Galloway's Workers' Party of Britain
- Thread starter chilango
- Start date
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Not surprised by the antiSemitic bits.WPB article on Novara media . Surprised to see Laurie Penny being named as a source
Members Voice: Bastani’s Novara Media is no alternative - Workers Party of Britain
Workers Party activist Phil Bevin deep-dives into the establishment networks and murky funding sources behind the supposedly ‘alternative’ news source, Novara Media. Needless to say, the views expressed here areContinue reading "Members Voice: Bastani’s Novara Media is no alternative"workerspartybritain.org
Jeremiah18.17
Well-Known Member
From what I have seen - online and IRL - WPGB appears to be growing by recruiting some of the worst people (on the left or otherwise) - TERFs, Islamist reactionaries, unreconstructed Stalinists, Catholic reactionaries, people amongst that minority where the accusation of Anti-semitism in Labour was not just a smear, blokes who cannot seem to avoid casual sexism and racism, nasty anti-socials who have been expelled from more than one party before etc etc.
Quite an amusing chat with a very uncomfortable SPEW/TUSC activist yesterday - their decision to pal up with Galloway now coming back to bite them, as it did with the SWP in the Respect years…
Quite an amusing chat with a very uncomfortable SPEW/TUSC activist yesterday - their decision to pal up with Galloway now coming back to bite them, as it did with the SWP in the Respect years…
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
I watched the Novara interview. GG clearly not remotely stitched up. Almost the opposite since Bastani really doesn't push back much if at all. IMO he should have done given the guff GG was saying regarding sexuality. Completely bizarre to frame this as a sticj up
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
twat
Rob Ray
Weight is meaningless
I can't say "you didn't show the whole context where I also slagged off trans people" is up to his usual standard of brinkmanship tbh.
Seems like Novara doing some relatively kid gloves interviewing has ended up putting him in more of a tizzy than combative questioning would have.
Seems like Novara doing some relatively kid gloves interviewing has ended up putting him in more of a tizzy than combative questioning would have.
ska invita
back on the other side
I'm painting and listening to the Novara interview
First off he brings the whole topic up, it's no gotcha trap.
Then he goes on to say Adam and Steve and men in frocks.... Tbf he goes on to say he is a Catholic (and therefore a bigot) by way of excuse .
There is a little nuance missed in the clip extract but not much. For him it's a matter of education rather than rights, equal rights which he supports and has voted for
First off he brings the whole topic up, it's no gotcha trap.
Then he goes on to say Adam and Steve and men in frocks.... Tbf he goes on to say he is a Catholic (and therefore a bigot) by way of excuse .
There is a little nuance missed in the clip extract but not much. For him it's a matter of education rather than rights, equal rights which he supports and has voted for
Last edited:
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
Solidarity with Plan C, who seem to be caught in the crossfire between the commentariat and weirdo tankies.
hitmouse
entreprenulsoip critical thinking
I would understand that as in "we know from a publicly available article Penny wrote in the Statesman" rather than as in "we know from the exclusive on-the-record interview Penny just gave with us."WPB article on Novara media . Surprised to see Laurie Penny being named as a source
Members Voice: Bastani’s Novara Media is no alternative - Workers Party of Britain
Workers Party activist Phil Bevin deep-dives into the establishment networks and murky funding sources behind the supposedly ‘alternative’ news source, Novara Media. Needless to say, the views expressed here areContinue reading "Members Voice: Bastani’s Novara Media is no alternative"
That article is amazing. It's like a reverse Paul Mason. "The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a big chart is a good guy with a big chart", etc.
Oh, are they getting shit from the commentariat as well? I'd happily missed that. It is quite impressive for an organisation that, as I understand it, don't really seem to have done anything much for the last few years.
ska invita
back on the other side
Plan CIA is so laughable I was hoping it began and ended there.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
not yet, just the tankies and the useless prof so far. They do seem to have been brought into it all because of the fallout of the Novara Galloway interview though, which is nothing to do with them.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
It’s brought out the biggest brains* in the left wing counter-intelligence community on Twitter.
I’m sure it will all blow over, but it’s not great spending time trying to explain to lunatics why you are not controlled by the CIA.
*shut-ins who have no idea how things work.
Rob Ray
Weight is meaningless
The key is to not explain it to them. It won't help, and they'll be delighted with the attention. They come up with this shit precisely because the community they can reach is comprised almost solely of other weird shut-ins and they're desperate to provoke someone else to notice them. For these people an official response is a) as good as a confession and b) bragging rights in weirdo city.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Not over enamoured with “shut-in” as a term of abuse. As someone who has spent lengthy periods confined to my home through ill health, it does feel a little insensitive.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
Fair play and apologies. Maybe “Very Online” is a better term.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
I do watch Novara media every now and then. Bastani has been much more sympathetic to Galloway than the other presenters on it.
I haven't watched the interview but read this.
novaramedia.com
Which probably upset Galloway. Bastani seems genuinely surprised by Galloway socially conservative views. Got the feeling that Bastani got carried away by Galloway's eloquence and ability to defend himself when attacked. And his success at winning seats.
I haven't watched the interview but read this.
I Would Have Voted for George Galloway, But Then He Said Gay People Aren’t ‘Normal’ | Novara Media
Aaron Bastani once admired George Galloway’s principled stance on Palestine - but in a recent Novara Media interview, the Rochdale MP expressed “shocking” views on homosexuality.
novaramedia.com
Which probably upset Galloway. Bastani seems genuinely surprised by Galloway socially conservative views. Got the feeling that Bastani got carried away by Galloway's eloquence and ability to defend himself when attacked. And his success at winning seats.
Rob Ray
Weight is meaningless
Bastani's writeup suggests not only did he not know but he would have voted for Galloway in Rochdale. Honestly the amount of unhinged attack patter going on is way out of proportion to a situation which has only really been difficult for Galloway because the interview took him seriously and wasn't just freaking out about the Threat To Society he poses. There's been hundreds of angry comments from these headbangers within hours of a piece going up about it on Youtube where Bastani makes further comments.
ska invita
back on the other side
It would be interesting to know the size of WPGB, in terms of active supporters. Theyre talking about standing hundreds of candidates. Right now I think all publicity is net good publicity from a purely cynical party position.
I find it hard to believe that GG didn't know exactly what he was doing by giving and then saying what he did in this interview. Surely too shrewd and effective an operator
I find it hard to believe that GG didn't know exactly what he was doing by giving and then saying what he did in this interview. Surely too shrewd and effective an operator
Silas Loom
2028
Basement dwellers, so as not to offend shut-ins in flats.
And I think it’s more than Israel.
And I think it’s more than Israel.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Have a guess at the membership size ?
mystic pyjamas
Don't call us,we'll call you.
According to wiki,in November 2023 it was 2962.
ska invita
back on the other side
That's bigger than I expected, but there'll be a fair number of non member supporters.
The Novara interview wasn't terrible but it did go soft.... I'm not interested in GGs thoughts on Israel as they are well known and that bit of the interview lasted what felt like 45 minutes. Would've been much more interesting to ask him about Russia, Ukraine, his stint on Russian media, Greyzone politics, Syria etc.
The Novara interview wasn't terrible but it did go soft.... I'm not interested in GGs thoughts on Israel as they are well known and that bit of the interview lasted what felt like 45 minutes. Would've been much more interesting to ask him about Russia, Ukraine, his stint on Russian media, Greyzone politics, Syria etc.
Similar threads
