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Written nearly six years ago and with NZ in mind, but I think it has a continuing wider relevance. . . "Perhaps the biggest problem facing those of us who understand the need for revolutionary social change in this country is the prevalence of low horizons. However much many people may grumble about the way things are, very few are much interested in becoming actively involved in challenging the system whose effects they dislike and even bewail. This state of affairs has existed for at least two decades. The core organisations of workers, the trade unions, are smaller and weaker and the far left is politically essentially irrelevant and unable to affect, let alone effect, developments. . ." full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/low-horizons-and-the-legacy-of-defeats/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com