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 7 - Right-wing attacks
As a result of these retreats and compromises, the Corbyn movement was defeated. But the fight for socialism is far from over. In fact, it is reaching a new level of intensity on the industrial plane.
Here too, however, we see the agents of the establishment resorting to the same methods of smears and slanders; of identity-politics-based attacks, which have been proven and tested in battle.
Here too, however, we see the agents of the establishment resorting to the same methods of smears and slanders; of identity-politics-based attacks, which have been proven and tested in battle.
In Unison, for example, such methods have been used by the right-wing bureaucracy, in tandem with the bosses, against the left: accusing the left-led NEC of “white privilege”, and victimising leading left activist Paul Holmes on the spurious grounds of sexism and bullying.
Unfortunately, those at the top of the Time for Real Change campaign have yielded under pressure also, making the same mistakes as the leaders of the Corbyn movement. And the right wing, smelling blood, are looking to drive home their advantage.
Unfortunately, those at the top of the Time for Real Change campaign have yielded under pressure also, making the same mistakes as the leaders of the Corbyn movement. And the right wing, smelling blood, are looking to drive home their advantage.
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