Socialist Worker's Party Clears Comrade Of Rape.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272231/A-hands-Thats-Socialist-Workers-Party-cleared-comrade-rape.html#axzz2JjYioeVu

[humbersloop]

and the question is?

[mushroom25]

if sharia law is deemed acceptable then why not this?

[anotheoldgit]

humbersloop

/// and the question is? ///

When are you going to sail away into the sun set?

[Orderlimit]

Comrade Delta, is of course Martin Smith

[woofgang]

If the women were assaulted, why did they not go to the police?

[jno]

some socialists are not best pleased with the procedure

http://www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/944/swp-why-i-am-resigning

[Orderlimit]

The SWP itself called for Julian Assange to face rape charges in Sweden.

[anotheoldgit]

SWP's (now former) Socialist Worker journalist, Tom Walker said;

/// Of course, I am dead set against the capitalist police and courts, and the way they treat people. ///

/// It is stated that the accuser did not want to go to the police, as is her absolute right if that was truly her decision. However, knowing the culture of the SWP, I doubt that was a decision she made entirely free from pressure. ///

/// Do not underestimate the pressure the SWP can bring to bear on members by telling them to do or not do things for the ultimate cause of the socialist society the party’s members are all fighting for. Against the prospect of the liberation of the whole of humanity, they will attempt to make even the most serious issue seem less important than the party’s survival. I do not think the CC are cynical cultists, by the way - I think they believe this themselves. ///

So much for the "liberation of the whole of humanity", then it seems?

[woofgang]

What pressure can they bring to bear?

[Orderlimit]

That moron, Smith is a convicted thug and I'm sure he has previous allegations made against him for sexual offending

[Orderlimit]

The more you read into this case the more disturbing it gets. Here is a statement from the SWP. (no surprise that they used and abuse the word, racism in it).


http://www.swp.org.uk/14/01/2013/response-attacks-swp

[Peter Pedant]

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Lordy the CP of GB seems to be having fun ! She doesnt have to accept it, altho if she does now go the Police, she may get shunned.

Clearly doesnt follow the principles of natural justice

I spent a lot of time in an employer's dispute saying that criminal activity is NOT a suitable subject for an internal investigation
and that just to spell it out is because people can't be questioned effectively or at all, and what evidence there is cannot be evaluated in any sensible fashion.