ckaihatsu
17th April 2008, 23:07
(Note: I'm posting this to 'Politics' since I made three attempts to post it as a reply to the original article in the 'Articles' section but it didn't show up.)
Not really. RevLeft is one of MANY providers of the "revolutionary news service," including individuals scattered on Indymedia. That is why working-class folks can't seem to catch up.
That's why I said "it is crucial to have a singular revolutionary news service encompassing news coverage, analysis, and both bulletin and video discussions." This is analoguous to the singular Iskra.
The numerous providers of revolutionary news is not necessarily a bad thing, in my opinion, Jacob -- the diversity of revolutionary and leftist outlets on the net can reflect the multiplicity of local efforts, and of the cross-connections made at higher levels of policy, or policies-in-the-waiting.
One could speak of the revolutionary vanguard as being dispersed over a number of more timely leftist sites, and that's actually the reason I have such a longish .signature attachment, to reflect a diversity of web sites that I consider to be in the fore of the struggle and/or useful.
Obviously no one can "catch-up" in the sense of reading the content from *all* leftist-oriented websites, on a continuous basis -- that's certainly not the point of revolutionary leadership anyway. Again, I think a certain subset of the updates from a number of leftist outlets will provide the substance of a vanguard -- certain issues come to the fore at any given moment because of their political relevance.
Working-class folks shouldn't seek to "catch-up" -- they should seek to be knowledgeable with the issues of the day, and with the politics underlying those issues. That's what distributes leadership over a mass base within the working class.
Not really. RevLeft is one of MANY providers of the "revolutionary news service," including individuals scattered on Indymedia. That is why working-class folks can't seem to catch up.
That's why I said "it is crucial to have a singular revolutionary news service encompassing news coverage, analysis, and both bulletin and video discussions." This is analoguous to the singular Iskra.
The numerous providers of revolutionary news is not necessarily a bad thing, in my opinion, Jacob -- the diversity of revolutionary and leftist outlets on the net can reflect the multiplicity of local efforts, and of the cross-connections made at higher levels of policy, or policies-in-the-waiting.
One could speak of the revolutionary vanguard as being dispersed over a number of more timely leftist sites, and that's actually the reason I have such a longish .signature attachment, to reflect a diversity of web sites that I consider to be in the fore of the struggle and/or useful.
Obviously no one can "catch-up" in the sense of reading the content from *all* leftist-oriented websites, on a continuous basis -- that's certainly not the point of revolutionary leadership anyway. Again, I think a certain subset of the updates from a number of leftist outlets will provide the substance of a vanguard -- certain issues come to the fore at any given moment because of their political relevance.
Working-class folks shouldn't seek to "catch-up" -- they should seek to be knowledgeable with the issues of the day, and with the politics underlying those issues. That's what distributes leadership over a mass base within the working class.