SWP: fifth wheel of Corbynism?
There were about 500 at the opening rally of the SWP's "Marxism" summer event in London on 6 July. That's fewer than in some previous years, I think, and an older crowd - about a third grey or white-haired. Nevertheless, enough not to sneeze at, and the event will attract more over the weekend. The worrying thing was more the politics. Most of the rally was given over to speakers, some eloquent, from the Parts cleaners' dispute, the LSE cleaners' dispute, a Grenfell Tower campaign, the Scottish further education lecturers' dispute, and the campaign about Edson da Costa's death in custody. Two...