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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 9. 1962.

Political Blinkers

Political Blinkers

During the waterfront dispute in 1951 some of the Wellington leaders of the Progressive Youth League went to Auckland for a conference with the national leaders of that "N.Z. working class youth organisation." There they found the office and clubrooms closed and all the Aucklanders no longer living at their previous addresses. Eventually they were tracked down and thereupon they roundly abused the Wellington leaders lot their lack of security precautions. Apparently the Wellingtonians had I'll to realise that a revolutionary-situation existed in N.Z. Whilst the Wellington members of the P.Y.L. were raising money for the wharfies and their rallies the Auckland P.Y.L. had gone Into hiding to ensure it would be around to lead the revolution that was about to erupt at any moment.

This outburst of nostalgic reminiscences has been provoked by Bill Dwyer's statement that a revolutionary situation exists at this University at the moment. You know there is nothing like an Ideology to blind one from reality. (Which will do for my Thought For the Week).