Where was the Color at A16 in D.C.?

[Chuck0]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> 
> >I'd have to agree with Irene Tung quoted in the article below about
> >the style of organizing that has become fashionable among young
> >activists through Seattle, A16, etc.: "There was definitely an
> >insider's culture at A16, especially at the convergence spaces.
> >There was a vocabulary and behavior, an assumed cultural
> >commonality, that was somewhat eerie. It seems that the ideals of
> >absence of leadership and `facilitated chaos'--as they say--function
> >best in a homogenous group."   Yoshie
> 
> What would you prefer instead?
> 
> I have to say it seems odd for a Marxist to complain about insider's
> vocabularly and an assumed common culture. Reification and the
> transformation problem aren't the stuff of everyday speech.

Amen. As I pointed out on another list, Irene belong to an organization
which is a typical authoritarian socialist group, thinking that all of
this radicalism should be channeled into building a party. This may
sound logical to true believers, but believe me, most people want a say
in how things are done. A16 may have had some problems, bu in my 15
years as an activist, the process at A16 was the most egalitarian and
non-hierarchical that I have ever seen. This frustrates those interested
in centralization and hierarchy, which leads them to attack the
"facilitated chaos" as a guise for calling for organization which is
more favorable for them to take over.

Sorry kids, that kind of politics is old school.

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