Talk:List of Trotskyists
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[edit] NPOV Question
I just noticed this:
Paul Wolfowitz - ex-Trotskyist turned neo-conservative crackpot
Can we say "crackpot"? Isn't that somewhat pejorative and not very NPOV? I'd be grateful for any input on this. Thanks. - Square pear 02:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
- Not only is "crackpot" a POV term, but also it's not clear what connection, if any, Wolfowitz had to Trotskyism. His Wikipedia bio states that "At this time Wolfowitz was not a regular speaker at Social Democrats USA conferences, as SDUSA did not exist until the December 1972 split in the Socialist Party, when the right-wing Shactmanites defeated the Harrington center-left bloc and the hard left Debs Caucus faction, in a convention resolution." which is not particularly illuminating. Ahasuerus 03:12, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I just deleted Wolfowitz from the list. He might have been influenced by Max Shachtman but that was long after Shachtman was a trotskyist so it seems silly to include him. -- User:Nvanbemmel
If Wolfowitz can be mentioned, then why not LaRouche? (who was once a member of the SWP who was best known for incorporating lots of Rosa Luxemberg and Freudian psychoanalysis before infiltrating SDS to eventually branch off into his own Neoplatonic vanguard). -- IdeArchos 06:38, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Prunella Scales and Timothy West
Why are these two British actors on the list? Samuel West's former membership of the British SWP is well known, but I suspect that his parent's inclusion on the list comes from (possibly) siding with the Redgrave's in Equity when the WRP had a significant presence in the organisation. I did not find any evidence of any Trotskyist connection when doing a search online, by the way.
Many Thanks! Philip Cross 18:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
