James Schneider from the socialist left of UK’s Labour party made a article series about organizing strategies for UK socialists. There is some good ideias, and I would like do discuss them.
The articles: Intro https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/12/introducing-how-we-win-a-socialist-strategy-for-the-2020s/
Movements https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/15/how-we-win-the-movements/
Party https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/15/how-we-win-the-party/
State https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/17/how-we-win-the-state/
World https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/17/how-we-win-the-world/
Comms https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/19/how-we-win-the-media/
(To make discussion more coherent, I will put only one pint on each comment)
First, I like the strategy campaigning popular radical platforms to force party elites to adopt them, but as we saw on the US’s minimum wage debate, this can be rather ineffective. Schineider’s group, like Democrats’ DSA, is a party minority.
So, this strategy must be used mostly to build dissatisfaction with party elites and mobilize people to join the party to take it over, not to really get this implemented. To build dissatisfaction without damaging party image on the electorate is necessary for the socialist faction to have a strong public identity, and the campaigning for radical platforms to be made with this faction identity.