[Fsfe-uk] Stalls at Marxism 2003

[Timothy Baldwin]

Marxism 2003 is an annual conference, of about 5000-6000 left wing political 
activists. It is held in and around the University of London, and this year 
runs from the afternoon Friday 4th June to the afternoon Friday 11th June. 
All parts of the political spectrum from the Labour left leftwards are 
represented.

I propose, to tackle the shocking ignorance within the left, that the AFFS 
should hold a stall at Marxism 2003. This level of ignorance extend to many 
who work in IT, including at one time the SWP's system administrator, this is 
despite the fact support for Free Software can be deduced from basic 
principles of the far left parties (including the SWP).

Unfortunately out of the 200+ meetings, none of them cover computers in any 
way. Hopefully if we can raise awareness of Free Software, it would be 
possible to change this for next year. Additionally we could hold a fringe 
meeting.

PS. The SWP has always maintained that stainlist Russia et al, were not 
communist, but were in fact state capitalist. The word "communist" has been 
corrupted in a similar fashion to the way "hacker" has been.

-- 
Timothy Baldwin
Member WYLUG, SWP, ANL, Leeds SA, Leeds Anti-war coalition (and AFFS tomorrow)
No to patents on computer software!