An anarchist promotes the Green Party

Submitted by ajjohnstone on December 3, 2018

https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/12/come-the-green-revolution-please/

As an anarchist I’m not much of a fan of political parties. But what should an anarchist do if a political party comes along which promotes anarchist values? I’ve waded through almost every one of the Green Party’s hundreds of policies. There are some that I’m pretty indifferent to – like Citizen’s Income, for example – but not a single one that I strongly disagree with. Individual anarchists are not going to change the world for the better, but the Green Party just might.

Battlescarred

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on December 3, 2018

Yes, and this same person was previously a member of the Labour Party. So not an anarchist. Your point is? Next!

wojtek

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by wojtek on December 3, 2018

Thesis: Battlescarred is Ariana Grande.

Battlescarred

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on December 3, 2018

Sorry, not down with some aspects of popular culture so I don't know WTF you mean

Battlescarred

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on December 3, 2018

Jacques Brel maybe, or Scott Walker, or Alex Harvey praps.

rat

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by rat on December 3, 2018

Lee Hazlewood?

Lucky Black Cat

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Lucky Black Cat on December 3, 2018

Battlescarred

Sorry, not down with some aspects of popular culture so I don't know WTF you mean

I think they mean you make spicy, snappy comebacks. It's a compliment.

Either that or you're very good at mimicking the vocal styles of a wide range of singers.

Mike Harman

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Mike Harman on December 3, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1aHhXnN1k

Noah Fence

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on December 4, 2018

Battlescarred

Jacques Brel maybe, or Scott Walker, or Alex Harvey praps.

Englebert Humperdinck. Never seen them in the same room...

Noah Fence

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on December 4, 2018

I think they mean you make spicy, snappy comebacks. It's a compliment.

Either that or you're very good at mimicking the vocal styles of a wide range of singers.

That’s pretty damned snappy in itself! Well done.

syndicalist

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on December 4, 2018

Think they'll join the SBGB next?

Red Marriott

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Red Marriott on December 4, 2018

The contradiction in the OP is as stupid and/or opportunist as when a certain SPGB member claimed on here a few years ago that it was time to

finally accept the SPGB as the parliamentary political wing of anarchism. - jjohnstone
https://libcom.org/forums/announcements/left-unity-impossible-dream-05092013#comment-524741

Battlescarred

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on December 4, 2018

Mike Harman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1aHhXnN1k

What a pile of shite

Battlescarred

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on December 4, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqx5j-FuqeI

Mike Harman

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Mike Harman on December 4, 2018

Battlescarred

Mike Harman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1aHhXnN1k

What a pile of shite

It is bad.

ajjohnstone

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by ajjohnstone on December 5, 2018

I posted the link without comment but as information in what is passing for an anarchist these days. I also thought some may have come across the author before.

But apparently, i must have possessed an ulterior motive being a sinister member of the SPGB who talks of common ground and shared ideas with various groups and individuals on this discussion list and have a broad attitude of rapprochement with the Thin Red Line...oh, what a dogmatic sectarian i must be. But yes, i plead guilty of believing we are indeed the parliamentary wing of libertarian communism and holding such a position may appear paradoxical to some here.

If the author chooses to join the SPGB he will require to pass a test and if he still held those opinions on the Green Party, he would not be accepted...if he was a member and expressed those views, he would face expulsion.

R Totale

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by R Totale on December 5, 2018

What about if Ariana Grande wanted to join the SPGB tho.

Serge Forward

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Serge Forward on December 5, 2018

Battlescarred

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqx5j-FuqeI

Forgot how much I love Alex Harvey. Time to replay my SAHB back catalogue.

Noah Fence

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on December 5, 2018

R Totale

What about if Ariana Grande wanted to join the SPGB tho.

If she does that’s yet another reason for me not to. Anyhow, as it stands there’s way more chance of her joining than me.

Noah Fence

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on December 5, 2018

Serge Forward

Battlescarred

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqx5j-FuqeI

Forgot how much I love Alex Harvey. Time to replay my SAHB back catalogue.

Not bad Serge, but this one takes some beating...

https://youtu.be/LhrxVUXx_6g

Serge Forward

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Serge Forward on December 5, 2018

Aye, good stuff. Was Alex Harvey ever in the SPGB I wonder? (Just to stay on topic.)

Noah Fence

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on December 5, 2018

No, The Natural Law Party - the obvious choice for faith healers.

https://youtu.be/438UKM1Av1g

Entdinglichung

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Entdinglichung on December 5, 2018

R Totale

What about if Ariana Grande wanted to join the SPGB tho.

unconditional critical military (not political) support

jef costello

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on December 5, 2018

ajjohnstone

If the author chooses to join the SPGB he will require to pass a test and if he still held those opinions on the Green Party, he would not be accepted...if he was a member and expressed those views, he would face expulsion.

I don't know how that author passed the test to be an anarchist. Maybe they just wrote Jacques Brel for every question and got in that way.

battlescared, I'm assuming you've heard all the Scott Walker Brel covers, I made a CD of them with the orginials for my mum a few years back, she's a big Scott Walker fan, now a Jacques Brel fan too.

Battlescarred

5 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on December 6, 2018

Of course, Scott does great English language covers of Jacky's songs

Lucky Black Cat

5 years 3 months ago

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Submitted by Lucky Black Cat on December 23, 2018

Noah Fence

I think they mean you make spicy, snappy comebacks. It's a compliment.

Either that or you're very good at mimicking the vocal styles of a wide range of singers.

That’s pretty damned snappy in itself! Well done.

I'm so snappy they call me knicker elastic.

Noah Fence

R Totale

What about if Ariana Grande wanted to join the SPGB tho.

If she does that’s yet another reason for me not to. Anyhow, as it stands there’s way more chance of her joining than me.

Ariana joining is the only way I might consider joining. She's the revolutionary hero we need but don't deserve.

Motkvin

4 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Motkvin on June 25, 2019

Snappy comebacks. It's a compliment.