probablyasocialecologist:politicalsci:Jeremy Corbyn will be stepping down as leader of the Labour Pa
probablyasocialecologist:politicalsci:Jeremy Corbyn will be stepping down as leader of the Labour Party when a new leader is elected, and says that he’ll continue to fight as an MP for the principles of the manifesto and socialism. Corbyn won his seat with a majority of 26,188. In the face of relentless attacks and character assassination Corbyn has continued to fight for the rights of the most vulnerable in society. In Corbyn’s speech he paid tribute to his family for coping with the media attacks on him.Fascism is gaining power around the world. And when faced with fascism and socialism, right-wing/centrists will unfortunately always choose fascism. The left remains the only force that can not only defeat the right but also eliminate the conditions that nurtured its rise. The radical center helped make this crisis. Moving the Labour party back towards neoliberalism will just further enable fascism. A reminder that the Brexit referendum was called by David Cameron, a so-called “moderate” Tory, trying to appease the far-right. Labour primarily lost seats because leavers voted for the Tories due to the Labour policy of having a second referendum. The Labour Party must not sell out the vulnerable and move towards more austerity and become “tory-lite” again. There has been one Labour Prime Minister elected in 40 years. There is no real democracy when the media is owned by billionaires, the BBC works as a propaganda outlet for the Tories, and the “moderates” side with the far-right over socialists. The left must continue to fight, organise outside of Establishment institutions, and build an even bigger movement.http://libcom.org/organiseOrganise -- source link