Discussion point from a friend of the west lothian branch of the SSP

Comrades, I saw a great interview with Professor David Harvey BBC Hardtalk in the wee small hours. I have written something below for discussion arising from the TV broadcast. (See also his books on Amazon.co.uk )

Just because Stalinism was a monstrous beastie does not mean that capitalism is wonderful...

History is not immutable. There is no Bus Station at the end our journey.  Nothing endures but the land. And even then.. 

Despite our hurt , our anger. our  bitter disappointments we owe it to our own humanity to come together and discuss what needs to be done. It is our very essence. It is a cry deep within our heart.

We seek clarity. From clarity flows ineluctably hope and from hope we can begin engaging with the world, giving shape to our dreams.

To make a pot we need to work with clay. To change things we need to work with others.  Human beings are the raw materials of all political movements. We should seek to nourish and cherish all who are seek a world which is based on people's need not individual greed.

We seek transformation. We give our time freely. The fate of all humanity falls on all our backs, not just the chosen few. We  need to live our life with purpose and joy.

We reject all who claim to be gurus.  The monopoly of truth resides in us all. We listen. We learn. We question. We do not believe something just because others do. Not even Professor Harvey.

We dare to imagine but at the same time we won't get fooled again. We do not worship states nor political parties. They are but the echo of the battle. All authority is to be questioned.

  We seek change always from below. We reject the reducers and the traducers, the vulgarians and the charlattans. Language by its very nature is imprecise. We think carefully about meaning and the purpose of language.

Leaders follow they do no lead. 

We break things down. We seek simplicity and elegance in thought. 
From Africa we emerged and humanity's journey has not yet ended. From whence we have come from and from whence we go we do not ken. We are  all Jock Tamson Bains. We all humans inextricably to the land and all that lives on this blue planet of ours.

 Harvey's work  for me is a  clarion call for a new humanity 



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George Mackin