A question of solidarity

LFIQ Director Gary Kent pens a personal view of left failings and the need for solidarity with the Iraqi Labour Movement in this piece for Progress. He concludes that the poisonous rhetoric of armchair revolutionaries, who ignore or insult Iraqi labour voices facing great dangers from Islamists and Ba’athists, pollutes progressive politics. There is still not enough concerted emphasis on practical ways of helping our Iraqi comrades. It’s a basic question of solidarity. Are we up for it?