This is a great start to a long-overdue discussion about strategy: what it is, how it can be developed, and hopefully, how it dovetails with political economy. Thank you. I have recommended it to others on that basis. However, your quote from the Constitution of the IWMA is incorrect. Here are the exact opening lines: "That the emancipation of the working classes must be conquered by the working classes themselves, that the struggle for the emancipation of the working classes means not a struggle for class privileges and monopolies, but for equal rights and duties, and the abolition of all class rule; ..."
Who are the revolutionary union leaders of today? The union leaders I been a member of or worked for are accumulators of property and delicate chattels. Many Labor and Green parties are not interested in the Fabian strategy let alone tenets of socialism when tattoos, realestate and paternalism are their canvas.
Great opinion piece- drag such debate into the next ALP and Greens meetings which Marx will rise from his dirty couch of comfort.
I recently postulated that Corbyn should, at the earliest convenience, pass the baton to Mick Lynch- if he is willing to take it. Corbyn's position as 'patron Saint' of resistance to parliamentary treachery is secure- now for a fire-starter.
Great question. Working off the primary concept in Godfrey's post, they are there within our movements, still struggling to find their voice and command over their shared vision and strategy that rescues modern life from barbarism. In Australia, no one is yet emerging that I am aware of. But the potential for that is present. Our responsibility is to work out the ingredients that cultivate and bring that potential forward. That means we, in any discussion of this nature, can and should work out what the ingredients are of leadership that is focused on an eco-socialist trajectory to replace the gross mess we now have. The best presentation I have heard about leadership of that character came from Laurie Carmichael in his lectures and seminars with Organising Works trainees in 1997. I can elaborate on that in separate dscussion.
This is a great start to a long-overdue discussion about strategy: what it is, how it can be developed, and hopefully, how it dovetails with political economy. Thank you. I have recommended it to others on that basis. However, your quote from the Constitution of the IWMA is incorrect. Here are the exact opening lines: "That the emancipation of the working classes must be conquered by the working classes themselves, that the struggle for the emancipation of the working classes means not a struggle for class privileges and monopolies, but for equal rights and duties, and the abolition of all class rule; ..."
True! I should update when I have the chance and this comment can be a record of the correction.
Updated with an acknowledgment for your efforts comrade.
Who are the revolutionary union leaders of today? The union leaders I been a member of or worked for are accumulators of property and delicate chattels. Many Labor and Green parties are not interested in the Fabian strategy let alone tenets of socialism when tattoos, realestate and paternalism are their canvas.
Great opinion piece- drag such debate into the next ALP and Greens meetings which Marx will rise from his dirty couch of comfort.
I’ve got a lot of time for Mike Lynch (leader of the RMT in the UK), and Sarah Nelson (from the flight attendants union in the US)
I recently postulated that Corbyn should, at the earliest convenience, pass the baton to Mick Lynch- if he is willing to take it. Corbyn's position as 'patron Saint' of resistance to parliamentary treachery is secure- now for a fire-starter.
Great question. Working off the primary concept in Godfrey's post, they are there within our movements, still struggling to find their voice and command over their shared vision and strategy that rescues modern life from barbarism. In Australia, no one is yet emerging that I am aware of. But the potential for that is present. Our responsibility is to work out the ingredients that cultivate and bring that potential forward. That means we, in any discussion of this nature, can and should work out what the ingredients are of leadership that is focused on an eco-socialist trajectory to replace the gross mess we now have. The best presentation I have heard about leadership of that character came from Laurie Carmichael in his lectures and seminars with Organising Works trainees in 1997. I can elaborate on that in separate dscussion.