S. Birmingham SA on Monbiot-Yaqoob

Submitted by martin on 16 October, 2003 - 9:08

A. Resolution passed by South Birmingham Socialist Alliance on 15 October 2003

1. This meeting notes the Guardian report (13 October) stating that journalist George Monbiot and anti-war activist Salma Yaqoob are launching a new electoral coalition for the Euro-elections in summer 2004.

2. We note that the Green Party has already condemned the initiative as a spoiling exercise that contains little more than "summaries of Green Party policy".

3. We note that the "new turn" policy agreed by the May Socialist Alliance conference was motivated on the explicit basis that the
Socialist Alliance would only involve itself in new alliances on a clear socialist basis.

4. We note that both Mr Monbiot and Ms Yaqoob are honest enough to make no claim to socialism for either themselves or their proposed coalition.

5. We therefore can see no likely basis for any alliance or deal with the Monbiot-Yaqoob initiative.

6. We propose that the Socialist Alliance pursues alliances with forces that like us advocate re-establishing a working-class socialist presence in electoral politics. Specifically we call on the Socialist Alliance in Birmingham and nationally to approach the Socialist Party for cooperation around the euro-elections.

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