Anti Racist meeting

by an other Thu Sep 04, 2003 15:37

Another swp bandwagon fronted by davey

by Chekov Thu Sep 04, 2003 15:46

to Davy / anybody else in the SWP

You could ignore the above comment - it doesn't amount to much and it will hardly carry much weight with readers.

Or you could moan about indymedia being full of sectarian sniping (despite the fact that this is a single anonymous user on the internet who many have no connection whatsoever with indymedia or anything else for that matter).

Or you could use this criticism as a chance to explain what this anti-racist initiative is, why it is not a front for the SWP, what measures have been put in place to ensure democracy and so on.

I know which type of response makes the best impression on me.

by Davy Carlin - W/Belfast SWP Thu Sep 04, 2003 18:17 carlindavid at hotmail dot com

I was going to stick to Chekov's first point but will briefly answer the points of his third statement.

Quite simply - at a meeting not called 'by the SWP' a proposal was put for a second meeting where two people from two other groups one a leading human rights group and another a leading development - solidarity organisation both with 'no SWP members' then proposed me 'an SWP member' {as I had introduced myself at the meeting} to convene the next meeeting, with which I am working with a person as above from the MCRS whom had hosted the first meeting.

What measures have been put in place?, well the meeting has not met yet but as stated above all progressive organisations are invited and as I stated above it will be informal {no top table - but round table as like the first meeting} and democratic {all can have an imput, with the outcome decided democratically by the meeting.

Again, but now in a different context why is it so strange to some in the South that we in Belfast get involved in various campaigns we have not initiated simply because we actually believe in helping the campaigns {we have members in Belfast actively working in campaigns for years which we had not initiated, which holds many different organisations working together still today, within the same campaign} Or indeed why is it so strange to people that various organisations would and do offer us support and like above, have and do propose us at various meetings in Belfast?

My response was not directed to 'anonymous' but to Chekov whom I can agree with some of the points he has made on the site over time.

by an other Thu Sep 04, 2003 19:49

Davey will you confire that your party will

(1) load the meeting to push your agenda.

(2) Will be selling the party paper?

(3) Will be trying to recruit.

(4) Will you confirm that when your party realise that the will not sell any papers or gain any recruits they will walk away on to the next bandwagon.

What comes first the party or socialism?

by Davy Carlin - W/Belfast SWP Thu Sep 04, 2003 20:08 carlindavid at hotmail dot com

Answered many such questions time and again for those that are regulars on this site, and for those that matter and whom we work with, well they already know those answers. Signing off away to a campaign meeting.

by blazing saddles Tue Sep 09, 2003 16:52

Maybe you'd like to patronise foreigners some more, next you might stretch to greeting them in public, obviously only if noones looking.