Labour and trade unions must challenge immigration myths

This article has been posted on the Workers Power website, and I think it really demonstrates some of the hypocrisy demonstrated by the main three parties.

The so-called ‘Bigotgate’ scandal – resulting from Brown’s comments after talking to an anti-immigration Labour voter – reveals a lot about how the mainstream parties all deal with the ‘immigration issue’.

If you look at the full transcript of Gordon Brown’s exchange with Mrs Duffy it’s clear that she is pretty typical Labour voter, frustrated with its failure to stand up for working people over the last thirteen years. With the recession having brought mass unemployment, cuts to workers’ pay and our public services, and with the mass media conducting a campaign against migrants, many people are now mistakenly blaming migrants for the effects of the economic crisis.

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