Falling and Laughing . . .

With the news that Alan Milburn is possibly being brought in by the incoming Labour Govt to help with the *cough* 'reform' of the National Health Service, a NHS Clinical Oncologist is already regretting voting for the Labour Party four days ago:

Just realised, Starmer - an ex-Trot - is bringing back Milburn, another ex-Trot. It's a countdown to the right-wing conspiracy theories about the Trotskification of Britain.

'Hey lads, grab your papers and your petitions, we're getting the Fourth International back together again . . . '

The Unrepentant Marxist by Harvey Pekar and Louis Proyect (2009)

I really was tempted to post four or five pages from this political graphic novel detailing the self-delusionary bullshit of the American Socialist Workers Party's 'Turn to industry' line from the '70s but I stopped myself. Instead, I've just confined myself to the front and back pages.

The graphic novel itself, and the background to it being penned, is available from Louis Proyect's website. Sadly, it appears it was made available because Louis was at the end of a terminal illness, and the same website carries a notice of his death and a few tributes from friends and colleagues.

'We are all Keireerists now.'

The Labour Party: bending the fucking knee since 1906:

When those Pabloites commit themselves to deep entryism, they don't piss about. They go all in.