Many thanks to our members that have turned up at recent meetings. A great deal of progress has been made regarding future events and collaboration with other societies on issues.
A suggestion was made by a representative from a prospective Unified Left (name tbc) society, so that although we have major differences on some issues we can agree to be unified on these core principles:
1) Opposition to cuts in public services
2) Universal Equality
3) Protection of the environment
This prospective alliance would provide a campaigning pool and facilities for spreading publicity among other things whilst allowing each society to remain an individual entity and to retain core principles it may hold apart from other groups in the alliance. This will hopefully foster a culture of agreement and counter the disunity and tendency to split that is parodied so cuttingly in the “Life of Brian” and that is so endemic to leftist and intellectual organisations. Full minutes and a summary of the issues discussed and points raised at the meeting will be uploaded soon.
The suggestion to have a unified alliance was met with consensus approval from members present at the meeting and, as per our constitution, was thereby granted the support of the Anarchist Society. It was agreed that we support working together with others who stand in our position on an issue, although we may disagree in other areas, in order that our goal can be best achieved.
In other news, our new Prime Minister David Cameron visited Edinburgh recently, and was greeted by protest and outrage, which, according to The Scotsman, cast our country “Back to the ’80s”. The leading Scotsman article also said that the protest featured “anarchists, communists and scottish socialists”, so it seems the Edinburgh University Anarchists are making an impact. It turns out Mr Cameron entered through an underground car park rather than face a peaceful demonstration, which seems a shame. The Guardian also featured a picture on the website of two of our members and, crucially, the flag, which keeps popping up around the city!
Lastly, there will be a lecture and discussion in the Teviot Dining Room on the 28th May at 2pm. It will be on the subject of Permaculture, or living lightly on the planet and earth-friendly agriculture, something that is supported by the Anarchist Society. As always with our events, everyone is welcome, anarchist or not, and the more different views there the more interesting the discussions will be. We look forward to seeing you there.
Our last meeting before the summer will be this Wednesday at 3pm in the Forest Cafe, as usual.
Salud y Libertad