United Kingdom: The Labor Party should get rid of the Blairites saboteurs *

The Tory Government (Conservative party) He has returned from vacation and once again is in crisis. The millions of people who suffer from low wages, removes poverty benefits and hope to see the early exit of this government for billionaires. What is expected is a government led by Jeremy Corbyn, with a minimum salary of £ 10 per hour, massive housing construction, rent control, free education and more.

Obviously, Tories try to hold, even as they fight among themselves, Corbyn to remain out of office. They do it for the benefit of the capitalist class, which it fears the fact that a government led by Corbyn threatens their gigantic profits. Nevertheless, the capitalist class has another ally who are giving their all to prevent Corbyn be Prime Minister, the Blairites (Labor sector linked to former Prime Minister Tony Blair).

Clearly, procapitalist Labor parliamentary members will do their power to sabotage the leadership of Corbyn. We need, urgently, a Labor Party joins around a program that defends the interests of workers and the middle class, instead of a party in which several MPs fight for the interests of billionaires.

The Blairites who are responsible for sabotage in the Labor Party have spent all summer raising their false anti-Semitic statements to the end, supported anti Corbyn of some Jewish organizations leaders. This fury ignores evidence that, while anti-Semitism exists in our society and must be fought, prevalent among people with prospects right rather than left.

The latter has been the absurd claim of former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who said Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-Semite who would, supposedly, comments made worse than those of Enoch Powell in his viciously racist speech in which he mentions "Rivers of blood".

In fact, Jonathan Sacks vision is particularly intolerant and belongs to Orthodox Judaism; to the point of refusing to attend the funeral of a Reform rabbi, Auschwitz survivor, arguing that "It was one of those who destroy the faith".

Nevertheless, Labor MP Frank Field right senior member said he was so according to Sacks he had a responsibility to renounce the leadership of the Labor Party. The threat that Field was deselected by the local Labor Party was the real trigger. In fact, at 2012, Field wrote for a book on Enoch Powell, He is commenting on the "affected and admiration" that had to Powell.

Imagine yourself as the capitalist media have raised the cry to heaven if Corbyn had written such statements. But almost he was not told when the decision to cover Field. And of course, Corbyn, who has a long record of opposing all forms of racism, I would not have done, while Field has a long history waving prejudice against asylum seekers. The meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) Labor Party 4 September was pawned by pressing and adopt the principles of the International Partnership for Holocaust Remembrance (IHRA for its acronym in English), with all its examples.

The original motivation for not adopting the model was completely sure that they were not used as a pretext to try to prevent criticism of Israeli government, something that even the Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs concluded was a risk 2016. La blairista Chuka brothers, who now leads cynically anti-Semitic furor in the Labor Party, It was part of that committee.

The danger of this furor is used to muzzle criticism of the Israeli government was highlighted in a letter published in The Guardian of members of the Israeli parliament representatives "Palestinian Arab citizens of the State of Israel and Jews for peace and democracy". They wrote to express their "Solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn" and leave in writing "Our repugnance for all recent attempts to complete our invisibilización to prohibit the Labor Party in the UK any mention of the names of the allied forces against the Palestinian struggle".

they concluded: "We position ourselves in solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn and recognize him as a principled leftist leader, Sucking Peace and Justice and opposes all forms of racism, whether directed at Jews, Palestinians, or any other group ".

Any hope that the meeting of the NEC finish with false accusations are completely Utopian Labor right. Margaret Hodge, member of Parliament, He made it clear last week when he said to agree with the full adoption of IHRA was not enough and would continue accusing the Labor antisemitic driving until Corbyn move aside because "He's the problem".

It could not be more obvious that the agents of capitalism within the Labor Party are determined to prevent a Labor government comes to power and enter radical policies in favor of the interests of the working class.

Just stop their sabotage if they defeat the Labor Left and the Labor Party to recover the days of "New Labor", which supports privatization, wars and austerity. This will include many of those who have joined the Labor Party to support Corbyn, as indicated by the increasing demand for the right-wing MPs deselected, and the victory of the left list in the elections NEC.

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Unfortunately, on top of the Labor Party there is a clear understanding that Hodge, Field and other pro-capitalist agents have no place in a party that represents the interests of the working class.
John McDonnell, for example, He responded to the resignation of Field asking the Blairites not separate party. Behind this, expresses fear that a separation of the right wing could make it harder for the Labor Party wins general election.

Nevertheless, as we have warned, the pro-capitalist side of the Labor Party is actively working to prevent Corbyn lead the Labor victory. They are openly debating how to do it more effectively, If you break down and form a new centrist party, separated after the general election to prevent Corbyn be prime minister, or keep pressing to force Corbyn withdraw before the election.

A party without these obvious saboteurs would be much stronger as capacity to act in defense of the working class. It is extremely urgent that action be taken. Some of the key measures needed are the restoration of compulsory re-selection of MPs and democratization of the selection of directors Labor Party.

The restoration of trade union rights in the Labor Party under democratic control of union members is also essential. It would be part of transforming the Labor Party into a modern version of its foundational federal structures. This would allow all socialist forces and the working class together to build a powerful party and 100% anti-austerity.

If it made a clear call for such measures, motivate all those who support anti-austerity policies Corbyn, but still they are confused by the lack of a clear message on how to combat those who are determined to return the Labor Party to be another pro-austerity and pro-capitalist party.

Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales)
* Originally published in socialistworld.net

reproduced from anticapitalistasenred.org