remains, however, nent of Marxism in antil the formation of the Comintera. The concentration of the Comintern bon-Europcan world was only natural in the light of the false say wan suppo europe from the carly Twenties, but the Second World War demonstra ted that the Versailles Treaty had not eliminated it.
CONSEQUENCE quence, Marxis in many Euro pean countries were faced by problem which defied the crud colanial-world/imperialist conception of the national probcountries. Holland, etc, under Nazi occ Etheir resources to the Genn rar effoct, they were not und Sevelaped nations, liberased they would resume their Marxias take to their nationa independence? A few seciarian carried on as if nothing ha happened, while -the Stalinists nationalitie way by occoming patriots. But the most creativ to infose the struggle Jerman occupation with a mor owerful democratic and the present-day world tional issues which contribu Ешгорс to two European disappeared from sight, nol b cause they have been eliminate but because they bave been subsumed in the larger conflic between capitalism and the worker states. But as resistance to Paul Thompson (Big Flame) speaking with us that in overall terms the Symposium represented an imwho allended and would like to were too please write your comments und suggestions.
Tapes of the entire four-days" debate will be advertised us soon as they ane avallable. A few months ago a debate took place in the socialist press on devolation and Scottish independence. This debate has receded somewhat in the national press. It * potentially explosive issue in British bourgeois politics and thus deserves the interest of all socialists. Here BOB PURDIE gives his views.
an important compo overthrow of The purpose Belgium. economic and nations. understand And wh attitude should cannot occur.
DIVIDING LINE referred to the way The • forwaed. All those Bext even better To Socialist Challthe bureaucracy grows in Eastern Scolland. Europe we are constantly re minded that the aspirations of the oppositionists lor a senwine democraric socialist construction are alloyed with national senti NEW WE SHODO TOUCHING that Lenin was aware that the capitalism would on — bis last political strugs and as directed against the handit of Soviet Georgia by Stalin subsistence discussion is to demonstrate IN thines! liesty that the narions question is, and always has been an important issue in Europe an ot sometbing that happens on 1 the colonial world. Second that it is manifested in societie with widely differing forms of develop and with different rel tionships to what me usuali as imperialism lenied fall polirical autonomy ponse to specte coonomic ar locial problems which the face under circumstances in which ful independence of action is denied to them. It is not a mechanically pre-determined Marxist response ment, apart from an initial com tionalism. Bus what we au rovetari: inter noc do is to ignore the potentia importance of nationalism, or ti schematically divide the world Into places where it can and At the outset of this arricle I referee trades se mete, Hoise Rule Friday, 9 Seprember cres Assembly Rooms 1 Party (represenied by Monty Sam Aaronovich, Bea Cambell end Geol! Robers) and the international Marxist Ernest Mandal (Fl) speaking at CP-IMG debate
OCIALIST CHALLENGE 15 September 1977 Page 8 All the indications are that the mobili-