The
current confusion and division in the Labour Party should be an
opportunity for socialists. What is of importance now is that people
who may identify with wanting to create a genuinely socialist society
of common ownership, democratic control and free access to wealth,
don’t get suckered in by a radical-sounding, ‘populist’ reform
movement that has yet to prove its popularity anywhere beyond the
already like-minded. The attempt to reform capitalism by so-called
benevolent governments has always been a disaster and there’s
nothing to suggest it would be any different next time. The Labour
Party is in a mess. The Labour Party has no answers to basic working
class problems because it is ignorant of their cause. The
squalid squabbles which presently dominates the Labour Party is
nothing but an unprincipled power struggle.
The Socialist Party has
no leaders. That does not mean that we are unorganised, but that we
are structured along democratic lines. Workers can only join our party
if they understand what it stands for. All applicants for membership
are required to undertake a short written or verbal ‘test’
designed to enable them to demonstrate an understanding of – and
agreement with – this Object and Principles and also of the Party’s
basic political positions not otherwise directly covered in the
Declaration. There has been a sound reason for this as all members,
once admitted, have full democratic rights and stand in basic
equality to one another. This kind of political democracy can only
work on the basis of agreement around fundamental principles and
there would be no point in a socialist organisation giving full
democratic rights to those who, in any significant way, disagreed
with the socialist case. The outcome of that would be entirely
predictable. Once in, it is their party, their say is as important as
the next comrade’s. Our Executive Committee is only empowered to
carry out the wishes of the membership. The Socialist Party does not
just talk about democracy, we practice it.
The
Socialist Party is concerned with how capitalism works, what
socialism means and how to create a new order of society. This
requires a reasoned approach and for our fellow workers to seriously
consider our alternative approach to politics.
So come and learn more:
Wednesday, May 15th, at
Maryhill Community Central Halls,
304 Maryhill Road,
Glasgow G20 7YE
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