tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6694024549474353805..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: 2009 Party AccountsPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-47260052662825890642010-08-11T23:54:39.531+01:002010-08-11T23:54:39.531+01:00Phil, who let the (mad) dogs out? Woof, woof, woof...Phil, who let the (mad) dogs out? Woof, woof, woof-woof-woof!Neilhttp://www.airstrikes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59919842842575186562010-08-11T14:42:07.731+01:002010-08-11T14:42:07.731+01:00Hi Phil, CPB is actually extending it's reach,...Hi Phil, CPB is actually extending it's reach, increasing it's membership and providing effective input to burgeoning anti-cuts movements across the country. Visit our new, improved website, it's a great resource. And, I thought we contributed a fair bit to No2EU; I enjoyed the banter whilst liaising with the SP in Stoke at various meetings, stalls, leaflettings, etc. But that was before I left the Potteries and you left the left. Have you had any success getting the dynamic and youthful Labour Party out onto the streets of Hanley?Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-66001722257361192022010-08-11T12:48:41.728+01:002010-08-11T12:48:41.728+01:00Firstly, I'm not a Trot and haven't been f...Firstly, I'm not a Trot and haven't been for years - even if I was a member of a Trotskyist organisation until recently.<br /><br />Second, as much as you like to squeal and protest your over the top reaction owes more to the denunciatory style of your chosen antipodes. Face it, the Trots have got the far left all sewn up. The CPB has very little to offer compared with the much more dynamic but largely sensible Socialist Party - a look at the very patchy involvement of the CPB in the No2EU campaign is enough to tell you that. And while I think your criticisms are spot on where the SWP are concerned, such practices were unknown to me during my four years in the SP.<br /><br />Incidentally, seeing as the CPB has a very low profile, has been pretty doggedly Labour-loyal throughout its 20 years of existence, and seems to enter the electoral fray in the manner of a dilettante, why bother continuing a separate existence? You may as well call it a day and move your few hundred members into the Labour Party.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-74621940664186317022010-08-11T12:17:10.829+01:002010-08-11T12:17:10.829+01:00Phil,
You can carry on attempting to dismiss the ...Phil,<br /><br />You can carry on attempting to dismiss the Communist Party by constructiong lies about it and then pretending to be surprised when members of it put you back into your place, but I am confident you have been proven wrong.<br /><br />The pathetic comment about membership further demonstrates this. <br /><br />My point was that you are still looking at politics through the eyes of some sectarian trot, cult-dweller.<br /><br />You seem to be measuring support by how many insecure people you can bully into filling out forms.<br /><br /> Your point about the Morning Star further displays this attitude. While some trot may feel the need to stamp their name over anything they can get their hands on, we do not feel the need to strangle campaigns into being front groups and alienate the broader labour movement. <br /><br />Come on man your in the labour party now its time to grow up!Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-64788738714456681652010-08-11T09:35:31.732+01:002010-08-11T09:35:31.732+01:00How easy it is to rile some people up.
Of course,...How easy it is to rile some people up.<br /><br />Of course, there is a legacy of influence the CPB has in the trade union movement thanks to the penetration of the old CPGB, but none of that changes the reality that a) the Trots are bigger and more dynamic, and b) will be playing prominent roles in the anti-cuts campaigns to come.<br /><br />Btw, I'm very impressed you've doubled your membership. What has it gone from? 200 to 400?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-36803481043692705732010-08-11T08:47:02.643+01:002010-08-11T08:47:02.643+01:00Don't worry nick I am sure that Phil's dis...Don't worry nick I am sure that Phil's distorted view of the Communist Party is down to the fact that he believes what he reads in the Weekly Worker about us.<br /><br />It is strange how such rumours continue to be spread predicting imminent splits or the complete collapse of the party. Perhaps when they were first issued during the mid 1990s they may have had some sort of basis. <br /><br />But then I suppose there will always be anti-communists spreading lies. <br /><br />Perhaps if you gained all your information from ultra-leftist blogs you may think that the Communist party is 'dozy' that it's entire membership consists of pensioners and that it is only just about to disapear entirely. <br /><br />When are these sectarians going to admit that 20 years down the line they have been proved wrong. While membership continues to be very small it has doubled in the last 5 or 6 years. The YCL is actually functioning with a considerable impact in demos and festivals. <br /><br />And I know tiny trot sects only measure success by how many social outcasts they can force to sign Direct Debit forms, but the Communist party measures it's success in the influence and respect from it's supporters in the labour movement that number many more than all the nutty trot cults put together.Georgehttp://www.onefromtheplough.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-55989713275889820602010-08-06T17:14:54.397+01:002010-08-06T17:14:54.397+01:00thank youthank yoututulma türkçe dublaj izlehttp://www.izleyicitemsilcisi.com/tutulma-turkce-dublaj-izlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69753956994411959692010-08-05T09:38:56.399+01:002010-08-05T09:38:56.399+01:00Well, seeing as the Morning Star is at pains to sa...Well, seeing as the Morning Star is at pains to say it is the daily paper of the left rather than the CPB kinda scotches the idea it's a party publication. And on youth movements, sorry, but the Trots are miles ahead. The miniscule Workers' Power has Revolution (or whatever it's called these days) which gets fairly sizable numbers (in relation to its parent organisation) out on demos, protests and the like. The SWP has SWSS, and the SP has Socialist Students, International Socialist Resistance, and Youth Fight for Jobs.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-62055961677898508292010-08-04T00:03:20.152+01:002010-08-04T00:03:20.152+01:00You cannot buy into the Communist Party!
And Anit...You cannot buy into the Communist Party!<br /><br />And Anita Halpin was enthusiastically received at the Communist University this weekend last while the archive footage appearance, in the premiere of the film celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party, of a youthful Kevin Halpin raised cheers.<br /><br />Funny isnt it that this 'dozy old party' is the only left formation with a daily media presence and a youth organisation. And it is always skint.Nick Wrighthttp://21stcenturymanifesto.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-88889307314953495432010-08-02T20:51:38.524+01:002010-08-02T20:51:38.524+01:00Should you trust a left party that isnt running on...Should you trust a left party that isnt running on an overdraft?<br /><br />A Marxist with Money, is like a Preacher with two suits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-5807975370823408462010-08-02T14:48:29.035+01:002010-08-02T14:48:29.035+01:00Good call by Halpin. Buying into the old Stalinist...Good call by Halpin. Buying into the old Stalinist parties hasn't been a wise investment strategy for some time. Chinese financialized Stalinism is where it's at. Don't believe the slow-down stories from the CC; I'm getting into copper and I'm getting into Chinese green energy start-ups.VMhttp://vlgarmarxism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com