Vote Labour
Tom | 27.11.2001 18:18
The far left in this country is a joke. The vote for the socialist alliance in the Ipswich by-election was pathetic yet the BNP now keeps its deposits.
The hard left (trot or anarcho) says nothing that connects with the public and get no support from its supposed constituency - the working class.
It's social and economic theories have not moved on since the 1930s and neither the trotskyist or anarchist movments have managed to attract anything like enough support to establish the type of societies they seek to. they continue to spout revolutionary theories despite the fact that no-one has been listening for decades. Hence they have been irrelevant since WWII.
In the same period the much despised democratic socialist movement (Labour) has brought into existence health and education for all, created a benefits system for people out of work through no fault of their own, and brought in all kinds of workplace protections.
any rational analysis says that Labour has provided a far better deal for working people than anything on offer from the rest of the left. in addition the labour party now has decades worth of experience of what can be made to work in terms of social policy. in contrast the hard left consists of students quoting texts from decades ago - no practical experience at all.
so what is the point in getting involved in the hard left when it has no chance of getting anywhere when you could be
involved in a party that actually has power in the UK and can improve the lives of ordinary people?
if you truly seek a better society to opt for the hard left you are selfishly refusing to put your shoulder to wheel and really get stuck in. instead you waste your energy and talents in a pointless quest for a revolution no-one wants, and you're not really sure you want to put in place afterwards anyway.
DISCUSS.
The hard left (trot or anarcho) says nothing that connects with the public and get no support from its supposed constituency - the working class.
It's social and economic theories have not moved on since the 1930s and neither the trotskyist or anarchist movments have managed to attract anything like enough support to establish the type of societies they seek to. they continue to spout revolutionary theories despite the fact that no-one has been listening for decades. Hence they have been irrelevant since WWII.
In the same period the much despised democratic socialist movement (Labour) has brought into existence health and education for all, created a benefits system for people out of work through no fault of their own, and brought in all kinds of workplace protections.
any rational analysis says that Labour has provided a far better deal for working people than anything on offer from the rest of the left. in addition the labour party now has decades worth of experience of what can be made to work in terms of social policy. in contrast the hard left consists of students quoting texts from decades ago - no practical experience at all.
so what is the point in getting involved in the hard left when it has no chance of getting anywhere when you could be
involved in a party that actually has power in the UK and can improve the lives of ordinary people?
if you truly seek a better society to opt for the hard left you are selfishly refusing to put your shoulder to wheel and really get stuck in. instead you waste your energy and talents in a pointless quest for a revolution no-one wants, and you're not really sure you want to put in place afterwards anyway.
DISCUSS.
Tom
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slow power slide
27.11.2001 18:53
If labour have done so much to improve the lot of people in this country why is the gap between have and have-nots still increasing. Why do less and less people own more and more land?
A student banging on about changes no-one wants? I thought I was a 30 something IT professional in a badly underpaid job getting qualifications whilst working. How many people make the 'average wage' of 450 a week? The only one I know is finding that a career in the management of violence and agression is taking a heavy toll on his health.
The reason that labour suck up to business and corporations is that the companies would relocate to another cheaper workforce abroad with more 'permissive' regimes. Thats what happened to the greens in Germany. Thats why fines have never been increased for companies found breaking the law. That is why this is a global struggle for global democracy and democracy is a lie as long as corporations are given the same rights as human beings and that my poor misguided friend is why we need a world court and an indepedent body to back up international law.
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