organisation
Letter from Internationalism to Red and Black Notes on revolutionary organisations and class consciousness
Letter from Internationalism to Red and Black Notes, referring to this meeting on revolutionary organisation and class consciousness.
To the editor of Red and Black Notes, Toronto:
On February 26, 2005 the meeting in Toronto on class consciousness and the role of the revolutionary organization could not be developed in depth because the discussion got cut short due to time limitation. We would like to take this opportunity to explore further the topic of the meeting.
Comment by Red and Black Notes on letter from Internationalism
Red and Black Notes comment on this letter from Internationalism, related to this meeting on revolutionary organisation and class consciousness.
The meeting to which Internationalism's letter refers took place in Toronto on February 26, 2005. It was the second such discussion between Red & Black Notes and the Internationalist Workers' Group. Last year, two meetings were held in Montreal and Toronto on the role of the trade unions.
Revolutionary Organisation and Class Consciousness - Red and Black Notes
The following article is the text of a speech delivered at a public meeting to discuss revolutionary organizations and class consciousness on Saturday February 26, 2005 in Toronto.
The panel included a speaker from the Internationalist Workers' Group, the Montreal affiliate of the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party and Red & Black Notes.
The Socialist Party of Great Britain - One Hundred Years - Red and Black Notes
Red and Black Notes critically look back on the history of the SPGB at the time of the 100 year anniversary.
The Socialist Party of Great Britain celebrated its centenary in June 2004. The party was founded by former members of H.M Hyndeman's Social Democratic Federation after a struggle in that organization. The founding conference adopted a declaration of principles (which still appears in every issue of its journal) and began to publish the Socialist Standard two months later.
Organization and Spontaneity - Chicago Revolutionary Network
Article in response to the Red and Black Notes pamphlet Organization and Spontaneity by the Chicago Revolutionary Network, discussion the need to combine both.
The following article was written by the Chicago Revolutionary Network. It has been edited for publication. (note from the original)
From repression to revolution - speech by Kenneth V. Cockrel
Kenneth V. Cockrel's speech at a repression conference in Detroit outlining some problems with the focus of radical black groups away from struggle and towards fighting repression.
The ensuing speech was made by Kenneth V. Cockrel at a repression conference held at Saint Joseph's Church, January 30, 1970, under the planning and sponsorship of Newsreel in Detroit. The speakers were Robert Williams, former President of the Republic of New Africa; Emory Douglas, Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party; and Attorney Kenneth V.
Blocking progress: consensus decision making in the anti-nuclear movement
Howard Ryan argues that consensus is wrong in principle and in practice: "The problem is not so much that individuals are being irresponsible or somehow abusing the consensus process. The problem lies in giving individuals that kind of power in the first place. Consensus turns majority rule into minority rule. That's not democracy."
Ryan continues, "voting and consensus can both involve forms of coercion, i.e. forcing one party to accept the decision of another. The difference is that with voting the will of the majority holds sway, while under consensus an individual or minority wields the power through exercise of the block or veto.
The organisation question - Joe Jacobs
After Camatte/Collu's 'On Organisation' was published in Detroit in 1974 there was a debate about it over several issues in Fifth Estate. Joe Jacobs, a former Solidarity(UK) member, had been reflecting on the 'organisation question' for a long time prior to reading this debate and he sent them a contribution partly based on some previous writings. Before it could be published in June 1977 he died.
Fifth Estate June l977 Vol.12 No.7 (283)
Moving Forward: Notes on Reorganization, 2002 - Organize Resistance
This was a document written by a group of five activists attempting to create a project of revolutionary organization.
Prefatory Remarks, 2008
Resistance from the other South Africa
Neha Nimmagudda, a student from NYC, spent a few months working as a full time volunteer with the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement in South Africa. In this essay she reflects one of the movement's quarterly all night meetings in which critical issues are discussed.
The topic of this particular meeting was 'leadership'. While Abahlali has never stated that it is an anarchist movement many have drawn parallels between 'Abahlalism' and 'anarchism'. Certainly the movement considers both the state and the vanguardist left to be oppressors.
Neha Nimmagudda (2008-07-17)
