SWP to launch "Climate Change" front?

international | environment | opinion/analysis Friday September 01, 2006 18:24 by watchman

Building on the success of grassroots environmentalism

Members of the British SWP have surprisingly come out in support of yesterdays direct action to shut down the "Drax" coal power station in England. The action was the culmination of a week of environmental workshops held on a squatted common under heavy police surveillance with around 600 people attending. The SWP of course had nothing to do with the camp or the action but it seems they may be looking to hijack the growing libertarian-environmental movement in the UK. The support for this action and the raytheon action show how the SWP, who are currently desperate for membership after seriously discrediting themselves several times over the past few years with GR, IAWM and Mayday04, are contradicting their long running opposition to direct action.

Direct Action Against Drax

"I think this demonstration at Drax is incredibly significant and marks the beginning of a new mass movement in the UK. Coming on the heels of Campaign against Climate Change's 10,000 strong Climate March in London last December (part of a global day of demonstrations), and many other political developments such as the formation of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition (which while have grave reservations about this organisation is still a step forward) it shows the beginning of a campaign that could and needs to be bigger than CND in the 80s or the anti-war movement of the last 5 years."
Quote from SWP member on public forum.

As ever their answer is to hijack the existing movement, run it "their way" (into the ground) and build a pluralistic mass front for their failing organisation.