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gnome wrote:Bijou Drains wrote:I do think that head office is a necessary evil, however I agree with Brian G's point that actually if you were going to pick a place to have it in today's environment, Clapham High Street would be fairly low on the list of possible venues. I also think the idea of letting Head Office as shop premises, would probably generate an ample income which could then be used to rent a more suitable place with better transport links and which could be accessed more easily by ALL members (If there was a surplus we could even consider a small rented northern sub office).
Really? Head Office is situated on one of the busiest trunk roads in and out of London, the A3. It is served by the Underground (Northern line) at Clapham North station which is only four minutes walk away and Clapham High Street station on the Overground circular line which is even nearer and both within easy reach (3 to 4 miles) of destinations in Central London including main line rail stations. In addition there are six separate bus routes including one that runs 24 hours.I'd be interested to hear of an alternative location more easily accessible which the party could readily afford.
Given that London is the UK's most important city, with a population of around ten million (to Birmingham's 2 million), more and bigger train stations and multiple airports, I'd suggest the only thing more accessible than South London would be North London or Central London. Do any other parties have head offices outside London? Are they in North London or Central London?
For the first time in over a decade, the "lost" first issue of Common Voice (a publication published in a short series of only three issues by World in Common) has been reformatted and published with the others herehttp://libcom.org/library/common-voice-2004-2005
Quote:MARX 200A Major International Conference celebrating Marx’s work and exploring the significance of Marxism in the world today. Organised by the Marx Memorial Library on the bicentenary of Marx's birth.Saturday 5 May 2018School of Oriental and African Studies, LondonTickets will go on sale January 2018Full programme to be announced. Speakers include:John McDonnell MP, the Shadow ChancellorSarah Mosoeta (professor of sociology at the National Institute for the Humanities & Social Sciences, Johannesburg)Isabel Monal (editor of the Cuban theoretical journal Marx Ahora)David McLellan (visiting professor of political theory at Goldsmith College, University of London)Ben Fine (professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)John O’Neill (professor of political economy at Manchester University)Ian Gough (visiting professor at the London School of Economics)Sitaram Yechury, Leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxism)Speakers from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, a thinktank of the left-wing party Die Linke, based in Berlin.Plenary sessions will examine Marx’s contribution to: • political economy and its relevance today – why Marx was right • philosophy and human development – Marxism and the battle of ideas • the international role of the working-class movement – Marxism as a force for changeBreak-out sessions will address a broad range of themes including: o class, race and gender o neoliberalism and austerity o Marxism and the environment o nationalism and populism o artificial intelligence and social media o Marxism and culture o state power and the power of the state o Marxism and the present as historyCheck out event listings onFacebook and our Website.Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School37a Clerkenwell Green Marx Memorial Library London EC1R 0DU United Kingdom020 7253 1485DJP wrote:jondwhite wrote:At some point RCP dropped Leninism and became spiked onlineAre you sure they've rejected Leninism. There's some pretty shitty stuff that gets written through Spiked.
Good question, it is I suppose possible they are deep undercover, not sure if I heard this suggested once. Publicly they are not leninists so presuming there was a disavowal somewhere, but open to correction on this.
Marcos wrote:gnome wrote:Marcos wrote:How the Bolsheviks were able to create so many political parties around the world ? How is possible that the Socialsit Party of Venezuela was able to obtain more than 5 millions of members in a few months ? How is possible that the RCP ( Maoist ) is able to move so many youngs peoples in the USA, and it is able to have a conference where more than 2000 peoples were present ? How is possible that the SLP had a much better articulated theory and now is completely dead ? The CPUSA is giving 'socialist" classes in the internet, and they are running a campaign to obtain more members. The WSP is publishing more than ten articles every day covering events from different parts of the world.How? Simple. None of these outfits are socialist, are they?
That is not the answer for my questions. I do know the characters of those organizations, despite that they are not socialist that will not invalidate my questions either. I think Johnston gave a much better answer
Support for all particular political parties fluctuates and some like Labour or the DSA have experienced recent surges in membership when they previously enjoyed much less support. It is not static. Why?
alanjjohnstone wrote:As for other topics in WW, we just published a book and a letter critiquing an article or letter on the Russian Revolution could contain a reference to that book – a bit of free advertisingbetter still, send them a copy to review. Likely to be hatchet job but maybe any publicity would be good publicity.
There is also the issue of Weekly Worker hosting guest writers to portray openness but never agreeing to SPGB guest articles.
I've give it a miss since they started writing Alan Buick [sic] and crediting Robin Cox as SPGB. Letters is dominated by Steve Freeman, Gerry Downing etc. Even the articles aren't as exclusive or insightful as they used to be.
