SWPE Position on 'Cultural Christianity'

Ever since the Roman Empire enforced Christianity as the official state religion, successive European nations became Christianised until the entire continent adopted the Christian religion. The religion did not spread because the (Working Class) Peasants decided that the religion was more plausible than the indigenous heathen/pagan belief systems. Christianity spread because the Ruling Classes understood the potential it gave them as a system of social control. As the image at the top shows (images from the Russian Orthodox Calendar for 2014), the nominally atheistic USSR used Christianity as a form of social cohesion - with Comrade Stalin himself ultimately reverting to his Orthodox upbringing, contrary to the Revisionist and Capitalist claims of him persecuting Christians.

From Ireland to Russia, Christianity has been used to legitimise the power of government, sometimes as a means of forging social cohesion, but mostly as an instrument of social control. The teachings of Saul/Paul of Tarsus explicitly demand the obedience of the people to the Ruling Class, and enshrine such things as the paying of taxes to the regime in power. This is the basis of the argument against Christianity of everyone who opposes control by an elitist Capitalist Ruling Class, regardless of professed ideology.

Here are a few Bible quotes which the Ruling Class would just love. They preach against revolution and for total obedience to those in power:

1 Peter 2:12 “Keep your behaviour honest, or excellent among the Gentiles so that in the things in which they slander you as evildoers they may because of your good deeds as they observe them glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silent the ignorance of foolish men.”

Proverbs 8:15 By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice

Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear the LORD and the king; Do not associate with those who are given to change

Romans 13:2 Consequently, the one who resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves

Titus 3:1 Remind the believers to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work

The Bible is written in such a way that it is possible to pick and choose passages in order to support any argument. It is possible to take other quotes from the Bible to support the redistribution of wealth and property. The following are quotes which it would be tempting for Socialists to quote as pro-Socialist propaganda:

James:2:5-6 “Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonoured the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court?”

James:5:1 “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.”

Acts: 2:44-45 And all who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need.

Acts: 4:32 Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.

These passages could be used by SWPE to advance the position that all Christians must be Socialists. But, as Revolutionaries, we are already considered as 'evil' by those who believe the passages which preceded them! The problem continues when we look at how the redistribution of wealth is to be achieved. The 'solution' to the problems of economic inequality is for Christians who have accumulated wealth and/or property, to SELL what they have and give out the proceeds to the poor (which would logically include themselves having voluntarily impoverished themselves). These following beauties would logically result in masses of poor (but 'righteous') people owning nothing at all, living in the shadow of people who did not share their religious ideals, who would own everything:

Luke:12:33 “Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.”

Mark:10:21-22 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Acts:4:33-35 And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need.

The above passages are a recipe for disaster. If people are to sell everything they own, then somebody has to buy it. Who would want to build up wealth by exploiting the good will of others? Who? Perhaps people who gamble on the Stock Exchange, perhaps Bankers, perhaps Landlords seeking to build a property empire with which they could become rich by renting out accommodation at exorbitant rates. Who? Capitalists - Greedy, Exploiting, Money/Power-obsessed Capitalists. What would become of those who sold everything to the Capitalist Classes? They would become Slaves and would be forced into servitude to pay for the use of accommodation which they had previously had ownership of. This is a Capitalist's wet dream, but a Socialist's nightmare.

Christianity is a Middle Eastern religion, and like Islam and Judaism has been imported into Europe as a result of imperialism. The position of SWPE on Christianity is that it is the remnant of an old system of tyranny and that it only remains out of habit. But remain it does, and for that reason it has to be considered in the context of how it has become entrenched in our traditions and our culture. Like Lenin, we consider that religion is a personal matter and that the best possible outcome in a Socialist society would be for the incompatible non-indigenous religions to wither over time, with education aimed at assisting people to overcome ideas which have become entrenched in them because they have been practiced by their families for generations.

SWPE has a stated aim of returning our people to the natural Socialist ways of our ancestors. We want a better England, free from Capitalism, Class Hierarchy and all forms of exploitation. We understand that people need more than bread to live. We do not deny the existence of spirituality, rather we deny the right of Priests to dictate how people are to experience the spiritual. It is absurd that people who believe in an all knowing deity feel that they need to communicate with that deity through a hierarchy of 'holymen'.

Meditation, contemplation and awareness of nature make for a better understanding of the spiritual than singing hymns and becoming obsessed with the mythology of Middle Eastern cults. The Christian Identity cult is perhaps the worst of all Christian factions, with its advocates being profoundly anti-Semitic because of a belief that they are the real 'Hebrews/Israelites' and the Jews of Israel are impostors. They waste their lives fighting battles of the imagination, while the Ruling Class laugh at them and the Capitalist menace grows in strength.

We differentiate between Christians and Cultural Christians, with the former being the 'Bible basher' types who insist that they know the 'Truth' because they have read their Bibles and spoken to their Priests. We will not accept proselytising Christians into SWPE. We will not stand on the same platform as Identity Christians. Cultural Christians are people who have been raised in Christian society, people who enjoy the architectural magnificence of our ancient cathedrals, rather than people who believe in the Bible and who campaign to impose the Jesus myth on others. Even the most ardent Heathens/Pagans in England can be referred to as Cultural Christians due to the traditions of our country, so naturally Cultural Christians are welcome in our ranks, but Biblical Christians of any denomination are not.

Identity Christians are not only unwelcome in SWPE, but unlike Bible Christians who we would hope to re-educate to a rejection of the Church and its hierarchical structure (with the aim being for the Church to wither away), they are not welcome in the Socialist future we aim to create, and would be expelled from our country as a matter of urgency.

FREEDOM! The UK has left the EU. Thanks to Everyone who made this happen

The EU Referendum is over and WE have won!  The Working Class have spoken and we have told the liberals, the middle class globalisers and the fear-mongerers that we are not scared of a future outside the EU, but that we greet it with relish.

The campaign by the Remain camp was a vile hate-filled one of horror stories and blackmail, including horrendous criminal acts to terrify the people into voting to Remain locked into the prison state.  The BBC labelled any one who voted Leave as an accomplice in MP Jo Cox's murder! (see http://biasedbbc.org/blog/2016/06/22/are-you-against-jo/) Thankfully, the People are so sick of their lies that the BBC's manipulation failed.  Now that the results are in, the BBC has treated us to endless vitriolic attacks, labeling the Working Class as thick and unfit to vote, labeling the people of all races who voted for Freedom as 'racists'.  How people in the UK not wanting to be controlled by Brussels is racist, no-one has attempted to explain.

The BBC has rolled out whining loser after whining loser, each one talking more liberal rubbish than the last.  The majority of those who voted have been called racists, stupid, ignorant, white man van types, unfit to vote, mentally unstable, too old and many other insults.  The liberals have shown their true faces - they call all who do not think as they do all manner of names.  They are the real bigots and the real enemies of democracy.  The BBC have joined these slanderous attacks with mournful music which would suit a heavy political defeat, but are completely out of place when what has happened is a democratic vote has been taken and a decision made.

Don't let the sour and twisted Remainers spoil our victory.  Let them stew in their hatred and please, please, may they go through with their threats and leave our country forthwith!

Congratulations UK.  Well done to the SWPE activists who took the time to campaign for a Leave result, talking with waverers at every opportunity.  Well done to everyone from whatever organisation or none who did his or her bit.  Well done to everyone who voted to achieve Freedom.

For SWPE, this victory is not the end, but a significant step forward in the fight against Globalism. We want a Free England, a Socialist England, and this result takes us a step closer to that goal. First UK out of the EU, next England out of the UK! With Scotland and Ulster showing signs of leaving the UK, that goal now looks possible.

Well done everyone.  This vote has shown that we are not powerless and that our real enemies are the haters of the liberal Ruling Class and their sycophants.  The more bile they spew out, the more they expose themselves.

Happy Independence Day UK!
The UK is free!

VOTE LEAVE NOW! Get off your computer and Vote for Freedom

Today is Referendum Day.  The manipulators have used every lie, every act of deceit, every criminal endeavor to make us scared of voting for Freedom, but we can see through their lies.  If you haven't already, get off your computer and get to the polling station to VOTE LEAVE.

Fight Tyranny: Vote to LEAVE the EU

Tomorrow is the day of the EU Referendum. The choice the People of the UK face is a simple one - Freedom or Slavery. The outcome is likely to be that the brain-washed population will vote to 'Remain' in the Capitalist prison. Why? Because the UK government, the global media apparatus, global corporations/financiers (including the Soros controlled Open Society Foundations) and Capitalist/Trotskyite (is there a difference?) politicians worldwide have been campaigning to prevent the People from seeing that voting to Leave the EU is the only hope of ever getting onto the path of Freedom.

The 'Remain' camp has lied repeatedly, claiming that the economy of the UK would go into meltdown if the country was to become independent. The UK trades with the EU as a major importer of EU goods, so the idea that the EU would erect tariffs to halt trade is ludicrous. As Socialists, we find this argument beyond pathetic. Both the Leave and Remain camps have focused upon the need for transnational commerce. SWPE absolutely rejects the need for the UK to rely on trade to survive. This argument is as crass as the pro-Monarchy one which revolves around the need for us to keep in place a parasitic Ruling Class in order to draw in global tourism!

SWPE demands Brexit as a first step towards economic and social self-reliance for the UK.  We don't need to trade with other countries.  We don't need to be a part of the global capitalist prison camp. What we do need is to be self-sufficient and to make sure that the economy is the servant of the people, with every penny made here or exchanged here, staying here. The Capitalists who believe in a 'free market' are arguing that the UK needs to stay inside the EU in order for goods produced here to get to the customers in the EU. This isn't true. The UK imports just about everything we use, and so leaving the EU without drastically changing the economic direction of the country, would not alter the import situation. The Capitalist economy of the UK imports the majority of goods from China, with the rest coming mainly from the EU. The outcome of a 'Remain' result in the referendum would keep us locked into that system.

A 'Leave' result would - perhaps - make imports more expensive, thus making it necessary for the UK to restore its manufacturing base and produce what we need at home. Exports would become cheaper in that circumstance, further boosting the manufacturing sector and creating jobs. The Capitalist argument to 'Remain' makes no sense.

SWPE predicts that tomorrow the Referendum will see a clear majority of those who bother to vote, voting to stay in the EU. The negative campaigning by the Remain team will have swayed the people into voting for the status quo rather than having the courage to make a decision. That campaign has included forecasts of mass unemployment, more expensive imported televisions (!) and the ludicrous argument that we won't be able to go on holiday to the EU unless we're a part of it (forgetting the millions of Chinese tourists who visit the EU but are not from any of the member states).

The worst part of the campaign has been the intriguingly timed murder of the Remain campaigner, Jo Cox MP, and of the helpful and equally interestingly timed death threats against Yvette Cooper MP. The people have been subjected to ridiculous propaganda to the effect that the UK cannot survive on its own and that there is no alternative to Global Capitalism. The murder and death threats at the end of the campaign have only served to give the impression that Leavers are desperate terrorists and that a vote to Leave is a vote for tyranny. Its almost as if the Ruling Class orchestrated the murder of one of their lackeys to ensure the people stay cowering inside the system which keeps them down. Regardless of the truth of that, they have certainly made use of the events which have made Remain appear the anti-terrorists' choice.

The build up to the Referendum has seen the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, reverse years of campaigning AGAINST the EU in which he accurately described it as an anti-democratic imperialistic tool of corporate oppression. The shameful betrayal of his alleged Socialist principles has left the Working Class in the position where those we are supposed to see as leaders, are lined up against us. Of course, Corbyn, like Cooper and the late Cox, is a Trotskyite, and when it comes down to serious political matters, he can be guaranteed to serve his Banker masters. Before exposing himself as an enemy of the Working Class (and before securing leadership of the Labour Party), Corbyn made the following observations about the EU:

• [If] Greece leaves both the eurozone and the EU its future would be uncertain, but at least it could be its own. … There is no future for a usurious Europe that turns its smaller nations into colonies of debt peonage. 
•  Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU, has no problems integrating rail services with Germany, France and Italy, and I do not think that any other country should have any problems either. What we have is the worst of all worlds 
•  Public opposition to the EU’s TTIP treaty is “a cri de coeur for democracy and for the right of people to elect a Government who can decide what goes on in their country. 

The betrayal by Corbyn has at least highlighted that the Labour Party will never offer any solutions to the problems of the People, regardless of whether they are Trotskyite fake-Socialists or Blairite ultra-Capitalists. But the joining of the vast majority of the Labour Party with the Liberals and most Conservatives, coupled with the obedient pro-EU propagandists of the BBC and most of the mainstream media, has left the Working Class without a voice, save for the likes of UKIP who have been painted as extremists and of course linked to the murder of an anti-Leave MP and the allegation of death threats against another.

Tomorrow we have a chance to say NO to tyranny. We have a chance to Vote Leave. We have to use that vote, even though the odds are stacked against us. The electoral fraud in the Scottish Independence referendum where pro-Scotland (Leave) votes were 'accidentally' counted as pro-UK (Remain), has set a disturbing precedent in which votes have been miscounted so that the will of the Ruling Class can be enforced. The same lies of lost pensions and economic meltdown were used to scare the Scottish People into staying in the UK prison, as are being used to keep the UK locked into the EU.

If we Leave the EU, power will be brought a step closer to the People, allowing us to control our own laws, economy and way of life. For English Socialists this means a big step forwards in the battle against Global Capitalism, with the next step being an end to the UK, followed by decentralisation to the English regions and ultimately giving power to the People.

If we Remain in the EU, this will not mean that things will simply carry on as before. The EU will use the result to push for closer integration, with an EU Army, Police and Legal System in place to make sure no one country ever escapes its clutches. The TTIP will transfer the EU into a trans-Atlantic bloc with absolute power being transferred to the Capitalist corporations. These factors together will make it possible that the imperialist aggressors of NATO will become the combined EU/US military, pushing us towards war with free-Europe (Belarus and Russia). The NHS will be lost forever as will any chance of having our industries owned by and working for us. Mass immigration as a result of NATO aggression displacing people from countries bombed for global profiteers, will ensure that the EU has a constant supply of cheap labour to drive down pay, eliminate decent working conditions, and make Wage Slavery more unpleasant than Slavery with chains.

If you want to be a Slave, to have your children owned by the Capitalist parasites, to have 'education' turned into pure indoctrination, to have the Class System reinforced to the point that you and your descendants will never get any more than the scraps from the table of those who think they have a right to own you, then vote Remain. If you want to be free, join with all SWPE activists and vote Leave.

The Orlando Murders Would Have Been Unthinkable in a Socialist Nation

The murders of 49 club goers in Orlando by Omar Mateen on June the 12th would not have happened if the USA had been a Socialist nation.  The murders came about as a direct consequence of having an economy which has the ludicrous aim of continuous expansion and with it the need for an ever increasing population, regardless of cultural origins and deep held ideologies.

Omar Mateen was a religious nutjob.  The fact that he followed the religion of Islam is important, but not because Islam is 'evil' as some people like to claim, but because it is a system of living which is incompatible with freedom.

Islam is a religion which compels its followers to destroy anything which does not fit in with their ideology.  The rationale behind Islam is that the god they follow has absolute power and nothing happens unless he wishes it to.  Unfortunately, that 'god' has chosen to send instructions for living which include cruelty to animals, misogyny, homophobia and hatred of those who do not believe in the mythology of the Ruling Class of the Islamic world.  This combination of a strict dictatorship over lifestyle, coupled with fatalism, is an excuse for the most outrageous behaviour imaginable.  The murder of 49 people who committed no crime other than to congregate in a place of their own choosing in order to associate freely with one another happened because a system of living which is anti-Socialist was allowed to exist outside its place of origin.

Islam is an ideology which is Capitalistic.  It supports the ownership of Slaves, relegating humanity to mere objects to trade.  The position of Women in Islam is one of servitude, which is enforced through violence, backed up by misogynistic hate literature which states quite openly that women are dangerous because they have 'evil' in their souls and that for this reason they must be controlled by men.  This vile dogma also exists in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and other creeds but is most notable in Islam, where it is made clear that it is the duty of Women to obey Men and to even think otherwise is a 'sin', with all the postmortem punishments that brings.

The religious view of Homosexuality is equal with the misogynistic treatment of Women.  SWPE policy on consensual adult sexuality is very simple - we do not regard it as an issue of any significance.  We consider sexuality between consenting adults to be a personal matter and as worthy of political discourse as such matters as left/right-handedness or musical taste.  Religious bigots take a different view, and a view they support by reference to figments of their imagination and literature which they consider 'sacred' which when analysed are merely old works of fiction which are not even well-written.

SWPE calls for an end to bigotry and for violence in the name of illusions.  The murders in Orlando were committed by a man who believed in the Islamic fantasy, but could just as easily have been committed by an adherent of any of the religions which believe in a single point of focus and a supernatural realm which is infallible and unquestionable.  SWPE calls for an end to homophobia and sexism and an end to the faiths which promote it.  The only way we can achieve this is to end the economic system under which these faiths flourish and upon which they were founded.

The Class System is justified by reference to the belief in monotheism.  Sexism and Homophobia are justified by reference to religions which dictate the very minutiae of living and a right of the Ruling Class to interfere in the lives of the Working Class.  Capitalism and Monotheism are closely inter-related, with one justifying the other.  To be truly free from financial exploitation, we must be free from all exploitation.  The Chains of Slavery are easy to see.  The Chains of Wage-Slavery are less easy, but more powerful for that.  The Chains of the Mind which people willingly accept because past generations have done so and because they fear that the lies of the religious leaders may contain truths, are the hardest of all to see and to break, but break them in ourselves we must, and also break them in others.  In a Socialist Society, all Chains will be shattered.

Let the political/religious/economic Ruling Classes tremble at the coming of the Socialist Revolution. Working People of all Sexualities and Genders Unite! Stand firm against the tyrants of illusion!  We have nothing to lose but our Chains.  We have a World to gain.

Stop Theresa May from Destroying our Fire Service

Theresa May, the Ruling Class loving Home Secretary of the UK's Capitalist toady government, is using every vile weapon at her disposal to destroy the Fire Service.  She has launched a libelous attack on our heroic men and women fire-fighters, referring to them as 'racists' when it is obvious to everyone that they risk their lives every day to save the lives of all the people who live in the UK, regardless of ethnicity.

Her 'solution' to her manufactured problem of the 'racist' (in her mind) Fire Fighters is to demand that the Fire Service be made ethnically diverse.  Anyone with the courage, aptitude and strength of character who wishes to apply to join the Fire Service, can do.  The recruitment process is not racist in any way, nor is it sexist.  The idea that men and women currently serving the People as members of the Fire Service need to be sacked to make it more tolerant, is a vicious lie.

Theresa May is pushing the Capitalist agenda.  Her controllers want to make the Fire Service a part of the Police Force, with total political control, putting power and profits before the lives of people.  The Fire Fighters have been forced to strike to protest against the undermining of working conditions, the attack upon their incomes and the politicisation of a service which values human life above all else. For resisting the Tory Tyrants, Theresa May is now attacking them as 'racists', ironically arguing for a quota system in employment which will see more ethnic minorities in the service, all accepting poor pay and inhuman conditions, treating them as slaves would be treated by slave owners.

SWPE says Defend Our Fire Fighters.  Support them on the picket line.  Expose the Tory Party and its Capitalist owners.  Download the leaflet below and use it on demos, or push it through doorways. Let the People know that our Fire Service is under attack.  Let the Fire Service know that just as we stood with them on the picket lines, so we stand with them now.

A Clarification of Acceptable Contact with Other Organisations

SWPE is a tight knit organisation, but not a closed one.  For this reason we have not really had any problems with infiltrators.  As readers of this site will have noticed, we have had a period of silence. This was required to ascertain whether we had a mole in the organisation. Thankfully we have not, but events have required us to clarify our position on other organisations and just how much cooperation we should have with activists from outside SWPE.

We supported the Populist Party in London when they were set to contest the elections there.  We did so because they have policies which put people before profits.  Unfortunately they were not able to go forward in the electoral process, but they intend to do so in the future and we continue to support them in their endeavours.

Where we came into difficulties was with one of our most enthusiastic activists taking on too many responsibilities.  This led to actions which were well intended but raised questions about exactly how far we as individuals should go in building contacts with other organisations.  This had been left as a matter for individual consideration, but this proved to be counter to the interests of the organisation as a whole.

We now have a simple policy which all activists are required to adhere to.  Building bridges which link us with organisations which have policies or activities which go against our core values is not acceptable.  If anyone is in doubt as to which organisations are worthy of our approaches and which are not, they are to discuss this with local organisers, or where this is not possible (in the case of isolated activists or people higher in the party), they are to contact the central party.

The organisations, parties, groups and individuals which we are happy to build contact with, are listed in the Comrades section at the top of the page.  We have not until now had a proscribed list.  Due to misguided contacts with organisations which are detrimental to a healthy society, we now have one. The list is posted under the Proscribed section at the top of the page.  We have a third list for those which fall into neither category.  This is posted under the general heading of Links.  All lists are likely to be added to periodically, so it is advisable to check them before reaching out to external groups.  If in doubt, discuss your proposals with fellow activists.  Ours is not a dictatorial organisation, but without a clear system in place it is in danger from infiltration and ideological pollution.

We have decided to split the duties of the Comrade who prompted this need for a policy on acceptable contact.  The Committee feel that whilst enthusiasm is a positive trait for any activist, it is not right to allow any individual to take on too much responsibility.  The Comrade in question has been exonerated of any wrong-doing.  Thank you to individual members for your cooperation in overcoming this issue, and to supporters for your patience at this time.