You are SWP, we are not fooled.
Miss Point | 07.08.2002 11:58
Jonathon Neale from the Socialist Workers Party/Globalise Resistance gives some revealing facts about being a socialist.
In his book "You are G8, we are 6 billion" Jonathon Neale says the following: "Socialists like me concentrate on getting large groups of people to change their views, without changing their lives."
One question How the hell is the world supposed to change if no-one changes their lives?
This is revealed in the next sentance "We want to create opposition at the centre of the system, where people work for governments and corporations." Ah - so you want to impose a centralised top-down hierachy, much like the structure of the SWP. That is hardly Socialist.
This reminds me of the anti-war demo last year when an SWPer was challenged why he was eating in McDonalds. He replied that when the revolution comes he wouldn't eat in McDonalds. Fucking Brilliant! Obviously his views had changed but his life hadn't, while opposing capitalism in his mind he wasn't prepared to put his money where his mouth was! How is the revolution going to occur while companies like McDonalds are supported financially by "socilaists"?
One question How the hell is the world supposed to change if no-one changes their lives?
This is revealed in the next sentance "We want to create opposition at the centre of the system, where people work for governments and corporations." Ah - so you want to impose a centralised top-down hierachy, much like the structure of the SWP. That is hardly Socialist.
This reminds me of the anti-war demo last year when an SWPer was challenged why he was eating in McDonalds. He replied that when the revolution comes he wouldn't eat in McDonalds. Fucking Brilliant! Obviously his views had changed but his life hadn't, while opposing capitalism in his mind he wasn't prepared to put his money where his mouth was! How is the revolution going to occur while companies like McDonalds are supported financially by "socilaists"?
Miss Point
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