Globalise Resistance: slurs rebutted
Alex Callinicos | 14.02.2002 01:19
Indymedia.org.uk has been the nexus of a new upswing in counter-revolutionary propaganda promulgated by the dis-information forces of Capitalism. Prominent among them have been repeated calls to explain the SWP's role within the anti-Capitalist organisation: Globalise Resistance. This brief rebuttal is aimed at quoshing these accusations so that we can get on with the real work.
Dan,
we have been reading your repeated postings to Indymedia.org.uk and other forums with concern and dismay, but had decided not to respond as this would only inflame the situation. The partisan and sectarian attacks made upon our organization by anarchists and other malcontents only reflects the envy which our effectiveness in raising the consciousness of the proletariat has garnered us from petit-bourgeois Utopian reactionaries.
Your base innuendoes of mis-appropriation of funds and a lack of democracy within Globalise Resistance are best met with a stark statement of the facts which are known to everyone:
1. Globalise Resistance has an open and tranparent structure accessible to all. The members of the steering committee will be glad to hear any concerns that you choose to address to them. It shows a complete lack of respect for democracy on your part that you choose to ignore these leaders. They represent many more people's wishes than your own.
2. The SWP has committed money, activists and leadership to Globalise Resistance. It was created by our party membership and we have never hidden that fact and are proud of our success in leading the anti-Capitalist movement. Guy Taylor's placement on the payroll was done democratically as a consensus decision of the Steering Committee.
3. The purpose of Globalise Resistance is to be a United Front. This is a tried and tested tactic that has worked very well for us in the past and we see no reason that we should be ashamed of it.
4. We call upon you to cease this partisan bickering which diverts us from the very real challenges faced by the anti-Capitalist movement in its struggle against globalisation. We must have unity.
we have been reading your repeated postings to Indymedia.org.uk and other forums with concern and dismay, but had decided not to respond as this would only inflame the situation. The partisan and sectarian attacks made upon our organization by anarchists and other malcontents only reflects the envy which our effectiveness in raising the consciousness of the proletariat has garnered us from petit-bourgeois Utopian reactionaries.
Your base innuendoes of mis-appropriation of funds and a lack of democracy within Globalise Resistance are best met with a stark statement of the facts which are known to everyone:
1. Globalise Resistance has an open and tranparent structure accessible to all. The members of the steering committee will be glad to hear any concerns that you choose to address to them. It shows a complete lack of respect for democracy on your part that you choose to ignore these leaders. They represent many more people's wishes than your own.
2. The SWP has committed money, activists and leadership to Globalise Resistance. It was created by our party membership and we have never hidden that fact and are proud of our success in leading the anti-Capitalist movement. Guy Taylor's placement on the payroll was done democratically as a consensus decision of the Steering Committee.
3. The purpose of Globalise Resistance is to be a United Front. This is a tried and tested tactic that has worked very well for us in the past and we see no reason that we should be ashamed of it.
4. We call upon you to cease this partisan bickering which diverts us from the very real challenges faced by the anti-Capitalist movement in its struggle against globalisation. We must have unity.
Alex Callinicos
e-mail:
membership@swp.org.uk
Homepage:
http://www.swp.org.uk
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