Hello,

I was one of the people was critical of the conference advertising and programme, not just because of the "Living outside of capitalism" talk, but because most of the topics advertised seemed to me to be entirely about lifestyle stuff, not about politics.

eg deschooling, non-monogamous relationships, natural contraceptives, tree climbing etc. Some of these sound like fun, some of them sound stupid and pointless and some might be useful to some people, but NONE have anything much to do with building a movement capable of overthrowing capitalism.

from all I have heard it was quite good and not at all as bad as I first thought it would be, but the point is, that myself and presumably other people, were put off by the advertising, and did not go.

If we have to have tree climbing and herbalism at an anarchist conference, lets at least make them optional extras, and not advertise them as the main attractions..


Mark (still wanting a revolution)