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That will ensure that we have I was happy to see Socialist Resistance cover the recent SSP conference so positively. However I felt your review of our new position on Palestine to be very limited. Simply saying 'the SSP adopted a position on a two-state solution' misrepresents not only the motion but also the debate we had.
As the author of the successful motion, I hope to fully explain its background. I and other SSP members had grown weary of the polarised one state/two state debate. It seemed to me that the left was caught up in a very narrow and limited discussion.
The motion supports the aims of the Palestinian intifada (Palestine state in West Bank/Gaza Strip, return of refugees, Israeli troop withdrawal, dismantling of settlements) but looks towards a secular, democratic and socialist Palestinian state in its pre1948 borders.
We made it clear that reactionary fundamentalism, zionism and capitalist forces need to be challenged for this to happen.
We also challenged the role of an SSP type party in terms of Palestine. Rather than preach dogmatic formulas from afar we argued our role was of practical solidarity and raising awareWe should think about the Palestinians' day to day struggle as well as long term solutions.
Other than that, keep up the good work.
Keef Tomkinson, Glasgow Govan ment. Our central aims are: right-wing agenda. Socialist Resistance has been launched by the International Socialist Group, the Socialist Solidarity Network and other individual activists in the Socialist Alliance, the Global Justice and anti-imperialist move
• Support for the Socialist Alliance and the Scottish Socialist Party. We believe the Alliance must evolve into a broad socialist party that can give a voice to those effectively disenfranchised by New Labour's
• Building resistance to the international neo-liberal offensive of Bush, Blair and their allies. Capitalism creates war, environmental destruction, mass poverty and unemployment. Mobilising against the planned war against Iraq is central to the resistance
• The rebuilding of the fighting strength of the labour movement and democracy in the trade unions Socialist Resistance supporters are helping to organise solidarity with firefighters and council workers striking