To say socialist consiousness
To say socialist consiousness arises out class struggle is execatly what the materialist conception of history tells us. To say that the job of the SPGB is to teach workers about socialism is to make us look elitist and idealist. How did we become socialist if not from the material conditions of capitalism. Are we saying to workers , ‘we oppose you and criticise you and want nothing to do with you until you are a fully deveoped socialist’?. If I remember rightly that’s the argument of the ‘other SPGB’ We should be encouraged that workers are rejecting leadership and capitalist parties. But I agree comrade we need a mixed and varied approach and the party has done well over the years to remain true to the aims of socialism. Where would we go if the SPGB didn’t exist? Perhaps people in the Occupy movement are in the same position. They dont want the old so-called socialism of Russia, Labour etc and perhaps they dont know we exist. I see my role as directing them to the only Socialist Party