You are right about the WSF – but much of the blame goes to the leftists that can't permit others than parties to take on the whole society, so they have to keep the WSF a talkshop, or a buffet of good ideas. Well-funded NGOs must of course also take a lot of blame for that, but in this case it is just what one could expect from their in…
You are right about the WSF – but much of the blame goes to the leftists that can't permit others than parties to take on the whole society, so they have to keep the WSF a talkshop, or a buffet of good ideas. Well-funded NGOs must of course also take a lot of blame for that, but in this case it is just what one could expect from their interest in keeping their paid jobs.
It's just recently – last year – less well-funded, member-governed organizations escaped from the trap and could start discuss about priorities and common programs. Of course I don't know if it will last.
And you are dead right about the vanguardism, of course. I have nothing against vanguardism meaning "let's do this" (somebody must take the initiative, whoever it is, and if nobody else...) – but the posturing of "I know it all but you are an amateur because you are not a member of the Party" really makes me sick. It ruined the budding campaign against neoliberalism in Sweden about 1986 (according to Frances), and according to Marcela López Levy: We are millions, 2004, it also ruined the anti-neoliberal movement in Argentina in 2000. To most people it looks like freemasonry.
It's probably irritating to Aurelien also, that's why he writes as he does.
You are right about the WSF – but much of the blame goes to the leftists that can't permit others than parties to take on the whole society, so they have to keep the WSF a talkshop, or a buffet of good ideas. Well-funded NGOs must of course also take a lot of blame for that, but in this case it is just what one could expect from their interest in keeping their paid jobs.
It's just recently – last year – less well-funded, member-governed organizations escaped from the trap and could start discuss about priorities and common programs. Of course I don't know if it will last.
And you are dead right about the vanguardism, of course. I have nothing against vanguardism meaning "let's do this" (somebody must take the initiative, whoever it is, and if nobody else...) – but the posturing of "I know it all but you are an amateur because you are not a member of the Party" really makes me sick. It ruined the budding campaign against neoliberalism in Sweden about 1986 (according to Frances), and according to Marcela López Levy: We are millions, 2004, it also ruined the anti-neoliberal movement in Argentina in 2000. To most people it looks like freemasonry.
It's probably irritating to Aurelien also, that's why he writes as he does.
PS. For those who can read Swedish, or have access to DeepL, Frances' view can be seen at https://francesblogg.com/2011/08/13/kampen-och-ofarliggorandet/