Plaidoyer pour l’Europe.

I am an internationalist.

My earliest  political horizons were made by the German Außerparlamentarische Opposition (APO).

My late teens were formed, apart from the IMG, and the Fourth International,  by the politics of a group I worked with closely during the Portuguese Revolution, the Movimiento de Izquierda Socialista. This was a democratic socialist group of the left whose politics were a landmark in our movement.

In France I benefited from the  comradeship of members of the Parti Socialiste Unifié who taught me about democratic socialism in the real sense. From hundreds of local councillors, they provided, er…well, a  French PM and lots of cabinet Ministers….

In more recent times I have supported the Iranian democratic left, the Kurdish people’s fight for dear life against Daesh, and the beloved Bangladesh secular  comrades in their struggles.

I am a member of one of the forces on the Left in the Remain camp, Chartist magazine,  and the network, Another Europe is Possible.

I am, like many people, a left-wing European socialist.

I find it deeply insulting that the Bexiters are now claiming the mantle of ‘internationalism’ and trying to use the refugee crisis to their own nationalist ends.

No pasaran!