I’m glad my intuition was right because it meant I didn’t waste my money paying for membership and I didn’t waste my time going to a party meeting which appears to have defended immediately into ruthless factionalism.
Socialists calling for solidarity is fine, but Zara is a purist who can’t seem to define an actual stance other than “fighting fascism” and “fighting imperialism”, both admirable stances, but that’s a defensive policy “we’re against X”. What are they actually in favour of? Have they even defined policy positions yet?
From the outside it just looks like a rabble of well-meaning individuals fighting for control over the helm of a party that can’t define a name yet. They don’t seem like a party that wants to be in power, just to criticise it.
Zack at least has unity in his party and a clear vision he’s looking to sell to the public.
Perhaps the best thing would be for Zara and JC to step aside and put their support behind Zack. Of the two JC is more likely to do that, Zara is much less likely.
The problem is Greens may not be able to make inroards in working areas. They’re largely popular in well off areas and it’s where they used to target. It could be that both parties target their bread and butter and don’t directly run against each other and work together.
How true this is will become more concrete in the local elections next year. We may need both to oppose fascism. Even if YP is deeply flawed and Greens have less baggage.
Depends whether you care more about socialist outcomes or validating that your “intuition was right”.
I’m glad my intuition was right because it meant I didn’t waste my money paying for membership and I didn’t waste my time going to a party meeting which appears to have defended immediately into ruthless factionalism.
Socialists calling for solidarity is fine, but Zara is a purist who can’t seem to define an actual stance other than “fighting fascism” and “fighting imperialism”, both admirable stances, but that’s a defensive policy “we’re against X”. What are they actually in favour of? Have they even defined policy positions yet?
From the outside it just looks like a rabble of well-meaning individuals fighting for control over the helm of a party that can’t define a name yet. They don’t seem like a party that wants to be in power, just to criticise it.
Zack at least has unity in his party and a clear vision he’s looking to sell to the public.
Perhaps the best thing would be for Zara and JC to step aside and put their support behind Zack. Of the two JC is more likely to do that, Zara is much less likely.
The problem is Greens may not be able to make inroards in working areas. They’re largely popular in well off areas and it’s where they used to target. It could be that both parties target their bread and butter and don’t directly run against each other and work together.
How true this is will become more concrete in the local elections next year. We may need both to oppose fascism. Even if YP is deeply flawed and Greens have less baggage.
Depends whether you care more about socialist outcomes or validating that your “intuition was right”.