The party will have to
The party will have to continue ‘ridiculing and attacking’ counterproductive and mis-informed IDEAS so long as they obscure the case for socialism. Mere ‘disgruntlement with capitalism’ is not enough. It is pointless coseying up to any group that stands for anything less than the abolition of capitalism and its replacement with socialism.Myself and other party members have and continue to discuss with people from Occupy and other groups, this is all we should be doing. If people are unable to listen to their ideas being criticised then there’s no hope for us, but I think they can. What I think is more harmful is declaring the eminent downfall of capitalism at the outbreak of every strike or birth of a popular grouping. Surely this distracts from the long slog that is needed and leads to disillusionment and withdrawal.