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Marxism Conference section seems to be advertising.[edit]

The John Pilger quote seems especially egregious. It also seems strange to me that the section about recent years ends at 2013. Asteroixiii (talk) 22:58, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed and removed. Nothing at all neutral about the material. Just Pilger giving a plug to attract attendance. Definitely not encyclopedic and removed as such. AlanS^talk 08:25, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The statement about the Marxism Conference exists in the introductory section as well as under the section on Membership Routine. Is there a reason for it being listed twice or is it a redundancy? NascentSpace (talk) 13:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest it shouldn't exist at all. Be bold. TarnishedPath^talk 14:40, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Armstrong[edit]

Why does Mick Armstrong link to the History section of this article? Jack Upland (talk) 01:06, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mick is one of the founders and leaders of Socialist Alternative. He still writes for the Red Flag today. -AndreyKva (talk) 01:15, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is that supported with WP:RS? Otherwise just seems like a bit of promotion for Mick's writing. TarnishedPath^talk 01:52, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. There's not much written online about their founders or leaders, so I don't have any sources for him founding or leading the organization, but he still frequently writes for Socialist Alternative's paper: https://redflag.org.au/author/mick-armstrong
I didn't set up the disambiguation, but I'm pretty sure his affiliation with Red Flag is the reason. I wouldn't argue that it's necessarily a good reason. -AndreyKva (talk) 03:01, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jack Upland:, there is way too WP:OR in this article and other claims which aren't backed up by citations. I tagged the article other a month ago that it had a problem with citations, so if you see problems then I say you should go ahead and do something about it. TarnishedPath^talk 06:52, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My point is that Mick isn't mentioned here, so why the link?--Jack Upland (talk) 00:10, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean the link to "From Little Things Big Things Grow". I've removed it. It's a publication by Mick and so belongs on an article on him, if he has one. Otherwise can you be more specific? TarnishedPath^talk 07:00, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]