Comments for Mac Uaid http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Chris Harman: a life in the heart of the struggle by Derek Wall http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/chris-harman-a-life-in-the-heart-of-the-struggle/#comment-17275 Derek Wall Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:23 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/chris-harman-a-life-in-the-heart-of-the-struggle/#comment-17275 My rather less informed thoughts here http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2009/11/chris-harman-dies-of-hearth-attack.html Great credit to Liam and SR to be so generous to a political opponent, it would be great if the left in Britain, fractured as we are, could be a little more tolerant of difference....SR have been showing the way on this. I am not a fan of the SWP but Chris did what he thought appropriate to build socialism, had good faith, worked hard and produced some important educational material. A sad loss My rather less informed thoughts here http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2009/11/chris-harman-dies-of-hearth-attack.html

Great credit to Liam and SR to be so generous to a political opponent, it would be great if the left in Britain, fractured as we are, could be a little more tolerant of difference….SR have been showing the way on this.

I am not a fan of the SWP but Chris did what he thought appropriate to build socialism, had good faith, worked hard and produced some important educational material.

A sad loss

]]> Comment on Coalition to stand general election candidates by Nas http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17273 Nas Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:01:54 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17273 Joe: I think most voters won't notice. Joe: I think most voters won’t notice.

]]> Comment on Chris Harman: a life in the heart of the struggle by johng http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/chris-harman-a-life-in-the-heart-of-the-struggle/#comment-17272 johng Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:12:04 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/chris-harman-a-life-in-the-heart-of-the-struggle/#comment-17272 Chris Harman on 1968: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCwFx2sEAAA&feature=player_embedded# Chris Harman on 1968:

]]> Comment on Coalition to stand general election candidates by Joe http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17270 Joe Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:40:58 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17270 I'm not involved in any meaningful socialist politics any longer (I'm a member of the Green Party and that doesn't count, does it?) I primarily read this blog because I'm nostalgic for a world I have no connection with. So, I think I can look upon developments like this as an outsider, outside the rather small world of dedicated socialist activists. I sense that for voters the fact that there'll be both this coalation and Respect (and the Green Party and, perhaps, some kind of SWP endorsed coalition) standing in the next election will be completely baffling and, seen through their eyes, it will make the left seem rather ridiculous and insignificant. So, I think there needs to be a bit of a reality check here. I’m not involved in any meaningful socialist politics any longer (I’m a member of the Green Party and that doesn’t count, does it?) I primarily read this blog because I’m nostalgic for a world I have no connection with. So, I think I can look upon developments like this as an outsider, outside the rather small world of dedicated socialist activists. I sense that for voters the fact that there’ll be both this coalation and Respect (and the Green Party and, perhaps, some kind of SWP endorsed coalition) standing in the next election will be completely baffling and, seen through their eyes, it will make the left seem rather ridiculous and insignificant. So, I think there needs to be a bit of a reality check here.

]]> Comment on Coalition to stand general election candidates by Fleabite http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17269 Fleabite Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:01:50 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17269 Hopefully this electoral coalition will be fully discussed and further developed at the RMT's conference on the “Crisis in Working Class Representation” in London this Saturday (7th November). Hopefully this electoral coalition will be fully discussed and further developed at the RMT’s conference on the “Crisis in Working Class Representation” in London this Saturday (7th November).

]]> Comment on Coalition to stand general election candidates by Liam http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17268 Liam Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:41:18 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17268 Nas - the SP's site says "The coalition won 153,000 votes which, along with the vote for Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party, was 2.2% of the total poll". The nature of the link between the SLP and No2Eu is left unexplained. Nas – the SP’s site says “The coalition won 153,000 votes which, along with the vote for Arthur Scargill’s Socialist Labour Party, was 2.2% of the total poll”.

The nature of the link between the SLP and No2Eu is left unexplained.

]]> Comment on Coalition to stand general election candidates by Nas http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17266 Nas Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:43:22 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17266 I would be good if it could move beyond this, but I cannot see how it can. Where do its authors think it can make an impression on the vote? I would be good if it could move beyond this, but I cannot see how it can. Where do its authors think it can make an impression on the vote?

]]> Comment on Coalition to stand general election candidates by Prinkipo Exile http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17265 Prinkipo Exile Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:23:23 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coalition-to-stand-general-election-candidates/#comment-17265 Will they be backing the Liberal Party in Liverpool? Will they be backing the Liberal Party in Liverpool?

]]> Comment on Why we do not and should not call for a ban on the fascists by the representatives of the State by Ger Francis http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/why-we-do-not-and-should-not-call-for-a-ban-on-the-fascists-by-the-representatives-of-the-state/#comment-17263 Ger Francis Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:20:34 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/why-we-do-not-and-should-not-call-for-a-ban-on-the-fascists-by-the-representatives-of-the-state/#comment-17263 Rather than being a 'terrible mistake', it was a critical tactical call in turning the tables on the EDL. You were not active here during that time, have no idea about the mood on the ground, and are therefore in no position to offer tactical advice one way or the other. But good luck with your new 'class based' anti-fascist organisation in opposition to all the sell-outs. When is the launch date? Rather than being a ‘terrible mistake’, it was a critical tactical call in turning the tables on the EDL. You were not active here during that time, have no idea about the mood on the ground, and are therefore in no position to offer tactical advice one way or the other.

But good luck with your new ‘class based’ anti-fascist organisation in opposition to all the sell-outs. When is the launch date?

]]> Comment on Why we do not and should not call for a ban on the fascists by the representatives of the State by bill j http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/why-we-do-not-and-should-not-call-for-a-ban-on-the-fascists-by-the-representatives-of-the-state/#comment-17262 bill j Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:54:54 +0000 http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/why-we-do-not-and-should-not-call-for-a-ban-on-the-fascists-by-the-representatives-of-the-state/#comment-17262 For all Ger Francis' fulminating he can't change what he did. We obviously have now way of knowing his subjective motivation. I have my own opinions about that, as I'm sure do others. But we can comment about what he did, the policy he supported, and the things he proposed. Namely, keep out of Birmingham City Centre and allow the EDL to march unopposed on their second demonstration. He doesn't oppose all anti-fascist mobilisations he says, but he did oppose the second demonstration against the EDL. That was a terrible mistake, but the inevitable consequence of his political method, the most visible failure of his non-class politics. For all Ger Francis’ fulminating he can’t change what he did.
We obviously have now way of knowing his subjective motivation. I have my own opinions about that, as I’m sure do others. But we can comment about what he did, the policy he supported, and the things he proposed. Namely, keep out of Birmingham City Centre and allow the EDL to march unopposed on their second demonstration.
He doesn’t oppose all anti-fascist mobilisations he says, but he did oppose the second demonstration against the EDL. That was a terrible mistake, but the inevitable consequence of his political method, the most visible failure of his non-class politics.

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