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Another Split In British SWP

category international | worker & community struggles and protests | other press author Thursday April 14, 2011 19:27author by Peter Manson Report this post to the editors

Yet another split from the British SWP. About 40 have left. But how honest are they in their convictions?

The resignation of Socialist Workers Party central committee member Chris Bambery on April 10 was rapidly followed by the departure of at least 38 comrades in Scotland two days later. These defectors are expected to formally announce their adherence to the Counterfire grouping of John Rees and Lindsey German sooner rather than later

It is no coincidence that comrade Bambery's resignation letter was first posted on Alex Snowdon's Luna 17 blog on April 11[1] - comrade Snowdon is a member of Counterfire. Within an hour or so it also appeared on the sites of other leftwing bloggers. Similarly, the statement of comrade Bambery's 38 supporters in Scotland was first made public on the Counterfire website

In truth, it came as something of a surprise when comrade Bambery - closely associated with the former Rees SWP leadership - did not follow the example of Lindsey German and Chris Nineham in stepping down from the CC when comrade Rees was dumped at the end of 2007. Comrade Bambery not only remained an SWP member after the leadership organised a 'rebellion' of Socialist Worker journalists to have him removed as editor in 2009, but he stuck it out on the CC. It was the same when Rees, German and Nineham led a walkout from the SWP of around 60 people in February 2010. Comrade Bambery stayed put, appearing to have switched sides

Related Link: http://www.cpgb.org.uk/article.php?article_id=1004354
author by citizen ypublication date Mon Apr 18, 2011 04:46author address author phone Report this post to the editors

All these splits based on personality and ideological factions need not concern the majority of us who work quietly on a daily basis for the betterment of society. These little groups might as well be debating, and coming to blows over, questions like how many angels can dance on the point of a needle. The working class and the mortgaged class have more pressing questions on their minds.

 
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