Weekly Worker 488 Thursday July 10 2003
‘Save our party’ conference
Galloway solidarity
Conference gave a standing ovation to witch-hunted Labour MP George Galloway. The comrade’s eloquent and inspiring speech perhaps reflected a reaction to the more bullish political mood on the left of the party since he addressed the Labour Against the War conference in March. Then he raised the question, “Are there enough of us left inside the party? Have most of us already gone? … is there enough democratic space left in the party to reclaim it?”
Now Galloway concentrates his fire on the hypocrisy of Blair’s gang and their attacks on him and their contemptible role in the war. He told us that, had he known the Labour leadership were listening to an obscure Arab TV station, he might have thought twice about comparing Bush and Blair to wolves: “No wolf would ever have inflicted the savagery on the innocent and virtually defenceless people of Iraq … This New Labour government … is bringing the Labour Party into disrepute,” he said to thunderous applause.
- Labour left gains in confidence
On July 5 the Labour left came together for a well attended conference called by the Socialist Campaign Group. Mark Fischer reports - Exciting developments
Mark Fischer spoke to Alan Simpson MP just before he rushed off to another meeting - New left majority
John McDonnell MP chaired the Congress House conference - A different order
Maria Exall is a member of Communication Workers Union national executive committee and a supporter of Solidarity, paper of the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty - Concrete action required
Graham Bash is on the editorial board of Labour Left Briefing
