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Tactical discussion

Dave Lee Travis | 30.08.2001 10:45

We've had lots of Trot-bashing arguments, how about a serious discussion?

Anyone care to come up with some ideas around the following questions.

1) the anti-capitalist groups in this country, either anarchist, trotskysist or whatever, do not seem to have grown at all in the past 10 years, despite the emergence of the anti-capitalist movement. why is this?

2) the current anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist movement has been plastered all over the TV and press. why does it seem to have so little resonance with the wider public, despite the fact that the questions raised affect everyone?

3) what are the relative merits of reformist and revolutionary approaches to capitalism?

Dave Lee Travis

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30.08.2001 14:15


Ok I am 23 and I moved 3 years ago to Britain so it is difficult to compare with 10 years ago but it seems to me that:

1) There are now more groups (for example Reclaim The Streets) with more members each.
2) Your question should be, "Why is it that the anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist movement is claimimg more supporters all the time from the wider public despite all the negative propaganda against it in the media?"
3) The relative merits? mm the forming of an equal society and the preservation of the enviroment.

Any more questions?

Lampost

Links with Sub-Proletarian Groups

30.08.2001 15:23

If the anti-capitalist movement is to grow in the UK then I think we need to forge some links with marginalised groups who are presently in revolt. The Trotskyist groups suggest that we must wait for the unionised workers to engage in struggle before the anti-capitalist movement can really take off. This position must be rejected. Apart from the fact that the unions are not going to join this movement, as the bureaucracies which control these oranisations have their own material interests that diverge from that of the rank and file, wildcat strikes are almost non existent at present. It follows then that the anti-capitalist movement must seek to link its direct action with that of the marginalised sub-proletarian groups who are in revolt at present; for instance asylum seekers/refugees and oppressed ethnic minority gropus. In this way the anti-capitalist movement should be able to expand and be able to mobilise far greater numbers of people onto the streets for direct action at future days of action against capitalism.

Anon