Five
years ago, millions of ordinary people took to the streets of London
in opposition to the threatened invasion of Iraq. Tens of thousands
of Labour Party members tore up their party cards in disgust at
Blair & Brown’s actions. It's not just the war that repels people;
on the question of public services, pay, union rights, pensions,
council housing and much more, the Blair-Brown axis has overseen a
fundamental change in the nature of the Labour party. Bluntly, it's
now a party for big business and the super rich.
The
big anti-war demo on February 15 2003 offered a chance to redress
the balance in British politics - if the call had been put out to
launch an anti-war, anti-privatisation, pro-public services party
from the platform, then on that day alone tens, if not hundreds, of
thousands would have signed up. Unfortunately, this was a missed
opportunity, but the fight for such a party is still going on.
A
new mass party that stood for the millions, not the millionaires
would be a powerful ally to the anti-war movement and also act as a
focal point for struggle against cuts, privatisation and all the
other attacks that we face.
It
seems simple really: if the bosses have now got three parties, isn't
it about time we had one of our own? If you agree, sign up to the
Campaign for a New Workers’ Party today.
