108 The SWP and Antifascism w/ Dave Renton

About this episode

Dave Renton discusses the history of the Socialist Workers Party and its influence on antifascism in the UK.

Veteran guest Dave Renton joins the show to discuss the long history of the Socialist Workers Party and antifascism in the UK. We discuss the sexual assault crisis of 2013, its ongoing fallout, how the SWP has such influence over UK antifascism and more. Support episodes via our patreon, patreon.com/12rulesforwhat

People in this episode

Guest: Dave Renton

Topics covered

• Socialist Workers Party
• antifascism
• UK politics
• sexual assault crisis

Keywords

• SWP
• antifascism
• UK
• politics
• 2013 crisis

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Places: UK

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