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SWP and the Respect Unity Coalition

category international | politics / elections | opinion/analysis author Thursday May 13, 2004 18:42author by Stephen Daedalus Report this post to the editors

SWP's coalition with Muslim Groups and George Galloway

One would think that the Respect Coalition in England and Wales is a bizarre coalition. It is a reflection of a dissolutionist and opportunistic trend in the Socialist Workers' Party in Britain. This coalition has seen the SWP vote against women's rights and endorse religious parties like the PJP.

Lyndsey German (SWP) is the Respect candidate for London Mayor. On the SWP website (www.swp.org.uk) there is an account of a day's campaigning for Lyndsey German. German toured a number of mosques on Friday. There are boasts of thousands of leaflets being given out at Friday prayers. There is also an account of a day's campaigning in a shopping centre with a Respect candidate that is a Church of England pastor.

The Respect coaltion is a collection of the SWP, a number of Muslim organisations, and George Galloway. Galloway is described as the Respect MP and is running for the European Parliament. The Muslim Association of Britain is part of Respect. The People's Justice Party in Birmingham is endorsed by Respect. The PJP have been campaigning against teaching children about Gay relationships in school. As part of this orientation towards muslims the SWP voted against having Women's rights mentioned on the Respect election litrature.

This all indicates a dissolutionist trend in the SWP. They are not raising fundemental demands of socialists so that they can be acceptable to the muslim leaders. It can be understood if the SWP tailored the way they put forward demands to attract muslim anti-establishment youth. However they are not, rather they are orientating towards muslim leaders. They are going to mosques where the anti-establishment muslim youth do not go! I'm sure young people of muslim origin are in favour of women's rights and gay rights, yet they don't include this so that they don't offend the MAB leaders. We also see a pro-privatisation Labour Councillor being accepted to the Respect banner after falling out with the other Blairite councillors.

Is there disquiet in the SWP over this turn? In Ireland there is talk of two trends in the SWP. One trend that wishes to have an all embracing alliance with non-progressive forces. Bin Tax activists are were aghast when the SWP argued for Labour to take part in the Bin Tax public meetings during non-collection. Anti-War activists will also be aware of some SWP members orientating to religious conservative muslims rather than the non religious muslim youth. On the other side are SWP members opposed to this turn towards elections and broad groupings.

Will there be splits in the British SWP on this issue? This cannot be ruled out as genuine socialists in the SWP will be dissatisfied with this alliance with non-progressive forces. The Respect Coalition has people that are in no way progressive such as Galloway and Conservative Muslim leaders. The SWP are not criticising these people and exposing them, rather they are supporting them. This will lead to people drawing the conclusion that the SWP are no good. Genuine Socialists in the SWP will be instinctively be opposed to the SWP voting down a Workers' Wage policy for Respect to suit Galloway and the removal of women's rights to suit conservative muslim leaders.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Change the record     Boring    Thu May 13, 2004 18:56 
   racist muslim-bashing     dessalines    Thu May 13, 2004 19:52 
   A quick reply     Stephen Daedalus    Fri May 14, 2004 12:01 
   Why don't you all jump on this?     Pepsi Drinker    Fri May 14, 2004 18:07 
   perhaps it should be a feature....     tom smith    Sat May 15, 2004 01:29 
   Could be a feature     khalid    Sun May 16, 2004 15:06 
   who is...     curious    Sun May 16, 2004 18:03 
   Its Queen Elizabeth II     Ray McInerney    Sun May 16, 2004 19:29 
   Vicars     Tart    Sun May 16, 2004 20:48 
 10   Electoral agreement in Greenwich and Lewisham, Socialist Party and RESPECT     John Meehan    Sun May 16, 2004 22:27 
 11   RESPECT and the USFI     Patrick    Mon May 17, 2004 11:36 
 12   "Patrick"???     John Meehan    Mon May 17, 2004 22:20 
 13   John     Patrick    Mon May 17, 2004 23:33 
 14   minimalista/anonymista/pseudonymista     John Meehan    Tue May 18, 2004 22:56 
 15   "Got the point?"     Indyfan    Wed May 19, 2004 10:20 
 16   USFI     USFI critic    Wed May 19, 2004 14:34 
 17   Hang on     Phil M    Wed May 19, 2004 15:25 
 18   Feature it!     feature    Wed May 19, 2004 16:19 
 19   why the internet sucks     chris brown    Wed May 19, 2004 17:53 
 20   Well done chris     ReSect watch    Wed May 19, 2004 18:18 
 21   Kieron who?     chris brown    Wed May 19, 2004 19:19 
 22   Point of information     ReSect watch    Wed May 19, 2004 19:28 
 23   The Pure and the Sinners     Michael Douglas    Fri May 28, 2004 16:14 
 24   Some habits are hard to shake     Ray    Fri May 28, 2004 17:42 
 25   Flavour of the month     Kerry Gerry    Fri May 28, 2004 18:17 
 26   Dear thinking spirits     Michael Douglas    Mon May 31, 2004 02:40 
 27   Back to sasna with you, sir     Brian Boru    Mon May 31, 2004 02:54 
 28   Libertarians (Yawn)     Michael Douglas    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:43 
 29   Stunning analysis from the SWP     Ray    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:46 
 30   SWP's MP in Zimbabwe     Zimbabwe Watch    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:47 
 31   Hey everyone! We have someone else against the SWP over here.     Michael Douglas    Fri Jun 04, 2004 17:10 
 32   Yipee!! Another election     JRR Rowling    Sat Jun 05, 2004 03:20 
 33   Anti-SWP and Anti-War (in that order)     Michael Douglas    Sat Jun 05, 2004 21:00 
 34   Michael     Steve.    Sat Jun 05, 2004 21:46 
 35   Same old guff with an added ingredient     David Aaronovitch    Mon Jun 07, 2004 18:42 
 36   Razor sharp factional minds     Michael Douglas    Tue Jun 08, 2004 17:35 
 37   Michael     Steve    Tue Jun 08, 2004 19:00 
 38   Razor Sharp Factional Minds     Michael Douglas    Tue Jun 15, 2004 18:11 
 39   "The Socliast Alliance is dead."     Catherine Zeta Jones    Tue Jun 15, 2004 18:17 
 40   Dear keyboard activisits     Michael Douglas    Tue Jun 15, 2004 19:50 
 41   You forgot some of the results Michael     Badman    Tue Jun 15, 2004 20:19 
 42   it's in this week Socialist Worker     IMC Reader    Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:22 
 43   Green is the new red     Peter Thatchell    Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:27 
 44   From the Socialist worker     No 6    Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:03 
 45   This world I think     Letter X    Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:21 
 46   Um hello     No 6    Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:32 
 47   Definitions of close     Definer    Wed Jun 16, 2004 14:42 
 48   Correct me if I am wrong     Dave    Wed Jun 16, 2004 14:57 
 49   Steady on Dave     Keano    Wed Jun 16, 2004 15:58 
 50   The Grand Old Duke of York     Ex-Cabra Trot    Wed Jun 16, 2004 16:24 
 51   STOP DAVY STOP!!!!!!!     Deaf    Wed Jun 16, 2004 16:48 
 52   Muslim pupil loses legal battle to wear jilbab     blind he went blind    Wed Jun 16, 2004 21:13 
 53   RBB stop fooling working class people     khalid farouk    Thu Jun 17, 2004 00:31 
 54   Re ex trot cabra.     Dub SWP    Thu Jun 17, 2004 00:57 
 55   Greens, SF and Labour     f    Thu Jun 17, 2004 01:28 
 56   The Also-Rans     BJ    Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:42 
 57   a reply to Michael     Andy newman    Thu Jun 17, 2004 17:42 
 58   SA and RESPECT     Michael Douglas    Fri Jun 18, 2004 12:51 
 59   Michael Douglas is better than Orwell     Mark Thomas    Fri Jun 18, 2004 13:12 
 60   Maybe oh MAybe the SW family of Bolsheviks     nostradamus very huggy but not really sexual    Fri Jun 18, 2004 13:27 
 61   Another point of view on Respect     Murray Mint    Fri Jun 18, 2004 13:43 
 62   SSP vote went down     Michael Douglas    Fri Jun 18, 2004 14:29 
 63   Remedial maths for Mark Thomas     Michael Douglas    Fri Jun 18, 2004 14:49 
 64   Ahem Michael - are you mad?     Murray Mint    Fri Jun 18, 2004 14:49 
 65   Michael by your own logic     Mark Thomas    Fri Jun 18, 2004 15:15 
 66   Why the SWP do badly in elections     Analyst    Fri Jun 18, 2004 15:44 
 67   Anti-SWP. All other priorities rescinded     Michael Douglas    Fri Jun 18, 2004 16:28 
 68   Lazy SWP     Ray    Fri Jun 18, 2004 16:36 
 69   Spin Tony Blair would be proud of     Mark Thomas    Fri Jun 18, 2004 16:48 
 70   Why "analyst " does not know his arse from his elbow     Dub SWP    Fri Jun 18, 2004 22:49 
 71   ...     Analyst    Mon Jun 21, 2004 00:53 
 72   Looney lefties?     Observer    Mon Jun 21, 2004 13:02 
 73   Labour, Bin Tax, Non-Collection, and the Council     A Looney Lefty    Mon Jun 21, 2004 18:28 
 74   Gazing into my crystal ball     Mystic Mark    Mon Jun 21, 2004 19:11 
 75   Michael - - you are discrediting the SWP     Andy newman    Wed Jun 23, 2004 00:34 
 76   Respect and the June elections     English SP    Wed Jun 23, 2004 17:11 
 77   Not all Muslims are anti-war!     Iqbal    Wed Aug 18, 2004 19:35 


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