tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6754499194450807691..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Branch Meeting: National Committee ReportPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-58228328914592014842009-07-18T16:36:54.817+01:002009-07-18T16:36:54.817+01:00Apart from those comrades who got involved with th...Apart from those comrades who got involved with the Straight Left faction of the then CPGB, I think you will find that most people under the age of 45 who ever held CPGB ot CPB cards don't define themselves politically in terms of Stalin/Stalinism, or for that matter Russian style 'socialism'. At least that was my experience in Communist Student in the 80s and in Yorkshire and London until the final meltdown of the Party.<br />Great blog by the way, and chapeau to the SP for your superb Trade Union interventions recently.<br />You talk about the differing strengths of Militant and the SP. A useful model could be the role of the CPGB in the Unions and TUC in the 70s.pete shieldhttp://www.naturalchoices.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57315885158644250162009-07-07T23:04:37.437+01:002009-07-07T23:04:37.437+01:00I think it probably does reflect the young members...I think it probably does reflect the young membership of the CPB, LC - for older members, the issue was more significant.<br /><br />With regards the exclusion of the SWP from the No2EU project, I believe that this was regrettable and is for me the downside to the cooperation between comrades from the SP and CPB.Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-73598651843085471082009-07-06T12:34:39.073+01:002009-07-06T12:34:39.073+01:00Speaking to several young cpb members at NUS confe...Speaking to several young cpb members at NUS conference earlier in the year they were really shocked that people thought about them as having anything that much to do with stalin - i don't know whether this is just the four that i spoke to or reflects their wider young memory but it's something that sticks in my mindLeftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69824332455922964222009-07-05T15:03:38.654+01:002009-07-05T15:03:38.654+01:00calm down!
i don't think the sp and cpb are ...calm down! <br /><br />i don't think the sp and cpb are in fusion talks just yet! lol.<br /><br />i don't think there is any love lost between actual cpb hard-line stalinists and the sp. although it should be said that there are less stalinist or even anti-stalin cpb members as well. they are a very mixed bag.<br /><br />the force that hold together the sp and cpb in any alliance is the rmt.<br /><br /><br />ksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-90693511209995580632009-07-04T23:06:20.116+01:002009-07-04T23:06:20.116+01:00Great post, very interesting.
Like Ian, I'm p...Great post, very interesting.<br /><br />Like Ian, I'm pleasantly surprised at the outbreak of non-sectarianism between SP + CPB, and am similarly hopeful. My estimation is the biggest impact will be in the unions rather than electorally.Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-14526757952942180782009-07-04T08:05:57.312+01:002009-07-04T08:05:57.312+01:00I am still trying to get my head round the SP ally...I am still trying to get my head round the SP allying itself with the CPB.Its positive that common interest can be found but after 70 years of the split in communism its certainly going to be a steep mountain to climb. I have heard one SWP member telling me that he fails to understand why the SP could do this while treating their 'Open letter' with such cynicism? well maybe the boots on the other foot now after a whole period where the SWP themselves are guilty of using the same tactics traditionally the preserve of Stalinists.<br /><br />The CPB is far from perfect but I hope this is a realist realignment of the non Labour Left and not a busted flush like the countless SWP political initiatives.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565935718500940885noreply@blogger.com