Where there is a will there’s
Where there is a will there's a way. Well done, Adam. I hope the publications can prioritise it. I know a nationalism pamphlet is in the making but that can wait until the Scot Nat referendum in 2014!!! Of course, the next challenge is distribution. I suggest mailing hardcopies free of charge to as many relevant contacts in Occupy we can collect, friend or foe, describing it as a complementary review copy for their comments. The hardcopy should be speedily scanned and placed on the website so it can be linked to at various discussion lists and worldwide organisations. Using the same compiled address list , the Campaigns committee should then issue comradely invitations to local groups ( not forgetting this Occupy Economic Working Group) to discuss the differences between the two viewpoints. The separate committees, Publications, Campaigns, the Media and the Internet should be coordinating to produce a joint effort. Slightly heretical it might be but there is no need for it to be a Socialist Party Versus Them. It could include other parties such as Anarchist Federation or CPGB (or whoever ) as well as Occupy…a genuine Question Time format. If we have confidence in the validity of our ideas i see no reason why we should not give a platform to others if by doing so it presents us with a wider audience and more exposure. I expect a couple of dissensions. First being from those who will argue that we should not put propaganda material of second-rate standard out there until its perfected ( Paddy's view that a 1000 flowers blooming is in the end counter-productive.) Waiting unfortuately until the i is dotted and the t is crossed and some nice colours and images are chosen for a pamhlet would lose the impetus. We have witnessed that before. The other is that once again someone from the other end of the world is delegating the hard slog to others. However, once it is online many individuals regardless of location can email and post the pamphlet and initiate debate. Activity should be seen as including those members unable to make a physical presence either due to age, infirmity or distance but capable of using a key-board. The web has really made the armchair revolutionary a vital component. Best of luck with re-editing the collected articles and an appropriate introduction.