The decline of the American Socialist Workers Party - its " final embrace of Zionism "

[ "At its peak in the 1960s and early 1970s the Socialist Workers Party in the United States was the largest group to the left of the Communist Party and a major pole of attraction for radicalising youth. It was also the most dynamic and creative Marxist organisation in the USA. The SWP of today bears no resemblance to that organisation. It now consists of a few hundred members and supporters, many of them in their fifties and older, together with a few dozen followers with the same demographic in other countries. Deliberately cutting itself off from most arenas of struggle, the SWP has little influence and few prospects for renewal. Like most left sects, its prime imperative appears to be the perpetuation of the sect and the position of its maximum leader, Jack Barnes. A distinct feature of the ossification of the SWP has been the group’s tendency to adapt to U.S. imperialism. The latest – and decisive – development along this trajectory is the SWP leadership’s decision, during the Israeli slaughter in Gaza this summer, to embrace the full program of Zionism. " ] Accommodation to U.S. imperialism – Decline and fall: the SWP-USA’s final embrace of Zionism - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières EUROPE-SOLIDAIRE.ORG Accommodation to U.S. imperialism – Decline and fall: the SWP-USA’s final embrace of Zionism - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières At its peak in the 1960s and early 1970s the Socialist Workers Party in the United States was the largest group to the left of the Communist (...)