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This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".

According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.

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Proposals for Socialist Bloc

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday July 17, 2003 13:00author by Kevin Wingfield - Socialist Workers Partyauthor email swp at clubi dot ie Report this post to the editors

Open Letter issued by SWP

The following Open Letter has been issued by the SWP addressing the issue of co-operation among socialists in the context of the huge audience for radical ideas opened up by the anti-capitalist movement and the anti war movement.

AN OPEN LETTER TO SOCIALISTS

Over the last four years a new movement has risen across the globe to challenge neo-liberal globalisation and corporate capitalism.

In Seattle, Prague, Genoa, Barcelona, Melbourne, Florence and most recently Evian tens and hundreds of thousands have gathered to protest against the corporate and political elites responsible for poverty, war and environmental destruction.

This new movement reached its highest point in the global movement against war on Iraq which saw over ten million people take to the streets on 15 February this year. The 150,000 people who took to the streets of Dublin and over 20,000 in Belfast on 15 February proved that Ireland is no exception in the growth of the new global movement.

A new generation of activists is emerging in Ireland and across the globe that wish to challenge a system that puts profit and war before the needs of people.

As our own rulers and rulers across the world seek to deepen the attacks on working people and drag us further into militarism and war, so too the resistance to capital and war is certain to deepen.

This growing global movement of resistance to the system opens up exciting opportunities for socialists not seen since the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many have identified capitalism as the problem – even if they are not yet convinced that socialism is the solution.

One of the key strengths of the new movement, seen most dramatically on 15 February was the new spirit of co-operation and unity between different currents of socialists and anti-capitalists.

Relatively small numbers of activists from different organisations or from no organisation at all came together to spectacular effect. Crucially these organisations and individuals coming together proved to be more than the some of their parts.

The anger against the war is now spilling over into enormous anger against the lies and betrayals of the Ireland’s neo-liberals.

In the South, thousands see that Fianna Fail and the PDs have torn up their election promises and are pushing privatisation and cutbacks as their alternative to the death of the Celtic Tiger. Labour, the Greens and Sinn Fein claim to offer this alternative but leave open to possibility of coalition with Fianna Fail or Fine Gael which are all openly capitalist parties. At some future time, they will seek to manage the system rather than overthrow it.

In the North, the frustration caused by the Belfast Agreement means that there is a rise in low-level sectarian conflicts. But there is also a substantial minority who are now looking for an alternative to communal politics, with a recent poll indicating that 17 percent want an alternative to the old communal parties.

All of this indicates that there is a clear need to start constructing a viable socialist alternative that rules out deals with the parties of big business and bases itself on ‘people power’ and the struggles of workers.

The Socialist Workers Party and the Socialist Party are the two major radical socialist parties in Ireland. Along with a number of smaller groups and non-aligned individuals they have played the leading role in mobilising people in the anti war movement, anti capitalist protests, the campaigns against the bin tax and in support of striking workers.

However, on their own, neither the SWP, SP nor any of the smaller socialist organisations can offer a viable alternative at a national level.

But as part of a united socialist blockk the SWP, SP and others could create a credible pole of attraction for people looking for a genuinely radical left alternative.

We believe such a bloc could work on a whole series of fronts within the trade unions, as part of local campaigns, within the anti-war and anti capitalist movements, and at elections.

Specifically,

* We should form joint left caucuses in unions, which hold open regular meetings. We acknowledge there are differences between us on tactics but there is far more that unites us. As long as we debate such differences openly and in democratic structures, they can be a source of strength not weakness.

* We should hold regular discussions between both our organisations to agree on campaigns that we can initiate together and to work on joint strategies for how the campaigns we both work in can win.

* There should be a socialist bloc, which advances a common programme in the coming elections. The first such election will occur in Northern Ireland for the assembly sometime, probably, after the summer. After that there are the local elections and the Euro elections in the South. We believe that a socialist bloc should be fielding candidates in both. The exact nature of this block should be a matter for discussion

We have raised this proposal informally and have heard two objections. The first is that it is ‘premature’.

We fail, however, to see how the objective conditions are ‘premature’ in light of the threat of war, the growing stagnation of the world economy, the rising working class opposition to neo-liberal politics, the continued vibrancy of the global anti-capitalist movement.

Even in terms of the existing membership of both organisations a socialist bloc would start with about one thousand members and supporters. It would be up to us to build quickly on this base.

The second objection follows from the first – that it is necessary instead to support ‘independent’ working class candidates, such as hospital campaigners, as a first step. However, without any ties to an explicit, minimal socialist programme and block there is no guarantee how these candidates will vote on wider issues – such as racism, women’s rights or on sectarianism.

As with the anti-war movement, we believe that a socialist block could be more than the sum of its parts and offer a political home to thousands of activists looking for a real alternative.

We call publicly on the members of the SP and other socialist organisations to join us in serious discussions with a view to establishing such a block. The global anticapitalist movement was achieved by establishing a new unity. A global socialist movement will require the same.

Richard Boyd Barrett
Socialist Workers Party

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
 1   Balderdash     Cynic    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:02 
 2   nice to see the SWM are still sort of on side.     june18th.    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:07 
 3   Cynic     Fergal O Boyle    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:12 
 4   Nope     Cynic    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:22 
 5   Cynic     Fergal O Boyle    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:29 
 6   Boyd-Barret     Cynic    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:33 
 7   Fronts?     anticap    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:51 
 8   Question for cynic     .    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:52 
 9   This says it all really...     MG    Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:57 
 10   Nothing Wrong With Being From A Capitalist Background     Cynic    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:01 
 11   Boyd Barrets     Rebel City    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:03 
 12   Great stuff     redser    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:04 
 13   Let History Judge     Ivan Caramba    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:10 
 14   there already is a Richard X.     iosaf    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:10 
 15   engaging the man's suggestions....     iosaf    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:16 
 16   Its funny     Ray    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:39 
 17   But Ray     Agent of Chaos    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:47 
 18   New Party needed     a socialist    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:49 
 19   Absolutety - Lets not blow this opportunity that the last 4 years has presented the world     Anonymous    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:57 
 20   Fulltimers Rights     Agent of Chaos    Thu Jul 17, 2003 15:59 
 21   I'm sorry     King Mob    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:12 
 22   Questions for the SWP     Petrichenko    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:24 
 23   Living in the past     Badman    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:29 
 24   What bollocks!     RBB    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:38 
 25   This Was Already Tried Here     Agent of Chaos    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:41 
 26   TEST     iosaf    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:43 
 27   they come along to almost everything     w€f    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:44 
 28   reshuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic     Ray    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:46 
 29   Now many of us     w€fwoof woof woof    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:50 
 30   bravo to kevin wingfield for the post.     j.p.    Thu Jul 17, 2003 16:56 
 31   Ray,     kl    Thu Jul 17, 2003 17:00 
 32   bravo JP........................................nice in party support of Kevin there.     i%saf.    Thu Jul 17, 2003 17:00 
 33   A suggestion     zip    Thu Jul 17, 2003 17:02 
 34   SP concerns     Ray    Thu Jul 17, 2003 17:16 
 35   deja vu     dec mccarthy    Thu Jul 17, 2003 17:30 
 36   1000 members!     Ray    Thu Jul 17, 2003 17:36 
 37   absolute change is imminent     christian    Thu Jul 17, 2003 17:47 
 38   Thanks lads!     Bertie Ahern    Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:25 
 39   Thanks Bertie ......     Maurice    Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:29 
 40   Bertie     RBB    Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:31 
 41   corection to ray's numbers game     shadow    Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:39 
 42   Oh lads ye're making me wet     Mary Harney    Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:42 
 43   Unite the trotskyists     Michael McDowell    Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:51 
 44   can i just say,     j.p.    Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:58 
 45   Credit Where Credit Is Due     Willie O'Dea    Thu Jul 17, 2003 19:03 
 46   nice idea     AngryYoungLady    Thu Jul 17, 2003 19:06 
 47   And can I add     Chekov    Thu Jul 17, 2003 19:07 
 48   Re: Chekov     Anonymous    Thu Jul 17, 2003 19:44 
 49   Entertainment     Trot-spotter    Thu Jul 17, 2003 19:49 
 50   forgot     Trot-spotter    Thu Jul 17, 2003 19:58 
 51   there is more attention than usual on all this     iosaf    Thu Jul 17, 2003 20:30 
 52   Something related from the latest issue of the Voice     Voice reader    Thu Jul 17, 2003 21:22 
 53   Wretched Stuff - Continue the discussion somewhere else     John Meehan    Thu Jul 17, 2003 23:09 
 54   'but it will have to be discussed somewhere else besides Indymedia.'     kinky GG supporter willing to be diciplined    Thu Jul 17, 2003 23:47 
 55   SWP's envy of the SP     piz    Fri Jul 18, 2003 00:49 
 56   Marxism isn't a new religion     Solly Daritti    Fri Jul 18, 2003 01:06 
 57   And can I add     Chekov    Fri Jul 18, 2003 02:03 
 58   Serious question     serious    Fri Jul 18, 2003 02:05 
 59   The numbers game     Ray    Fri Jul 18, 2003 10:02 
 60   Who is bigger?     Ray    Fri Jul 18, 2003 10:14 
 61   Why it was porposed     Kevin Wingfield    Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:12 
 62   Optimism versus scepticism     Jim Monaghan    Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:16 
 63   Can't see it working     Janus    Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:38 
 64   Some questions     Mark    Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:40 
 65   I am happy to join with SP and SWP to protest against the W€F in Dublin Oct 2003     iosaf mac diarmada    Fri Jul 18, 2003 12:11 
 66   Frustrated with the children     Klang    Fri Jul 18, 2003 13:56 
 67   Ta!     RBB    Fri Jul 18, 2003 13:59 
 68   Me - SWP?     Bertie Ahern    Fri Jul 18, 2003 14:00 
 69   Good idea     The Real Dave    Fri Jul 18, 2003 14:16 
 70   So where are my replies     Mark    Fri Jul 18, 2003 14:39 
 71   A reply     Ray    Fri Jul 18, 2003 14:51 
 72   Funny man     trot-spotter    Fri Jul 18, 2003 14:56 
 73   Mark     sigh    Fri Jul 18, 2003 14:56 
 74   Cant Ever Remember Dave Saying That     Agent of Chaos    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:02 
 75   To echo ray:     Chekov    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:04 
 76   Ray     Ivan Caramba    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:05 
 77   I'm jerking off to this discussion....     Bertie Ahern    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:07 
 78   I am not mad     Ivan Caramba    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:12 
 79   C'mon lads, let's all wank our way to Left wing unity!     Bertie Ahern    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:18 
 80   I am not mad     Ivan Caramba    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:27 
 81   other opponents of neo-liberalism     lish    Fri Jul 18, 2003 15:56 
 82   reply to mark from SP     time for a block    Fri Jul 18, 2003 16:29 
 83   To trot watcher     Sean    Fri Jul 18, 2003 17:29 
 84   I dare you to find a source for that Lenin quote     Mark    Fri Jul 18, 2003 17:51 
 85   A bloc of two!     Real Red Raver    Fri Jul 18, 2003 19:12 
 86   Mark     Agent of Chaos    Fri Jul 18, 2003 19:34 
 87   where do we start from     john throne    Fri Jul 18, 2003 19:41 
 88   Re:Jim Monaghan & Lish -The Irish Social Forum-Socialist/Anarchist Alliance - Learn from Capitalism     Anonymous    Fri Jul 18, 2003 21:00 
 89   It is possible     Kevin Wingfield    Fri Jul 18, 2003 22:40 
 90   Listen, anarchists!     (A)    Sun Jul 20, 2003 06:52 
 91   ?     a    Sun Jul 20, 2003 13:43 
 92   Where does everyone stand     Jim Monaghan    Mon Jul 21, 2003 10:21 
 93   Debate     Orla Drohan    Mon Jul 21, 2003 11:56 
 94   Agent of muppetry     Mark    Mon Jul 21, 2003 14:12 
 95   Good proposal from Orla Drohan     John Meehan    Mon Jul 21, 2003 14:12 
 96   A good proposal - come again???     Less Curious    Mon Jul 21, 2003 16:51 
 97   poisonous anonymous postings     John Meehan    Mon Jul 21, 2003 17:30 
 98   couldn't resist     Ray    Mon Jul 21, 2003 18:00 
 99   reply to John Meehan     anon    Mon Jul 21, 2003 18:03 
 100   so what?     so what?    Wed Jul 23, 2003 15:36 
 101   my son richard     fr michael cleary    Thu Jul 24, 2003 19:50 
 102   Socialist Alliance Debate     Stephen Boyd    Mon Jul 28, 2003 18:43 
 103   Lies, damned lies and statistics     Number cruncher    Tue Jul 29, 2003 13:11 
 104   Question     Joe    Wed Jul 30, 2003 13:07 
 105   Dualisitic parties will never work     aidan    Wed Aug 06, 2003 18:12 
 106   well said Aidan.     newcomer    Tue Sep 23, 2003 22:57 
 107   Good God     E O'R    Thu Sep 25, 2003 20:36 


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