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SWP CENTRAL COMMITTEE REAFFIRMSCENTRAL COMMITTEE SUPPORT FORCENTRAL COMMITTEE POSITION
Because one sleazy CC member is worth a hundred superfluousidiot minions.
SWP Emergency conference.
The SWP's Central Committee has reaffirmed itsposition supporting its position on the correctnessof its position at an emergency meeting held atthe beginning of March. The CC was forced intotaking this position following accusations that itmight not have handled the small matter of rapewith any dignity, and had instead packed out theprocess for complaints with its lackeys beforeforcing through a vote pronouncing the innocenceof the man accused despite concerns raised bysome party members that it just might have gotthings disastrously wrong. Charlie Kimber, SWPCentral Committee member, said; “this decisionwas not taken lightly. It was clear that 'ComradeDelta' was innocent because he just is. There arebourgeois elements within our ranks that are outto scupper the class struggle by promotingfeminism and respect for comrades”, he thenadded “this just wont do”.
9 OUT OF 10 TROTSKYISTS AGREE:LENIN 'HISTORY'S GREATEST FEMINIST'
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worthless orcontemptible person or group of people
WORD OF THE WEEK
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SWP FACTS:- formed 1950 by Tony Cliff - crap- ineffectual- untrustworthy- sells 'Socialist Worker (pictured)
Following the revelations about the SWP, discussion amongst the Socialist left has, naturally, turned toLenin. While we all know that Lenin was history's greatest revolutionary thinker, comparatively little isknown about his stance on gender politics, which, as a hasty sweat-soaked rereading reveals, was chockfull of work on womens' liberation. Take for instance, Lenin's writing on the 'withering away of the state'after the revolution. Is this not a metaphor for the end of a patriarchal society, the post-climax shrivelling of the commanding phallus? Or examine Lenin on the Party: “The Bolsheviks could not have retained power for two and a half months, let alone two and a half years, without the most rigorous and truly iron disciplinein our Party”- months? Iron? Are these not the traditional symbols of womanhood? As recent debate about the SWP has revealed, Lenin's works remain vital to feminism today. In praxis, hisskillful treatment of the leadership of the Left SRs shows Lenin was not only a brilliant tactician, but alsosomeone who knew how to work alongside female comrades in broad coalitions. Lenin's work onfactionalism has proved an invaluable tool to those leaving the SWP, giving clear-headed analysis onwhether leaving the Party was a valid decision. As one former member expanded “We stand in the traditionof Lenin, [in which] the tradition of adaptation, change and renewal is central”*.
*an actual, IRL, quote from the SWP Internal BulletinCompletely unrelatedpicture
Time For AREAL LeftAlternative
By Buzzard T. Clutch
They could be anywhereThe current crisis in the SWP has shown us all that the left simply cantgo on like this. The left has a long history of engaging in debate aboutgender and sexual politics; from the days of the suffragettes through totoday, the workers movement has often failed to engage with women.The SWP crisis has shown how poor handling on the part of the partycan leave members feeling isolated. But the real fact of the matter isthis: the SWP has left a gaping hole in the left. And some fucker's got to fill it.To be sure, we
could
use this as a moment for introspection into theparty form, and the way in which gendered violence seems to permeatethe very fabric of our daily interactions, in order to build better organizations. But who would organize the conferences? Who wouldsend out the internal bulletins? Who would phone up to arrange buses?Who would co-opt the broad front groups? Who, comrades,
would sell the papers?
You see the scale of the problem. The SWP crisis has left a seriousweak-point in our organizing. The bourgeois press are quick topronounce Marxism dead. Yet hundreds of members have been cutloose and forced to leave the party; without a place to go , they mightfall out of leftist politics altogether and spend their weekends, I dunno,having fun or some shit. We must not let this happen. As such, I urge and encourage you to attend the upcoming
People'sGathering
in Stroud, for 5 days of solid hectoring on the future of classpolitics. It is absolutely vital that we seize this opportunity with bothtalons [hands? -ed.]. We have nothing to lose but our membership fees.We have a small corner of the British extraparliamentary left to win.
CREEPING AUTONOMISTS STILL AT LARGE
AUTONOMISTS were 'still at large' according to top dialecticians in a pressstatement made today. The so-called 'leftists' have been a danger ever since they first emerged from their underground pasta caverns in 1977,however in recent years, due to underhanded tactics by their proponentslike not treating everyone else on the left like human fucking garbage allthe time, autonomist ideas have gained a foothold amongst bourgeoisgroups like students, and those who sell their labour for a living. Autonomism can be contracted by reading autonomist books, attendingevents, and talking to a broad range of leftists with differing politicalviewpoints. Symptoms include elements of independent thought,occasional fumbled attempts at pronouncing Italian surnames, headaches,and weightlifting. Watch out for discussions about 'affective labour', abourgeois deviation, and feminism.Do not, under any circumstances, approach an autonomist.
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Billy Corgan, lead singer of theSmashing Pumpkins, has joinedUKIP. When angered by being toldthat, as a non-UK citizen, he wasnteligible to vote, Corgan told thepress “in spite of my rage I'm stillbacking Nigel Farage”.
Labour Party AnnouncesDrive To the East, annexesBelgium
The Party Formerly known asLabour today unveiled its newslogan, to complete indifference.“One people, one party, one nation”was met with stony silence byeveryone. The Shadow Cabinetthen announced that it had raised avolunteer army of councillors andannexed Belgium. A yougov pollrevealed 99% of voters “couldntgive less of a shit” as theopposition retreated further intobackground noise. One voter,when asked what he made of thechanges, said “Labour? I'd always just assumed they were...” beforelosing track of his sentence andgoing back to dealing with ahangnail. A press statement by theLRC said “while the decision by theparty to endorse a policy of violentannexation and ethnic cleansingbased on the superiority of Britishblood and soil is disturbing, wewould be foolish to overlook theLabour Party's strong tradition of close work with trade unions andworking class organizations”.Maurice Glasman, the intellectualarchitect of 'Blue Labour' was notavailable for comment, because hewas “busy w*nking like a chimp”according to his agent.