the SEP members and a brief response from the author. Missing from the WSWS version of the panel recording were Beatty's presentation, my remarks, the presentation of Peter Ross and Gerry Downing as well as the remarks of Steve Zeltzer. I am posting here the full video recording of the panel. Viewers can make up their owns minds who is attempting a serious investigation of the history of Gerry Healy and the Workers Revolutionary Party and who is fearful of an accounting of an important episode in the history of Trotskyism.
The organizers of the event did not record the meeting and would not let guests do so either. I will check with the organizers if there is any way I can get at least a sound recording.
6 comments:
This is the Farrell Dobbs video.
No it's not. Take a look again.
The first time I clicked on it, I got the Dobbs video. Maybe I accidentally clicked a related video.
Thank you for promoting full transparency.
Are you going to provide a link for the Institute of Historical Research event? WSWS couldn't be bothered to provide one.
The organizers of the event did not record the meeting and would not let guests do so either. I will check with the organizers if there is any way I can get at least a sound recording.
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