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Hackney rise - more stories from the John McDonnell campaign

hangbitch | 22.10.2006 16:28

John McDonnell is just late enough for this evening's political gathering in Hackney to spark a few nervous cellphone calls from a few nervous organisers. 'He's on his way,' they report to the crowd after the first call. 'He's probably underground,' they say after several attempts at a second. 'He's at Bethnal Green tube station waiting for a taxi,' they tell us after the third.

So, thing are a bit tense at the start. McDonnell's not the only one missing. The organisers - the Hackney TUC and the Leabridge branch of the Labour party - are concerned that there aren't enough people in the audience. Then suddenly, it becomes clear that are going to be too many, and that people will have to be turned away for health and safety reasons.

We've been uploading more stories from the John McDonnell Labour leadership campaign at  http://www.hangbitch.com

Have a look and comment at will! We're getting to as many meetings as possible and talking to as many people as possible - ex-Labour party members, new Labour party members, young and old. Heaps of people are going to these meetings - quite cool.

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great article, however

23.10.2006 11:04

I like these reports and the HB website, but i'm afraid i dont think the SWP/Respect, who they appear to cite positively, are part of any solution to a rejuvenated left, (though individual members if they leave may be) they are basically only interested in their own agenda and what benefits their party, not the great mass of people who are being shafted by neo-liberal economics. In fact, they will do anything including destroying other projects such as the broad based Socialist Alliance in order to promote thier party, etc. I know division is not positive, but it would be better if we created a new politics, shorn of trotskyism and developed from the grass roots...

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someone there doesn't like the swp

23.10.2006 18:37

i read your comment and if you look around thehangbitch site you will find some very anti swp comment. couldn't believe this one

 http://hangbitch.com/node/21

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