[fse-esf] 4th ESF Press release-Declaration

[Jon Cloke]

Would that be more 'disturbing but unsurprising' than the fact that a group 
like the SWP/IST pretends concern about the empowerment of women and yet is 
run exclusively by white middle-class men, or less 'disturbing but 
unsurprising', Guy?

Jon Cloke


From: <kh at xminy.nl>
To: <tina at cpgb.org.uk>
CC: fse-esf at lists.fse-esf.org
Subject: Re: [fse-esf] 4th ESF Press release-Declaration
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 14:42:44 +0200 (CEST)


 >
 > I find it disturbing but unsurprising that Tina finds no way of
 > condemning the comrade(s) who decided to send an exclusively male group
 >  to police the demo.

writes Guy Taylor (SWP)

Interestingly you don't discuss the real issues put forward in the
original message, like the fact that you and your sectarian group tried to
take over the front of the march (against all agreements) (see for
instance:)

 >>
 >> Then on Saturday morning, we saw members of the Greek IST section
 >> (SEK, Genoa 2001 etc) push to the front of the march. Members of the
 >> Greek   Social
 >> Forum warned them that the front was reserved for the international
 >> delegations - as they knew very well.
 >>
 >> But under the watchful eyes of SWP tops Alex Callinicos, Chris Harman
 >>  and
 >> Chris Nineham (we have taken a very good picture of them) the Greek
 >> SEK organiser Maria Styllou organised her troops to carry on pushing
 >> to the front.
 >

or this:

 >> CPGB members had leaflets ripped out of their hands by SWP women and
 >> materials wiped off our info stalls - but we know of much worse
 >> experiences
 >> from other people (who do not have the advantage of their publication
 >>  being
 >> read by tens of thousands of people every week).


Why don't you react to that instead of deviating the attention towards a
non-discussion?

Kees, XminY Amsterdam


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