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Landon Class War:We Did Not Vote for This!

Worker Freedom | 25.01.2006 14:32

Class War readers with relatively long memories will
recall a predictable pattern at each general election.







Firstly the far-left would call on people to vote
Labour. Then 6-12 months later, and the Labour party
having failed to introduce socialism and abolish
capitalism, the exact same bunch of jokers would run
around complaining "We did not vote for this".
The reality though was that they did vote for "this"
and worse, encouraged others to do so.

By the time of the 2005 general election, even the
UK's last century left had caught on to the fact that
socialism and new Labour were incompatable. Given
this, much of the fast decaying left in Britain
gathered around the Respect Unity Coalition (RUC) or
as it appeared on ballot papers, the Respect Unity
Coalition (George Galloway)

Respect's pitch was aimed at what was left of the old
white middle class left, and to the Muslim community
in certain areas of east London and Birmingham. George
Galloway subsequently got elected to parliament, after
a particularly divisive campaign in Bethnal Green and
Bow.

History however, has a habit of repeating itself.
Given his behaviour on the gameshow Big Brother (see
picture above) we wonder how many of Galloway's
constituents are now sitting at home muttering to
themselves "We didn't vote for this!"......



 http://www.londonclasswar.org/newswire_wedidnotvoteforthis.php




 http://www.londonclasswar.org/

Worker Freedom

Comments

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The RESPECT coalition is in crisis!!!

25.01.2006 15:18

Join in the fascinating debate about the political direction of the Respect coalition, the SWP and George Galloway at the following link:

 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/12/330656.html?c=on#comments

We must generate as wide a dicussion and debate as possible in order to analyse and critique the direction of these groups!

Uncle Joe


Pussy galore

25.01.2006 16:23

Quick Joe theres an item on the wire where you havent left that comment!!!Go Go Go. Seriously admire your dedication Joe. Pity the only argument they can come up with is new labour's worse. No shit. New labour hasnt had anything to do with socialsim from the word go at least respect did a good impression for a while. Something tells me that Georges appearnace on big brother was on behalf of the (George Galloway) bit rather than the Respect Unity Coalition. Respect/SWP didnt construct an anti-wat movement the movement arose when a large amount of peolpe decided they didnt like the idea of murder being carried out in their names. I know plenty of people on demos who had never heard of the SWP, The stop the war and if they had heard of galloway largely thought he was prick. In short lot of the people who spoke out against the war were the kind of people who couldnt normally give a shit about all that politics nonsense but felt they had to beb heard it had nothing to do with some scottish MP with a stupid Moustach. I'm sure we all have to be lead like sheep out on to the streets to speak are minds it cant possibly be as simple as nameing a time/place/action and letting those whop care make a stand. I went to demos against Iraq when it was still fourteen old hippies and me and I can safely say I was against it long before I'd heard of the stop the war coaliion or geourgous george. Ive noticed that a lot of things seem to benefit one man called George. All it took was one war to turn him from another grey suit to a hero of the left. I'm not completely one sided I thnk George speaks sense on a lot of issues some of the things he said on the wright stuff I agreed with and with everybody else I loved seeing him giving the senate a bloody nose. I just cant understand anyone who gives messianic status to a man who was an MP for new labour for so long before going solo.

Disillusioned


my vote

25.01.2006 19:41

goes to the person in blue. gorgeous. fuck politics.

freddie


classwar

25.01.2006 19:45


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flaw

26.01.2006 11:19

The article is flawed, Respect is not a "far left party", they are a religious representative party

trent


what do you want ...

26.01.2006 11:42

... seems like you cannot win this rigged game (big brother or bigger brother?) ...

If he tows the line and does what every other politician does, acts like them, talks like them - [you] reject him.

If he shows a human line (you know, dress up funny, act like a child ... like we all do at parties demos ... , seeks wider acknowledgment for his campaigning etc) and talks tough (very tough ... it wasn't hyperbole, the reaction to his grilling[sic] from the pathetic amerikan senators, it was shock ... no one had ever challanged amerikan democracy by actually disgreeing publically and with the facts to hand so openly and with such a temper ...) - [you] reject him.

What do you want - the perfect vision of divine human, unimpeachable, without reproach?

What a neive childish, self defeating impossible demand. Get religion aready.

Look at the quality and quantity of his enemies, their desperation to smear, over and over again with the same unsubstantiated ruse ...

... accept the fact that George is a human fool - like me like you like everyone.

Pity that you cannot hear the political thoughts of the man because of the cowardly treachery, the open and revealing censorship, the dispicable and blatent declaration of war against the viewer ... you will have to fill your empty evenings by being treated to P. Burns or M. Barrimore revealing their insights into anal sex, or J. Marshe's discourse on why she is not a slapper because she sells her sexuality to [any] bidder ...

Dumbed down ... & doomed.

Revenge

Revenge

Revenge

Falluja

Falluja

Falluja

... repeat whist rocking against the tv screen ... help is on the way (the 7th space cavalry), but quick catch an update on the squabble over the last bottle of champs, the jokes about penises over on our sister channel ...

Or play your loudest angriest music until rage fills you and then kill your TV.

Big brother executives are big brother executioners.

Revenge

Revenge

Revenge

Falluja

Falluja

Falluja

jackslucid
mail e-mail: jackslucid@hotmail.com


Uncle Joe is in Crisis!

26.01.2006 14:09

It is vitally important that all IMC readers follow our kindly Uncle's instructions and spend the next few weeks arguing about Respect and George Galloway, rather than, ooh I don't know, mobilising against the occupation of Iraq and the drive to attack Iran.

So be told, naughty people!

 http://www.stopwar.org.uk

Mr Spoon


Anarchists, my arse

26.01.2006 14:33

If Class War are what they claim to be, what the bumming heck were the hypocritical sectarian elitist yobbo cunts doing voting in the last election at all?

Campaign for Real Anarchism (CAMR@)


Campaign for Real Anarchism (CAMR@) you tool..

26.01.2006 16:07

They didn't.

You fucking idiot.

Kickit


Then what the fuck is CW on about?

27.01.2006 16:51

"you tool"

Camr@


Why not read what they say?

28.01.2006 04:00

"History however, has a habit of repeating itself.
Given his behaviour on the gameshow Big Brother (see
picture above) we wonder how many of Galloway's
constituents are now sitting at home muttering to
themselves "We didn't vote for this!""

That's what Class War "are on about" - they're making fun of those who get outraged when parliamentary politicians turn out to be preposterous fools, not joining in the outrage.

Voluntary Slave


Free George Galloway

29.01.2006 14:16

What a great picture and what crazy comments. It's obvious to me that after hearing about GG's mewling and lapping Rula Lenska's hand whilst playing at kittens and now seeing the GG in a mad blue lycra cat suit, he's obviously transcended the constraint of politics and is now entirely free. He just doesn't give a shit! The jokes on us sad repressed politicos arguing for truth and purity. What better than to just be free. George Galloway is unmasked today. He is obviously Hakim Bey!! HOORAY!

DeadWood


Cat suits

29.01.2006 14:56

""GG in a mad blue lycra cat suit""

I think GG is the one in the red.....at least I hope so!

Lycra


Class War are nobodies

30.01.2006 20:53

Class War are nobies with virtually no members and are completely not-known in any of the working-class communities which they are obsessed with.

Matty


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