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I was 14 when I started going on political protests and have been involved in the struggle for human emancipation in New Zealand, Britain and Ireland over the 40-odd years since. Last week I did a piece on politics and the choices we make, looking at both bourgeois politicians and those who join left-wing groups full of good aspirations yet end up being hand-raisers for crappy leaderships of sects and cults and, in the case of actual revolutionary movements, people who delude themselves that sell-outs are actually not sell-outs but clever tactics to the same end. The specific example that I deal with is the Republican Movement (SF/IRA) in Ireland. The bourgeois politicians I deal with are the current leader of the National Party and the former leader of the Labour Party (in NZ) and the far-left cult I deal with is the Barnesites, although I deal with more than them. See: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/politics-and-the-choices-we-make/ Phil _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
