Groundwork Politics
Anti-Exploitation
We oppose any form of exploitation, e.g. capitalism, racism,
sexism, ageism, looksism, and imperialism. We are working toward a society
in which people have control over their own lives.
Socialist Consciousness
Socialist consciousness, i.e. considering the effects of our actions on others, is the most important single value in our political work.
Struggle-Unity
We are committed to struggle hardest over those things preventing
unity in our day to day work with comrades and friends. We're committed
to not struggle seriously (i.e. think we must reach unity) over those
things which don't affect our work together (e.g. whether the 'Gang of
Four' was correct or not).
Responsibility for our own Politics
We must be responsible for our own politics: stars, father
figures, or believing something to be true because it was said by a
special person are bad politics.
Leaders and Followers
We must each work to be both good leaders and good followers,that
is, to see through problems, to organize and coordinate for solutions, and
to follow others when they are correct. That is, we must each develop our
skills so none of us is always a leader or always a follower.
Guidelines, not Rules
We are each responsible for our own decisions as well as
responsible to the group. Within Groundwork there are 'guidelines,' not
'rules.' Guidelines are the result of collective decisions that will help
us make the correct decisions in the future, but they do not relieve the
individual from responsibility (they are not rules to be followed without
thought).
Theory and Practice
Good practice (day to day political work) is more important than
good theory (knowing the how and why of the correct action but not doing
it). However, even better is good theory and practice, where one
evaluates and criticizes the practice and then seeks to develop one's
theory to improve one's practice.
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