tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post3716983941975215739..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: 26th Carnival of SocialismPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-63397994127840377352008-08-12T15:56:00.000+01:002008-08-12T15:56:00.000+01:00... is the English translation of zindabad, the co...... is the English translation of zindabad, the common greeting among Indian communists - or so I'm reliably informed!<BR/><BR/>On the debate about Socialist Unity and the SWP, I would agree it doesn't revolve any more around the comings and goings of the SWP then most other blogs. But because it has built up a large readership it does attract a disproportionate number of comments about SWP-related posts. Partly because of the reasons Andy outlines, and partly because most people on the left outside its ranks has negative experiences and views of the SWP.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-50157514918917810702008-08-12T14:35:00.000+01:002008-08-12T14:35:00.000+01:00Red salute!Red salute!Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-47611099450360847142008-08-12T11:53:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:53:00.000+01:00Oh thanks for 2 mentions Phil. And a very good Car...Oh thanks for 2 mentions Phil. And a very good Carnival as well (snappy and punchy with some humour...!)Wit and humour is an important part to be able to survive the Left....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-79240905682895248842008-08-12T11:04:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:04:00.000+01:00Leftwing criminologistThe evidence just doesn't ba...Leftwing criminologist<BR/><BR/>The evidence just doesn't back this up.<BR/><BR/>I suppose our big gain in readers was originally becasue of our coverage of the Respect dispute, but readership has continued to rise when there is no mention of the SWP at all.<BR/><BR/>Indeed in terms of ratings, the rows with the SWP clearly put more people off than they attract - which of course is why the SWP flood the comments in the aggressive way they do, trying to intimidate us away from criticising them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-85920596554378428002008-08-11T16:06:00.000+01:002008-08-11T16:06:00.000+01:00Awww, thanks! Btw, this is a very good collection ...Awww, thanks! <BR/><BR/>Btw, this is a very good collection of linksVickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275560997065901132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-70279556276528134452008-08-11T14:28:00.000+01:002008-08-11T14:28:00.000+01:00i think socialist unity features very many good de...i think socialist unity features very many good debates on various issues.<BR/><BR/>that said there does seem to be an awful lot of heated deabte about the swp and respect on it - it was one of the places to go for the last year or so to find out about the break up of respect too.<BR/><BR/>no doubt there a quite a few people who came to the blog solely for that reason but hopefully they read the other posts too.<BR/><BR/>so andy i would suggest there is an element of truth in the claim - but I would say that it is only one part of SU blog.Leftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69867971683202795472008-08-11T12:50:00.000+01:002008-08-11T12:50:00.000+01:00The article by Organised rage is bizarre, he says:...The article by Organised rage is bizarre, he says: <BR/><BR/>"we on the left have hardly helped ourselves reach a wider readership, as when posting we are apt to target a readership with similar political views to our own. Whilst this is perfectly understandably, and we all do it, the result is a great deal of navel gazing about the ups and downs of the UKs small far left groups, and the crass stupidity of the Socialist Workers Party, indeed one of the most successful left blogs, Socialist Unity is built around this."<BR/><BR/>First of all, SU blog has consistently pursued and gained an audience outside the political left - not at all people who already think like us. And indeed we have built a reasonable mainstream audience on that basis.<BR/><BR/>We consistently take up issues such as prison reform, welfare, constitutional issues, etc, that other blogs don't - and we do get a mainstream audience for them<BR/><BR/>To argue that SU blog is based around discussing the SWP is a bizarre and frankly self-deluding claim, as very few of the articles are about the SWP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-20899947543721386252008-08-11T08:55:00.000+01:002008-08-11T08:55:00.000+01:00My bad! I'll change it.My bad! I'll change it.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82704624764350662812008-08-11T02:23:00.000+01:002008-08-11T02:23:00.000+01:00I'm not sure I like being described as a CPGB-supp...I'm not sure I like being described as a CPGB-supporting blog!Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275560997065901132noreply@blogger.com