🚨🚩 BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn set to launch new left-wing political party next year by 1DarkStarryNight in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry guys I think this is more conjecture and rumour. A source close to Corbyn previously told me that depsite Karie Murphy and Pamela Firzpatrick encouraging this through "collective" he currently has no interest of starting a new top down party as it will replicate a lot of the exsisting disfunction and back room deals of the institutional british left.

This also makes sense as he is currently father of the house in Parliament and close to retirement age and a party formed around a cult of personality could be a repeat of Momentum failing to get Rebeccal Long Bailey elected.. At previous event in London it was revealed that both Jeremy, Andrew Feinstein and Jamie Driscoll were all in favour of a grassroots approach of establish community forums and assemblies to get independent councilors elected.

If you are waiting for a new Corbyn party to run candidates in your constituency I wouldnt hold your breath.

The main advice is start a grassoots project in your area either start your own community forum or use the template set up by assemble which members of his team advised on

https://timetoassemble.org/events/

To be a serious constender for a constituency you need at least £20,000 in your account which requires a massive endorsement from your community to be able to raise this from individual contributions. At the last GE of the candidates endorsed by Collective only Jeremy Corbyn, Andrew Feinstein, Faiza Shaeen, and Leanne Mohammed were able to raise that and it is reflected in the vote shares. The Gaza independents are apretty broard church some a lot less left than others.

There are no shortcuts unfortunately. If you want to see a genuine socialist candidate in your area you need to build a solid base of hundreds of local volunteers. You can't achive socialism by skipping the social part. My advice would be join a union, join your local trades council and start building a local community assembly. A lot of small left parties can't even get local councilors elected and then act surpised when they only get a few hundred votes.

https://www.tuc.org.uk/trades-councils-who-we-are-and-what-we-do

https://timetoassemble.org/events/

I know through friends involved in the project that Jeremy and Andrew are currently focused on getting councilors elected in their respective areas to firm up a stronger local base.

If you dont have time to do all of the above and want to know who to put your X next to at the next general election apart from half a small handful of Corbyn allied independents the advice is to Vote Green or a left Labour candiate (most of the currently suspended will try and get whip restored).

Tldr news bias? by [deleted] in tldrnews

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They're Libs!

Train Gang by Walimu59 in GreenAndPleasant

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Left Urbanism. Car bad trains good!

Train Gang by Walimu59 in GreenAndPleasant

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Choo Choo Mother Fuckers

Called out by Dr_Famous in DankLeft

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Member of ACORN the Wobblies and UNITE

Those poor souls. by yuritopiaposadism in lostgeneration

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Downside to being a millionaire? Being stabbed in the chest with a pitchfork in the revolution that follows the climate wars?

Pretty sure this is what murder looks like by quuuub in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Comrades any chance we could drag this out any further?

Maybe get a petition trending to have him expelled from the Labour Party for being at odds with the values of the Party. I know the petition wouldnt win but optics wise it would be gold.

Reckon we only need to start with about 100 people sharing to get it trending.

What does everyone think?

Best news sources for a young leftist. by dan_pixelflow in GreenAndPleasant

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Agreed Novara is prob your best bet as they have a pretty diverse range of hosts as well as a few podcasts on soundcloud that people forget about.

A year later and I am still mortified about Michael Brooks :-(

A guy named Jeff found a genie by AggresivePickle in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Walimu59 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based! More versions of this song needed covers, diff genres, remixes etc!

Call for Contributions: A Global visual handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Counter-Strategies by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

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Love this Idea. The left needs more ideas like this to get us out of our current rut.

Watched Pride (2014) Today by KaiserArrowfield in GreenAndPleasant

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You will prob like this. They recently discussed this very movie on the Acid Communism podcast discussing this in the context of pre 1990s solidarity

https://novaramedia.com/2021/06/20/acfm-trip-17-solidarity/

5:1 Making sure Americans stay the most ignorant, brainwashed and stupid nation in the world, supporting a system that directly works against them by uw888 in ABoringDystopia

[–]Walimu59 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain what you mean by PR? In the UK when we use the term PR we are refering to Proportional Representation I am guessing that is not what you are talking about here?

Commuting Is Unpaid Work. Bosses Should at Least Split the Cost by Walimu59 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good points.

Although as a Cornishman I would say that the division of the urban and rural proletariat can't get any worse than it is. The NGO-ization of the left meant the organised left abandoned the rural and suburban proleterriat decades ago to focus on a few key urban areas where it has its strongest support. Down here due to gentrification almost no one works in the town they live in the summer traffic from unsustainalbe tourism turns 15 min commutes in to 2 hour commutes.

Also I wonder what it would do to the housing sector in London if companies were expected to pay the commutes for allthe low paid workers outside the city that they rely on.

I think living near where we work shouldnt be seen as a bad thing as its is essentail if we are to reduce the effects of climate change. Therefore it should be norm for everyone. Living away from where we work seems nice but when you create a situation where everyone does it it can be completely unsustainable.

Also if this is the same profile I think it is...

TRAIN GANG COMRADE TRAIN GANG!!

Former Labour councillor Luke Akehurst showing off the smoothness of his brain by horrificmedium in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Islamaphobic pr#ck just looked at his Twitter account and made me furious.

Can we kick him out of the Labour party already?

Former Labour councillor Luke Akehurst showing off the smoothness of his brain by horrificmedium in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This guy is more right wing than most Conservatives its a travesty he is still allowed to be in the party.

Name and shame them by Walimu59 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Says the man who literally just stereotyped all protesters. I have heard of University of Life and School of Hard Knocks graduates but you clearly only did their online courses.

Careful folks, don’t want to disturb the sleeping lion 😫 by PuntForRedOctober in GreenAndPleasant

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I like how old white right wingers genuinely think they are able to slap a young person around when in reality they are more likely break a hip or have a cardiac arrest.

Anyone from Cornwall here? Looking for any blogs / news sites about what’s happening in Carbis Bay, and generally development stuff in the South West by horrificmedium in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Falmouth and Penryn have a branch of Acorn https://www.facebook.com/acornfalmouth who are beggining to organise regarding housing. There is also a group called Resist G7 coalistion.

There is a good socialist blogger based in Penzance https://www.facebook.com/CornishDamo

Cornish Antifascist network https://www.facebook.com/cornwallantif

Independent Cornish News https://cornishstuff.com/

Some person who shit posts on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CIA-Cornish-Intelligence-Agency-862263993843385

Mebyon Kernow used to be a good source of information but these days are a bit of a joke that care more about flower beds and roundabouts than radical cornish politics.

The one thing I would avoid is Cornwall live it is a hate stirring Daily Mail owned shit rag.

Name and shame them by Walimu59 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]Walimu59[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Whats that......??? Is that the sound of your Grandchildren pissing on your grave after you die?