George's talkSPORT show from Saturday 20 January

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I know he answered you but I felt like adding my bit ...as I did, and it makes perfect sense to me.

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Actually, it's a good point. One of the reasons I was reticent about starting to post here is, people should be able to discuss what they think of what George does without worrying about whether George likes what he hears or not (I'm not here to spy, I'm sure that's obvious - I act out my Stalinist fantasies at Lenin's Tomb ;) )

So in lots of ways, if people want to get together to discuss issues raised by the site, it may be better to do it off the site.

And you're right - in terms of priorities, I want much more video/audio and much more engagement - the Q&A section, if we ever get time to answer the hundreds of questions that have come in in a few weeks, are more important. I actually think a forum on GG's site might end up being really self-indulgent - people will be expecting George to respond a lot, and it's all he can do to just about keep up with the emails he gets already. Since I re-did the site, we've doubled the traffic, and pretty much doubled the emails coming in - the more avenues we offer, the more demands are made. Fantastic as it is, the man already works way more hours than is good for him.

That, and building a decent links section. And including contributions from other people (we've got a photo section opening soon. Soon.... "soon"...)

We do need more decent political forums on the net. The biggest problem people have is the result of a conscious decision by the ruling class: Atomisation and the breakdown of solidarity and unity. That has a direct effect where people no longer have the bonds within their community to become politically active; it means they see George as a lone crusader, where actually he sees himself purely as an enabler; a voice to make other people get up and do stuff. But we get a huge, massive number of emails with people just wanting to ask George the hows, wheres and whys of the world. People feel they've got nowhere to go to have these discussions.

More places, online and offline, like that, and we'd be doing well. When there are decent stop the war meetings, the political level is really high; online forums can give people access to that kind of politics - if only the forums are moderated well enough to keep away the racists, the pro-war left (who exist to destroy the left) and others whose only goal is to prevent proper discussion.

So, I've got flu which means I'm rambling incoherently. I hope Google doesn't index this...

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