48. Anatomy of the Micro-Sect │Hal Draper

This week the lads once again humble themselves at the alter of the ever apposite font of revolutionary wisdom; Hal draper. This time Jack and Dan explore the ins and outs of the sect, that inescapable nadir of left political organisation. What is a sect, why do they come about, are they inescapable, and what is their historical impact and legacy? The sect, it turns out, is not the way to build and support an active workers movement; history has proven this to be the case. So now what? Draper offers us the model of the political and Marxist ‘centre’. They boys discuss how this would differ from the sect model and how it could inform socialist practice today. Reading: Anatomy of the Micro-Sect by Hal Draper (1973) https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1973/xx/microsect.htm