[Marxism] George Galloway

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SOLIDARITY
SCOTLAND'S SOCIALIST  MOVEMENT
 
In response to the decision by the  Westminster Parliament's Standards and 
Privileges Committee to suspend  Respect MP, George Galloway, from the House of 
Commons for 18 days in  relation to an inquiry into his work against the 
sanctions on Iraq,  Solidarity accuses the nation's political elite of 
conducting a 
 sustained witchhunt against a man whose only crime is that he has dedicated  
his political career to speaking truth to power, and has been a thorn in the  
side of a government which has inflicted untold suffering and violence  on 
the people of Iraq and Afghanistan in support of US aims to colonise the  
region.
 
Solidarity Co-Convenor, Tommy Sheridan, said:  "Yesterday's decision to 
suspend George Galloway from Parliament for 18 days  comes soon after we 
witnessed 
the disgusting standing ovation given to Tony  Blair by those very same 
individuals. It really does illustrate the fact that  we're now living in an 
upside 
down world, a world in which people like  George, who've stood up against a 
brutal and bloody war that was  unleashed on a tissue of lies, are victimised, 
while people like Tony Blair  and Gordon Brown, who're responsible for this 
carnage, are  lionised."
 
This latest attempt to undermine the  credibility of the Respect MP for 
Bethnal Green and Bow comes on the back of  previous attempts to do so lodged 
in 
both the UK and the US.  Each of those  attempts have been defeated. George 
Galloway's stance and tireless work on  behalf of the people of the Middle East 
has earned him accolades and  deep respect in every corner of the world. He is 
the 'people's' Middle East  peace envoy and we pledge to support him against 
those who are complicit in  the ongoing carnage taking place in Iraq, 
Afghanistan and Palestine, and  who have blood on their hands. 
 
Ends.
 
 




   
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