wobbling in camelot

we never stop fragmenting

its part of our virtue
this juggling of new ideas
new applications
& part of our vice
infighting

i have a lot of respect
for the wobblies
but like some point out in the heated comments
it seems like a bad plan

fig20a the cost of free organic food in our communities is should not include integrity & sanity

why spring another leftist
organization into
what seems like a structure
aimed at worker
inclusion

its a bit beyond me
granted im at several
removes from the situation

food justice is a big deal
not just in the twin cities
where i think we make
more progress
in getting food
to folks
in need

but i suspect
money
is at the heart of this
somewhere

membership
wants more control
over finances

sisters camelot
sound like an upstanding
organization
on the whole

i understand a lot of the rhetoric
is the same shit bosses
use against unions
right
that rubs me the wrong way

but from what little
i know
of collectives & volunteer work
sister camelot
shouldnt be paying
canvassers at all

leave money fucking out of it
whenever possible

if your heart isnt in it
dont do it
on the left we have to prove
we can walk the walk

fig20b wage creates labor perpetuates wage

when we call for
the abolition of the wage system

it means doing away with labor
which in the end
will do away
with unions

collectives i think
at their heart
mean to bypass
the union movement

this illustrates a failure of that concept
its foolish to base a collective
off the idea of wage labor
at all

now im not one
to renounce the wobblies
god bless em

but the phrase

The campaign at Sisters’ Camelot represents a new step for Food and Retail Workers United, an organizing committee of the Industrial Workers of the World labor union

also rubs me the wrong way
like theyre doing this for
prominence
as the next sentence in the quote applauds
yknow
attention

well theyve got it

actually i think this
whole debacle illustrates
a growth of the left
that the iww has the strength
to take on this campaign
however mis-allocated it may & may not
be

when we experience failures
its because were growing
hopefully
unlike those orthodox marxists
who bang their heads
against the very obvious wall
of american culture cynicism etc
blaming a lack of consciousness
when in fact
their own heads are quite muddled
you know
from the headbanging

this is a learning opportunity
& as an outside observer
this is what id advocate

1 the reinstatement of the fired worker
2 removal of any distinction between manager & worker positions
3 relaunching sisters of camelot as a volunteer organization

this could very well be
out of touch
for the actual situation on the ground
like i said
outside observer
the situation could change in a heartbeat

however
if we dont learn to make compromises
along our own shared values
well spend all our time fighting
ourselves instead of the forces
which oppress us

cmon
its not like a volunteer food service org
hasnt worked in the past
without wage labor
the wobblies can move on
to fighting something that matters

yours for the revolution
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