{"id":7827,"date":"2018-02-03T00:20:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T00:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2018-02-03T00:20:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T00:20:42","slug":"england-socialist-party-deepens-illusions-labour-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2018\/02\/03\/england-socialist-party-deepens-illusions-labour-party\/","title":{"rendered":"[England] Socialist Party deepens illusions in Labour Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SP (Socialist Party) and TUSC (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition) do not appear to understand that the Labour Party is a reformist, pro-austerity party whose leadership is committed to maintaining the Labour Party as a \u201cbroad church\u201d. Broad means that Corbyn has no intention of getting rid of the warmongers, privateers, and strikebreakers in the party, or Corbyn supporters and Labour councils who vote for and implement cuts.<\/em><\/span>
\nInternational Socialist League statement<\/strong>
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\nTUSC are conducting a survey to see if right wing or Corbyn supporting councillors will be in control of councils. In Camden for example they report that, \u201cevery single sitting councillor who wanted to stand again has been selected to do so, in a process that started in September. The Local Campaign Forum is firmly controlled by the right-wing, for example excluding a known Corbyn-supporter with 40 years party membership from the candidates\u2019 panel.\u201d
\nHowever, this approach creates false hopes. All the councillors who voted for Corbyn\u2019s re-election have also voted without exception in England and Wales, for austerity and cuts with no attempt by them to mobilise public opposition to the cuts. The official position of Corbyn has been to instruct councils to set legal budgets.
\nBoth he and John McDonnell remain on record as praising local Labour leaders who have carried out cuts consistently and attacked workers on strike \u2013 for example the Liverpool on the Metro workers. Is allowing strikebreakers to remain in the Labour Party part of the Corbyn\u2019s \u201csocialist plan\u201d?
\nCorbyn\u2019s instruction to Labour Councils is capitalist \u2013 set a legal budget. At the same time he opposes PFIs as a major source of privatisating for local services, but he is not calling a halt to Labour council support for PFI. All Labour councils should be instructed to fight against PFI and end all current contracts.
\nCorbyn could have used his platform in parliament and his profile in the official labour movement to build a fight against cuts, appealing over the heads of those who oppose him in parliament, the councils and elsewhere, to those new to political activity and those returning to it.
\nThat would mean splitting the Labour Party and leaving those who support capitalism and war. However, Corbyn has no intention of leading a socialist struggle from the Labour Party and the so called \u2018left\u2019 outside Labour has simply provided cover for him, which includes the Socialist Party.<\/p>\n

Not standing in elections?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

A TUSC conference will be held in February with the stated aim of \u201cBuilding support for Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s anti-cuts policies in the 2018 local elections\u201d. This perspective helps the right-wing prepare a further betrayal of workers and provides further cover for Corbyn\u2019s lack of principles.
\nIn an attempt to create more confusion TUSC state, \u201cResponding to the new situation our policy since \u2026has been to not field candidates in local elections against Labour councillors who vote against cuts in the council chamber.\u201d For 2017 perhaps the SP could provide a list because the TUSC website does not identify any Labour councilllors who voted against cuts.
\n\u201cPoliticians of whatever party who support austerity, however, are another matter and TUSC has been prepared to contest local elections against right-wing Labour councillors carrying out Tory cuts. But should that now be reviewed?\u201d
\nIs the Socialist Party and TUSC calling for a vote for right-wing Labour simply because they are Labour?
\nThe Socialist party website advertises the conference without comment: \u201cBuilding support for Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s anti-cuts policies in the 2018 local elections \u2013 should socialist anti-austerity candidates stand in May?\u201d.<\/em>
\nThe role of a Trotskyist party is to lead and to stop the retreat into and acceptance of reformism.
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\nOriginally published @ Socialist Voice #30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The SP (Socialist Party) and TUSC (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition) do not appear to understand that the Labour Party is a reformist, pro-austerity party whose leadership is committed to maintaining the Labour Party as a \u201cbroad church\u201d. Broad means that Corbyn has no intention of getting rid of the warmongers, privateers, and strikebreakers in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13882120,"featured_media":7828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27806],"tags":[29647,29648,29649,29650,29651],"class_list":["post-7827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internacionalinternational","tag-deepens","tag-illusions","tag-labour","tag-party","tag-socialist"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t