Alliance for Workers' Liberty
Alliance for Workers' Liberty [1] is a small Trotskyist sect in Britain which specializes in attacks on anti-War voices. The organization has a Zionist bent and frequently tries to discredit criticism of Israeli policies by labelling it "left anti-Semitism". It operates through various front groups, including the Iraq Unions Solidarity.
AWL also works closely with the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq and its various front organizations - Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq, Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Iraqi Freedom Congress and the Union of the Unemployed in Iraq.[2]
See also
Notable members/former members
- Camila Bassi
- Journalist James Bloodworth[1][2]
- Screenwriter Clive Bradley, who remains an active sympathiser of the group
- Newsnight Scotland presenter Gordon Brewer[3]
- Michael Chessum
- Steve Cohen
- Rob Dawber, screenwriter of Ken Loach's The Navigators, who was still a member when he died
- Former National Union of Students president Kat Fletcher
- David Hirsh
- Social theorist Martyn Hudson[2]
- Sacha Ismail
- Israel lobbyist Alan Johnson[2]
- Sean Matgamna
- Former Labour MP Gloria De Piero[4]
- Author and journalist Charlotte Raven[5]
- Daniel Randall
- Public and Commercial Services Union General Secretary Mark Serwotka[6]
- Patrick Smith - Labour Party "antisemitism" witch-hunter
- The Guardian journalist Rajeev Syal
- Martin Thomas
- Rhea Wolfson
Resources
- Tony Greenstein The Alliance for Workers’ Liberty: Britain’s Revolutionary Imperialists What Next Journal, No.30, 2005.
- Daniel Randall and Sacha Ismail Lies, Damn Lies and Tony Greenstein What Next Journal, No.30, 2005.
- https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/978/awl-dishonesty/
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wBaAOHgkBEL7ohkelvpaaGiIY-q124sKqEwCglkrVm0/edit
- https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2016-09-16/notes-debate-tony-greenstein
- https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1179/both-sides-of-the-witch-hunt/
Notes
- ↑ Capitalism leaves Haiti to rot, Solidarity, 9 February 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Timely riposte. Morning Star.
- ↑ Simon Pia. scotsman.com.
- ↑ Many interruptions, one struggle - Interview with Jill Mountford Solidarity, 2 March 2016
- ↑ HOW WE MET: DEREK DRAPER AND CHARLOTTE RAVEN. The Independent.
- ↑ Key players in the union movement. 5 September 2007.
