[lbo-talk] fight within Respect

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Sun Oct 21 08:24:27 PDT 2007


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Subject: [Marxism] The fight inside Respect
> From: Ethan Young <ethanyoung at earthlink.net>
> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:29:11 -0400 (GMT-04:00)


> I call readers' attention to the current fight in the UK electoral
> group Respect. The group is the most successful attempt at a left
> alternative to Labour, having elected George Galloway, an outspoken
> critic of the war and defender of Muslim communities, to Parliament.
> The group also includes the SWP, the UK's largest Leninist formation
> which formerly affiliated [being polite here] with the ISO.

Electing one guy to office is some kind of success for this party?

I've just published a review which touches briefly on the SWP. The magazine I review is pretty harsh on Respect and the SWP.

Review: Aufheben magazine http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2007aufheben-review

Chuck



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