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internationalist | 07.02.2002 12:52

Is anyone else as worried as me by some recent IMC UK postings and the (lack of) reaction to them?

Forgive a posting which isn't really news.

Came here today to post some union news etc, as I do.. But then skimmed the last week's newswire, and I'm left quite alarmed, and not sure I want to keep participating.

I'm not fussed by the SWP-bashing; in fact all the free publicity is doing us no harm at all! ;-)

And the utterly mad and largely incomprehensible conspiracy theories can be quite a laugh.

But racism, sexism, homophobia.. these do bother me, especially when they so often seem to go unchallenged.

Postings promoting the old Nazi lie that 'Jews' control the media, a posting celebrating the denial of living space for travellers, comments slagging off female comrades on grounds of their appearance, contributors attacked using homophobic insults.. the list goes on. And precious few contributors seem to challenge any of it.

So I guess I'm asking for anyone who feels the same to add a comment, just to re-assure me it's still worth posting up left-wing, progressive stuff here.

Apologies to the editors if this is a bit naughty.

internationalist

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  1. Agree — Pete
  2. It is up to you... — aurthur
  3. Ice Pix — V
  4. If you see something that offends — !!!!
  5. Hmm — Gonzo
  6. challenging, not censoring! — internationalist
  7. IMC Postings. — Ronnie.
  8. what set me off — internationalist
  9. Progressive? — Ivor the Engine.
  10. aagh! what am I doing?? — internationalist
  11. use it wisely or we may lose it.. — info-shifter
  12. it just a joke — rich
  13. since internationalist is an SWP - er — hoo nose hoo
  14. refer to Fahrenheit *451 for a warning — Uno hoo
  15. Yes but... — Aurthur
  16. Agree — Regular user
  17. cONSPIRACY — sp223
  18. Sectarian? — Gonzo
  19. Boring — Regular User
  20. couple of points — internationalist
  21. Hurt and disgusted — Gonzo
  22. In a different style... — Kermit
  23. Internationalist — Ronnie.
  24. Gonzo! Don't go! — Ronnie.
  25. SWP — Gonzo
  26. yawn — heather
  27. So, he IS right! — St. Pauli.
  28. ronnie the bigot — me
  29. YEAH — john jones-smith
  30. You would know — Ronnie.
  31. Just to be a pedant — Gonzo
  32. nope — heather
  33. Another pedant — St. Pauli.
  34. Wanker — The voice of reason
  35. The voice of treason — Ronnie.
  36. Go on — Ivor the Engine.
  37. It may be boring but — Tim
  38. Editing is not censorship — Adewale
  39. It's true. — Ronnie.
  40. from a conspiracy nut — dh/dwight heet
  41. my views on the SWP — jimmer
  42. Dwight — Ronnie.
  43. oh yes... — jimmer
  44. and as an obsessional — dh
  45. thanks ronnie — dh
  46. Why fight amongst ourselves? — Cautious Fred
  47. agree absolutely Cautious Fred — heather
  48. another authoritarian ploy — paul
  49. well this has been educational! — internationalist
  50. Censorship and the SWP — Daniel Brett
  51. . — jimmer
  52. I think it does — Gonzo
  53. Vulgar anarchism — Daniel Brett
  54. Don't worry Fred. — Ronnie.
  55. Censorship my eye — Julie Burchill
  56. Reasonable criticism and unreasonable loathin — Brian Cahill - ISR
  57. Boshevik methods — WGI do