Keir Hardie’s cycling club jettisons socialism Majority of National Clarion Club members vote to remove ‘divisive’ word from its constitution
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/14/keir-hardies-cycling-club-jettisons-socialism [https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/30e49c26b21e16e7012c15242c97e600a51d4a62/0_533_7223_4335/master/7223.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=0c25eaf76f1936d0628a062171999c43]<https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/14/keir-hardies-cycling-club-jettisons-socialism> Keir Hardie’s cycling club jettisons socialism | Socialism | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/14/keir-hardies-cycling-club-jettisons-socialism> Majority of National Clarion Club members vote to remove ‘divisive’ word from its constitution Last modified on Mon 14 Jun 2021 12.13 EDT It has long been Britain’s most political cycling ... www.theguardian.com After 126 years on the road, a dispiriting schism looms. As the Guardian reported<https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/14/keir-hardies-cycling-club-jettisons-socialism> this week, the National Clarion Cycling Club AGM has passed a motion to remove a “divisive” reference in its constitution to socialism. The amended version will instead express a commitment to “fairness, equality, inclusion and diversity”. The Saddleworth Clarion Club in Greater Manchester has threatened to start a breakaway organisation in protest. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/16/the-guardian-view-on-socialism-and-cycling-fellow-travellers [https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4ee2e2fbf2997dc161c0a89b7dfa6989c0172e88/0_436_2584_1550/master/2584.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctb3BpbmlvbnMucG5n&enable=upscale&s=56be958f365c90b3d121a9f94173e823]<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/16/the-guardian-view-on-socialism-and-cycling-fellow-travellers> The Guardian view on socialism and cycling: fellow travellers | Editorial | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/16/the-guardian-view-on-socialism-and-cycling-fellow-travellers> The legacy of the radical bike-riding clubs of a century ago lives on ‘Sylvia Pankhurst wrote beautifully about the band of carefree lefties with whom she rode out of Manchester each weekend ... www.theguardian.com Andrew Coates -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9252): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9252 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83604392/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
