From: Daniel Sayer <Daniel.Sayer-AT-prnewswire.co.uk>
Subject: AUT: Re: Monopolise Mayday: Here we go again...I'm too radical for my 
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:21:22 -0000


Yeh...yeh "rock on" man...revolution yeh...man...whatever...I am the
weaver...lets meet for a pint and talk about this...cause its starting to
annoy me...that "oh so theatrical" walk out of GR meetings...the heckling
from the back...it's a laugh...makes for debate...

To clarify I am not a member of GR...but I occasionally give them some
support...

dubious statements:

"Monopolise Resistance": so small in the UK this is ludicrous...they
successfully organised
a few conferences and a few coaches to go to European protests...oh and have
a website
with some stuff on it...or do you mean....they just "got more people
involved than us"...
which would be pathetic...or could it be "we need to keep this so REAL
man...that it remains OURS"...
or could it be "they have too much orange in their material and I always
preferred red" !

the only yardstick to judge any of this by is action...judge it by that
only...if they get some more people
to turn up...that will do for me...if the police pen us in again there will
be another riot and some more
people will be enlightened by the state response...

"Guy class traitor Taylor": now this is getting silly if you can't
understand he's on your side... 
get a grip...just engage in dialogue instead of monologue and maybe you'll
get somewhere...
How is he a traitor of his class...? Explain it to me slowly...cause I'm a
little dumb...or is it 
relative...is he more of a traitor to his class than you but less of a
traitor to his class than laughing boy
Tony...?

"The trade union and labour hierarchy, who for years paid at best lip
service to Mayday, fears the growing militancy amongst some sections of the
working class and the possibility of a genuine link up with
anti-capitalists, which may lead to the adoption of the tactics of direct
action and the rejection of sterile trade union and electoral politics.  No
doubt they have an eye on the local elections on May 2nd.  They are backing
United for Mayday as a safety valve" - and there was silly old me thinking
GR were just trying to replicate what happened in Genoa and Barcelona - the
broadening of the protest by involving unions...

"Excitement indeed!" - critical mass cycling, wearing padded outfits,
juggling...three word chants...yeh...excitement indeed...and isn't it all so
exciting...the underground plotting...the purity of our revolutionary stance
against theirs...the in-depth thought about tactics and how we are going to
"dodge" the police...

"the state will be use this to justify state violence against anyone who
dares to defy the false unity"...do you dare...do you...go on I dare
you...unfortunately, you will be a target if you are in the "legal" march or
in the direct action stuff...of course the direct action will provoke more
of a police reaction...isn't that the point of it ? ! ?...wasn't it agreed
at the meeting that any actions by the police to attack the direct actions
would be protested against by the mass protest...is that not an act of
solidarity from GR ? Similarly if "the anarchists" stayed instead of leaving
everytime in a huff...we might have found that common ground for future
work...

I sometimes get the feeling some are playing the "game of revolution" rather
than thinking what might be the best tactic for immediate and long term
change...so as far as possible you need a mass movement...which needn't mean
"selling out" being a "class traitor" etc. but it will involve moderation
from a purist revolutionary perspective...dialogue with a view to changing
your position...the simultaneous existence of a million positions with a
unified aim...attempting to change the organizations which you recognize as
having good intentions but which you feel are adopting bad tactics...or
undemocratic structures of heriachy / organization etc.

Are you really slandering GR cause they organized a few conferences...never
went but I heard there were some good speakers...and organized a few coaches
and a train to Genoa...?

"Globalise Resistance is a front for the SWP and Socialist Alliance" - is it
really a "front" or do you mean that some people free float between all
these organizations...being "the left" that exists in this miserable
island...does GR really have the same agenda as the SWP or Socialist
Alliance...doubtful...do they really claim every worker supports them...now
that would be silly...

sectarianism and the left...you better believe it baby...I'm too radical for
your shirt...too radical for your shirt...too sexy...

unity in diversity...you can shove it...purist revolutionary direct
action...sounds so wonderful and beautiful...

For what it's worth my take on GR is a little more generous...although they
need to think through some stuff which
is currently up for debate...they've only been around for a year or two...so
as far as I'm aware everything is still up to be debated...
if this turns out not to be the case...then I'll eat one of their orange
flags...

d.


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