摘要：In 1970 a group of people in Liverpool founded a local socialist newspaper, called 'Big Flame', which soon became a Merseyside-based revolutionary socialist organisation, and since the mid-seventies a national political organisation with branches in most of the main towns in England. The early impetus came from a critique of the dominant far left organisations which were seen as both incapable of coming to terms with the changing nature of capitalism and of grasping the significance of the new movements which were rapidly developing their strength. The left was seen to ignore or play down the importance of the women's movement and struggles in the community and failed to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of anti-imperialist struggles in their own terms. In the workplace no attention was paid to the way the labour process was being changed to attack the basis of job organisation and overwhelming emphasis was ' placed on recruiting shop stewards rather than working genuinely at a mass level to help stimulate struggles. In addition left organisations in general crudely over emphasized the role of the party and leadership. In many respects they seemed to live in a world apart, with political activity determined by the internal rhythms of the organisation rather than the needs of the struggle.
其他摘要：In 1970 a group of people in Liverpool founded a local socialist newspaper, called 'Big Flame', which soon became a Merseyside-based revolutionary socialist organisation, and since the mid-seventies a national political organisation with branches in most of the main towns in England. The early impetus came from a critique of the dominant far left organisations which were seen as both incapable of coming to terms with the changing nature of capitalism and of grasping the significance of the new movements which were rapidly developing their strength. The left was seen to ignore or play down the importance of the women's movement and struggles in the community and failed to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of anti-imperialist struggles in their own terms. In the workplace no attention was paid to the way the labour process was being changed to attack the basis of job organisation and overwhelming emphasis was ' placed on recruiting shop stewards rather than working genuinely at a mass level to help stimulate struggles. In addition left organisations in general crudely over emphasized the role of the party and leadership. In many respects they seemed to live in a world apart, with political activity determined by the internal rhythms of the organisation rather than the needs of the struggle.
