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Going back, my comment was on the basis that in my view, left wing parties should prioritize local issues as...
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Which is why comments removed from the main...Which is why comments removed from the main discussion make for such good reading.
Going back, my comment was on the basis that in my view, left wing parties should prioritize local issues as...
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The relevant bit is 'different'.
That is...The relevant bit is 'different'.
That is exactly what they are, different situations. And to say that the woes of a population manipulated by fundamentalists into violence, thrown against a...
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But that's hardly a problem with the theory (well...But that's hardly a problem with the theory (well chunks of it do have problems, but I'll gloss over that for now) and more with the way it is presented. The age of theorizing revolutionaries is...
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This.
Plus not getting lost in...This.
Plus not getting lost in pseudo-intellectual discussions about concepts that are completely removed from everyday reality and that just serve to alienate people. There's a lot to be said...
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It's revealing of Papandreou & Co characters that...It's revealing of Papandreou & Co characters that they go to the EU, negotiate and agree a package, and then go back home and say that after all they will put it to referendum... what a mess, how can...
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The fact is that all we have to judge them is...The fact is that all we have to judge them is their actions and their outcome.
What could have been is open to speculation naturally. I would say that they where on a downward spiral from the...
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Far from being an expert but the RAF seemed to...Far from being an expert but the RAF seemed to contain the usual mishmash of idealists, opportunists, adventurers and lost people that composes these groups. Their actions being dictated by the guy...
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Tell that to Ghandi.Tell that to Ghandi.
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The fact they are not basic needs, does not mean...The fact they are not basic needs, does not mean there's no need for them...
Tobbaco, for example, is in some countries run as a quite successful state enterprise. Tv the same.
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It depends, it might turn in to another...It depends, it might turn in to another husy-mushy PR exercise for a couple of cronies, or might very well be the start of a new movement with an interesting perspective or modus-operandi.
It's...
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From Greece, kindly brought to us by the...From Greece, kindly brought to us by the Guardian:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/20/greece-lines-clear-elite
Some extracts:
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Yes, a truly dreadful idea...
Much better idea...Yes, a truly dreadful idea...
Much better idea to work for the parliament eh?...
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Bingo. To sit their asses in parliament there...Bingo. To sit their asses in parliament there needs to be a parliament.
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Courtesy of the Guardian:
Just back from the...Courtesy of the Guardian:
Just back from the barricades where fierce hand-to-hand fighting has broken out between self-styled black-clad anarchists and communist party unionists. Scores are...
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So, how do you propose to change anything with...So, how do you propose to change anything with de-united masses?
Re tolerance - intolerance , that's really splitting hairs and semantics. I do wonder how do you make the world a "zero tolerance...
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No.
The process is talking. I'm advocating...No.
The process is talking. I'm advocating talking less and doing more.
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Who would have guessed, the communist party...Who would have guessed, the communist party preventing a revolution that they did not organize... :laugh:
oh history, will the human being never learn anything from you?...
As to Greece,...
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From Reuters, courtesy of the Guardian:
...From Reuters, courtesy of the Guardian:
Black-clad demonstrators hurled stones and fire bombs at police in front of the Greek parliament on Wednesday as tens of thousands rallied for a...
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There's another example in Portugal from the...There's another example in Portugal from the 'Bloco de Esquerda', which despite still having an entire ocean separating them from the stalinist PC, is good value for your money thus far, and managed...
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Yes, but you can always build it yourself. For as...Yes, but you can always build it yourself. For as much impossible the task can be. I think a bigger issue than denying manpower or equipment would be denying the land to build it.
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Oh but I agree keeping everyone happy is...Oh but I agree keeping everyone happy is impossible. But as you say trying to incorporate the maximum amount of people should be a primary objective of the left in this day and age. To prove that...
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Too open ended question, you need to be far more...Too open ended question, you need to be far more specific.
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Maybe. But what is worst, inaction and total lack...Maybe. But what is worst, inaction and total lack of results, and a very politically focused program, or action and a program that focus on the single goal of uniting the masses?
I thought left...
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Significant? Yes, indeed, if you lose sight of...Significant? Yes, indeed, if you lose sight of the target and remain focused on the process, in fact too much focus on the process usually leads to paralysis.
It would be funny if it wasn't...
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Because leftists start to split over if...Because leftists start to split over if organizing is a good idea or not, then they split over how to organize, then they split over who will lead the organizing, then they will split over some minor...