Amos U.Y.
20th April 2012, 23:00
Hello there comrades,
I've written the title and have the idea clear in mind but translating it to the blank screen is causing me some difficulty so forgive if you will the bad style or even vague message but basically:
The supposed centre-left, we can (probably) all agree, is no left at all, heartily embracing neo-liberal capitalist ideology to the core thus in the US; the Democrats (blue instead of red, who knew,) in the UK; Labour and in Italy PD who logo I'm sure all English readers will find reminiscent of the logo for PG tips.
In any case we then have the plethora of trade unions which are economist at best, and simply put capitalist stooges at worst.
Finally we come to us, the revolutionary left, a more divided grouping I doubt has ever graced the long history of the world. Thus firstly we have the non-revolutionary left: the "Communist" parties without any revolutionary element.
Then we have Marxist-Leninists, Marxists, Leninists, Maoists, Anarchists, Trotskyites, Stalinists, etc, etc, etc and we could go on for days naming the various supposed tendencies.
And now is the even better part, even then there are divisions and tendencies amidst the sub groups already.
Now to the point: if we can't even unite within ourselves, through coherent discussion, not uniting for the sake of unity (as in not to turn the revolutionary movement into a moderate one) but for the sake of action.
The time is more than ripe. Throughout the world protests have been and are kicking off but the protests are not social democratic in character but purely spontaneous. Once again we are trailing on the coat tails of the movement instead of being at the forefront and that applies to all of us, every single damn one.
If you're like me you feel disarrayed, disillusioned but probably more than that I feel that once again the question that must be asked is What is to be done?
The circumstances are better than ever, the opportunities overflowing, the working class is angry, the less well off middle class is angry but where is the revolutionary left's momentum, nay even presence?
If we can't even unite amongst ourselves how can we expect a population to unite with us, in our respective countries, for revolutionary change?
Can common cause be made or can it not? Is there no common ground?
A couple of common-ish grounds in my book are:
Working to highlight all issues of injustice, discrimination, economic problems etc, but in a social democratic light.
Working with the working class as well as engaging in dialogue with all other classes and shining the spotlight on issues that effect them as well.
Democracy in the movement but not to the extent that the core precepts are negated.
Anti-capitalism.
Anti-authoritarianism, and anti-state capitalism/bureau-kleptocracy.
Commitment to revolution as opposed to reformism and it's cousin economism.
Neither idealising nor marginalising the working class but working united with them, highlighting not just working class issues but all pressing political and economic issues.
Now I'm sure in what I've written and the list there are objectionable elements however I think it is worth stimulating discussion towards unity rather than these damned tedious continuous internecine struggles that really do the ruling capitalist classes job for them. In such a state what threat are we...
A.
I've written the title and have the idea clear in mind but translating it to the blank screen is causing me some difficulty so forgive if you will the bad style or even vague message but basically:
The supposed centre-left, we can (probably) all agree, is no left at all, heartily embracing neo-liberal capitalist ideology to the core thus in the US; the Democrats (blue instead of red, who knew,) in the UK; Labour and in Italy PD who logo I'm sure all English readers will find reminiscent of the logo for PG tips.
In any case we then have the plethora of trade unions which are economist at best, and simply put capitalist stooges at worst.
Finally we come to us, the revolutionary left, a more divided grouping I doubt has ever graced the long history of the world. Thus firstly we have the non-revolutionary left: the "Communist" parties without any revolutionary element.
Then we have Marxist-Leninists, Marxists, Leninists, Maoists, Anarchists, Trotskyites, Stalinists, etc, etc, etc and we could go on for days naming the various supposed tendencies.
And now is the even better part, even then there are divisions and tendencies amidst the sub groups already.
Now to the point: if we can't even unite within ourselves, through coherent discussion, not uniting for the sake of unity (as in not to turn the revolutionary movement into a moderate one) but for the sake of action.
The time is more than ripe. Throughout the world protests have been and are kicking off but the protests are not social democratic in character but purely spontaneous. Once again we are trailing on the coat tails of the movement instead of being at the forefront and that applies to all of us, every single damn one.
If you're like me you feel disarrayed, disillusioned but probably more than that I feel that once again the question that must be asked is What is to be done?
The circumstances are better than ever, the opportunities overflowing, the working class is angry, the less well off middle class is angry but where is the revolutionary left's momentum, nay even presence?
If we can't even unite amongst ourselves how can we expect a population to unite with us, in our respective countries, for revolutionary change?
Can common cause be made or can it not? Is there no common ground?
A couple of common-ish grounds in my book are:
Working to highlight all issues of injustice, discrimination, economic problems etc, but in a social democratic light.
Working with the working class as well as engaging in dialogue with all other classes and shining the spotlight on issues that effect them as well.
Democracy in the movement but not to the extent that the core precepts are negated.
Anti-capitalism.
Anti-authoritarianism, and anti-state capitalism/bureau-kleptocracy.
Commitment to revolution as opposed to reformism and it's cousin economism.
Neither idealising nor marginalising the working class but working united with them, highlighting not just working class issues but all pressing political and economic issues.
Now I'm sure in what I've written and the list there are objectionable elements however I think it is worth stimulating discussion towards unity rather than these damned tedious continuous internecine struggles that really do the ruling capitalist classes job for them. In such a state what threat are we...
A.