File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_2001/aut-op-sy.0109, message 129


From: "dave graham" <davgraham-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: AUT: Bob Myers Russian visit
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:40:11 +0000


dear all

some time ago Bob Myers name was mentioned on this list. I forget the 
context - but it seems his activities are appreciated by a few people. He 
contributes regularly to our discussion group here on Merseyside and we 
benefit from his wide knowledge of a world movement.

He's on his travels again - anyway his post is self explanatory. If you can 
help I know he will be grateful.

Gra

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>From :"Robert Myers" <bobmyers_wa-AT-hotmail.com>Subject :russian visitDate :
Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:23:55 +0100Dear friends,

Please excuse me sending this letter to all my email list - itsan appeal
for  some money and I appreciate that everyone has their ownexisting
priorities for funds. So if you can't respond I wont besurprised.
At then end of the month I am going to Moscow to attend aconference  -
'Victor Serge and anti-totalitarian socialism'. I'll send youall a report
when I get back.  After Moscow I am travelling on to theindustrial city of
Perm in the Urals,  far to the east of Moscow.  I have beeninvited there by
Boris Iklov from the political workers union 'Worker'.  I havebeen in
contact with Boris for several years and have had long writtenarguments
with him over what I see as his  adaptation to Russianchauvanism  His main
concern is to build trade unions and effective working classorganisation
that hardly exists there.  In the old USSR he was a health andsafety
inspector.  He became convinced that 'communism' was bad forhealth and the
environment and ended up in prison for saying so.  In prison hemet with  a
car worker who had led a strike in his factory. This man toldhim to go and
read Marx and that he would find it had nothing to do with thepolitics of
the USSR politicians.  Since that time Boris has been an activesocialist.
I know little about  the organisation he belongs to.  From hisletters I
guess it is a small network of  activists in the city.
His group wants to organise an international conference onglobalisation
some time in the future. He has asked me if it would be possiblefor me to
bring £150 for the group in order that they can get  a PC toconnect to the
web and use email.Whatever disagreements I have with him I feel its would be 
a
basic gestureof solidarity to help  get them  connected to the net.  So if
any of youfeel able to contribute to this please send cheques  ( payable
to WorkersAid ) to  Bob Myers, 29 Demesne Road, Manchester, M16 8HJ.  If I
raise morethan that amount I will donate the balance to the Victor Serge
working classlibrary in Moscow that is organising the serge conference
Best wishes,Bob Myers



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