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On Tuesday, November 25, The Freedom Shop, an anarchist centre in Wellington, held a meeting about the way forward for the activist left. A number of speakers were invited to give ten-minute presentations; below is the presentation given by *Don Franks* Kia ora kou tou. Thanks for inviting me here this evening. I appreciate the chance to participate in this discussion of how the activist left might make progress. Discussion of political ideas is something the New Zealand left hasn’t done very well. We’ve spent more time discussing other things. Such as how we can get this or that “good” person elected to some position. Or how we might achieve mainstream media coverage of a political stunt. We kiwi leftists are practical down to earth people, aren’t we? We like to get on with the job, do something real, get something going now, not later. We care, we want to stop the drilling, feed the kids, not wank off over an economic textbook. So, political study for long-term strategising is something we do, if at all, after completing our other supposedly more relevant duties. That’s how it’s mostly been in the sections of the socialist. . . full at: http://rdln.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/symposium-on-the-way-forward-4-making-our-own-revolutionary-kaupapa-and-fighting-for-it/ 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
