Socialist Appeal and SWP on the invasion they said was false scare
Shortly before Putin’s 24 February invasion of Ukraine Socialist Appeal poured scorn on all those warning of the risk of invasion. It has made no self-criticism of that, nor of its history of denying Ukrainian rights and soft-pedalling Russian imperialism. Socialist Appeal is these days a noticeable presence on some demonstrations. Unsurprisingly it has turned up to no pro-Ukraine protests. I didn’t see them even at the Stop the War Coalition demo in London on 5 March. SA has not published much on the war itself — as opposed to denunciations of the Tory government, its stance on refugees and...