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The second part is here:http://sapiencia.eu/la-politica-del-marques-de-sade-2/
Not necessarily. If, for instance, the councils or committees were chosen by lot (as are juries in common law countries and as suggested in the book by Van Reybrouck reviewed in the February issue)) then they would be composed of a cross-section of the population who would then have the time to study the various aspects of a question in more detail.If it comes to elections I can think of a number of reasons for voting for somebody other than that they are an "expert" of some sort, e.g. sensible, level-headed, able to understand a problem, etc.
Just had confirmation that our Election Communications to be distributed free by Royal Mail in Battersea and Islington North were safely delivered to the postal centres by our printers this morning.As from tomorrow, Royal Mail will begin to distribute 60,000 to households in Battersea and 57,000 to households in Islington North.Those for Swansea West have already begun to be distributed.
Yes, Balham High Road, right at the southern most tip of the constituency, proved to be a good choice, better than Clapham Junction where we were on Saturday. For a start, nobody refused a leaflet saying "I'm Conservative". A number of discussions, divided between those who said vote Labour or at least Anything But Tory and those who said that all politicians were arseholes and not worth voting for and that the Labour Party were just Tories in disguise. Even met someone who knew the Party when at Southampton university thirty years ago and was surprised — and pleased — that we were still going and took a few "I'm Voting for World Socialism" stickers. He didn't think much of the Labour Party either unlike a young woman sporting a "J.C. for P.M" badge (on the assumption, that is, that J.C. didn't mean Jesus Christ).
rodmanlewis wrote:Apart from lumping us in with the left, it's not surprising that there are so few so-described parties contesting what is a flash election.I don't think that's the reason. It's more political. Both TUSC and the CPB, which normally stand candidates even if usually in safe Labour seats, took a deliberate decision this time not to stand against any Labour candidate as a show of support for Corbyn.
One of the advantages of keeping Head Office open during the campaign is that on one day (10 May) we were interviewed on Corbyn by a journalist on the leading Danish newspaper Berlingske. Here is the article that appeared on 14 May:https://www.b.dk/globalt/labour-leder-holder-fast-i-den-umulige-flirt-med-magtenAlso reproduced here:https://www.pressreader.com/denmark/berlingske-tidende/20170515/281663959933652Anybody here who can read Danish to tell us what it says?
Political advertising is not allowed in Britain so we've asked if they want to interview our candidate.Incidentally, "Anti-Duhring Batallion" is (or was) a member of SPEW:http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/16798/29-05-2013/socialist-party-youth-organisers-meeting-sunday-30-june-1030am-430pm-londonMaybe, since then, he's made the breakthrough into the big time, following in the footsteps of Mark Steel.
An attempt to hold an undemocratic hustings was made last Tuesday. Luckily it was cancelled due to the Manchester massacre: http://www.klsettlement.org.uk/battersea-hustings-on-23rd-may-open-invitation/ The organisers have been sent the following email:
Quote:I see you had arranged a hustings for Tuesday 23 May to which you invited only 4 of the 7 candidates in Battersea. This is undemocratic. If the hustings is being rearranged simple democracy requires you to invite Danny Lambert, the Socialist Party candidate, the UKP camdidate, and the Independent candidate, Chris Coghlan. Otherwise electors are not being offered a full choice. In any event, please let me know of any new date for the hustings.Thanks.Adam Buick, Election Agent for Danny Lambert, Socialist Party candidatefor Battersea.Even if we are not invited we'll be there, to insist that our candidate be heard.
Proof, from the same source, that Fresco was once a member of the Technocracy Movement:http://teslacommunity.com/page/technocratic-party#.WSgCGzeJhdiInteresting that one of the things he fell out with them, or vice versa, seems to over "Technocracy in One Country (especially America)". It is true, though, that his plan to establish a "circular city" somewhere, isolated from capitalism, was a fantasy.
A follower of this forum has drawn our attention to this obituary in the New York Times:https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/us/jacque-fresco-futurist-who-envisioned-a-society-without-money-dies-at-101.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
It wasn't actually an election donation but a legacy that happened to be paid into our account during the election period and so has to be recorded as having been received during this period. It is much more than our election campaign will be costing. Not that this will stop the media misinterpreting it of course.
