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The leader of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, lost his seat to a RN candidate.
This is a seat – Nord’s 20th constituency – that had been held by the French Communist Party since the early 1960s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord%27s_20th_constituency#2024
“On the front page of his leaflet he prints “Clowns on the left, jokers on the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you”. Perhaps one of the music-lovers here can dig out the original song as a forgotten classic.”
Maybe he’s a fan of old Socialist Standard front covers?
PS – There is a Kevin Bacon like connection between the writer of that song and the SPGB. Can anyone guess, or do I send it on to Manchester Branch for their Christmas Quiz?
I take it you’ve heard of this board game?
The Sunday Times, the Financial Times and the Economist have all come out in calling for a Labour Party victory:
“Definitely not him. He went on to join the Labour Party and even, I think, became a Labour councillor.”
Different spelling.
Another renegade? For shame, for shame.
“The independent candidate for Clapham and Brixton Hill, Jon Key, called in at our office this morning.”
One for the anoraks.
There was a party speaker and writer called Jon Keys, who was active in the 50s and 60s:
http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/search/label/Jon%20Keys
I like Kathy Burke’s reply. Short and succinct:
From the official Labour Party Twixxer account:
https://x.com/UKLabour/status/1805980078582509627
No words.
True story: Jeremy Corbyn used to write the occasional column for the Socialist Organiser newspaper back in the 1980s. (I’m not claiming he was a fellow traveller of the SO. I just think it was mutually convenient for both of them.)
SO was the predecessor organisation of today’s Alliance for Workers Liberty. Fast forward to 2024, and they’re calling for a vote for Corbyn’s Labour opponent in Islngton North:
https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2024-06-19/vote-labour-everywhere
Comedy gold.
Is it just me or does Aslef’s Mick Whelan look like he’s in a hostage video?
The CPB got an endorsement (of sorts) from JK Rowling on Twixxer:
She has 14.1 million followers on Twixxer.
“. . . and especially in political theory circles”
Sorry, I think there’s an element of busman’s holiday to your post.
As much as I get annoyed sometimes with how ‘introductory’ the SPGB is with its propaganda, it’s to its eternal credit that it has always aimed to propagate socialism – sorry, I prefer the s-word – to as wide an audience as possible, and that goes well beyond academic conferences, symposiums and other assorted circle-jerk events.
Apologies, for the inverted snobbery. I think I’ve been inundated with one too many spam emails from Jacobin, Cosmonaut and Verso Books this morning.
Still one of my favourite political tunes. The beauty of it is that works both pre-July 4th and post-July 4th:
DJP wrote:
“Most people that understand socialism in the non-market sense will not have learnt it from the SPGB and most likely never even heard of it.”
I’m not sure how you can measure this and, if put on the spot, I’d say more people have learnt/heard of ‘non-market socialism’ via the SPGB than you’d think.
I’m dismissing your anecdotal evidence . . . and replacing it with my own anecdotal evidence. (Where’s the emoticons in this place? I want to insert a cheeky, winky face.)
