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Simon looking like a young John Rees.
SWP expulsions and squabbles
- Thread starter Nigel Irritable
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Simon looking like a young John Rees.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Quick google suggests that in 2008 the members voted 73% in favour of establishing a political fund (note: not levy that's afaik something different) to be used (amongst things) on fighting "racism and fascism". A UAF rag would certainly fall under this mandate.
comrade spurski
Well-Known Member
What is worse?
1) the swp being prepared to trash an anti nazi organisation and give right wing scum ammunition to slag off decent anti racists and decent trade unionists by allowing Martin Smith to resume his ego trip in the UAF?
or
2) the swp thinking it's such a great game that they give his alter ego a name with the same initials?
Did they really imagine this is what they thought they'd be doing when they decided they were socialists?
I really hope they finish dying soon
Karmickameleon
Too long in exile
From Dave Renton on Facebook:
I would not have been able to identify him - he used an email pseudonym - except that he had sent the message from his work computer (see, image).
So, I wrote to him yesterday at his work email politely pointing out that not merely had he been harassing me but had done so in his work time from his work computer, and invited him to deny sending the message or apologise. He did neither and in the last hour has taken to "liking" a campaign with which I am associated local to where I live (but an hour from where he does), presumably in the hope that he can sit there spying on it and find something negative about me.
Thank you John, and if any readers out there a friends of his or of any other political campaign in which he is lurking, do feel free to share this message widely - this sort of behaviour should not be considered acceptable anywhere in society, still less among people who say that they are trying to change the world for the better
Yesterday I was send an unpleasant and harassing message by John Parrington, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford University, who felt it appropriate to comment on a public blog on my politics and those of my partner (who is a member of the same political party as him). He opened "fuck off" and signed off his message to me, "you snivelling piece of shit." I had not written to him to prompt this message, nor had I given him any reason at all for sending it.I would not have been able to identify him - he used an email pseudonym - except that he had sent the message from his work computer (see, image).
So, I wrote to him yesterday at his work email politely pointing out that not merely had he been harassing me but had done so in his work time from his work computer, and invited him to deny sending the message or apologise. He did neither and in the last hour has taken to "liking" a campaign with which I am associated local to where I live (but an hour from where he does), presumably in the hope that he can sit there spying on it and find something negative about me.
Thank you John, and if any readers out there a friends of his or of any other political campaign in which he is lurking, do feel free to share this message widely - this sort of behaviour should not be considered acceptable anywhere in society, still less among people who say that they are trying to change the world for the better
Karmickameleon
Too long in exile
He's a barrister But - given that his partner is still apparently very active in the SWP - I would very much doubt that DR will do anything other than making these gratutitous insults public.
which seems totally fair enough to me.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
Meanwhile Seymour and Mieville are contributors to a crowd-funded magazine: Salvage.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/salvage--3
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/salvage--3
Trotsky007
Member
This from their front page.
"We abjure the typical and grotesque left chimera of sentimentalism, moralism and bullshit. We despise the bad dialectic of defensiveness and self-aggrandisement.
We do not despair, but we are despair-curious."
So its reaching out to the masses then?
"We abjure the typical and grotesque left chimera of sentimentalism, moralism and bullshit. We despise the bad dialectic of defensiveness and self-aggrandisement.
We do not despair, but we are despair-curious."
So its reaching out to the masses then?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I'm quite glad it's not. But,trotsky007 (if that is your real name) look at the the stuff the prof is involved with - a book called 'to the masses' that is around 500 dollars.
Trotsky007
Member
I am sure they are well meaning and on the side of righteousness. However, the choice of language and general tone has a whiff of middle class vanity about it that irks me. It seems to be more about amusing a select circle of people. Marxism is a theory of how to understand the world in order to change it. Less of the 'aren't we clever' please and a bit more 'lets discuss things properly'.
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J Ed
Follow Back Pro Expropriation
Why are they trying to get money out of people in order to publish a magazine anyway? This is the 21st Century ffs, put together a decent podcast and you can reach huge numbers of people without haranguing people for £5000 and people outside of your circle of mates might actually take an idea or two on board. Fuck it, just twirl around in your subculture falling out with a handful of people over minutiae of the politicisation of weird sex fetishes and dazzling even smaller numbers of people with your knowledge of Althusser while wondering why your tiny subculture gets smaller and smaller
magazines are exciting, those glossy ones look and smell nice.
But they could just print on magcloud for free, and get a nice glossy product with a digital edition as well.
But these are the idiots who paid a law firm to provide them with a constitution so they could register an organisational bank account, instead of just getting a free one off the internet.
Andy Wilson
Disputant
I have long aspired to be more like John Rees. Everyone knows it.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Nah, written by Seymour. It is surprising that two people who are capable of writing well, turn out such utter drivel. Tho possibly not as surprising as Neil Davison signing up to itha written by Meiville
Nigel Irritable
Five, Ten, Fifteen Years
I can't believe I missed that BB post. Jesus.
rekil
to menny cranks
I note that a £150 donation includes "one of three dirty stories written by Magpie Corvid written for and about YOU".
Congratulations Doug Henwood.
The muslim and people of colour representation looks rather bare to me. If Seymour wasn't involved he'd probably be calling it out as a racist and islamophobic mag. Opportunity there for some enterprising personal brand.
Congratulations Doug Henwood.
The muslim and people of colour representation looks rather bare to me. If Seymour wasn't involved he'd probably be calling it out as a racist and islamophobic mag. Opportunity there for some enterprising personal brand.
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Nigel Irritable
Five, Ten, Fifteen Years
rekil
to menny cranks
Sadly I think it only means that the first 3 mad enough to cough up 150 get a story.
Idris2002
Stay Alive in '25
Or that Mieville has Corpvid chained up in the cellar with naught but an ancient Amstrad for company.
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
Now I know who you are...Good riddance you sexist prick.
Mates with Troy Southgates mates as well
andysays
Love and solidarity
Nigel
For A Degenerates' Workers State
I've never been 'mates' with Troy Southgate or for that matter only came into contact with him once when physically confronting him at Anarchist Bookfair. I've also had him putting my name around internet as a Anti Fascist Action 'informant'; about 10 years after AFA ceased to exist.
I don't mind you dislking me or calling me names, however saying that I'm involved with far right is completely out of order.
Nigel
For A Degenerates' Workers State
Not that there is any justification for this sort of 'inverted' snobbery, however John Parrington is hardly one of the 'horny handed sons of toil'.From Dave Renton on Facebook:
Yesterday I was send an unpleasant and harassing message by John Parrington, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford University, who felt it appropriate to comment on a public blog on my politics and those of my partner (who is a member of the same political party as him). He opened "fuck off" and signed off his message to me, "you snivelling piece of shit." I had not written to him to prompt this message, nor had I given him any reason at all for sending it.
I would not have been able to identify him - he used an email pseudonym - except that he had sent the message from his work computer (see, image).
So, I wrote to him yesterday at his work email politely pointing out that not merely had he been harassing me but had done so in his work time from his work computer, and invited him to deny sending the message or apologise. He did neither and in the last hour has taken to "liking" a campaign with which I am associated local to where I live (but an hour from where he does), presumably in the hope that he can sit there spying on it and find something negative about me.
Thank you John, and if any readers out there a friends of his or of any other political campaign in which he is lurking, do feel free to share this message widely - this sort of behaviour should not be considered acceptable anywhere in society, still less among people who say that they are trying to change the world for the better
Isn't he lecturing at Worcester College, Oxford. Saw him chairing meeting there with Weyen Bennet talking bollox about 'Brother Malcolm' and making up some strange; factually incorrect perspectives around Panthers in Detroit! If you didn't have a university or Bod card you couldn't get in. Hardly reaching out to the masses.
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I didn't say you were mates with Troy Southgate
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