Letter: Lenin was right.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: November 23, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: JACK STRAW MP

Dear Comrade Editor: On reflection, rather than expressing outrage at Robert Fisk's libel that I was an "old Trot" (letter, 16 November), I should express my gratitude. For it has taken the correspondence this sparked to remind me that among the many other objections to Trotskyists, which include revanchism, false consciousness and objectively counter- revolutionary tendencies, they are such a humourless bunch.

Two of your correspondents...