The Fuel Tax protest showed the way forward. At tyhe same time as farmers allowed Greenpeace the right to exercise their right to free speech, it was
The Blair government has made it clear that they intend to treat the agricultural economy in the same way as Thatcher did the miners in 1984, and that alone should evoke some sympathy.
If small farmers are at present standing alongside their landowners and the cause of foxhunting, it is because they can see no option. Give them one ! All socialists, anarchists and ecologists go the action as observers and put your case: tell them what they stand to gain from allying with the left. Dont preach about their failings. Give them a chance at least.