If the movement succeeds in
If the movement succeeds in (to use just a few examples of ongoing and partially successful efforts) forcing Greek bondholders rather than state social spending to take the brunt of losses, or preventing the British government forcing the unemployed into unpaid work and privatising and slashing NHS spending, or preventing the banning of collective bargaining rights in America, and so and so on, then I can’t see that time has been wasted. To return to the original point, would it be a good thing (ie, not a waste of time) if these protestors succeeded in reducing tax avoidance among corporations and rich individuals, and hence (if forced) reducing the impact of social spending cuts? How can any socialist, or indeed anyone with compassion for the poorest people in our country, or the vaguest awareness of self-interest as workers, answer no?