tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post962830743357430026..comments2024-03-28T07:14:01.343+00:00Comments on donpaskini: David Miliband's dilemmadonpaskinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-66145697862507131312010-08-27T15:58:07.235+00:002010-08-27T15:58:07.235+00:00You'll notice that the people at the top who s...You'll notice that the people at the top who supposedly want more activism at the bottom - run screaming in terror from any suggestion of empowering people in the workplace by relaxing our (still) Thatcherite industrial relations laws. gives you an idea about how little their empowerment rhetoric really means.Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-38297347581777880092010-08-26T12:09:34.759+00:002010-08-26T12:09:34.759+00:00He who has the youth has the future, I hope Ed win...He who has the youth has the future, I hope Ed wins. Imagine two party leaders both middle age white males and even worse, called David. What diveristy we have.Heatherhttp://www.transformersactionfigures.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-91588827365686940812010-08-26T00:15:04.846+00:002010-08-26T00:15:04.846+00:00Thanks for the shout, Don! You're right - I am...Thanks for the shout, Don! You're right - I am living proof like many others, feeling the effects of the cuts daily, lack of housing etc. I also want the Movement For Change to work right up to the top of the tree to David himself on a national level so that the Housing crisis many people face for example, including myself, can be addressed properly by those who can make these changes.<br /><br />To James,<br />The M4C is an ongoing gift to the Labour party, regardless of whether or not David wins. He pledged a third of his campaign funds solely for the M4C right from the start.<br />1000 of us have been or will be trained as Future Leaders by the end of his campaign and we can use this training to continue to train other CLP members for as long as we want.<br />All the M4C is doing is reinforcing and re-igniting what many of our grassroot members have already been doing for years, except it is a little more organised and does build great teams not only within the CLPs but groups in the communities also.<br />The momentum has already started and won't need to end just because it's the end of the campaign - it's a really good opportunity for a stronger Labour party from the grassroots upwards.<br />I'm sure that those seats we need to win back will be targeted at the same time, and perhaps moreso with a push from either David himself or (heaven forbid!) another leader if they win.<br />Hope that helps!<br />Liza.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622001988050717673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-33300034363162361182010-08-25T22:18:43.343+00:002010-08-25T22:18:43.343+00:00What Cox is saying makes more sense if you've ...What Cox is saying makes more sense if you've familiar with Saul Alinsky's writing on community organising (http://www.scribd.com/doc/27275175/Rules-for-Radicals-Saul-Alinsky)<br /><br />My biggest worry is that like Obama's community organising campaign, the M4C will be wound up at the end of the leadership contest. Hopefully it would be something that, whoever wins, is continued but focused on activists in the parliamentary seats we need to win back.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443724356434212172noreply@blogger.com