MB4-26

Marxist Bulletin No. 4

Expulsion from the Socialist Workers Party

Robertsonite Attack on the Party
Motion by the Political Committee

To All Branches

Dear Comrades

Robertsonite Attack on the Party

We are attaching for your information copies of a letter from James Robertson and a statement submitted by the expelled leaders of the Robertson faction. The Political Committee has adopted the following motion concerning this new maneuver against the party:

“In their statement of February 10 the expelled leaders of the Robertson faction announce they will carry on ‘open public work’ and will make their criticism of the party ‘known to the radical public’. On the heels of the statement they came out with a public organ called ‘Spartacist’ in which they open public attack on the party.

“Although presented in the hypocritical guise of appealing their expulsion to the next convention, the statement can only be construed as a continuation of the splitting course long pursued within the party by the Robertson faction. It is the elementary obligation of all comrades to repulse the splitters and to serve notice that anyone undertaking to act as their agents inside the party will be called to account.

“All party branches are requested to keep the Secretariat informed of the public activities conducted by Robertsonite splitters and to promptly report any evidence of collaboration with them from within our ranks.”

Comradely yours,
Farrell Dobbs
National Secretary