tpaine posted:GoldenLionTamarin posted:tpaine posted:
this guy's supermarkets are all right
GoldenLionTamarin posted:
stegosaurus posted:we should do this though in all seriousness. I'll liberate a base area
update on this: I got a plot at the local unitarian church community garden, and I'm eyeing an abandoned pump house next to a canal that I ride past on my way to work... thoughts everyone?
1. communist party of canada: pro-china.
2. marxist-leninist party of canada: pro-north korea.
3. revolutionary communist party: wants maoist insurgency.
no thanks....
Like they had this long debate over whether the party should be officially pro-independence or pro-sovereignty. And the distinction is that pro-independence is more like okay bye Canada, we’re starting a real Quebec country, while sovereigntists tend to focus on pulling powers away from Canada but ultimately maybe having a European Union style arrangement for joint powers. Anyway the party didn’t want to upset anyone so they ended up agreeing on a joint resolution saying that the party was now both pro-independence and pro-sovereignty. And they interviewed some Trotskyists about it and they had no idea what to say. Like the Cliffites were like okay people well you know sovereignty, sort of hard to put into terms of worker’s councils, not sure we think it’s a priority, don’t really have a firm position on it.
Another issue is that they came up with an economic model and it is basically a mixed economy where the state has a dominant role in conjunction with cooperatives and non-profits and such. And part of the model is like starting up or nationalizing a state bank. And they agreed on a vision statement that is like well we need to go beyond capitalism. But some people pointed out that like well a mixed economy is still sorta capitalism if you think about it, even if you tax corporations a bit more or something. And the other thing is that obviously, like SYRIZA, Quebec Solidaire will probably be working with social-democrats in the Parti Quebecois in order to form a coalition, which was even the expressed goal of one of Quebec Solidaire’s leaders (to push the PQ Left). So like the whole left-reformist economic model probably matters less than taking a firm line on what counts as an acceptable Left coalition government. And simple formulas probably don’t work in that situation because there are probably situations you want to sit with social-democrats (like, if you’re facing a far-right government or foreign power) and there are probably situations where you want to expose them as inadequate (like, if they want to continue a war or austerity or something).
getfiscal posted:there are three parties in canada that claim to be marxist-leninist.
1. communist party of canada: pro-china.
2. marxist-leninist party of canada: pro-north korea.
3. revolutionary communist party: wants maoist insurgency.
no thanks....
Bleaach. It's a tough situation to choose between good better and great, so I understand why you'd be leery of committing. but remembver that "Change starts from a single door step, from every dreamer that dares to dream out loud, together, in that doors." - Kyle Marx.
stegosaurus posted:stegosaurus posted:we should do this though in all seriousness. I'll liberate a base area
update on this: I got a plot at the local unitarian church community garden, and I'm eyeing an abandoned pump house next to a canal that I ride past on my way to work... thoughts everyone?
I HOPE GOD CURSES THAT PLOT AND EVERYTHING IT PRODUCES YOU GODDAMN HERETIC
EmanuelaOrlandi posted:is there a pro-DPRK party in the states? ive been thinking about actually joining one
The closest thing is probably the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), which writes pro-North Korea stuff in their newspaper. but that's more because they endorse a lot of revolutions (they are Brezhnevites) rather than the fact they love the Juche Idea and Songun Politics.
Keven posted:getfiscal posted:there are three parties in canada that claim to be marxist-leninist.
1. communist party of canada: pro-china.
2. marxist-leninist party of canada: pro-north korea.
3. revolutionary communist party: wants maoist insurgency.
no thanks....Bleaach. It's a tough situation to choose between good better and great, so I understand why you'd be leery of committing. but remembver that "Change starts from a single door step, from every dreamer that dares to dream out loud, together, in that doors." - Kyle Marx.
getfiscal posted:"The labour movement should be mobilised to force a general election to open the way for the return of a Labour government to implement socialist policies at home and abroad. Victory of a socialist government in Britain would immediately transform the situation in relation to the Falklands. The junta would no longer be able to claim to be fighting British imperialism ... A Labour government could not just abandon the Falklanders and let Galtieri get on with it. But it would continue the war on socialist lines." - Militant Tendency (Trots), 1982
lol the argentine trots supported the junta during the war too