Non-violence.

I have to say, I am one of the spines of the ISO in Dunedin. As we've often commented ourselves, we are a small organization in the backwaters of the backwaters of the world. Dunedin is much more cultured than the countryside surrounding it but still, the area tends to be conservative especially when it comes to issues such as socialism. It is almost a taboo word here too. We do our best to spread socialist ideas, through our quarterly mag, through public meetings and in general being quite loud or just there. This annoys many, no doubt.

I'm non-violent though. The group often gets into more or less agressive agressive arguments about what violence means and how a non-violent revolution is a laughable state of affairs. To me it seems logical though: if one imposes their ideas, people will rebel against them, maybe just in thought though. However if one slowly debates his/hers ideas, they will either be picked up or not. If they're not, well free speech says that we should be able to think what we want to. After all, a new society will come when a majority wants it. There will always be people against it, this is what makes each of us human: we can all decide to follow the ideas that we think are best.