Canvassing is not organizing
Ray Valentine argues that the skills built in canvassing for an electoral candidate do not translate to organizing workplaces or tenants. This article first appeared on Organizing Work.
Fear and Loathing: Electoral Politics in a Capitalist Crisis
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 20 2019 11:27
What we are looking at in this election is the victory of the concept of nation over that of class. But then it could be said of all elections.
Every challenge can be overcome: 6 ideas for getting started
Submitted by Ed on Dec 13 2019 13:01
There is no time for hopelessness. Here are some ideas for what we can do – now – to fight back against the attacks we know are coming.
Brexit: Ruling Class Crisis
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 7 2019 11:06
The “synchronised stagnation” of the global economy since 2008 shows the capitalist class everywhere has no solution to economic crisis. Hence ever more strident nationalism has been adopted across the globe. It even engulfs its two greatest powers, now locked in a trade war. This nationalism is their “alternative”. For them the problem is not capitalism but one form of it – globalisation. The fact is that the continued existence of the system in any form means more misery for most.
Every Vote for Labour is a Vote for Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 1 2019 13:42
For those not fortunate to have been born with a silver spoon in their mouth and happy with the status quo, who want to see change, the task of finding a political home is no mean feat. For many the answer is obvious enough. It may be a simple ”Leave the EU” or “Get the Tories out”. But for many workers, Corbyn and his Labour Party represent the way out.
Don't Play the Capitalist Game! Don't Vote!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 29 2019 11:23
As the Brexit pantomime plays on, a General Election is now thrust upon us. Like all capitalist elections it will be a sham. About a third of the electorate (mostly working class) already have no illusions that a vote will do anything for them. In the UK the sham does not mean that ballot boxes will be stuffed with fake votes. Our rulers don’t need to do that. They have worked out how to get a result acceptable to the system without it.
Abstention: A Class Response to Capitalist Elections
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 12 2019 19:56
By abstaining from bourgeois electoral politics and building our own revolutionary organizations we are best placed to build our own political forces up to take advantage of the political crisis of bourgeois rule that manifests itself in disaffection from the ruling parties. For workers, elections are an exercise of ritual humiliation perpetrated upon them by those who exploit them.
British Bosses' Political Crisis
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 22 2019 14:11
The next few months will see the party political machines in full swing trying to draw us into the quagmire of democratic debate and that great privilege – a vote at the polling station. Neither of those arenas offer anything for the working class.
Brexit or Remain: A Choice of Tripe at the End of May
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 30 2019 10:39
The crisis in the capitalist party political system has become even more acute during May. Two sets of election results have shown that the Labour v Conservative Punch and Judy show has, at least for the time being, lost its ability to call all the shots.
[Gilets jaunes Rungis Île-de-France] Don’t vote, let’s struggle
Submitted by Richard 1917 on May 28 2019 15:46
Text by the collective Gilets jaunes Rungis Île-de-France on the European elections. To be distributed on paper and in social networks from the PDF and images available in this article.
