Ok,
In many of the topics on here now I seem to see bitching matches about whom is more working class than whom. I’m generalising here but it mostly seems to come from communists. Personally I am sick of hearing the same stupid “shut up your middle class, mummy and daddy do everything for you” bullshit. How many people that have typed these comments own their own computer or have access to a computer?: Many kids in third world countries have probably never even seen a computer let alone used one. Presumably this makes them poorer and therefore much more worthy of holding any left wing views than any of us.
Speaking as an outsider, teenager and someone generally new to anything even remotely left-wing I’ve got to say that this attitude strikes me as a little more than slightly stupid. The vast majority of British people are now what could be loosely termed “middle class” these people (including me and many of the people reading this) must join any struggle that might be defined as “popular”. You can’t have an uprising if the people supposed to be taking part are vetted out due to their parent’s incomes.
After only 3 months reading anarchist literature I have become motivated enough to rid myself of all brandname/sweatshop clothing begun buying clothes from oxfam, working for charity and generally become a better person. I realise that anarchists and communist have different goals and also that your at each others throats for huge amounts of the time. But alienating large amounts of people who might otherwise become part of the struggle has got to be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. Instead of spending all our time bitching and whining and making personal remarks we should be focusing on ways to move forward and make arrangements for everyone.
That’s my views anyway.
Solidarity.