Nachthexen
7th March 2013, 09:22
I'm going to follow the suggestions thread, since introducing is awkward for me:
I'm from Darlington in the north-east of England. I can't really make much out of the leftist scene here -- where I live is full of Labour Party members, and they're mostly implicitly or explicitly capitalist. If anyone can give alternatives to that, I'd be extremely thankful.
As for what branch do I subscribe to? Socialist syndicalism. While I'm unsure if "anarcho" is an acceptable prefix for my views (though close enough essentially), I strongly advocate bringing about worker democracy and using wobbly-shop type models. As for why "anarcho" might not be a fitting prefix: I believe some permanent organization separate from unions should actively promote the interests of the non-producing in a syndicalist society, such as children and the disabled (physical and mental) to give examples. While I don't think any decent human being is going to shun the needs of those groups, I'm not a fan of leaving such things to chance.
As for how I became a leftist: I've always been one to varying degrees. My father is an ardent socialist and ex-trade unionist, I picked up the interest in leftist politics from him, read and explored the ideas behind it as I grew up. I became more radical than him eventually, but we're still intelligible to one another.
tl;dr: hi everyone, nice to be here
I'm from Darlington in the north-east of England. I can't really make much out of the leftist scene here -- where I live is full of Labour Party members, and they're mostly implicitly or explicitly capitalist. If anyone can give alternatives to that, I'd be extremely thankful.
As for what branch do I subscribe to? Socialist syndicalism. While I'm unsure if "anarcho" is an acceptable prefix for my views (though close enough essentially), I strongly advocate bringing about worker democracy and using wobbly-shop type models. As for why "anarcho" might not be a fitting prefix: I believe some permanent organization separate from unions should actively promote the interests of the non-producing in a syndicalist society, such as children and the disabled (physical and mental) to give examples. While I don't think any decent human being is going to shun the needs of those groups, I'm not a fan of leaving such things to chance.
As for how I became a leftist: I've always been one to varying degrees. My father is an ardent socialist and ex-trade unionist, I picked up the interest in leftist politics from him, read and explored the ideas behind it as I grew up. I became more radical than him eventually, but we're still intelligible to one another.
tl;dr: hi everyone, nice to be here