labels

[drunktank]

Should we be labeled?
Should we be reds and blacks?

I think -isms pose a limit to our thought.

I believe we can only think nicely way
when we have no labels because
"The man who thinks nicely
is the man who thinks in a free way."

[Chief Rebel Angel]

nope we should not be labled... except if we chose to be... err.. labled... like i want to be labled a muslim.. still i appreciate comunism and christianity and even bhuddism... cuz i'm a muslim... well thats just me...

[Avamatha]

Yep, I hate that kind of sorting. I don't want to be in one group. I'm not a communist, though I like Che and have lots of thoughts about communism, but I am not one. If I would have to "belong in a box", I would be hippie-socialist-activist-satanist-freak.
So if you want me to belong to some box, please take your axe with you, 'cuz you'll have to chop me into pieces.

[Kez]

I dont think that it is neccesary to put fractions in the leftist cause until the day when the revolution is complete.
I believe that we should be judged on our beliefs, not so called labels
But are anarchists left? becasue many of them including punks are right wing mob scrubber motherfuckers who need a good head kicking.

UNITE & FIGHT
comrade kamo

[el che1220]

In my opinion..the left is just a big family..and it's important to have different currents of opinion in our movement...as long as we're proud of our marxist heritage and that our goal is the revolution...the rest is secondary....we may have different thoughts about the ways to achieve this revolution, but what matter is that our society adopts and recognizes that it is the only viable system....! Hasta la victoria siempre!

[Elfinity]

I dont think we should be labeled, but it is often human nature to do so. I also think it's human nature to wish to be labeled....We want to be part of 'groups' and we give those groups labels. We take pride in certain labels and will often choose labels to represent us...ie, communist, socialist, marxist. Personally I've found that the majority of people feel more comfortable when indentifying as part of a 'group', a system, a family. I dont think it's so much a bad thing as a normal human thing.

Labels often only seem to be a problem when considered as derogatory, or when the individual is faced with another 'group' in direct opposition to his/her label/group.

That said there are of course millions of individualists out there who do not care to fit into any particular group or have any particular label. but then again, we label them too...as individualists:-)

[ArgueEverything]

marx: 'one thing that is certain is that i am not a marxist'

all this dogmatic marxism, lenininm, stalinism, trotskyism maosm etc has to go. the left must be flexible. marx himself wanted it to be.

[MJM]

Yes the left must be flexible or it shall never beat capitalism.
It should be like a river washing away the boulders of capitalisms. But it seems to be a whole lot of lakes all trying to be bigger than the other.While the glaciers of capitalism draw them into the ice sheet.
Excuse my poor analogy please.

[Freiheit]

every human being is an original, he has his own ideas and ideals.
labeling is just a try to get publicity and attention. in theory it is pointless, but in practice it is needed.

[Kez]

What are labels?
Are labels still evident under one big label?
For example, should there be labels under the banner of communism or socialism?
I believe that we do need the labels such as capitalist, communist, socialist and anarchists. But we dont need to divide the left into even smaller groups such as in communist --> trotskyists, lenninist, stalinits, euro communists or in socialism --> social democrat, labour etc
We should unite under the banner of the left, to crush the opposition politically, as opposed to militarily, then once the leftist victory is one, we can reform the left towards the different aspects of communism or socialism

UNITE&FIGHT
comrade kamo