Jim Denham’s column chronicling the despicable politics of modern day Stalinism continues to provide valuable ammunition to socialists who oppose tyranny in all its forms.
The column in Solidarity 660 was particularly instructive, highlighting the drift of some leading people in Die Linke towards far right German nationalism. “Liberalism” is apparently the new “social fascism” for Stalinists today.
He says that “no red-brown current of any significance yet exists in the UK”, and I’m not going to quibble over the word ‘significance’. However, the self-styled Workers Party, a project of the twisted mind of that charlatan of all charlatans, George Galloway, definitely fits the red-brown bill.
Galloway’s party is nothing more than another of his vanity projects and its membership probably doesn’t scrap into treble figures. Yet (thanks to his high media profile) his intervention in various by elections has had greater impact, and never in a good way!
He is of course a tool, in more ways than one, of Vladimir Putin, and was a presenter of programmes on pro Kremlin radio and TV before they were closed down after the invasion of Ukraine. He is against “mass immigration”; said he’s “more of a Celt” than Glasgow-born Scotland Health minister Hamza Yousaf; and has enthusiastic embraced the “anti-woke” agenda. Anti-trans remarks from him presented as deploring “Cancel Culture” are ironic considering his support for repressive regimes like Russia and Iran.
There is a definite danger that the red-brown current may gain traction in what are regarded as socialist circles in Britain. All thanks to Solidarity for drawing our attention to this.
Wes Harding, Liverpool
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