Re: [Marxism] Re: George Galloway Redux

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In a message dated 20/01/2006 12:46:25 GMT Standard Time,
jack.cade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> It is an alliance that is still as
> narrow as the day it was born and with no more members than then
> either. So it's just a matter of time...
>
>   As for MPs being absent from the House on other business,
> well they have to be careful about that as Galloway is by no
> means the worst offender and in fact that is how it is supposed
> to be. Only donkeys like Dennis Skinner seem to think you have to
> be there bell-to-bell everyday like it was some factory or
> something.
>

Reply:

RESPECT is a coalition responsible for attracting a sizable share of the vote
at the last election. It has given a political voice to the antiwar movement,
and has brought into the political mainstream a large segment of the hitherto
disenfranchised British Muslim community. To attempt to disparage or diminish
that is indicative of a lack of political awareness and/or narrow
sectarianism.

As for Galloway's non-attendance at the House of Commons, it is a big deal in
that he's missed an important debate regarding a proposed crossrail link that
will impact on his constituents. There is also the matter of his surgeries,
where he meets his constituents face to face to listen to the issues that
matter to them. This is what he was elected to do, what he gets paid for (and 
well
too).

Galloway, whether you like it or not, became the de facto leader of the
British antiwar movement. His excellent work last year also helped galvanise 
the US
antiwar movement, which is precisely why his appearance in this ridiculous
reality TV show is such a monumental fuck up on his part. It has undone all the
great work he's done and in the process discredited both himself and the
movement he represents.

JD
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