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gnome wrote:Vin Maratty wrote:
Powerful stuff, Vin, yet there are still those who insist that the struggle for socialism has no moral dimension. If it doesn't then why include the heart-rending images in the video?
A suggestion: If we are to use videos like this to propagate the case for socialism then I think we need a stronger link between effects and the causes of those effects. As it is the video consists of a montage of horrors with no analysis.
admice wrote:If it's a true democracy, you can't guarantee it wil be or remain socialist. ^^Please note — we are not in the business of issuing promises of fulfillment (guarantees). Socialism requires majority agreement and understanding. We cannot underwrite the success of the socialist project.In socialism people will be free to organise to change those decisions made with which they disagree.Socialism will be established to deal with problems which capitalism throws up but which it cannot resolve.I personally cannot envisage any circumstances under which a majority would want to revert to capitalism. Whose interests would this serve? And what mechanisms would they have at their disposal?
According to Flemish tourism chiefs – who with Belgium's government have invested more than 50m euros (£42m; $67m) in centenary events – the anniversary is likely to make the many "must-see" WW1 attractions in the region even more popular than they were before. My emphasis.
In the February 1974 election the IMG argued that "… where there is no revolutionary alternative…socialists must argue for a vote for the Labour Party ."(Red Weekly 8 February 1974)
Reported by Reuters (July 17th):"The question is what will be Japan's response …" said Nakano*. "But escalation of tensions leading to a war? I don't think so. The Americans will be watching this situation with grave concern and may play a role of a mediator here." China, the world's top energy user, is on a fast track to boost the use of natural gas, with demand for gas forecast to grow more than four fold by 2030 from the 147 bcm last year.China is the world's fourth biggest gas consumer. *Koichi Nakano is associate professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo. He does not explain how one "mediates" using B52s.
Don't be put off!Brand new paperback for £13.92 :http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0141976950/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
Not yet the 1930s: "The shock that hit the world economy in 2008 was on a par with that which launched the Depression. In the 12 months following the economic peak in 2008, industrial production fell by as much as it did in the first year of the Depression. Equity prices and global trade fell more. Yet this time no depression followed.Although world industrial output dropped by 13% from peak to trough in what was definitely a deep recession, it fell by nearly 40% in the 1930s. American and European unemployment rates rose to barely more than 10% in the recent crisis; they are estimated to have topped 25% in the 1930s."The Economist 10 December 2011 url=http://www.economist.com/node/21541388
You might also try: Brian Manning: "1649: The Crisis of the English Revolution" (and others)[Manning's Obit here http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/26/guardianobituaries.obituariesChristopher Hill : "The World Turned Upside Down" E. P. Thompson: "The Making of the English Working Class" [a history of radical movements up to 1832]
I knew this problem had been placed in a safe pair of hands.Thanks. Am I too sensitive when I suspect bliptv removed the item because it had too few viewings?
Quote:Speaking at the Lord Mayor’s banquet in the City, he called for a culture “that values that typically British, entrepreneurial, buccaneering spirit”Serious or not he needs to look up the meaning of the word 'buccaneer'. According to my dictionary it means: 1.] pirate; 2.] an unscrupulous adventurer. Hold on… he was speaking to a gathering of thieves and parasites….
stuartw2112 wrote:I heard on the grapevine that a member of your party argued in public, during your recent election campaign, that the TUSC candidate should be disqualified from standing for election as he was intent on breaking the law (by defying imposed austerity if elected). Extraordinary piece of anti-working-class, anti-socialist claptrap. I hope charges are being brought with a view to expelling this member?Are there some Chinese Whispers on this particular grapevine?As I understand it the Electoral Commission has the power to declare an election invalid.As the member asked "…doesn’t his condoning of breaking the law invalidate his candidacy?" This is a could statement not a should statement — it's pointing out a matter of fact not suggesting a course of action.
Alex Woodrow wrote:…Anyway, I am not criticising but it is just that Trotskyism is up there as one of the most hypocritical ideologies in history and, if you really call yourself a socialist, then you would no longer be a Trotskyist and support the ideas of democratic socialism. …Well if that is not a criticism I don't what is. It could have been a bit more constructive too. HH
