What Are We To Make of George Galloway? (2.1.2024)
By Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD
I have exchanged tweets with George Galloway – perhaps around 2019 – and he remains the only careerist politician to have recognised my individuality and validated my existence. I have been ‘cancelled’ from Twitter since around 2020 as my profile picture featured a hammer and sickle – termed a ‘hate’ symbol during Trump’s tenure – as I refused to a) acknowledge my supposed ‘crime’, (by pressing the ‘apology’ button and thus consenting to Twitter’s warped judgement) and b) I refused to ‘change’ the picture which had been on my profile for years. The Twitter minion opined that the hammer and sickle was exactly the same as the Nazi German Swastika – and herein lies the extraordinary level of ignorance (and US anti-intellectualism) we have to deal with today. Of course, George Galloway is not only still on Twitter (X) but has gone from strength to strength – and perhaps this is why he is successful on social media – and I am not. George Galloway rejects mainstream media reporting that emphasises that 'Asian' (Muslim) paedophile gangs are grooming 'White' girls in the UK - stating that he himself was sexually abused by a 'White' Officer in the Army Cadet Corps whilst a youth. George Galloway states that he rejects all forms of rioting or workers taking matters into their own hands (including Scottish workers protecting Asylum Seekers from being deported by a racist Tory government) - and has criticised the Poll Tax Riots whilst opposing Thatcher's policies that led to the unrest. The courage of the man cannot be underestimated however - as can be seen during his May 17th (2005) confrontation with a US Senate Subcommittee in the United States!
I make no secret of my political views – Marxist-Leninist-Maoist – and again, perhaps this is why George Galloway is far more successful in marshalling the working-class vote within the context of a liberal democracy. As for my function, I concentrate on education and exposing Bourgeois lies. I convey into the English-speaking world all the Revolutionary articles freely available on the net in other languages that arise from China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba, as well as Palestine. I freely translate this body of progressive material into British English for all to ingest and consider. None of it is illegal – but all of it is suppressed by the Bourgeois Establishment that does not want the Western working-class being inspired by genuinely REVOLUTIONARY material emerging from those sections of the International Working-Class which has already seized the means of production and initiated the centralised Dictatorship of the Proletariat! George Galloway's viewpoints today seem to align with Second International politics - which seeks a harmonious balance of Socialism with prevailing capitalist forces. This approach is also linked with Utopian Socialism that allows for a type of equality emerging from the strictures of theistic religious teaching. All of this is firmly rejected as being purely 'reactionary' by VI Lenin and the Third International that he founded in 1919 (and which was discontinued by the USSR in 1943 during WWII). Leon Trotsky aligned himself with the Second International whilst firmly rejecting the Third International as administered by Joseph Stalin. In 1938, Trotsky founded what he termed the 'Fourth International' during 1938 - when he called upon his followers to unite with the Catholic Church and the forces of International Fascism in any planned attack that might occur against the USSR. Trotsky also called for any of his supporters still living within the USSR to carry-out 'terrorist' attacks against State property and to assassinate prominent Soviet Officials! George Galloway, whilst continuously mentioning his Catholic roots - refuses to acknowledge the long collaboration of between the Vatican and fascism (as clearly documented by the ex-Catholic monk - Joseph McCabe and others).
The George Galloway once said ‘My flag is Red, and my country is the future!’ What a truly beautiful expression of the Marxist-Leninist viewpoint! Vladimir Myakovsky would have agreed with this statement when he formulated his ‘Communist Futurism’! The problem is that George Galloway has, on numerous occasions, stated that he is NOT a ‘Marxist’ or ‘Marxist-Leninist’ – despite him joining the Communist-inspired Anti-Apartheid Guerilla War in South Africa during the 1970s – Revolutionary activities that saw Galloway meet a young Robert Mugabi who was also fighting in the Bush! I also recall a video where George Galloway spoke admiringly about Che Guevara. Many such videos have long since been taken-down – as have the videos where George Galloway is expressing contradictory, illogical, or unpopular viewpoints. This constitutes the deliberate removal of material evidence (in the form of a public record) that could be used by his detractors in proving their allegations against him. Furthermore, his shift to the Trotskyite (homophobic) right is distressing but an observable fact.
Was George Galloway originally a ‘Communist’ (Marxist-Leninist) who has moved ever further to the right of this position? Only George Galloway knows for sure – but certainly the viewpoints he expresses today are shot-through with popularist (right-wing) rhetoric which Galloway seems to want to inject into his idea of what ‘Socialism’ might be. The danger is that this combination sails dangerously near to ‘National Socialism’ – not necessarily the ‘Germanic’ variant but certainly its ‘Britannic’ manifestation. Galloway juxtaposes his current homophobia with his previous homophilia – as if a contradictory (Socialist) past justifies a fascistic present. His racist (nationalist) comments are juxtaposed with his previous ‘Internationalist’ sentiments – as if the former negates the fascistic import of the latter. Some ascribe this shift in opinion to his association with Islam – with three of his four wives being of an Islamic background – and his children receiving Islamic names. As he has got older, he has started ascribing the concept of ‘God’ to his political activities despite previously appearing ‘atheistic’ and ‘secular’ in his opinions. We are also continuously reminded that he was born a ‘Catholic’ – as if this religion is not reactionary or a historical supporter of fascism.
This is compounded by his dramatic and highly effective support for Palestine – an Islamic people. The point to be understood here - is that ALL Marxist-Leninists support Palestine and that this is NOT a unique position. What is unique is that George Galloway is a well-known politician who has achieved electoral success within the liberal democratic system (a number of seats often involving significant populations of British Muslim voters). Whereas virtually ALL Marxist-Leninists are excluded from the mainstream media – George Galloway readily receives air-time on virtually every subject under the sun! Furthermore, when its overlaps with his own agenda, George Galloway often grants air-time to Marxist-Leninists providing he is not the subject of their criticism. What is important is that George Galloway is dialectically useful to the Marxist-Leninist left – not because he is a Marxist-Leninist – but because within the general political milieu he represents, Marxist-Leninists can ‘insert’ their message to a waiting working-class audience.
The Bourgeois centre-left in the UK is comprised of young intellectuals that operate entirely from a false consciousness. These reactionaries are confused by George Galloway’s apparent lack of ideological consistency and seem to possess no genuine knowledge of the work of Antonio Gramsci or the idea that leftists may have to survive within a highly oppressive (Bourgeois) system. Even within the ‘soft’ oppression of the British system – leftists need to survive in one way or another. Many sell out and throw-in their lot with the reactionaries and the counter-revolutionaries – whilst others go underground to work behind the scenes and await a more opportune time to make their ideological move. George Galloway is in a much more prominent position than would be expected of the average Marxist-Leninist. Much of what he seems to do has more than a whiff of ‘Trotskyism’ and ‘Second International’ about it. A collaboration of a limited Socialism within a dominant capitalist system. And this is exactly what he does – but does this make George Galloway the very thing he seems to be? I have my doubts. I acknowledge his apparent faults – I detest Nigel Farage and the cesspit of followers he attracts – but is there something more going on than meets the eye? When Nelson Mandela passed away it was finally revealed that he was a life-long member of the Communist Party.
©opyright: Adrian Chan-Wyles (ShiDaDao) 2024.
I make no secret of my political views – Marxist-Leninist-Maoist – and again, perhaps this is why George Galloway is far more successful in marshalling the working-class vote within the context of a liberal democracy. As for my function, I concentrate on education and exposing Bourgeois lies. I convey into the English-speaking world all the Revolutionary articles freely available on the net in other languages that arise from China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba, as well as Palestine. I freely translate this body of progressive material into British English for all to ingest and consider. None of it is illegal – but all of it is suppressed by the Bourgeois Establishment that does not want the Western working-class being inspired by genuinely REVOLUTIONARY material emerging from those sections of the International Working-Class which has already seized the means of production and initiated the centralised Dictatorship of the Proletariat! George Galloway's viewpoints today seem to align with Second International politics - which seeks a harmonious balance of Socialism with prevailing capitalist forces. This approach is also linked with Utopian Socialism that allows for a type of equality emerging from the strictures of theistic religious teaching. All of this is firmly rejected as being purely 'reactionary' by VI Lenin and the Third International that he founded in 1919 (and which was discontinued by the USSR in 1943 during WWII). Leon Trotsky aligned himself with the Second International whilst firmly rejecting the Third International as administered by Joseph Stalin. In 1938, Trotsky founded what he termed the 'Fourth International' during 1938 - when he called upon his followers to unite with the Catholic Church and the forces of International Fascism in any planned attack that might occur against the USSR. Trotsky also called for any of his supporters still living within the USSR to carry-out 'terrorist' attacks against State property and to assassinate prominent Soviet Officials! George Galloway, whilst continuously mentioning his Catholic roots - refuses to acknowledge the long collaboration of between the Vatican and fascism (as clearly documented by the ex-Catholic monk - Joseph McCabe and others).
The George Galloway once said ‘My flag is Red, and my country is the future!’ What a truly beautiful expression of the Marxist-Leninist viewpoint! Vladimir Myakovsky would have agreed with this statement when he formulated his ‘Communist Futurism’! The problem is that George Galloway has, on numerous occasions, stated that he is NOT a ‘Marxist’ or ‘Marxist-Leninist’ – despite him joining the Communist-inspired Anti-Apartheid Guerilla War in South Africa during the 1970s – Revolutionary activities that saw Galloway meet a young Robert Mugabi who was also fighting in the Bush! I also recall a video where George Galloway spoke admiringly about Che Guevara. Many such videos have long since been taken-down – as have the videos where George Galloway is expressing contradictory, illogical, or unpopular viewpoints. This constitutes the deliberate removal of material evidence (in the form of a public record) that could be used by his detractors in proving their allegations against him. Furthermore, his shift to the Trotskyite (homophobic) right is distressing but an observable fact.
Was George Galloway originally a ‘Communist’ (Marxist-Leninist) who has moved ever further to the right of this position? Only George Galloway knows for sure – but certainly the viewpoints he expresses today are shot-through with popularist (right-wing) rhetoric which Galloway seems to want to inject into his idea of what ‘Socialism’ might be. The danger is that this combination sails dangerously near to ‘National Socialism’ – not necessarily the ‘Germanic’ variant but certainly its ‘Britannic’ manifestation. Galloway juxtaposes his current homophobia with his previous homophilia – as if a contradictory (Socialist) past justifies a fascistic present. His racist (nationalist) comments are juxtaposed with his previous ‘Internationalist’ sentiments – as if the former negates the fascistic import of the latter. Some ascribe this shift in opinion to his association with Islam – with three of his four wives being of an Islamic background – and his children receiving Islamic names. As he has got older, he has started ascribing the concept of ‘God’ to his political activities despite previously appearing ‘atheistic’ and ‘secular’ in his opinions. We are also continuously reminded that he was born a ‘Catholic’ – as if this religion is not reactionary or a historical supporter of fascism.
This is compounded by his dramatic and highly effective support for Palestine – an Islamic people. The point to be understood here - is that ALL Marxist-Leninists support Palestine and that this is NOT a unique position. What is unique is that George Galloway is a well-known politician who has achieved electoral success within the liberal democratic system (a number of seats often involving significant populations of British Muslim voters). Whereas virtually ALL Marxist-Leninists are excluded from the mainstream media – George Galloway readily receives air-time on virtually every subject under the sun! Furthermore, when its overlaps with his own agenda, George Galloway often grants air-time to Marxist-Leninists providing he is not the subject of their criticism. What is important is that George Galloway is dialectically useful to the Marxist-Leninist left – not because he is a Marxist-Leninist – but because within the general political milieu he represents, Marxist-Leninists can ‘insert’ their message to a waiting working-class audience.
The Bourgeois centre-left in the UK is comprised of young intellectuals that operate entirely from a false consciousness. These reactionaries are confused by George Galloway’s apparent lack of ideological consistency and seem to possess no genuine knowledge of the work of Antonio Gramsci or the idea that leftists may have to survive within a highly oppressive (Bourgeois) system. Even within the ‘soft’ oppression of the British system – leftists need to survive in one way or another. Many sell out and throw-in their lot with the reactionaries and the counter-revolutionaries – whilst others go underground to work behind the scenes and await a more opportune time to make their ideological move. George Galloway is in a much more prominent position than would be expected of the average Marxist-Leninist. Much of what he seems to do has more than a whiff of ‘Trotskyism’ and ‘Second International’ about it. A collaboration of a limited Socialism within a dominant capitalist system. And this is exactly what he does – but does this make George Galloway the very thing he seems to be? I have my doubts. I acknowledge his apparent faults – I detest Nigel Farage and the cesspit of followers he attracts – but is there something more going on than meets the eye? When Nelson Mandela passed away it was finally revealed that he was a life-long member of the Communist Party.
©opyright: Adrian Chan-Wyles (ShiDaDao) 2024.