Britain needs Socialism – 29/10/12 – Bristol
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MORNING STAR PUBLIC MEETING
Britain Needs Socialism Public Meeting
YHA, Narrow Quay, Bristol. Monday 29th October 7.30pm.Speakers:
Robert Griffiths, Communist Party of Britain, General Secretary.
Andy Newman, Socialist Blogger, SOCIALIST UNITY
Latest news concerning Andy Newman:http://socialistunity.com/andy-newman-labour-candidate-chippenham/Another Trotskyist defection to Labourism. It seems that the Labour Party has no objection to their candidates calling themselves "socialist" as long as they are standing in seats where they haven't got a chance. Though how anyone calling themselves a "socialist" can be in the Labour Party is difficult to understand.
ALB wrote:Latest news concerning Andy Newman:http://socialistunity.com/andy-newman-labour-candidate-chippenham/Sad to see that the very first congratulatory comment comes from Ken Macleod who should know better than to think that Newman or the Labour Party have anything to do with socialism.
gnome wrote:Sad to see that the very first congratulatory comment comes from Ken Macleod who should know better than to think that Newman or the Labour Party have anything to do with socialism.Yes his political views do seem a bit eclectic:http://meanwhileatthebar.org/bar/matbarchive/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=17747&p=634142
I've just posted the following comment at http://socialistunity.com/andy-newman-labour-candidate-chippenham/, lets see if it gets past the moderation."I do not understand how somebody who identifies themself as a socialist can stand as a candidate for a neoliberal party that supports capitalism? Shouldn’t all socialists be opposed to capitalism?"
I see they did publish it and more, but also that you've been hiding your excellent blog under a bushel:http://somersetsocialist.org.uk/I hadn't realised that Newman had been in the SWP. Thought he was more the IMG type.
Thanks for the positive comment on the blog. It's difficult to find time to regularly post, but I'm going to persevere, although I think I may change the colour scheme (http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/general-discussion/red-flag-and-colour-red?page=2) .I think I'll go along to the meeting and see what's said, I imagine what they mean by a Socialist Britain will be state ownership etc. I've only recently joined the SPGB, how should I go about getting hold of some literature to distribute at the event?
BTSomerset wrote:how should I go about getting hold of some literature to distribute at the event?Either from your branch or directly from Head Office by emailing us.By the way, the meeting took place in October 2012 but email anyway if you want leaflets, etc for future meetings.
I wonder now that he's an official Labour Party candidate whether he'd do another joint meeting with the Communist Party:www.southwestcommunists.org.uk/in-action/campaigns-and-events/party-speaking-tour-2012/175-bristol-date-announced-britain-needs-socialism
Looks like there is another event in Bristol this year, but no date set as yet.http://www.southwestcommunists.org.uk/campaigns-and-events/party-speaking-tours/50-speaking-tour-2013/255-bristol-public-meeting
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