Vicky Thompson of Hands Off the People of Iran and Chris Strafford of Communist Students report..

‘Socialists’ and the lies they tell

They never fail to surprise. Every time you think the ‘Socialist’ Workers Party cannot sink any lower into the depths of blatant hypocrisy and opportunism, they somehow manage to dive a little deeper.

Last week, we were treated to the Left List’s London assembly election broadcast, which may even win it a handful of votes, so, realistically speaking, who cares if it neglected a few tiny points, such as capitalism, class and that little thing called socialism? Well, actually, we care … Not because we have much respect for that rag-tag bunch of apologists that the SWP calls its leadership, but because there are more than a few good comrades with their heads still screwed on in the organisation. Sadly, however, such comrades were absent from the NUS annual LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans) conference, which took place April 25-27.

Before conference, Student Respect boasted of 19 delegates, making the rest of us query just why so many LGBT students were willing to remain in an organisation with a less than stellar record on sexual liberation. At conference, however, I spotted only six people who could be described as Respect/Left List supporters, of whom only four actually spoke.

The ‘Socialist when it suits them’ Workers Party has always been keen on hiding its politics. At LGBT conference, SWP comrades talked of the Left List a lot, perhaps because it stopped too many people from mentioning the G word (Galloway). However, when someone actually did mention it, in the context of his playing down of gay rights, Adam Lambert (SWP) pointed out that there had been a split in Respect and that George Galloway could not be used as ammunition against Respect-SWP, since he had now gone off with Respect Renewal.

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