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From: The Socialist issue 882, 9 December 2015: Kick out all the warmongers

Search site for keywords: Socialist Party - TV - Socialist - Labour - War - Lambeth - Jeremy Corbyn - Waltham Forest - Momentum - Austerity - Anti-war - BBC - East London

Socialist Party on TV

Defending the right to deselect warmongers on the Daily Politics

The Socialist Party's Nancy Taaffe took on the Tory and Blairite warmongers on the BBC's Daily Politics show on 3 December.

Nancy, a member of the Waltham Forest branch in east London, answered lies about the local community 'intimidating' their MP on a march against war.

There was huge sentiment in the borough against bombing, and right-wing Labour MP Stella Creasy ignored it. Nancy called for mandatory re-selection to take on pro-war, pro-austerity representatives.

And when right winger John Mann MP tried to attack Nancy with slurs, she responded by exposing his politics. "He's a member of millionaire tendency!

"He represents the past, a rump that existed around Blair. But the new Corbynistas who came in their thousands to represent Corbyn's anti-war message over the summer represent the future."

Less than a week after Nancy, the Socialist Party's James Ivens appeared on the Daily Politics on 8 December to defend deselection of Blairites who are attacking Corbyn.

James, a member of Lambeth branch in south London, rubbished claims the Socialist Party 'hijacked' a Momentum meeting in his borough. Big sections of Labour members, and millions of people outside Labour, see two Labour Parties in one. They want to see Jeremy Corbyn's Labour fight back against the Labour of Tristram Hunt, Hilary Benn, Tom Watson and other Tories in red ties.

Like Nancy, James argued for the Socialist Party to be allowed to affiliate to Labour, just as the Co-operative Party is now. But the Socialist Party will fight for socialism: for a society owned and run democratically by and for the 99%, not the 1%.

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Finance appeal

The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the class character of society in numerous ways. It is making clear to many that it is the working class that keeps society running, not the CEOs of major corporations.

The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.

The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.

The Socialist Party's material is more vital than ever, so we can continue to report from workers who are fighting for better health and safety measures, against layoffs, for adequate staffing levels, etc.
When the health crisis subsides, we must be ready for the stormy events ahead and the need to arm workers' movements with a socialist programme - one which puts the health and needs of humanity before the profits of a few.