Hi folks,

My annual report is now online (along with a substantial essay):

Conscious Forces Will Bring Us Certain Victory

posted at: http://struggle.net/ben/2009/conscious_forces.htm

Your comments and impressions are very appreciated!

You can post comments here on Indymedia or (if you want

your comments to be read by activists in other cities)

you can post to the associated wiki page at:

http://mediaweapon.wetpaint.com/page/Ben%2FConscious_Forces

The introduction and table of contents are below.

All the best,

Ben Seattle

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Introduction:

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I believe it is useful for revolutionary activists to post, each year, a summary of their activity over the past year and plans for the coming year.

Capitalist corporations give a public annual report to stockholders every year. Our "stockholders" are the workers and oppressed of the world who, by their own struggles, inspire us and give us strength. A tradition of annual reports can assist revolutionary activists to better understand the work, activity and priorities of other activists. This can be a small step in the direction of transparency and eventual greater coordination of effort.



This is my 11th annual report. This year, since I have been on an extended sabbatical (ie: a period of time off) from political work—the formal part of my annual report will be quite short. However, since the few activists who read me on a regular basis often expect something more substantial from my annual report—I am also including this year an overview of how, as I see it, the revolution in communications will assist the efforts of activists to self-organize over the next few years in countries like the United States, where I live.

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table of contents:

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My annual report

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(1) What I have done in the past year

(2) What I plan to accomplish in the coming year

(3) Problems that came up and solutions that were developed

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Overview: Conscious Forces Will Bring Us Certain Victory

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A background of economic crisis and imperialist war

The objective factor

The subjective factor

The CPUSA was a revolutionary mass party

The degeneration of the CPUSA

Groundhog Day

The good news today -- conditions are maturing

The emergence of conscious forces

Ever-increasing amounts of oxygen

The hangman and the priest

.... (media control in modern society)

The emerging power of open communities

Conscious forces will focus on building

.... a healthy revolutionary movement

We are only as sick as our secrets

.... (ie: the need to speak out)

Conscious forces will be invincible

How open communities of struggle

.... will lead to the emergence of

.... a revolutionary mass organization

So how exactly will this happen?

My experience in four communities of struggle

-- 0 -- The RevLeft community

-- 1 -- The Media Weapon community-in-embryo

-- 2 -- The Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee (SAIC)

-- 3 -- The local marxist study group

-- 4 -- The Kasama blog

Fiery collisions and eventual merger

Conclusion: the Alkali Lake Band of Indians

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