[Marxism] FYI: Left Luggage: The socialist strategy site

[Bob Morris <bob.morris@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://theleftluggage.wordpress.com

Left Luggage has been formed by a small, independent group of community
organisers and trade union shop-stewards in the UK. This blog is an attempt
to initiate a discussion within the British Left around strategic issues,
including questioning some of our most fundamental organising principles. We
believe addressing these issues is imperative if the Left is to become a
significant political force in the near future.

Conclusion to their post on the hard left vs soft left in terms of
organizing potential
http://theleftluggage.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/what-left/

The experience of the US shows how a vibrant, but overwhelmingly middle
class, progressive movement can coexist with a political culture that
obscures class division and economic exploitation. America also shows us the
consequences, as large numbers of working class people are alienated from
liberalism and attracted to the Christian Right.

Sections of the hard Left may be associated with some fairly unpleasant and
authoritarian ideologies. But as long as the soft Left remains middle class
in composition, outlook and orientation, it will remain blighted by the
shortcomings of middle class liberalism.
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