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US Trots in sharedealing scandal

T | 21.06.2011 21:05 | Birmingham | South Coast

Quite ironic that Trots like to go on "state capitalism " and "deformed workers's states" but the SWP's fraternal party in the US is actually capitalist with shareholdings in US capitalist monopoly Caterpillar . I wonder what the trendy Trots here think, and do the SWP and SP here have investments! How are they going to explain that?

Hate Castro - but love Caterpillar

So it would be nice to hear an ISO member try and explain how a supposedly real socialist organization can be funded by money made from Caterpillar stock (think about how Israel uses these machines as well). Their Socialism conference, their books, and their bi-monthly paper are all funded by money made in the stock market.

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$5000

21.06.2011 23:28

we arnt talking big money here - i think you are splitting hairs

anon

at least they're bad at it

21.06.2011 23:57

they're not very good at this capitalism deeley are they?

anon

well .... well

22.06.2011 08:14

....the ISO & SWP making dirty cash from the imperialist war machine....

who wood A thunk it.......

http://www.wisconsin.edu/tfunds/Caterpillar2004.htm

deep blue sea

Agree

22.06.2011 13:24

The trots are and always will be a bunch of dirty filthy lying stinking hypocrits that lead working people up the garden path with words like revolution, then turn thier backs on them to turn to imperialism instead. Typical slimy snakes.

Cat lover

Are you sure ?

27.06.2011 15:04

Are you sure that this is the ISO's Center for Economic Research ? Google Center for Economic Research and the search will turn out quite a few institutions with that name.

JoeMc

clarification needed

27.06.2011 18:09

The full title for the ISO linked organisation is the Centre for Economic Research and Social Change which is not the title given in the Federal Statement reproduced above.

Joe Mc
mail e-mail: Joemcivor@gmail.com

er... hang on a second

28.06.2011 20:23

please check your facts, the ISO (US) & SWP (UK) went their seprate ways several years ago. I have many disagreements with the views and actions of the SWP but please don't spread shit, otherwise we'll all just bedoing the mass media's job for them...

Phil

UK Indymedia