Q

Awesome username :P!

hey there mate, ive not been around this website for a time, but i just wanted to say hi

Comrade Q, greetings. I am not sure if I am a Trotskyist or an anarchist. I would like to temporarily associate myself with Trotskyism just to understand it more.

Of course it's not pedantic! Thanks for the heads up, although it will be a long habit to get myself out of. Feel free to point out other things I mess up on, as well.

You joined the Free Access usergroup?

Hmm, although I am away for two weeks starting tomorrow, I could actually attend the event for one or two days. Youth hostels are fairly cheap, and there's some other stuff that I may as well do if I am there anyway. I agree, it would be good to attend and there are some interesting speakers (Ticktin, the Platypus guys). I would probably come somewhere between thursday-saturday.

My only worry is money, as usual. Just to give you an idea, I live roughly 3 hours drive away from London, so I would obviously need to book a coach/train etc., and I was just in London for the day yesterday which has taken up a bit of cash. Access to emails whilst I'm away will probs be mostly via internet cafes by the way, so I might not be able to get back to on this for definite until I am actually back.

Like I said, the only thing is money, so these plans might fall through. I might drop you a PM. Again, thanks for the discussions. Hope you're enjoying your summer/time-off so far. Thanks

Hi Q, sorry I was really late in replying to your message. I still haven't left the CWI because I have been putting off phoning the regional sec. about it for months (), especially because of the state of the branch that I am nominally "secretary" of. Although I have been basically un-active for around 4 months now. I don't read the paper, go to meetings etc.

I don't think I can make the CU. I will be away with my family for the first two weeks of August (it's on around the 8th of that month, right?). It would be great to meet up sometime, and I do genuinely appreciate the thoughtful dialogue we've had over the past couple of months. Perhaps if we're still in touch in a year's time and you're around at the CU then we can meet up?

However, I am not sure my ideas are "Trotskyist" at all anymore, or in line with the CPGB. I am basically taking it a bit easy as regards 'activism', using the opportunity to re-evaluate a lot of the positions the traditional left.

Hey Q, I finally have a good amount of free time. Can you recommend me any good books on Leon Trotsky and on Trotskyism in general. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Well you arent helping by giving out information you arent privileged to. And its much easier for the admins to speak for themselves. I know I and others have donated directly through paypal. So like I said, let us speak for ourselves.

I wonder how many other give up thanks to that. Kinda ridiculous to set requirements which you don't know how to meet and when you ask and try you get ignored.