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CO 0 0 18 1 6 1.- .. . -. * his hccn succcssful'in s n m ~ placcs o n somc occasions in tlic past. Thc mostmatable success was last November 15, at Washington. duce the bodies, New Mobe leaderrefear that the festive atmosphere that increasingly creeps into the miss antiwar. anti-es tablishmcnt rallies is counterproductive in two ways: first, nose count alone does not seem toeimpress the ertablishment and second, mass rallics art? fast becoming "old hat" and t h e participants are too interested in rock music and pot to care'much one way or the other what thc radical political merchant8 are selling. 0 * Although there is no question but what a wcll-planned rally can pro- :*&I.* - .'. _. - Although they have not defined cxactly what they mean, New Mobe spokesnten have now verbnlizcd a necd for civil disobedience and direct action. This widely discussed tactical . r"z 2:- - change to do away with the mass protest philosophy by the Ncw Mobe has tendch to alienate its former comrade in disscnt, the SWP, who still believes in tho value of the mass dcmonstration and hastens to - . point out that Hanoi like8 them too. has indeed built a formidable mass.movement body in the form of the 0 The SWP, through its youtH group, tlrc Young Socialist Alliance, The . ... .- SMC (Student Mobilization Committee to End the W a r in Vietnam). SWP undoubtedly sees its organization work within thc SMC subvertccf by its farmer New Mobe associates. at thc secrningly sincere bat misgtrided motivcs of scvetal Ncw Mobc organizations to work for peace candidates through t h e summer and into The SWP does not believe that such methods are the road to - The SWP additionally takes umbrage . the fall. * . . American revolution. 0 To further complicate the serious rifts and h-fighting among the organizations of the radical left, the Maoist Progressive Labor P a r t y and the S W P ' s Student Mobe have rccently battled in Boston. remembered-that last summer the PLP faction of SDS split away a t Chicago and formed the SDS Worker Student Alliance. National Steering Committee of the Student Mobe m e t at Boston and the SDSIWShcrs tried to crash the party. A battle ensued in which a num- bcr of ovcr-zealous radicals were injured. It will be On 24 May the 4 \ 'What is clcarly implied is that the power factions in thc doctrin- In all nf this tlic Com- Tho CPUSA i s unrloabtcdly the bcst aire communist lcft in scrambling for movcmcnt snprcniacy will intcnsify tlrc battlc aaainst onc aiiothcr in coming matrLlis. nilmist Party, U.S.A. i s trying to stand on tlrc sidclincs and will pro- bifbly c?vc*ntnally pick rip th$ piccca. organized of the old left and has the'coulest hand. # .. . 3 s .