>When the three or four people who have provided most of the energy for
>our local group began to run out of energy and time, one of them
>established the principle that a person should only suggest activities
>which he/she was prepared to do the work on: recruit the people, plan
>it, advertise it, etc. I really don't think anyone should issue
>diagnoses of what is "wrong" with THE LEFT" who isn't prepared to go out
>there and correct it (by recruiting the people, renting the ad space,
>etc etc etc. Do It. Don't just bellyache.
Sometimes you sound like Saul Alinsky. Given the limited success of community organizing in the U.S., shouldn't that give one pause?
Doug