Yup absolutely, they werent ammatures. Bad craic that is, luckily for me the job lets me do a bit of reading and get on the internet when its quite, what more dya want.
oh stop there is so many valid ideas that the sticks used that could be again utilised by republican socialists. I must look into getting my hands on that and all. Repeating exams in college at the moment so political reading will take a backseat till the end of august!
Ya all of them are around the North like. Brilliant book isnt it, highlights what happens when you start attempting to break down sectarian barriers by legitimising Loyalism as some form of rational and acceptable form "culture" or what not. But it does show how efficient the sticks were at mobilising and their activism especially in the south, Dublin specifically. I cant recommend enough "Socialism Betrayed", brilliant book on the USSR, cuts through all the propaganda and bullshit and from a staunchly Marxist-Leninist perspective.
i also have work all weekend so its a no go( i wish these residentials didnt happen 9 hours away from me!) I must look into gettin that book. Only just finished the lost revolution, what a book, really opened my eyes to the extent of the shit the sticks were at.
Its from Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti, brilliant read. Destroys the trendy left pretenders like Chomsky. Aye there is in Armagh as far as I know, I cant make it though cause I cant get off work. Bad craic.
jesus thats an excellent quote. Is there some sort of residential happening this weekend?
The pure socialists' ideological anticipations remain untainted by existing practice. They do not explain how the manifold functions of a revolutionary society would be organised, how external attack and internal sabotage would be thwarted, how bereaucracy would be avoided, scarce resources allocated, policy differences settled, priorities set, and production and distribution conducted. Instead, they offer vague statements about how the workers themselves will directly own and control the means of production and will arrive at their own solutions through creative struggle. No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except the ones that succeed. - Michael Parenti
ha he is one prize asshole.
"Yeah well, no offence, but Irish revolutionaries basically like to ***** about everything Britain does". Gold sheer gold, I have myself a new signature.
Ya defo, I thought we could make him more political but he didnt seem too interested. Onwards and upwards.
