Respect conference – a report

Today’s Respect conference was another step on the long road to building a class struggle option to New Labour. This time it didn’t feel like we were walking down a cul de sac. Some may pine for whipped votes, cobbled together electoral slates and uplifting demagogy but the Bishopsgate Centre was bereft of them.
Conference [...]

Respect’s new paper out now!

The new issue of Respect’s paper has has come out.
You can download the pdf here.
Respect paper September 08
I will donate the price of a pint of London Pride to Fuller’s Brewery on behalf of everyone who points out the egregious spelling mistake inside.

Where has the working class gone?

London Socialist Resistance Forum
Where has the working class gone?
Introduced by Phil Hearse
Click here for background reading.
Wednesday 10 September, 7.30pm
Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London, W1
(Warren Street tube)
The TUC yesterday voted against a series of strikes in defence of public sector pay but is supporting “days of action including a major national demonstration against the [...]

Galloway "the ayatollah homophobe"

You post about one thing, like a report of a meeting in Bristol describing how a Respect branch is successfully rebuilding itself, and the discussion moves onto something else completely, such as just how horrid George Galloway is. Funny that.

I’ve watched three Youtube clips of George Galloway including the interview.
In the first one he [...]

A Reply to Chris Harman on Respect

This piece by Alan Thornett was written for International Viewpoint and the French language magazine Inprecor. It should be read alongside Chris Harman’s article. The IV site carries the original article and another piece by Salma Yaqoob called The SWP takes a take backwards A spectre is haunting Respect?
A Reply to Chris Harman on Respect: [...]

Respect’s new monthly newspaper is ready!

The first issue of Respect’s monthly paper is ready. It’s back from the printers and will be on sale at the climate change demonstration this coming Saturday.
For the benefit of those of you who won’t be fortunate enough to spend a day shuffling through central London in the rain I’ll be putting up the PDF [...]

Respect Renewal Conference Report – by Steve Sweeney Cambridge Respect

I’ve nicked this report from the Respect Supporters blog. It’s interesting because it describes some of the events prior to conference.
I travelled down to the conference with a group from Cambridge. There, the split in Respect has been acrimonious. We had hoped that what was happening nationally would not spill out into local groups. [...]

And here’s what the SWP says

George Galloway splits from Respect is the headline on the message. The SWP run Respect conference is bound to be a dismal affair. They set out to occupy a space to the left of Labour through creating a broad formation. It will end with several hundred SWP members in a hall by themselves having shed [...]

Respect must survive EXPANDED

The new bits are in bold at the bottom
I sat through a three hour car crash last night in my first branch meeting since rejoining Respect. You can read some of the more detailed argumentation at the Socialist Unity site but here is my take on the matter. I’ll expand on it later.
Two factions have [...]