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 Photothèque Rouge/Babar
This certainly doesn’t all stem from the charisma and undoubted talents of one person, nor even from the campaigning ingenuity and the years of hard work on the part of so many LCR members. What puts the pressure on an establishment newspaper like Le Monde to run such a report is the high level of resistance from the French working class to the neoliberal onslaught of the government and big business, with lively and determined strikes and protests a commonplace occurrence. So many militant French workers – especially among the younger generation – identify strongly with Olivier, and this makes the French press cautious about criticising him. To get an idea of this, think back to the couple of weeks following George’s 2005 triumph in the US Senate – the press and mainstream politicians understood that attacks or carping criticisms would go down extremely badly with their audience just then, and had to bite their lips. But in France, given the level of struggle there, this is normal. Next year, the LCR hopes to launch a party with still broader appeal in France next year, that will unite diverse forces and lend the fightback greater organisation and staying power; Respect Renewal looks forward to forging warm relations with this organisation when it emerges.
Jonathan Walker
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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.
The political conditions facing Respect today are even more favourable than when we launched the Coalition in January 2004.
Millions remain opposed to the war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Brown has tried to present a different face from Blair, but his support for Bush remains.
Trade union members in key unions like the CWU postal workers union are disgusted with the government. Union members are openly campaigning for the political fund no longer to go to the Labour Party. Where the RMT and the FBU led, other unions will inevitably follow. The RMT are discussing forming their own party and standing their own candidates in the GLA elections next May.
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George Galloway
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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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