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Press release: Facebook shuts down major left wing group in Britain

Facebook just yeeted the Socialist Workers Party in the UK

For any non-Brits, the SWP is the main left of Labour party in Britain. It’s like them banning the Green Party in the states. They had millions of followers.

Facebook took the action on Friday, shutting down the Socialist Workers Party page and removing dozens of leading SWP activists from the platform.

The SWP Facebook page regularly posts in support of Palestine, Black Lives Matter and against Boris Johnson’s Covid policies. It also hosts dozens of online events every week that activists across the country take part in.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    But it's going to be easier to organise under Biden because we'll all be on the same side and liberals will be disappointed in his policies like they were Obama's. Remember when they disowned Obama for all the reasons we can easily point out to any of them?

  • Koa_lala [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Somehow this was not coordinated and all these tech platforms just decide these things all at once by accident. It's not that every big tech corp has CIA backed board members or anything :cia:

    Just major coincidences folks

  • Cayman [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The SWP is trash though, hopefully from this a better left-alternative arises, but the SWP tried to cover-up sexual assault/rape allegations against a prominent party member (Comrade Delta): https://livesrunning.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/why-i-dont-buy-socialist-worker/