The MLP was also unable to answer other basic questions of modern day socialist politics . These were and are serious issues which need attention . . The MLP was aware of these issues and made attempts to grapple with them . It was also one of the best of the left organizations in grasping how to participate in struggles and maintain a socialist orientation without either being sectarian or falling into the trap of tailing behind the trade union bureaucracy or various reformists . In my opinion, Thomas Kuhn's work provokes thought about how to address our crisis .
Socialist theory needs to take into account various factors . .
Whether what has passed for Marxism, including some issues of how the MLP interpreted Marxism, were simply rigid interpretations, or whether what we need is new insight, is a question . I think the paradigm will be new . It will take in and account for the monumental work of Marx, Engels, and Lenin but it will develop from there in new ways . I think it will be a new way of looking at many things . Socialism needs to stand with the poorest and most downtrodden in their struggles .