Living life as an anarchist / libertarian socialist

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Dec 30 2011 15:29

And don't forget the unitarians.

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Dec 30 2011 16:46

In Glasgow there was a Unitarian minister who was very sympathetic to anarchism in the 1970s. I also remember Geoff Shaw, a terrific bloke (a minister, left Labour and active in CND), who I had no idea was religious, as he always wore an old donkey jacket and worked with kids in the Gorbals. He died of a heart attack aged only fifty-one. On Clyde Street, the Iona Community had a large transport type café, used mainly by bus drivers and clippies. Upstairs were meeting rooms which they generously allowed us, peaceniks and anarchists to use. Glasgow ORA met there almost every week for about two years.

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Dec 31 2011 00:13

I can remember being apart of the UK Uncut stuff in Bradford and all the actions were led by this militant vicar trying to get everyone to occupy Topshop and Vodafone. The guy's a bit of a legend tbf

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Dec 31 2011 00:15

Anarchists being sympathetic to religion shocker! tongue

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Dec 31 2011 04:17
bulmer wrote:
Anarchists being sympathetic to religion shocker! tongue

I have always been of the view that each case should be evaluated individually. Rather than say what schools we would agree with (unitarian, methodist, etc, etc) we should look at how it works in practice (like the vicar example).

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Dec 31 2011 04:20
Arbeiten wrote:
bulmer wrote:
Anarchists being sympathetic to religion shocker! tongue

I have always been of the view that each case should be evaluated individually. Rather than say what schools we would agree with (unitarian, methodist, etc, etc) we should look at how it works in practice (like the vicar example).

I agree totally.