can to go to the ESF Assembly in London on 13 &14th Dec. So far there has
been an absence of transparency - we have to know who is organising the
London ESF , who is doing what and by whose mandate? The London ESF must be
democratised. See www.democratisingesf ???
At national levels we have democracy and no choice and at global level they
have choice but no democracy. This is what we must change. Monbiot believes
that while we need as much diversity as possible we also need a focused
organisation which can act at the global level in order to engage with and
prise open global power. He thinks that this will require representative
assemblies in addition to social forums.
George told us about a new website - globalrising.org
N.B. An audio file of the speech may follow shortly, if the server is functioning ok.
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Excuse Me, there is no phone number
10.12.2003 14:14
As neither Globalise Resistance, the SWP or that person are organising the Assembly on Saturday and Sunday, perhaps you should ring the 'hosts' of the meeting, the Greater London Authority.
Phone number: (0044) 020 7983 4701
Alternatively, ring some of the other groups involved:
War on Want
Unison
CWU
Red Pepper
The Wombles
WDM
etc etc
This isn't sectarian, just trying to ensure that people realise that GR are not the organisers of the London ESF.
Glasnost
e-mail: democratise_the_esf@lists.riseup.net
Ah it's the Monbiot/SWPCoalition!
11.12.2003 00:41
Now why does he want us all to go to the planning meet for the ESF in London in 2004? Remember that's the event being taken over by his chums the SWP and other stalinsts. Does he just want to legitimise the takeover with a veneer of democracy, and give added credibility to his new chums? Or does he think he can outflank his new trotskyite & stalinist mates, with our help? Either way, he's got a cheek to think he can use us in his petty little power games.
This middle class twit should go back to lecturing at Oxford/Cambridge. He is not to be trusted.
@smith
self-fulfilling prophecy
11.12.2003 19:00
Only if we let them. It's not too late. Don't give up without even trying.
reclaim the ESF
s'right
11.12.2003 19:16
i have seen a lot of talk about how people with anti-authoritarian should involve themselves in the esf, in order to counter the authoritarian tendencies of the core groups. in my view they will be simply banging their heads against the proverbial. the history of attempted collaborations has been unproductive, if anything counter-productive. obviously the esf is going to go ahead, and i would say let it, but don't suppose that you can do anything to introduce any anarchic ideas into an a space that is already under the sway of authoritarian organisations. reactionaries are poor listeners. if you want to make contact with those who are 'new to the movement' i suggest you set up your own space, something more in keeping with diy culture and the real spirit of the anti-capitalist movement. and i suggest that indymedia should not serve as a platform the esf either, it's reactionary politics at its worst, the kind that masquerades as something progressive.
frill