Replying to Alan was Re: The speech that Barnes should have given

[Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Thank you for this Alan.  NO I am not depressed, well not more than usual.
>The launch of  (Catholic Worker Activist), Ciaron O'Reilly's pamphlet went
>well and my speech was well received.  There were over 100 at the meeting
>which as you would know is BIG for Brisbane at this time.  What is even
>better they were mostly from outside the traditional Left.

I am incubating a piece about Australia but thought I would wait until
after the World Forum to see what happens. I have of course great hopes for
the Melbourne protests.  I have been very impressed with the numbers of
young people heading down.

The violence question is really a side issue but as always it is getting
foregrounded.  at this time it is absolutely stupid IMHO to talk of being
violent or the necessity for violent protest.  Of course that does not mean
that I would condemn people who get into a confrontation with the
police.  I just think violence should be avoided if at all possible.

regards

Gary




>Gary, you sound a little depressed.  Keep watching the bourgeois media:
>SBS news had a story on what was effectively the first of the S11 protests
>tonight.  I've included it below.
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>(Oh, Steve Jolly is from the Socialist Party (CWI - ex-Militant))
>
>Alan Bradley
>alanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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