WHERE MODERN SOCIALISM IS GOING WRONG

The names Lenin, Trotsky and Guevara are all great Socialists of the past. The problem for Socialism of the 21st century is exactly that, they are great figureheads of the past. What I believe the left wing of today needs is a figurehead alive and with us today to stand behind. The modern working class is crying out for a leader, a face with fresh ideas, not long dead hero's.

Lenin will always be classified alongside the USSR, a failed revolution. Trotsky is put alongside terrorist groups from South America and Guevara has become a fictional romantic. I'm afraid none of these icon's mean anything to the working man worrying about how he is going to pay the next bill, or put food on his families table.

The working man of today needs a new "working class hero" to follow. The Tories still have Thatcher and the right wing bully boys of her cabinet as hero's to look up to. What does the left have? We do still  have Tony Benn but he sadly is now too old to take the mantle of leader. So where do we look to move forwards.

Thatcher did a magnificent job of splitting the Socialists apart. Look at what we have today : The Labour left wing (an ever decreasing number of comrades), Socialist Labour, The Socialist Party, The Socialist Workers Party et al. What a mess!!! What the left wing of today is crying out for is a charismatic leader to join all these factions together into a united Socialist force before it is too late for the poor and destitute in this country. The Tories and their rich friends must be loving it as they sip their champagne and make more money from the backs of the working man. They know that while the left wing remains split into many different groupings they can never be a threat to them.

So what for Socialists today, what we need to do is find somebody with the passion of Benn and the charismatic likeability of Blair (forgive me I know he isn't the best example). Surely out there somewhere there is a man or woman that the left can unite behind.

I personally have my own favourites, Nellist has the passion but perhaps not the strength to unite. I feel we need to look at some of the bloggers and read their points of view. I have found 3 people who certainly have the strength in what they say. These 3 are Darrell Goodliffe, Dr Eoin Clarke and Pam Field. If a figurehead to stand behind could come from one of these I do not know, but what I do know is that in it's present form Socialism has no chance.

We already have the banner our glorious Red Flag we even have an anthem for crying out loud. We have an idea, now we need a person to stand behind and move us forward. So come on comrades there must be somebody out there. I have threw a couple of names into the pot but we must find somebody and fast before it's too late.