Nick,
Ta for the reply - my understanding is that his conduct in War on
Want
was severely criticised see:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4653914,00.html
i think it was actually damaging to the anti-war movement to have
someone with his record and style, and with such a compromised
attitude
to Hussain taking such a strong leadership role...I think it closed
down
the possibilities of developing a more nuanced opposition which was
against both Hussain and Bush/ Blair- the kind of imaginative
geography
of resistance pioneered by groups like the campaign for European
Nuclear
Disarmament (END) in the cold war...
Best wishes,
Dave
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> I believe that independent auditors cleared Galloway of all charges
in
> regard to war on want.
>
> He met Saddam Hussein twice, the same number of times as Donald
Rumsfled.
> The latter met him to sell weapons and back his war on Iran; the
former to
> try and mediate the impacts and effects of war.
>
> I agree, he is a self-publicist, and his champagne-socialist
lifestyle does
> little to endear him to me. Nonetheless, he has been an important
and
> persistent voice in the anti-war movement.
>
> I guess the hat won't be passed round at the IBG, then :-)
>
> Nick
>
> --On 26 June 2003 11:32 +0000 Jon Cloke <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> > I agree completely; George Galloway's been a relentless
self-publicist
> > for a number of years who apparently believes that the more times
he gets
> > on TV the better for the Iraqi people, which is a dubious
proposition
to
> > say the least - and his fawning on Saddam Hussein was something
suitable
> > only for those with a very strong stomach.
> >
> > These allegations were to my mind always going to prove false, as
the ones
> > made by the Telegraph will be, but that doesn't alter the fact
that
> > Galloway's made a large amount of money over the last few years in
his
> > role as professional dissident, for very little benefit to the
people he
> > claims to represent.
> >
> > Let him fund his defence out of his own deep pockets.
> >
> >
> > Jon Cloke
> >
> >
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