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[thread] Members are the Labour Party & they should have control over it. When we talk about control, it’s often misinterpreted. Control is fundamentally about democracy. This is a very important principle to many Labour members. Why is it so important? (1/8) Vote #GV6 
Many people on the left who have joined @UKLabour over the years, have done so because of a determination to change the system. They have joined because of the burning passions they hold and to participate in political activity which is meaningful, not superficial. (2/8)
They don’t want to have politics to be done to them & certainly don’t want what we stand for to be determined by a handful of MPs.
So, why is democracy so important to socialists? (3/8)
So, why is democracy so important to socialists? (3/8)
[thread] Politics doesn’t have a start & an end point, but is a process & is evolutionary. It’s really important that we don’t see ourselves as finished products, with closed minds, who have learned everything there is to learn & who’ll only talk to those who agree with us. (1/7)
At the heart of our political organising & activity must be a belief in the potential for change, otherwise why would we keep going with our political activity? (2/7)
The Labour Party must be a vehicle for changing other people’s minds, but our own too; a place where we can improve each other, where we are open to hearing & feel safe enough to offer a political opinion. (3/7)
[thread] What does power mean to most of us in this country? What kind of power is actually useful to the majority of us? Is it the power of Governments committed to a harsh, uncaring capitalist system? #GV6 #GrassrootsVoice (1/7)
Is it powerful corporations extracting more & more resources from our earth & more wealth from the workers who inhabit it? Do powerful banks work in our interests? What about powerful landlords? (2/7)
What if power could be used differently? Out of the hands of those who use it against our interests, whose business is death & destruction? Taken away from people who make decisions with disregard for the consequences – for our planet, for our well-being & health? (3/7)
[thread] It is interesting that those in power talk about security in nationalistic terms: national security; military capabilities, border control. But I wonder if, when thinking about the times you have felt your most insecure, if you ever think of it like that? #GV6 (1/8)
When we feel worried, scared, insecure, it is usually about completely different things. Have I got enough money to pay the rent? Will I get enough hours work to be able to do a food shop? Will I get a permanent contract at work? Will my children have a good future? (2/8)
In countries which are plagued with war & conflict, bombarded every day, I am sure a feeling of terror that a bomb, or a drone will mutilate or terminate your existence is the ultimate insecurity, an insecurity that questions your very existence. (3/8)
[thread] When our opponents talk about socialism, they either talk about it as though it is some sort of utopian, fantasy idea that can never happen or a dangerous alternative to what we have right now. I just don’t connect with that view at all. (1/8) #GV6 #GrassrootsVoice
My view of socialism is as a political expression of love for one another - a system based on our natural drive to love one another. The truth is, for so many millions of people in the UK & elsewhere in the world this capitalist system is hard, scary & uncertain.(2/8)
Socialism is a set of principles, a different way to organise the world. It is based on a common love for our fellow human beings - not about seeing other people as competition, but as others we can work with, who can enrich our experience in life. (3/8)
