This gives me a shudder, bitter memories from long, long ago. It seems every generation gets led so far up this blind alley. It’s a cult, it’s a racket, it serves only itself. As for the U.S.S.R. and ‘democratic centralism’ – they failed – even by their own standards, they never created socialism or even competitive state capitalism, they killed more of their own side than the enemy and they systematically shut down every autonomous Working Class initiative that threatened their turf, leaving the door open for fascism and all the 20th Century’s holocausts. Their acolytes are still doing it. More here.
– Mal C.
You might read these things and still think the SWP is the best fit for you, but, for me, my involvement was based on not being aware of these things. All of this is focused on the Party leadership, ideology, behaviour and history, not on the individual people who go to meetings – I’ve met many comrades at meetings who are wonderful people who I value very much.
These are things I have experienced first-hand in going to meetings for months, taking part in street stalls and demonstrations, or that have been shared by others online about the national movement. I decided to start talking openly about these things after a while of thinking I had to stay quiet about it – it is so hard to make any criticisms within SWP spaces, but that makes it all the more important to talk about it elsewhere.
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