Questions for the SP

1. Should socialists defend the Green Party’s “Zionism is racism” motion?

2. Was it correct to support Sharon Graham for Unite general secretary?

3. Should socialists fight for a united Ireland?

4. What could make TUSC better?

   1. Let the Sparts run a candidate
   2. Don’t try to make it acceptable to the trade-union leaders
   3. Re-branding

5. Does China have a hybrid state?

Spart answers

1. Yes! Although not Marxist, it is correct in its essentials: modern Zionism is inseparable from the oppression of Palestinians, and only a one-state solution can bring Palestinian liberation. As socialists, we must fight against Zionism and for a bi-national workers’ state.

   Listen here: “Defend the "Zionism is racism" motion! - Green Party conference 2026”

2. No. You can’t be serious about fighting against rearmament and support Graham, a campaigner for increased military spending.

   Listen here: “Unite elections: Why on earth does the Socialist Party still support Sharon Graham??”

3. Yes. As Connolly said: “The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour.” Working-class unity in Ireland requires fighting for socialism and against British imperialism.

   Read more: “For a United Irish Workers Republic!”

4. All of the above, but b. is the most important.

   Read more: “Why the Spartacist League supports TUSC and why other groups should do the same”

5. No. “The state is an organ of the rule of a definite class which cannot be reconciled with its antipode (the class opposite to it)” (Lenin). The state cannot be “neutral” or a “hybrid” for any length of time. The Chinese state was forged in revolution and is still ruled by a Bonapartist bureaucratic caste. It is a deformed workers’ state with unprecedented levels of capitalist penetration.

   Read more: “The Class Nature of China”