Do we support banning the Socialist Party from the student movement? No. Will we stop criticising its bad politics on sexism? No.
The Socialist Party group has attacked Workers' Liberty's alleged position on excluding/banning them and the SWP from various areas of student organising – claiming that we support such bans when in fact we have consistently and publicly opposed them. (They come very close to outright lying about what we say. Before we go on, see here for our real position. There are more links included below.) The SP's statement claims that there is something like a 'witch-hunt' against it (and the SWP). We think that this refers to widespread criticism of the SWP's handling of complaints against its former...