Reply #47: It is limited to one day. You have to begin somewhere and it took a lot to get us here..

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We need to think about it dialectically instead of in a positivist sense. One protest, one multisector strike--not even one general strike--will change a country. Agreed: England's austerity measures are far less severe than Greece's and I imagine that when they get as bad as Greece they will also be impolite. I'm curious to what group you're with (PM me!). The major left organizer (outside unions) of this protest was the Socialist Worker Party (hence all the signs in the AP) They are related to a particular US tendency that I am, let's say, well acquainted with...

Good to know there are socialist organizers in TN. In Texas, my organization has 6 chapters in 5 cities and there are 4 other minor "competing" Marxist tendencies that we sometimes work with (...and some we stay clear of.) I'm not sure we have any groups in TN.