BNP activists agitating at wildcat strikes
Nick 'the one eyed bed serpant' griffin | 30.01.2009 13:33 | Anti-racism | Globalisation | Workers' Movements | World
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The role of fascism
30.01.2009 14:28
Bruised Shins
Worth reminding workers of BNPs role in funding scabs in the 80's,local workers
30.01.2009 17:16
http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=5
James
Worth reminding workers of BNPs role in funding scabs in the 80's,local workers
30.01.2009 17:16
http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=5
James
Confront the strikers
30.01.2009 18:57
irish tony LUAF
Potentially tricky
30.01.2009 19:44
Possibly, but we need to keep in mind that "fascism" isn't necessarily associated with the "right" (economic right) except "by definition" of some leftist ideologies and the historical reality majority of fascist movements in the recent past century. In theory nothing prevents the existence of a "left fascism" and so the BNP possibly COULD morph in that direction (as opposed to "oportunism", an honest direction).
Mike Novack
picket lines
30.01.2009 20:51
the british should do like we do-kick back at home safe in the knowledge that even though we are on benefits we are saving the planet from global warming although its been a bit chilly recently hasnt it
striker stu
Support the strikers
30.01.2009 20:54
Everything I have read has basically said they do not mind foreign workers, but they want a fair shot at the job places as well.
What total have done is moored an ex prison ship in Grimsby harbour and are bringing in cheap labour. not only is this degrading to the Italian and Portugues workers, who will be living on these prison ships, it is cutting the local community out of the chance to work.
Pure Neo-Liberalism, and you want to support it....
So instead of supporting them, and encouraging the strikers to support the Italian workers as well, you'd rather divide the situation and go down there and tell the local workers to stop being "racists".
Go on, no doubt you'll get your head kicked in.
Your attitude is exactly why the BNP are getting support, because nobody is supporting the workers on the left. Nobody is taking eladership of the situation and funneling the anger towards where it belongs, Total.
Instead the BNP will no doubt capatalise on the situation whilst those on the left grumble and moan. If the left want to stop this happening, they need to get involved before it turns intoanother Bradfords riots situation.
Welcome to real life, it's not a fucking SWP editorial.
What on earth?
Smash the strikers
30.01.2009 21:31
I therefore call for a demo by the UAF and the SWP, to take on the racists.
I would go myself, but I am stuck in rural Scotland and not in the best of health.
Let the SWP and the UAF, use the right of physical force. Not that I am advocating anything violent.
Jim Page
Trolls
30.01.2009 22:16
Bruised Shins
i agree with bruised shins these obvious nazi or corporate trolls
31.01.2009 00:05
http://libcom.org/news/unofficial-refinery-walkouts-over-foreign-workers-spread-30012009
james
not me.
31.01.2009 09:34
The strikers shoudl be opposed politically, no other way
JimPage
e-mail: snort999@hotmail.com
I side with Jim
31.01.2009 10:01
The UAF are at this moment trying to organise a demo for Monday against the racist Neo Nazi strikers, and in support of the Italian workers and the plant's management.
Private companies have a right to employ who they wish, and should not bow down to the racists.
The free market is a tough world, but it is the only system which works.
Please join our demo against the Neo Nazies.
Denise, Searchlight.
Denise Garside
Of course we support the strikers!
31.01.2009 14:17
Enough said! I think we can safely ignore most of the comments above. You're going to have to try a bit harder than that if you want to convince us you're one of us!
Of course we should support the strikers. They're taking on globalised capitalism. At long last the scales are falling from ordinary people's eyes.
You don't have to worry too much about the "British jobs" sloganeering. That was just throwing it back in Brown's face. These aren't racist protests, they're people standing up against being treated like disposable slaves by the global greed system.
The attempts here to get us attacking the strikers are laughable. Anarchists as the new scabs and strike breakers? I don't think so. Divide and rule won't work in this instance, I'm afraid.
Forward with the global insurrection!
Anti-capitalist and internationalist
What strange comments!
31.01.2009 14:19
This is the biggest wildcat in years. People are literally fighting for their lives. In some of these places there are no other prospects. There are many strikes who say it's not about migrant workers it's against the bosses. But the slogan has been chosen that doesn't reflect this.
It doesn't matter - it might not be pretty but if we vet people on wether they match up to our idealogical wants before deciding to work with them then we are totally fucked.
On the other hand if we accept that a class in movement can be ugly as well as beautiful, and that social revolution changes people - not people change then social revolution - then who knows? It's all up for grabs.
Even the guardian has written something more radical than some of the above posters see:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/30/tradeunions-protest
"If you can’t see the potential for working-class socialist politics in a wave of solidarity strikes then you might as well give up." -
For more see:
http://nationofduncan.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/asking-the-wrong-questions
http://ianbone.wordpress.com
For no borders and solidarity, against the bosses
stuffit
searchlight following in the path of antideutsche?/ 28 February
31.01.2009 14:49
If the posting by searchlight is genuine then it´s alarming to see the British searchlight follow in the path of antideutsche and obviouly trying to spilt up the left in Britain by pursuin a classist and neoliberal line of "the employers have the ríght to choose who they want".
To judge by some of the placards held by pickets some of their arguments are IN FACT nationalist and chauvinist.
I´ve been working in different factories in Germany this summer with one of those infamouy companies who hire you to the factories and only giveyou a fraction of what they get for you. I encountered a lot of racism - but since there were hardly any Germans doing these job, most of the racism was by one migrant group against other groups of migrant workers.
It´s the way in which capitalism works. It sets us against each other.
Searchlight is arguing from a middle class point of view to organise demos against the workers. It´s because they don´t see capitalism as the root of the problem.
With the crisis deepening over the next months the situation in Europe will become worse. Protests have been occuring over the past all over Europe and in some instances have had racist undertones.
We need to prepair for this all over Europe and argue both against capitalism AND chauvinism.
The proposal is to make Saturday the 28th a world wide day of protest: "We´re not going to pay for their crisis"
vivvo
Galloway too backs wildcat strikes
31.01.2009 16:43
http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=3496
vikko
SWP against, Socialist Party for supporting strike
31.01.2009 16:58
http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/latest/6848
vikko
Exploiting discontent
03.02.2009 22:24
Art of War
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