[Sdalliance] Approved Points of Unity and Structure

[Ryan Stray]

I'm going to respond to this on-list for accountability's sake.

Individuals and organizations decide for themselves whether or not to 
approve the Points of Unity. The Alliance has an interest in retaining 
the individuals and organizations that have already attended, however, 
yes, exclusion is important. As you may have noticed, the Points of 
Unity make it pretty clear this is not an org for Nazis. If it is not 
going to be an org for Nazis, then yes, we must exclude them. If you 
have a problem with that, please let us know.

Ryan
Mass Work Committee
Party for Socialism and Liberation


On 1/16/2017 10:16 PM, SDSpeaks.com wrote:
> I volunteer to be the Sheriff that decides who adheres to the PoU and 
> who shouldn’t be able to participate in the alliance. For that’s the 
> only way I can participate in an exclusive left with internal/external 
> duplicity and the ability to ban people or organizations from 
> participation is if I’m in control.
>
>
>> On Jan 16, 2017, at 2:38 AM, Ryan Stray <ryanstraysd at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:ryanstraysd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Regarding points 1 and 3, in my personal opinion:
>>
>> If someone doesnt adhere to the PoU they shouldn't be able to 
>> participate in the alliance, regardless of whether its a committee or 
>> a mass meeting. Theres not really any other purpose for the PoU to 
>> exist other than to establish a baseline we all need to adhere to if 
>> we're going to work together in this organization.
>>
>> With that in mind, id say we should make sure the organizations that 
>> are already participating are on board before we start floating 
>> anything to orgs that have yet to be involved. The Structure and PoU 
>> still need to be ratified by the participating orgs, after all. 
>> Hopefully every committee has met by now, and they'll be able to 
>> speak to everyone come the next mass meeting, and motivate those who 
>> want to continue on to do the next step of work to join the committees.
>>
>> That said, I'm only one person, others may disagree. Feel free to do so.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Monty Kroopkin <mkroopkin at juno.com 
>> <mailto:mkroopkin at juno.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Fellow Workers,
>>     1) The committee members did a great job on preparing near-final
>>     drafts of the points and structures. I am looking forward to
>>     beginning to talk with other organizations about joining the
>>     Unnamed Left. Will the approved texts of the points of unity and
>>     of the structure be posted to the listserv tonight?
>>     2) The typographical error I mentioned is in the point:
>>     "We believe in practical action to defend all oppressed people by
>>     any means necessary. through a diversity of tactics."
>>     A period should be a comma:
>>     "We believe in practical action to defend all oppressed people by
>>     any means necessary, through a diversity of tactics."
>>     3) Also, in addition to the agenda items we agreed for the next
>>     'mass' meeting, name of group and approval of mission statement.
>>     there is an item we agreed to take up during the discussion of
>>     points of unity. We forgot to get to it, so it needs to be on the
>>     next meeting agenda. The item is how open committees/campaigns
>>     will apply the points of unity to unaffiliated individuals. Will
>>     we bar people who are not anti-capitalist (liberals) from
>>     participation in open committees?
>>     4) The current draft Mission Statement shares a lot of language
>>     with the Points of Unity. I think that makes sense if the MS is
>>     used separately from the POU, but it is awkward if the two
>>     documents are published together (like a single document).
>>     Did the committee talk about that?
>>     Solidarity,
>>     Monty
>>
>>
>>
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