Left Luggage has been formed by a small, independent group of community organisers and trade union shop-stewards in the UK. This blog is an attempt to initiate a discussion within the British Left around strategic issues, including questioning some of our most fundamental organising principles. We believe addressing these issues is imperative if the Left is to become a significant political force in the near future.
Conclusion to their post on the hard left vs soft left in terms of organizing potential. http://theleftluggage.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/what-left/
The experience of the US shows how a vibrant, but overwhelmingly middle class, progressive movement can coexist with a political culture that obscures class division and economic exploitation. America also shows us the consequences, as large numbers of working class people are alienated from liberalism and attracted to the Christian Right.
Sections of the hard Left may be associated with some fairly unpleasant and authoritarian ideologies. But as long as the soft Left remains middle class in composition, outlook and orientation, it will remain blighted by the shortcomings of middle class liberalism.