Traverso/ Löwy1990, p. 133. They actually refer to Nimni 1989. It should be noted that Nimni’s position (1989; 1994) nevertheless needed to be defended against the Leninist/Trotskyist orthodoxy asserted by Traverso and Löwy who held (1990, p. 144) that unqualified support for ‘oppressed peoples’ and their ‘right to national self-determination’ is an ‘absolutely necessary premise’ of a Marxist position.