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That today our leader @georgegalloway was detained under the auspices of the Terrorist Act comes as no surprise. This is not the first time the establishment has attacked us, nor will it be the last.. (lemmy.world)

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Workers Party of Britain | @WorkersPartyGB

British imperialism is in decay, crippled with mounting contradictions both at home and abroad it is exposing its own barbarism and tyranny. The genocide in Palestine has been live-streamed and 350,000 British workers have been sacrificed on the altar of austerity - the Emperor has no clothes.

In its monstrous naked condition it is meeting resistance to its crimes by scuttling the last vestiges of liberal freedoms. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and peaceful civil disobedience all lay on the scrap heap of what was always the brittle veneer of a capitalist regime.

The historic task set before us all is the democratic struggle, against the regime, and its suffocating laws that now censor and chafe all political and civic life. This struggle will expose the limitations of the system, chief amongst them that rights, liberties and freedoms are not merely gifted, they must be won.

[Image: Rishi Sunak standing at a wooden podium with a crest featuring a lion and unicorn. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and tie. The background shows doors and a formal setting, with text overlay reading "BREAKING NEWS" and "Rishi Sunak: Galloway victory is beyond alarming" on a live broadcast from Downing St.]

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[+] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world -6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A real political party for the working class of Britain.

The Workers Party of Britain:

is committed to the redistribution of wealth and power in favour of working people.
is committed to a reversal of policies aimed at deindustrialisation & to exploring innovative demands for workers control and participation in the future of industry through our trade unions.
supports the call for a Net Zero Referendum as soon as possible to create a national debate on who profits from these targets and on what terms. We will oppose ULEZ initiatives because of the costs they impose on working households and small businesses.
promises to undertake a major review of pensions policy with the ultimate aim of restoring a life-long commitment through earnings to adequate pension provision with all workers having the option of retiring at 60.
will legislate to support workers and managers in the acquisition of productive enterprises and their assets that otherwise would be closed or distributed to shareholders where the company is either intended to be sold to a foreign owner or to be closed in order to export production overseas.
supports campaigning to preserve the right to use cash. We are not Luddites when it comes to digital currency and fintech – our demand, however, is that this and other technologies, including blockchain and artificial intelligence, are under sufficient community control to ensure positive social and economic outcomes for the working class and the vulnerable.
will immediately increase the personal tax threshold for the poorest paid, removing tax entirely from the first £21,200 of wages for two million low-paid workers, and at the same time we commit to a one-off wealth tax on all estates valued fairly at over £10 million to make a start on redressing the colossal gap between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population.
will ensure working class representation throughout the governance of the Bank of England.
will fully renationalise the NHS and commit to significant spending on social and economic infrastructure and implement major efficiency savings.
will take a decisive role in the pharmaceuticals industry on which our NHS depends. An entirely private pharmaceuticals industry is inimical alongside a public health system. Without close monitoring and significant control, it offers a recipe for profiteering at best and dangerous malpractice at worst.
will support Britain’s children by committing to free public travel arrangements, mirroring those that currently exist for children in London by offering them to the rest of the country. Furthermore, we will support the provision of free good quality and nutritious breakfast and lunch meals during term time to all children in school without means testing.
by committing to a review of policing priorities, will support a refocus on street safety and estate crime as an antidote to policing by Twitter and criminalising speech and thought.
makes no apology for our support for Palestine and the people of Gaza during the current brutal onslaught which has been enabled by Labour and Tories alike. We call for a single state in which all those born in Palestine-Israel can live in peace with equal rights.
is committed to offering a long term and well organised socialist alternative to the corrupt Labour Party, which is now nothing more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
will undertake a thoroughgoing review of our defence and foreign policy.
is calling for a referendum on membership of NATO with a view to a national debate on all our collective security arrangements. Our own position is clear – under current circumstances, we will continue to campaign for Britain to leave NATO as a clear and present danger to the security of the British population and seek new collective security arrangements centred on the protection of peoples and not of states or industries.

… and we offer so much more than this …^[[1] https://workerspartybritain.org/manifesto-britain-deserves-better/]

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you think I don't know what the Workers' Party platform is? Having some socialist policies doesn't make you progressive, they literally describe themselves as anti-woke.

supports the call for a Net Zero Referendum as soon as possible to create a national debate on who profits from these targets and on what terms. We will oppose ULEZ initiatives because of the costs they impose on working households and small businesses.

Are you just going to gloss over them being a bunch of climate change deniers?

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

because of the costs they impose on working households and small businesses.

You missed a major problem the push for green tech faces.

The 'Workers Party' of Britain are for helping the poor and working class, not for making them poorer and imposing policies and laws that will make them struggle more with increasing costs.

I like the way China is doing it: a massive push for green tech and domestic competition so as to lower the cost for all. It is not perfect, but it is much better than others I have heard of.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The ‘Workers Party’ of Britain are for helping the poor and working class, not for making them poorer and imposing policies and laws that will make them struggle more with increasing costs.

No, they're climate change deniers. They just dress it up in some socialist dressing. Not addressing climate change is the most anti-worker thing you can do, as it's workers (especially in the global south) who'll pay the price.

It's also completely disconnected from reality, green policies lower bills. If Britain wasn't so dependent on gas, households wouldn't have suffered so much from the shooting up of energy prices after the invasion of Ukraine. Funny that the party fronted by someone who used to do a show on Russian state propaganda network RT doesn't want to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

However you also offer conspiracy theorist, Kremlin stooge and cat impersonator George Galloway, which is enough to make anyone throw up their cornflakes.

Campaining for the reintroduction of destructive industry and for climate change denialism, cosying up to famously liberal Al-Quaeda, guest of imperialist Putin at his military parade this year, fawning fan of Iran and Hamas (who are both so progressive they relieve women of the burden of free expression and assembly, and LGBTQs of the burden of their lives).

There may be a credible socialist party in Britain. This aint it. Its like someone saw a Viz cartoon about the patrons of a flat-roofed pub, and thought that is who the working class actually are, and built a party targeting them. Basically Reform for the other side.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We all have our preferred propaganda sources.

I will continue to support and follow George Galloway.

He is truly for the working class.

The smears and pushback are normal when you challenge the establishment, status quo, and oligarchs.

We have the same problem in the United States; Bernie Sanders, AOC, Democrats, and Republicans work full time to stop any true leftists from gaining power, but third parties are winning at the local level.

Example: Just look at how they treat the Green Party in the USA. I have posted what the duoply does to stop them from showing up in elections snd muxh more.

Russiagate hoaxes continue to be pushed as a sad attempt to scapegoat their sorry excuses for losing election, Trump and Genocide Joe.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Galloway rejects suggestions of being leftist. He is proudly socially conservative.