SWP up to their old dirty tricks again

dublin | miscellaneous | opinion/analysis Sunday December 14, 2003 21:35 by The truth is out there - Independent anti nazi

The Trinity News recently ran a story in which it appeared that a certain member of the SWP led a campaign of himslef and "like minded individuals" against the BNP - the true story

I was rather surprised to read in the Trinity News that Rory Hearne was interviewed about the fact that the BNP youth organiser was not allowed come to Trinity and speak for the campaign.

This surprise arose from the fact that Rory had indeed NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CAMPAIGN. Rory attended ONE meeting and raised about 1 minute of a point from the floor. Yet according to the article in which he was interviewed one could be led to believe that he single handedly prevented Tony Wentworth.

Hearne goes on to talk about how the Alliance of himself and like minded academics had a significant influence on College - further to this he goes on to say "It was a significant victory for US"

This is nothing more than propaganda for the SWP and Hearne. It was a known fact that those involved in the campaign, such as Sinn Féins O'Dubhslaine, Socialist Party's Kenna, Socialist Workers Conor Kostock, a number of postgraduates and outside anti racist groups where those leading the alliance to prevent Wentworth. For Rory Hearne to come out and make these absurd statements of his involvement in the campaign is a gross injustice of the work which others done within the group.

If anyone reads the article one can see that it is very biased against the anti nazis however in fairness to Hearne he makes some good points however perhaps the group who actively stopped wentworth should demand that Hearne write to the Editior of the paper to clarify that he did not lead any campaign nor actively take part.