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Steven
21st April 2011, 18:33
So, to follow the 'A Guide For Newcomers'(I like to follow directions:blushing:)

- Where are you from, whats the leftist scene there like?

I'm Steven from Dublin in the Republic of Ireland where the leftist scene is comprised of a pretty small libertarian socialist group, a social-democratic party who is a minority party in government and where the democratic socialist middle ground between the two is dominated by Trotskyist parties who have several members elected to parliament...

- What branch of leftism do you subscribe to?

The political compass(which I love) puts my centre-of-gravity in the democratic socialist zone. Though I find myself reading Libertarian Marxist books and websites mostly. So maybe democratic socialism is my 'minimum program':)

- How did you become a leftist?

I ate some bad fish...;) Eh, but doesn't 'everything' have a political context? So 'leftism' just happens to be mine.

ellipsis
1st June 2011, 08:42
Welcome, thanks for following direction, although you don't really have to.