tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post883801410989520571..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: A Letter from the SWP Central CommitteePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-90225113991068159122013-07-21T21:34:31.996+01:002013-07-21T21:34:31.996+01:00Gary, the CLP remained in special measures for som...Gary, the CLP remained in special measures for some 18 months after your departure. And yet people were recruited and became active.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-36164535482378442402013-07-21T21:33:49.484+01:002013-07-21T21:33:49.484+01:00James, if you keep reading I'm sure a few thin...James, if you keep reading I'm sure a few things of that nature will be written. If you're ever that bored have a skip through the archive too. You'll see my views on these things have changed quite a bit over the years.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-43008932443771358382013-07-16T12:35:25.086+01:002013-07-16T12:35:25.086+01:00"while Central still fell into that category ..."while Central still fell into that category it recruited new members."<br /><br />Who were then put into special measures.<br /><br />Laugh.Gary Elsbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-45345093157860597152013-07-14T21:01:49.202+01:002013-07-14T21:01:49.202+01:00I agree with your sentiment that the far-left can ...I agree with your sentiment that the far-left can often be quite detrimental to the interests of ordinary hardworking people. My issue is that 'New Labour' has taken a rather Thatcherite front and I can see only two hopes to bring UK politics back into the hands of the working people.<br /><br />The first being to bring Labour back to its old self as a party for the working man. This possibility is becoming particularly interesting as calls are being made for Labour and the Conservatives to become 'mass-membership' parties again.<br /><br />The second solution being the rise of a new leftist party; at least more leftist than the current Labour.<br /><br />I'd like to hear your views.James O. Gibsonhttp://www.criticalproletariat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-54924061143695394402013-07-13T19:09:52.477+01:002013-07-13T19:09:52.477+01:00The SWP are done. They might not expire today or t...The SWP are done. They might not expire today or tomorrow, but their actions have proved their undoing and a long, unlamented slide into the political graveyard beckons.<br /><br />As I said in <a href="http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/owen-jones-is-worse-than-hitler.html" rel="nofollow">this piece</a> I do appreciate the work of the far left. How could I not seeing as that's where I came from? But on balance, the contribution the SWP has made to socialism, the labour movement and radical politics generally is, for the most part, negative.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-88958891042412986462013-07-13T19:06:49.697+01:002013-07-13T19:06:49.697+01:0014 CLPs in special measures, Gary. And btw while C...14 CLPs in special measures, Gary. And btw while Central still fell into that category it recruited new members.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-2647196714695729272013-07-12T11:43:21.585+01:002013-07-12T11:43:21.585+01:00Heh. Splitters!
This will be the Marxism Conferen...Heh. Splitters!<br /><br />This will be the Marxism Conference that is going to be picketed by its hosts in protest at the SWPs sexism.<br /><br />It's interesting - the Truth will get you in the end. The SWP has displayed a huge degree of cynicism in its alliances with Islamist groups. <br /><br />This of course goes almost unremarked upon. But that lack of integrity will catch up with you in the end. <br /><br />Rotten to the core.<br /><br />Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84244233441555914082013-07-11T14:00:36.465+01:002013-07-11T14:00:36.465+01:00NB Kimber had about as much say in writing that as...NB Kimber had about as much say in writing that as Bukharin did in writing his own confessions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-11372935101262614142013-07-11T11:48:46.585+01:002013-07-11T11:48:46.585+01:00Is there any chance that the revolution can be put...Is there any chance that the revolution can be put off until after the World Cup finals in 2014?<br /><br />Question:<br />How many Labour CLPs have not been allowed to recruit new members for the last 2 years?<br /><br />Answer:<br />Lots of them.Gary Elsbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-37627672119545991552013-07-10T23:36:28.141+01:002013-07-10T23:36:28.141+01:00Interesting, to say the least, that Kimber implici...Interesting, to say the least, that Kimber implicitly recognises the existence of the opposition faction rather than wasting any more time telling them they should already have disbanded. At this stage of the game we've got to start wondering how many battalions <b>he</b> has. Plenty of good people left when this all blew up the first time; if you look at the signatories to the most recent opposition statement, they've got basically every living Swappie you've ever heard of apart from the January rebels, Charlie and Alex.Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com