Comments on: No ties to capitalism

By: anthropologus

anthropologus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:09:26 +0000

Ps. I like ties. It make me look good. make me feel good and don’t defy my personality or opinion. To be sincere, the tie issue is minimal.

By: anthropologus

anthropologus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:07:52 +0000

Comrade… A principal is principal, regardless of the level of involvement. …Victoria University or Parliament is just a question of changing venues, while ethics and ‘modus operantis’ are to be consistent anywhere. I suggest to forget the idea that divide the beginning true communism as practical and the exercise of the same. A true communist will have it’s position available to the cause even on PTA meetings… end off.

By: Don Franks

Don Franks — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:43:08 +0000

Sure, some workers wear ties to work. I do myself when I’m playing the piano somewhere.
the point of the original article was symbolic. The worker was not asking our comrade about dress so much as changed attitudes if elected to parliament. The aim of the Worker’s Party is to consistently advance ideas and attitudes and practices in the interests of the Working class. If elected to parliament we’ll maintain the same conduct as we do now, outside the house.

By: comradealastair

comradealastair — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:15:12 +0000

If you’re going to engage in a debate don’t hide behind nom de guerres. Have the balls to stand up and say what you’ve got to say publicly.

If you’re referring to WP comrades who’ve been elected to positions at Vic University, you’re arguing about something different. That’s not a national or local govt position, it’s a STUDENT UNION position, and a lot less can be done with it. The same goes for WP activists who become union organisers – they can promote revolutionary ideas to workers through their job, and we’ve actually recruited some working class members through this, but they can’t create an organising centre in the way that they could if they were an MP, a councilor or whatever.

The WP has achieved a lot of good things on Vic campus. We’re now the only left group there worth mentioning (all the other ones either fell to pieces or never had anything that COULD fall to pieces), and we’re growing steadily. We’ve organised protests and campaigns, struggled for a better deal for students on all kinds of issues, pushed our revolutionary socialist ideas and won people over to them, and a lot more.

We’ve also tried to link students with workers as much as possible. We’ve organised events specifically for that purpose, inviting trade unions to come along and speak to students, and vice versa. We’ve pushed students to come along to strikes and other working class struggles, and we’ve always pushed the people we recruit towards the class, unlike most other left groups.

What specific criticisms of WP activity on campus do you have?

By: Paul Weller

Paul Weller — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:03:54 +0000

What about workers who have to wear ties to work? Will they wear overalls to parliament too?

What’s wrong with “sharp dressing socialism” anyway?

Who the hell would wear overalls unless you had to????

Yours sincerely in struggle,

Mr Fred Perry.

http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20050112091425690

By: @

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:53:42 +0000

“Any Workers Party candidate elected to a position in national or local government will transform their seat into an active organising centre to push workers’ interests.”

well, that’s nice. unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to student politicians affiliated to the WP.

By: comradealastair

comradealastair — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:46:36 +0000

Click on the “Vote Workers Party” link at the top right hand corner of this page for a list of our candidates. We’ll update it as things progress.

By: anthropologus

anthropologus — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:31:23 +0000

who are the candidates?