paula.mcewan
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As an aside to Young Master Smeet – Lancaster Branch is pleased to announce that Lancaster has possibly the best Indian restaurant in our world. Our branch has regular curry meet-ups, all are welcome. Next scheduled curry night is 28 December. Overnight accommodation at a member’s house is provided. Or book your own, it’s worth it.
Paula (not a moderator)
Lancaster BranchHi Ruben, I admire your enthusiasm! I don’t agree with all your suggestions, but I do agree with your suggestion of a hyperlink to a video which explains our position on abolishing money. It’s fundamental to our position but difficult to explain easily, because you have to go into a somewhat long-winded explanation of the nature of capitalism. It would be good to have a video explaining that money is a detrimental way of measuring value. We just need people to produce that video!
Paula (not moderating)The situation in the Middle East is too much to bear. I can’t stand the propaganda. I listen to Joan Baez to help me cope https://youtu.be/nM39QUiAsoM?si=5K8GcB74q8i00haO
It was good to view the human endeavour in the Olympics, but I was saddened by the flag brandishing. I expect that in socialism we’ll still have Olympics but without the flags.
It was good to view the human endeavour in the Olympics, but I was saddened by the flag brandishing. I expect that in socialism we’ll still have Olympics but without the flags.
I think the reason there was such a large turnout of anti fascist demonstrators last night was due to trade union organisation. My TU (PCS) sent out a message yesterday jointly with Stand Up for Racism telling TU members where to demonstrate against the racists. Stand Up for Racism is very much supported – if not actually organised by – the SWP.
Every time I see SWP banners on a demo my heart sinks but let’s face it, they are visible and we are not. We don’t participate in demos on a point of principle but maybe we should be out there brandishing placards “World Socialism is the only solution”. Or some such placard agreed by the relevant committee.
It’s a long standing principle of our party that demos don’t achieve anything because they won’t achieve socialism. But maybe if we marched with banners and placards promoting the party case we might gain some new members.
Paula
It strikes me as odd that we’re not happy that the Conservatives have got a kicking. Seems we’re a political party that doesn’t give a dam about the voters.
Maybe this was discussed at the meeting – which I had to leave prematurely – but is there a dissonance in the party position? It’s inspiring to see footage of the working class marching in their thousands and hopefully millions, but our position is that it’s a waste of time. What would the party’s reaction be if, say a million people joined a protest in London tomorrow against the genocide in Gaza? I suspect the party position would be ‘well that was pointless because socialism is the solution’. Fair enough but the dissonance creeps in when we’re (or is it just me) secretly thinking “wow that’s amazing to see so many people publicly protesting”.
