The Reesites no longer peddle the line that Iran is a democratic country. But despite Lindsey German’s resignation from the SWP, their support for the ‘green movement’, including the butcher Moussavi, shows that the comrades still have not learned what principled international solidarity is, says Tina Becker On February 3 Campaign Iran organised a meeting in ...
Cat Rylance attended the latest Stop the War demo On Saturday October 24 around 5,000 protestors marched through central London on the Stop the War Coalition-organised demonstration against the war in Afghanistan. Attendance was rather disappointing, especially in view of the fact it seemed virtually to have been promoted by the BBC. The ...
Speakers: Ilan Pappe Israeli anti-zionist historian Shamiul Joarder Friends of Al Aqsa Lindsey German Convenor Stop the War Coalition Lowkey Musician and MC Sabah Jawad Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation Guy Smallman Photo-journalist recently returned from Afghanistan The National Student Conference on 19 September will bring together students and young people from across the country. There will be discussions on strategy and tactics, ...
Nicholas Jones reports on the February 7 meeting of student activists called by the Stop the War Coalition The STWC meeting took place in the context of a wave of occupations in educational institutions across the UK, triggered by opposition to the Israeli state’s attacks on the people of Gaza. The first occupation started at the ...
No applause for John Rees, a possible reconciliation with George Galloway and behind-the-scenes attempts to wrest control of the Stop the War Coalition away from the Rees-German SWP minority … despite its dull title, the January 24 STWC ‘national activists meeting’ was not without interest, report Tina Becker and Simon Wells Around 60 people attended the ...
All that was once certain now melts As John Rees launches his long awaited war on the central committee, both factions of the SWP leadership are coming under fire from sections of the membership. Weekly Worker editor Peter Manson reports According to Socialist Workers Party veteran John Molyneux, “a significant democratic upsurge is taking place in the ...
Lindsey German has declared ‘war’ on the SWP central committee majority, as John Rees prepares to fight back. Editor of the Weekly Worker Peter Manson reports on the burgeoning crisis The Socialist Workers Party leadership has continued the process of disempowering its former number one, John Rees, by recommending that he be removed from the central ...