Not by politics alone
Michel Lequenne 32 (326)
Russia
Putin Ist
Jan Malewski 2 (321)
Senegal
Historic victory
Biram Bakary 24(321)
Serbia
A new stage
Radoslav Pavlovic 10 (326)
Ten days that shook Serbia
Catherine Samary 11(326)
Social Clauses
Social clauses, social resist-
A slap in the face of reason J Ramon Castanos 23 (320) Spain: victory for right Jaime Pastor 7(321) At the crossroads J. Ramon Castanos 10(321) Suicide of the Basque left J Ramon Castanos 19 (325) Sri Lanka No peace in sight 12(319) No to Eppawalla! B. Skanthakumar 29(323) Trotsky Relevance of permanent revolution Michael Lowy 12(324) Analyzing the USSR Jan Malewski 16(324) Understanding fascism Manuel Kellner 22 (324) The question of party Francois Vercammen 32 (324) Trotsky's final struggle Jean-Michel Krivine 36 International Viewpoint #326 December 2000 33
In Tribute to Joe Flexer
March 23, 1933 - July 31, 2000 by Barry Weisleder, editor, Socialist Action (Canada)
IT is difficult to imagine a more political person, and at the same time a more pasbership of organizations to which Joe belonged looked to him as a central political leader, a theoretician and a labour movement coordinator. For years Joe led an internal tendency which strove to orient the membership towards the working class movement, to speak the language and to live the struggles of rank and file workers.
Joe left the section of the Fourth International in the Canadian state in the early
80's, as the RWL succumbed to sectarian policies and practices. But his renowned labour activism continued. During the break up of the Soviet Union, Joe joined the
Canadian CP for a brief period, hoping to link up with leftward moving militants. He became a member of a split-off group, the Cecil-Ross Society, and he encouraged its
In the Fall of 1995 Joe decided it was "party building time". He asked to join
Socialist Action, and immediately became a member of the editorial board of Socialist
Action newspaper. He took special pleasure in helping to found the NDP Socialist
Caucus. He was proud of the leading role he played in the writing of the Manifesto for
A Socialist Canada, and in being a federal co-chair of the Socialist Caucus.
Joe Flexer walked on countless picket lines, spoke at countless rallies and demonstrations, and touched countless lives. Everywhere Joe went he fearlessly argued, and patiently polemicized, always keeping to the highest Marxist standard. Everywhere he earned respect - even amongst his most steadfast political opponents. *