George Galloway
“ If you are asking did I support the Soviet Union, yes I did. Yes, I did support the Soviet Union, and I think the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life.
“ Just as Stalin industrialised the Soviet Union, so on a different scale Saddam plotted Iraq’s own Great Leap Forward
- — George Galloway, I'm Not the Only One
“ The Workers Party stands with all those countries that have attempted to break free of imperialist domination and build a different kind of world. We defend the achievements of the USSR, China, Cuba etc, not least the debt owed by humanity to the Soviet Union and Red Army in their war of liberation against German fascism.
The Workers Party defends the independence and right to development of those countries that are today undermined and attacked by imperialism, not least the heroic Venezuelan people.
We categorically reject the attempt by the ruling class, its paid agents and the EU imperialist bloc to rewrite history so as to equate the Soviet Union with Hitlerite Germany. We shall defend the positive historical legacy of the Soviet Union as well as all those today who struggle for socialism; for an alternative world order.
“ In November 2013, Galloway and his wife Gayatri began to present Sputnik for the RT network, a Russian government-backed station formerly known as Russia Today. ... In an overview of the broadcasting organisations Galloway works for, Tom Rogan in the National Review in April 2014 described him as being “a Western puppet for tyranny’s propagandists”. In the register of members’ financial interests published at the end of January 2015, Galloway disclosed that he had earned £293,450 from his television broadcasting in the previous year and had received almost £70,000 in travelling expenses and hotel stays. For the period November 2013 to February 2015, Galloway was paid £100,000 for his appearances on RT, the highest payment to any British politician working for the channel.
- — Wikipedia, George Galloway
Founder of the Workers Party of Britain:
“ The Workers Party of Britain was founded in response to the Labour Party’s landslide defeat at the 2019 United Kingdom general election and the resignation of Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party. It was formed with a commitment to “defend the achievements of the USSR, China, Cuba etc.” The WPB labels itself as an opposition to Labour, arguing that the latter no longer represents the British working class. The party has defended Chris Williamson, who was suspended from the Labour Party for his comments about antisemitism allegations in the Labour Party, and Ken Livingstone, who left the party following allegations of antisemitism. ... The party had strong links with the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPGB-ML), which welcomed the foundation of the WPB.
- — Wikipedia, Workers Party of Britain
- Galloway expelled from Labour (archive)
- George Galloway is pulling no punches in Batley & Spen (archive)
- REGISTER OF MEMBERS’ FINANCIAL INTERESTS, 26 January 2015
- Andy McSmith's Diary: Gordon Brown and George Galloway earn more than Tory barristers (archive)
- George Galloway’s disgraceful record shows he is no friend of progressives The Batley and Spen by-election candidate is an opportunist who has spent his career lauding tyrants. (archive)
- Saddam and me
