This is an archive of the former website of the Maoist Internationalist Movement, which was run by the now defunct Maoist Internationalist Party - Amerika. The MIM now consists of many independent cells, many of which have their own indendendent organs both online and off. MIM(Prisons) serves these documents as a service to and reference for the anti-imperialist movement worldwide.

Maoist Internationalist Movement

The "Internet-only" rumor

November 1 2006

by PIRAO chief

MIM is "Internet-only" says a slander taking advantage of the small size of the proletarian camp.

We recently asked comrades that started work in 2006, what about this "Internet only" rumor:

I've received and distributed 125 pounds already. There might be more waiting for me. I'll also send more money this week.

2) Getting started with MIM has been an educational and worthwhile experience for me. Besides distributing MIM Notes, I put up flyers, work with anti-war groups, etc.

3) The internet is a powerful, and global tool for activists. The internet is vital for keeping people connected. I don't know about security risks though. MIM rail, and MSG groups look like they are doing important united front work, in addition to publishing MIM notes. Therefore, I would say that MIM is not internet only.

We also asked Comrade Oz about this, since Oz is so far away. His response was more philosophical.
Without communist parties having a mass base as at present, it is hard to see what is real internationally. As you point out the CIA has 100,000, or however many, so there are more spies and agents than real communists. But it provides plenty of work for the labour aristocracy.

So a rule of thumb for me is that many left websites are CIA fakes or manipulated in some way. One can easily become paranoid on the internet. As for MIM being only an internet presence who cares?

As long as I think that in their practice they do more heaps more good than harm.

Stalin was only assessed at 70% but that is 70% good.

The only test is practice over time.

The delivery of old MIM Notes to me, shows some physicality over time, but you know that proves little either, MIM distributes some notes to prisons, if this is a CIA plot it only needs to distribute a few.

The state/CIA could easily create, using its own warders evidence for the repression and censorship of MIM!

Now from what I can see MIM has its good cardinals and tries to stick to that over the years.

Most importantly it is exposing the existence of the labour aristocracy and supports struggle by the Third World peoples. I told you before it looks like MIM are the only Maoists that can add up and did the labour aristocracy sum. Hey, I am a simple guy lining up with the smart guys that can do 2+2 and also a bit of division one divides into 2, what we used to call scientific socialism! I agree with those, cardinals and want see the masses grasp those cardinals, so even if MIM was a CIA fake, trying to gain some political l capital by pushing a more correct line, that's bad, but if MIM effectively pushes those cardinals especially out to the Third World that's more than 70% good . If those cardinals are grasped in the Third World then even a CIA/MIM has done service for humanity despite or whatever its subjective intentions.

Line decides if correct ideas can be grasped by the masses.

So one fake CIA website doing 70% good even if run by only one man is better than some RCP that has a bit more physical size , but serves the CIA by promoting support for us imperialist wars as in Iran. As far as I am concerned if they, RCP is 500 or 1000, that is only another battalion serving the imperialist military in oppressing the poor of the world for capital. Now if only internet presence, or even CIA front, or even one man, MIM is opposing that. so it looks like its in my camp.

With all the discussion of heavy ideology recently, MIM has fallen in circulation behind an Amerikan neo-Trotskyist group. Nonetheless, there is a reason that market research people are selling MIM watches and others MIM t-shirts. It has nothing to do with demand from the members. Although several different market research groups have conducted studies on MIM, the most well-known is Alexa. Here again is a sample report from Alexa on the U.$. situation from October 2 2006. To our mind, instead of asking pragmatist questions, people should be asking what is holding back some of MIM's much larger competitors. Why is size an advantage and not a disadvantage?

MIM does not take 90% of the people in contact with it very seriously. These two comrades above broke through and started working with MIM in 2006.