whatever happened to the Sol Fed?

[charlie mowbray]

Think it's wrong about him being in Class War, though, one of the few libertarian groups he hasn't joined!!

 

[Wolfie]

Anyone know if the West Yorkshire local is still going?

I used to be a member

 

[Stevil]

Anyone know if the West Yorkshire local is still going?

I used to be a member

Yes still going but has shrunk in size and activity but signs that things could improve. Contact address is now PO Box 75, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8WB

 

[knopf]

The day when we have as many members as we have ex-members (especially if you include the DAM) will be

 

[Stevil]

Yeah but there are some ex-members of the DAM who I really wouldn't want back.

 

[Nigel Irritable]

The day when we have as many members as we have ex-members (especially if you include the DAM) will be

That's true for any group on the left with a bit of history to them.

 

[knopf]

Yeah but there are some ex-members of the DAM who I really wouldn't want back.

..... as is that.

 

[october_lost]

Yes still going but has shrunk in size and activity but signs that things could improve. Contact address is now PO Box 75, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8WB

Openning a local in Hebden Bridge sends out all the wrong signals in my opinion....

 

[Stevil]

The new SolFed website is now up and running. Hurrah! http://www.solfed.org.uk/

 

[october_lost]

Top site

 

[Chuck Wilson]

Openning a local in Hebden Bridge sends out all the wrong signals in my opinion....

A local what ? Aromatherapist and tatoo saloon? Hebden Bridge is the Katmando for retired hippies and travellers.

 

[JoePolitix]

I know there's one or two members on urban and their magazine Direct Action still makes an appearance from sheffield, but where did their networks go? how many locales are left? what other networks are members engaged in?

Its not a dig, but a question... given some of the discussions recently, here and elsewhere, the relative high profile of the iww in the states (and here), the wildcat workplace struggles, all this talk of precari-dee, you'd have thought that it might have been reflected in a renewed interest in syndicalism or industrial unionism... true there are one or two strong locales, but in terms of a national profile (urgh!) they seem to have long since disappeared...

... so has the organisation gone into deepfreeze or have they gone into deep cover?

Solfed have a group down here which fronts the Bristol against Casualisation Campaign. About a year ago I remember they were campiaging against temping agencies, notably "Man Power". I'd guess there were about half a dozen or so of them.

Haven't seen them about for a minute though....

 

[Taxamo Welf]

Don't you mean Croat rather than Czech?

Indeed. i stand corrected.

 

[Taxamo Welf]

Large badge collection, a love of meetings, and an annoyingly moralistic tone, IIRC

Hmmm. I quite liked him for being so serious when i met him. Didn't know he was in CW as WELL, thats quite a collection. But surely not problem? They all want they same thing... The only clear problem i can see is you can't go to all the meetings for the different groups, and you wouldn't be able to allocate the required time to all of their campaigns.

 

[charlie mowbray]

But like I said, I don't think he is in CW. I agree with you on the points you make, though.

 

[october_lost]

At the risk of upseting the ideologes, I think most of the groups are pretty similar in practice if not rehetoric, one should draw the necessary conclusions from that, otherwise I think you will find political purity is the sound of one arse scrapping....