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NCAFC STALINISM - 'Professional Activists' stifling The Peasants' Revolt

Zarathustra | 14.12.2010 14:23 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements

It seems as they are sitting there in their middle class comfortable rooms saying to themselves... "I know something you don't know"... And already they have begun to form parties, to say to people "don't go to other protests" - we are supposed to run to them for protection just like "the party" protects under Stalinism

On Sunday night I went to the pub in South London and met a large number of middle aged, middle class folk of many vocations who all supported the student protests. After stumbling across a couple of drunk coppers, one of whom told me he was an undercover ("now come on boys we don't want to have to search you tonight..."), we ran into a geologist working for a Swiss oil company who expressed his support for the Uprising, old Irishmen and the common folk of the land, all of whom not only supported the student protests but engaged in the most heated political debate that I have seen for a long time in the pubs of this country.

When in recent years have passions run so strong that people are found to be shouting about politics in the pubs? A more poetic friend of mine said "it is like being in those Parisian cafes you hear about in books where they are all discussing and plotting the revolution".

Whether 'NCAFC', the Student Unions and their out-of-touch buddies know it or not, whether they can see beyond their thick-rimmed glasses and worrying about essay deadlines, whether the SWP with their leader who attends meetings in a tuxedo with a gold watch and discuss what word are best to use in speeches - THE POPULAR MOOD IN THIS COUNTRY IS REVOLUTIONARY, the most revolutionary it has been for many years.

Middle class folk, disillusioned with all political movements after seeing the failures of the communists in the 60's and 70's are now re-awakening to a renewed vigour, they are becoming willing to be active and radical in attitudes at an unprecedented rate. They see police violence on the news and call their children offering to pay their fines if they are arrested, they are developing a new sensitivity and discovering very fast that THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE BEING OPPRESSED, and they are feeling a strong sense of righteous indignation.

Yet the 'Officials of The Revolution', the New Stalinists of NCAFC, who are nothing but decadent middle class folk living off of their parent's money and student loans, fighting this cause only as 'career activists' with no understanding of the realities of life amongst the poor and oppressed, who have never been hungry, who have never been homeless, who have never known what it's like to actually be poor, suffering and oppressed except what they are now discovering at their organised protest marches, are TRYING TO STIFLE THE REVOLUTION.

They say "only go to official protests because otherwise you will not be safe". We, THE PEOPLE, do not care about 'being safe', this is the begginings of an insurrection, have you ever heard of a
'safe insurrection'?

In a survey on their website, 76% of Daily Mail readers are even supporting the student protests.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL that we take advantage of this wave of popular discontent, continue organising, marching and creating as much trouble as possible for the government.

A MARCH HAS BEEN CALLED for the 20TH OF DECEMBER, the organiser seems to be an idealistic 17 year old who happens to have a prediliction for high culture and possibly for Geert Wilders (or perhaps a good sense of humour), and aside from having 'Geert Wilders' on his 'political views' on facebook seems to be otherwise a completely inoffensive, decent and idealistic youth. We cannot blame a 17 year old kid for being interested in many sorts of political ideals even if he is interested in Geert Wilders, and furthermore, this isn't the important thing.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS that we KEEP UP THE STRUGGLE and don't let the people forget that it is happening. If we let the British public fall back to sleep until January 29th when the next 'official' march is organised by the NCAFC Stalinists, we will see them fall back into their apathy. They are very sleepy in this country, they are very afraid, WE MUST KEEP MARCHING, WE MUST KEEP GIVING THE PEOPLE COURAGE.

I CALL FURTHERMORE for a day of MASSIVE ECONOMIC DISRUPTION on the 20th. How many people would it take to shut down your local railway station? How many people would it take to shut down a local council or corporation?

Get a group of friends together and either come to the march or engage in an activity of economic disruption. THE STALINISTS AT NCAFC AND THE OTHER REGRESSIVE 'CAREER ACTIVIST' GROUPS DO NOT RUN THIS REVOLUTION, let's not let them begin to create parties and cling to power, let's set ourselves free AS A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT IN UNITY, we do not need their 'help', 'safety campaigns' etc.

FORWARD TO THE RISING SUN OF A MORE JUST WORLD!

Zarathustra
- Homepage: http://www.burnbabylon.tk

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