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Class War issue 81: Practical Suggestions?
As the crisis of world capitalism deepens the time is right for us to offer a more extensive vision of a libertarian communist future.
The fuel blockade of Britain (and Europe) has made perfectly feasible our concept of public transport development. Such a programme would immediately employ those made redundant by the collapse of sections in the road haulage industry. This is especially valid considering the needs of the rural population.
As 25,000 farms have gone bankrupt in recent times we can offer solutions to the ex-farming community, something that the 'Countryside Alliance' cannot do. We can secure farming by the establishment of farming co-operatives and workers controlled food outlets. Our aim is of course to collectivise all farming where appropriate. We would not deprive anyone of their accommodation but we can guarantee equality for all land workers including former large-scale land owners (CW Ed: Getting a bit soft here!). This conforms to our policy of offering former owners and managers of industry the equality of comradeship in labour.
Of course our perennial aim is the abolition of the stock exchange and the establishment of workers control of industry. We would bring into public ownership all transport, engineering, building, education, and production. In education we will guarantee the safety from violence of all children by establishing special needs schools for disturbed children. This will put parents' minds at rest because it will not matter where their children are educated.
All work would be considered as equal. Medical, education and transport services would be raised to the highest standards. This form of social security would appeal to all sections of society including the middle classes. Those unused to physical labour will be introduced to such work at their own pace because they will not be required to operate under capitalism's time and motion procedures.
Obviously the chemical industry would have to turn its attention to organic production and the safe disposal of contaminants.
AC, Edinburgh
CW Reply: The difficulty with concepts of "public ownership" is that people think immediately of the former nationalised industries. All of those industries had the same boss versus worker ethos, the same drive for profit and the same obsession with hierarchy as the private companies they replaced. For us to advance we must make changes to our lives now - not in some distant future - to show ourselves and our enemies that we can create a world for all. This means struggle in our own working class communities to improve the economic and political standing of our class.
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