Re: Labour,SLP - some curious facts

[Adam Rose <adam@xxxxxxxx>]

>
> Thanks for the report Adam. Almost as many contradictions as there are in the
> head of the average worker.
>
>  Jon Flanders
>

In your posts on the rail contract, you show why it is neccessary to organise
independently of the union officials. Yet in your posts on the LPA, you do
the opposite.

My concern is that one leads to conflict with the other - that you will be
organising in your union against the very people you are working with in
the LPA.

At this point, a different set of politics is required - one that puts the
change from below first, in contrast to a set of politics which puts pressure
group / electoral politics first.

By ONLY building the LPA, you end up strengthening the hold of the officials
over the rank + file. This will weaken you when it comes to organising against
them.

This is the core of my argument, which you have been avoiding up till now.

Comradely,
Adam.


Adam Rose
SWP
Manchester
UK


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