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And presumably that addressing crowds as "men and women" wasn't controversial because it was considered too cisnormative. Ah well, maybe one day this will be the party objection.I read the ISO article and wondered if I should ask if Lars Lih is bringing down Leninism.p24 the monument states of the socialist standard "its name was chosen by the EC from a list of suggestions which included The Red Flag, Socialism, The Socialist Republic and the Socialist News". Its all very simple to see things in black and white as some branches may do, but red is a good shorthand symbol for socialism and a recognition that our history predates the founding of the party. The red flag was also used when two red flags flown by marchers during the Merthyr riots of 1831 in South Wales were soaked in calf's blood.On the other hand, Comrade, sounds naff in my opinion. Fellow worker is okay but I read a critique from the archives suggesting the party speaks in the capacity of socialists not as fellow workers. I think this might have been in forum journal.
This account was a good read and sounded cordial, I can only hope all of our opponents are treated with such cordial hostility leaving a favourable impression of us even if they disagree. As for a return bout, Upton Sinclair once observed you can convince a man of anything, except that which his salary depends on it. The actual wording"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it"
There is a meeting this Sunday in South Londonhttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/marxian-economics-clapham-300pmHave a look at articles under the taghttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/subject/moneyand the regular column obscurely named Cooking the Books (doesn't help that there is a picture of a fancy dress chef)http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/regulars/cooking-books
Quote:Groups with tables inside: CCDS DSA some Ecosocialist project, probably new? Green Party ISO (thru Haymarket Books) Kasama Project News and Letters Platypus People Not Profit (anarchist group [?] that's unfamiliar to me) RCP (thru Revolution Books) SEP SP-USA US Friends of the Soviet People Workers World Party Groups with tables outside: Internationalist Group League for the Revolutionay Party Socialist Alternative Spartacist League United Front Against Austerity (supporting nationalization of the Federal Reserve, a sales tax on all Wall Street transactions, 0.75% student loan interest rate. Seem to want the Democratic Party to go back to being its New Deal coalition self, and focus less on "divisive social issues." http://againstausterity.org/) Workers International League No tables, but saw individuals: FRSO(ex-Refoundationist) One Struggle Solidarity Supposedly people from Workers Power (US) were also there, but I didn't see them. Peter MoodySome natural resources are exhaustible (and the market is a terrible way of managing this) but human ingenuity is not.http://www.bristol247.com/2013/01/31/deflation-of-helium-reserves-spell-trouble-for-science-technology-and-party-balloons-86327/Surely peak oil can conceptually exist even if it is hard to predict a time?
A report here of the event from the AWLhttp://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/international-socialist-network-politics-or-therapy/
Yep that. Before I give the god-botherers too much slack, had to quote this
Quote:5.25pmThe Big IF London hosts, Myleene Klass and Gethin Jones, return to the stage for the final time this afternoon. Myleene says: "You have been part of history today. FACT!", while Gethin adds: "Tell your children, I was there when we finally said ENOUGH with hunger!"It's possible that the left didn't attend Hyde Park because the left believe abundance does not exist or that socialism will not involve a fundamental change in the mode of production.
