alanjjohnstone wrote:The
alanjjohnstone wrote:
The answer to Robbo’s question WDWDITM if it is aimed at the working class is that it is not for us as a Party to offer answers since WDWDITM is already taking place in all manners of ways , legal and illegal and doesn’t require the approval or sanction or encouragement of the Party. It takes place just as the class struggle does on a daily basis whether the idea of socialism or a workers party exists or not.
In other words Alan what you are effectively advocating is the complete sidelining of the Party and committing it to historical irrelevance by its failure to make, let alone foster, the link between immediate struggles and the long term goal of socialism. It must surely be obvious to everyone now that this kind of abstentionous approach is a major reason why the party has not grown and will not grow. Positive endorsement of forms of direct action – like squatting – does at least give it one foot in the camp of immediate struggles and so better enables it to counter the otherwise massive influence – hegemony – of the reformists in this area