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calling out unprincipled attacks on the SWP

Lenin | 19.12.2014 04:14 | Analysis | Social Struggles

the Martin Smith issue is history, the SWP have moved on, you should move on to.
We need to unite to fight the cuts, and stop the war, and not attack each other.
A strong SWP is good for the working class.

around the country, there have been attempts by some on the ultra left 'Anarchist' milieu to seek to join Tory attacks against the SWP.

These have taken a somewhat nasty form, and the completely unjustified hatred that Anarchists feel for the SWP is muddled up with a critique of so called 'authoritarian' socialism and patriarchy etc, altho their intention is just to attack and destroy the SWP.

This is a time when the working class are being attacked through neoliberalism, where resistance is needed more than ever, the issue is again being diverted from the rulers onslaught to infighting amongst ourselves.

I would therefore ask comrades who are on the same side to drop this cheap nasty unprincipalled attack on the SWP. They should instead work together, standing shoulder to shoulder, walking down the same road, as the Zapatista's Subcommandante Marcos said.

The right is having a resurgence, the left is in division, at this time, more than ever, we need unity and we need the leadership of a revolutionary party that wont sell us out, that is commited to an authentic form of socialism from below untainted by Stalinism. As Alex Callinicos said, 'we don't need you, but you need us'.

If you do have a reason, then make a princiipalled criticism of the SWP, and stop helping Tories keep the SWP from access to the students unions and the universities. In short, Anarchists should stop acting like Fascists. A strong SWP as part of the working class movement is a good thing.

Lenin

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Display the following 10 comments

  1. Not all Anarchists — @
  2. Not all Anarchists — @
  3. never trust a Trot — durruti
  4. Should Anarchists trust Communists? — GPD
  5. We're better off without em — SWP are bad news
  6. we need the swp — lenin
  7. "We don't need you, but you need us" — @ctivist
  8. quote — Lenin
  9. trot off! — kropotkin
  10. Calling the Billy Goats Gruff — Tedious D