We assert that far from facilitating debate Congress bureaucraticises
human interaction, subjects it to the manipulation of the executive bodies.
By reversing the process, such that participants submit accounts of the
proceedings before encountering one another, we de facto reduce the functioning
of the executive bodies to that of mere clearing houses of information.
This innovation is in itself a major step forward in our organising processes.
Further to this however, it is necessary to charge all participants to integrate
their submission and circulation of accounts, whether visual, verbal, musical
or otherwise, simply by explicitly stating that the work in question is
precisely just such an account. In the event of particiapants circulating
material and only revealing its exact relation to the First Congress at
a latter stage, we invite delegates to draw their own conclusions.
From the material so presented and reproduced by delegates, as appropriate,
the full variety of activity will become apparent. It will then possible
for task groups to emerge, directly relating to the intrinsic interconnections
established by the First Congress, rather than the bureaucratic management
of extrinsic connexions being implemented according to the interests of
an executive, which has already established itself as a pole of separate
activity.
From the emergence of the task groups, whatever direct meetings such as
are required by the nature of the work the task group has undertaken, will
take place. This accords with our principle of minimum necessary activity.
Although we espouse the warmth of comradeship, task groups are in no way
akin to affinity groups, which seek to offer a psychological bolster to
the individuals involved. Any such emergent affinity groups will be dissolved.