The following letter about Seumas Milne's
comment on the BBC's 'White' season was
carried by the Guardian on 15 March 2008:
Seumas
Milne rightly condemns both the implicit racism of the BBC's White
season and the failure of New Labour to represent either the black or
the white working class. But he is wrong to believe the party can
properly represent working-class interests. Inside the wreckage of New
Labour exist neither the forces nor the will to divert the party from
its neoliberal agenda.
Two years ago the Campaign for a New Workers Party
launched a declaration for a new party to represent the working class
- one that would reject neoliberalism and embrace socialist values.
Since then more than 3,000 (mainly lay trade union officers) have
signed the declaration. This considerable achievement could be
bettered if those on the left of Seumas's standing abandoned the
forlorn hope of reforming New Labour and supported our campaign.
Andrew Price
Wales secretary, CNWP
