Wakefield Forum on the EU Referendum
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A speaker from the Socialist Party will be among those contributing to a forum on attitudes to the EU referendum, hosted by Wakefield Socialist History Group.
This will be held at the Red Shed, 18 Vicarage St South, Wakefield WF1 1QX on Saturday, 21 November from 1pm.
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/eu-referendum-wakefield-1pm
Twenty two people attended the forum yesterday organised by Wakefield Socialist History Group to discuss, "How should socialists vote in the referendum?"There were four speakers covering a range of positions.Paul Bennett from the Socialist Party of Great Britain argued that "in and out of the EU" are "exactly the same." It would make no difference to the lives of working class. Any difference would be "fairly marginal." He advocated writing "socialism" or "world socialism" on the ballot paper. The real choice we should be interested in was between capitalism and socialism.John Westmoreland from "Counterfire" said he was for "Brexit" and for a "left campaign to get out of the EU." The EU is a "neo-liberal dictatorship" not a democracy. The EU and NATO are wedded together. We need to "come out and build a real internationalism."Kevin Taylor from the Communist Workers' Organisation stated that he was against the division of workers along national and trans-national lines. The IWO stood for a global socialist society where production is for need not profit. Where the EU referendum was concerned his advice was "don't vote, organise instead."The final speaker, John Tummon, a member of the Republican Socialist Alliance, said he was for critical but unambiguous support for staying in. He backed Jeremy Corbyn's position. We need to defend the rights of migrants and the right to free movement.There then followed a lively question and discussion session.The Group's next event is a meeting on "The Levellers and the Diggers" on Saturday 13 February, 1pm, again at the Red Shed, Vicarage Street, Wakefield.
Sounds like a complete spectrum of the possible votes: Yes, No, Don't Vote and Cast a Write-In Vote (for Socialism). But what is the "Republican Socialist Alliance" ? A one-man show?
ALB wrote:Sounds like a complete spectrum of the possible votes: Yes, No, Don't Vote and Cast a Write-In Vote (for Socialism). But what is the "Republican Socialist Alliance" ? A one-man show?Nonetheless, we don't want to miss the opportunity to cover this event. Can we get a further speaker along to the next one?
We've actually got (or had) a leaflet on this very subject:http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/1990s/1995/no-1090-june-1995/levellers-or-diggersThere might still be some lying around somewhere (certainlt a couple of dozen).
Wakefield Socialist History Group wrote:We have meetings in February on William Morris and also on the Levellers and the Diggers and we would be pleased to have an SPGB speaker at one of those events if you are interested.
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