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Mark Perryman
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 Mark Perryman, editor of a new book on England after Britain asks why St George still makes some on the Left so cross? |
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George Galloway
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Any doubts about the topography of the battlefield in the race for London Mayor ought to have been dispelled this week with the shrill escalation of the Evening Standard's attacks on Ken Livingstone. George Galloway, writing in the Morning Star newspaper, says we need to defend the gains made against Islamophobia in London, and urges Londoners to vote Respect to give City Hall a loud voice against the Right.
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Respect councillor Hanif Abdulmuhit explains why Respect is the only alternative in East London. |
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Respect's Ruqayyah Collector explains how the BBC's "White" season allows racist myths to go unchallenged and does a disservice to multiculturalism |
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It began with a blinding flash and promises of speedy victory. Five years on the mission far from accomplished. In this article from The New Statesman, Neal Ascherson reports on "The war that changed us". |
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Salma Yaqoob
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Respect councillor Salma Yaqoob on what Muslim women have learned from the anti-war movement |
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George Galloway
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As the peerless John Pilger put it, the invasion of Iraq would have been impossible without the supine connivance of the British media. The BBC was as much a part of operations as the Black Watch.
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Victoria Brittain
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The announcement by the Pentagon of trials by military commission for six of the big-name prisoners in Guantánamo Bay, is the latest in the series of smoke-and-mirror tricks used by the Bush administration to cover the inhuman illegality of the regime in the prison, writes Respect National Council member Victoria Brittain. |
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Salma Yaqoob
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In an article for Red Pepper magazine, Respect councillor and vice-chair Salma Yaqoob says that how we build a political alternative is as important as what we build |
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Mark Perryman
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Responding to Hilary Wainright's article, Respect Renewal member Mark Perryman argues the need for a plural politics to confront the conservative left |
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The membership and influence of political parties is declining throughout the western world, and most quickly in Britain. Hilary Wainwright, editor of Red Pepper magazine examines the role of the party in transformative politics and asks how the left might reimagine this crucial instrument of political change
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Abjol Miah
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Ever since the pro-war Bishop of Rochester announced there were "no go" areas in cities across Britain, some sections of the media have been doing their bit to whip up a moral panic. Now Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has joined in, announcing there are places in London she would not dare to walk as a single woman.
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Alan Thornett
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This article by Alan Thornett from the Respect National Council sets out Socialist Resistance's view on Ken Livingstone. |
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George Galloway
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There's a witch-hunt going on against London Mayor Ken Livingstone - and it has nothing to do with bendy buses, those ugliest of broomsticks he's introduced, his bizarre backing of Met commissioner Sir Ian Blair, or the privatisation of the East London line. |
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 By Neil Williams, Respect Supporters Blog
The way young offenders (and what a label! - they are 'young people' often with multiple problems) are treated (or NOT treated as the case may be) in the UK is a national disgrace.
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Victoria Brittain
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Desmond Tutu was absolutely right to fly into Kenya and throw his moral authority behind efforts to resolve the dramatic crisis that other outsiders are misjudging so badly. |
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Salma Yaqoob
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Of all the words written about the split in Respect, the least
important are those dealing with who did what at some meeting or
other. Of much more interest are those articles attempting to provide
some political explanation of these events.
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George Galloway
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George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow was a friend of Benazir Bhutto for more than twenty five years. He was on air at Talksport when news of the attack on Ms Bhutto came through. He will discuss the crisis in Pakistan on his next show, Friday 28th, at 10pm. |
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No-one would have wished for the unfortunate divisions that have
occurred over the last four months but, nonetheless, we have reached
the year end in very optimistic mood. |
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George Galloway
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George's column covers the continuing chaos in Kosovo, and the prospects for the London GLA elections in 2008
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Respect member Jonathan Walker has translated an article on Olivier Besancenot of the Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (LCR), the French political party that has friendly links with Respect. |
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Linda Smith
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A very serious situation has developed inside Respect, in particular over the past two months. It comes at a time when the need for a broad pluralist organisation of the left has never been greater. |
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Nick Wrack
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The confirmation by Ted Jeory of the East London Advertiser that Olliur Rahman and the other three breakaway Respect councillors in Tower Hamlets did have "coalition talks" with the Lib Dems is a devastating condemnation of John Rees and the SWP leadership. |
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Nick Wrack
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This article was written by Respect National Council member Nick Wrack, for the SWP's pre-conference discussion period. Hwever, by the time the article was published, he had been expelled for his opposition to the SWP's actions in causing the split in Respect.
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George Galloway
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George Galloway's letter to the old Respect National Council, August 2007
The Shadwell by-election victory has stunned the New Labour establishment, turned the tide in Tower Hamlets and opened up the real possibility of winning two parliamentary seats in East London which, together with the potential gain in Birmingham, would make us the most successful left-wing party in British history. |
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Salma Yaqoob
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George Galloway's document accurately outlines the two biggest challenges and responsibilities we face today: "to build Respect directly and to place it at the centre of a progressive realignment". In order for Respect to rise to these challenges there are some foundation stones that must be in place. |
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