Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:02:07 +0100 From: Jim <jim-AT-cag1.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: M-I: Good on ya, Damon! It is true that the Woodcraft Folk had a communist input. More properly speaking, though, it was a product of the co-oprative movement. This is how it describes itself today (or, to be precise, a year ago when my son used to go). It is still going, but by no means going strong. It is a middle class affair, now, and perhaps always was in part. It advocated sharing and other nice values which are not incompatible with communism, but which are more like a very soggy version of it. But then communism in Britian is a very soggy affair anyway. It certainly does not compare to the communist youth and childrens organisations I have witnessed on the continent and in places like the state of Israel. In the latter, for example, the CP (close to 100 per cent Arab, naturally enough given the nature of the Zionist state) is awash with communist emblems and iconography. Certainly by the time that Damon from Blur was a member, the Woodcraft Folk would have had precious little to do with anything more political than banning the bomb. Mind you, if he *is* a communist and wants to make a substantial donation to rebuilding a communist movement here, could someone forward the CAG's address to him. Jim --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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