Issue No 97 | 25 May 2001 | |
Letters to the EditorMay Day - The Debate Continues
Dear Sir, I am not sure if this is the correct forum for a continued discourse on the events of May Day 6/5/01 but in the absence of any other known avenue I wish to make a few further points regarding my original letter to you in WoL95 and the response in WoL96. First I would like to ask why the letter I sent which was plainly about May Day was placed under the heading "compo:the great tradition"? there being no mention whatsoever of compo in the letter and with three other letters regarding May Day placed in a separate category where is the logic? Second in response to comrade Sharney Chalmers letter in WoL96 I feel I must point out that my fellow comrade has missed the thrust of my letter. the intentional hyperbole was not symptomatic of "undiagnosed working class hero syndrome" nor was it an attempt to claim pre eminence of the FBEU over other unions or union members rather it was designed to provoke a response from the people who saw fit to abandon the march at the last minute presumably on account of the weather. In fact if my original letter was too obtuse let me rephrase it here for clarity's sake. if any of the members of the May Day organising committee who were involved in the decision to call the march off read this letter could you please advise what the reasoning was behind the cancellation of the May Day march on 6/5/01? The presence of comrade Sharney at the march is of course commendable and it is perplexing to me that a person who has "pride in her culture (union), her class (working) and her achievements (largely collective in nature)" should take such umbrage to my letter that she would feel it necessary to personally attack me. Regardless of that I hope to see comrade Sharney and all my fellow comrades from the various NSW unions at next years May Day march. Mark Lutherborrow
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