- Capitalism and Alternatives -

Blue Print for change (non-anarchist)

Posted by: Gerard ( Multi-tendency Socialists, N.Ireland ) on December 12, 1997 at 00:05:05:

In Reply to: proven to have failed posted by Chris on December 10, 1997 at 19:19:19:


: Please reread the final issue andtell me what you think of the points they were trying to make.

I have reread the final issue and I think that basically they suffer from the impatience that I have come to associate with Anarchism.

It is easy to involve yourself in direct/immediate action by of rioting and attacking the symbols of domination e.g. state or corporates but this is not revolutionary.

What is essential to revolutionary change is a definitive alterative as follows:
1)the problems of capitalism must be highlighted
2)the benefits of an alternative must be highlighted and not airy fairy everyone will immediately love each other but increases in pay, reduction in commodities and therefore working hours (these things really matter to the working class)
3) Planning and discipline are crucial in the inital stages (getting rid of money etc. are long, long term) and this is why I dont think that Leninism is useless.

What is required is a blue print for a new state with definite immediate changes and long term changes considered. Once this has been done any violence or pacifist direct action would be effective because it would be more than just demonstrating dissatisfaction.

You should not dismiss ideas completely because of their failure in past programs they all have some relevence and rejecting them leds to nothing more than division.


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