Political positions demanding contradictory simultaneous moves become tactically weak
Evidence
In late 1929 an opposition emerged inside the Political Committee. Three of its tight members—Leonetti, Tresso and Ravazzoli —claimed that the change of line from the “right” line symbolised by Tasca to the “left” line as propounded by Longo was opportunistic, and that a serious self-criticism was required. However, the position of the “three” was not a very strong one tactically, since it involved simultaneously demanding self-criticism for the previous right line and opposing the change to the new left line. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 226
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Effective political action must match its tactic to the phase of struggle — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 902