The long-delayed Forde report was finally released earlier this week. Commissioned by the Labour Party as an independent inquiry into the findings of the 2020 leaked report (aka ‘LabourLeaks’), Forde confirms what many on the left have known all along.
by Socialist Appeal
Part 6 - Weakness invites aggression
Unfortunately, in general, the left consistently buckled in the face of such attacks, responding not politically, but with profuse apologies and self-flagellation.
Such defensiveness and acquiescence never satisfied the right wing, however. Indeed, displaying weakness only invited further aggression. Given an inch, the right sought to take a mile.
This weakness of the left stems from their whole reformist outlook. They believe that capitalism can be patched-up and made ‘nicer’ and ‘kinder’; and, in turn, that the capitalists themselves can be convinced to cooperate and come to an agreement with the working class.
From this flows the left reformists’ soft approach to the right wing – those who act on behalf of the ruling class inside the labour movement.
Such defensiveness and acquiescence never satisfied the right wing, however. Indeed, displaying weakness only invited further aggression. Given an inch, the right sought to take a mile.
This weakness of the left stems from their whole reformist outlook. They believe that capitalism can be patched-up and made ‘nicer’ and ‘kinder’; and, in turn, that the capitalists themselves can be convinced to cooperate and come to an agreement with the working class.
From this flows the left reformists’ soft approach to the right wing – those who act on behalf of the ruling class inside the labour movement.
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