by Arthur Brick & friends
Editorial Note: We publish the report below after
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some consideration. It raises some serious questions
about the standards of debate on the libertarian left.
We have long been aware of a deficiency among the
British left with regard to addressing truth to power,
but we would have expected the anarchists to hold to
a better quality of journalistic standards. Yet, our
experience has been that the anarchist media blog put
out under the title 'Freedom News' has a sadly depressing
tone in the way that it has become a mere megaphone for
a 'trans' tendency, and is too fashionably trendy
for its own good. The small 'Solidarity Federation' grouping
has become yet another addict to this politics of the absurd,
its members Ron Marsden and Phil Dickens are mentioned below
in dispatches: we know nothing of Mr Dickens but Mr Marsden
was in attendance when 'Arthur Brick' was roughly removed by a gang from a meeting discussing blacklisting at the Liverpool Anarchist Bookfair on the 7 April, 2018.
Knowing Ron Marsden we are not surprised to learn that he was cagey and even furtive about supplying help to this victim of discrimination & blacklisting.
Sitting next to the passive Mr. Marsden someone tried hard to get
the exclusion of 'Mr Brick' discussed, but to no avail.
This silencing of free debate is becoming a cancer that lies at the
heart of the politics of the far left in the UK.
British left with regard to addressing truth to power,
but we would have expected the anarchists to hold to
a better quality of journalistic standards. Yet, our
experience has been that the anarchist media blog put
out under the title 'Freedom News' has a sadly depressing
tone in the way that it has become a mere megaphone for
a 'trans' tendency, and is too fashionably trendy
for its own good. The small 'Solidarity Federation' grouping
has become yet another addict to this politics of the absurd,
its members Ron Marsden and Phil Dickens are mentioned below
in dispatches: we know nothing of Mr Dickens but Mr Marsden
was in attendance when 'Arthur Brick' was roughly removed by a gang from a meeting discussing blacklisting at the Liverpool Anarchist Bookfair on the 7 April, 2018.
Knowing Ron Marsden we are not surprised to learn that he was cagey and even furtive about supplying help to this victim of discrimination & blacklisting.
Sitting next to the passive Mr. Marsden someone tried hard to get
the exclusion of 'Mr Brick' discussed, but to no avail.
This silencing of free debate is becoming a cancer that lies at the
heart of the politics of the far left in the UK.
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Open letter to Sol Fed’s Keyboard Warrior from 'Arthur Brick'& friends:
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| Phil Dickens: 'The conflicted tax collector'? |
THIS article is in relation to the use of abusive terms adopted by some left wing and anarchist political groups to put down anyone who does not take their opinions on the subject of transgender seriously. The name calling and abuse of socialists, anarchists, activists etc. living outside their freaky social scenes is a way of them avoiding debate, through fear of their claims being scrutinised.
The article also deals with a pretty insignificant group called ‘Sol Fed’. We are not sure what they are federated to, as they are almost invisible on a street level, yet they do a great job of discrediting class politics with their absurd adoption of transgender identity politics. So here we will shed a light on the keyboard warrior.
I was recently asked by a feminist friend of mine if I knew an individual named Phil Dickens. I should point out that Phil Dickens is already a somewhat conflicted individual and I found it amusing to discover that whilst being an
‘anarchist’ he also works at the tax office! On the one hand ‘smashing the state’ for purely theatrical effect but on the other being a servile state functionary. I think we can safely call that contradiction and hypocrisy, but it does reveal the level of insincerity regarding the bogus claims of this keyboard warrior.
2. Response to my question.
I was sent a link to his social media outpourings and decided to challenge
him. No sooner had I done so, Phil Dickens blocked me and backed out of answering my question. After further investigation it would appear that
SolfFed has no platform in which to redress the behaviour of its members.
For example there are no positions in the group such as regional or
national secretary in which you can voice your concerns.
Ron Marsden of Manchester Sol Fed was asked about this when people wanted to address the behaviour of Liverpool SolFed member Pablo who disrupted a blacklisted workers meeting, as it was considered somebody attending did not hold the correct opinions on gender self identification (such was the outrage he saw fit to disrupt the meeting). This is covered in depth in the booklet 'Shit Wigs and Steroids'.
1. Phil Dickens post and my question. This makes any external or internal grievance of Sol Fed members go unanswered or conveniently ignored. Any ‘difficult issue’ is swept under the carpet with the hope it will not raise its ‘ugly head’. So when we see these ‘members’ (scuse phallic pun!!) advertise ‘women’s meetings’ but are also calling women TERFs (trans exclusionary radical feminists) in public, how are we to take that?
It could be said the SolFed is nothing more than an obscure social group with
a supposed ’workerist’ base. Its older members seem happy with its utter failure to grow into anything meaningful but lets put that comical issue to one side.
However, the issue here is that the term TERF is aimed at women, which is an
affront to working class women who have suffered at the hands of men. What we are seeing displayed by Liverpool SolFed who perhaps number four people is crude bullying of those not towing a line that is being widely scrutinised elsewhere. Another example of bullying in full effect is when Liverpool SolFed recently ousted one of their own members who sought discussion on the issue. Members of Sol Fed are clearly cowardly on this issue.
It really does show SolFed’s absurd contradiction on women’s rights. It shows the complete denial of women’s voices over their concerns of men identifying as women and, comically, as lesbians. The use of TERF as a slur by tax official Dickson shows his contempt for those of us not falling into line with the male
perspective that transgender activists peddle. It looks like Liverpool
SolFed / Mersey SolFed (all four of them) are sinking in the mire of their own introverted identity politics bullshit. The adoption of a pro trans narrative does not seem to be swelling the ranks of their “disorganisation”. When we see SolFed publishing articles on class and women, we really are left scratching our heads to the clear contradiction and absurdity of their “politics”.
Will Phil Dickens answer this question:
What names have you got for us Northern Working Class blokes who do not swallow the idea that our fathers, brothers, sons can miraculously be ‘actual women’ through the power of thought, medicine, body modification etc.? What you are holding up as transgender, Phil Dickens, as you insult women (with critical opinions), is transvestism, Autogynephilia* and a whole set of other
issues. But you are good at calling people things they are not. If you had a grasp of radical feminism you would see the people you are abusing are not ‘radical feminists’ merely people with the capacity to consider issues well outside of your narrow field of understanding on issues whilst working for the state in your little tax office.
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| Ron Marsden: 'Hay que malalingua!' |
I see you have had 4 views on your Youtube videos. I think we can help boost that for you. Being angry on behalf of others, whilst not looking at the issues, leaves people open to responses like ours. We politely suggest that the 'toxic tax worker' has a read of this: https://uncommongroundmedia.com/as-a-transsexual-i-support-dr-eva-poen/ the trans activists.
It is easy to overlook the significance of the arguments adopted by these fringe groups, but tomboys are now pushed into identifying as male, effeminate men are getting swept along with the idea they are female, straight men who identify as women claim to be lesbians. All kinds of absurd ideas and contradictory thinking are marketed as ‘transgender’. There is a considerable backlash from
many people in wider society against the absurdity of claims from the trans activists.
There has been a substantial ground shift against the claim of transgender activists because what is actually happening is that many of the young people and significantly young women over the last number of years are detransitioning. The publicity this is rightly receiving are collapsing the arguments that ‘trans activists’ put forward. Many young people leaving the ‘trans cult’ are left physically and emotionally scarred by the process of conditioning that led them to consider themselves ‘trapped in the wrong body’. The physical impact on some has had a catastrophic effect.
When we look at the small groups of individuals who claim to be ‘anarchists/ socialists’ etc. who promote the transgender narrative, what we are seeing is the very clear closing down of actual debate on the subject. One facet of opinion (they want to personally profit from) is ridiculously over emphasized by them, but any challenging opinion of that one facet is shut out. How can you claim
to support issues around gender but then do all you can to keep the debate massively reduced.
This is done by abusing people who are a part of that debate, dehumanising intelligent people with insults and shutting down supposedly public events like bookfairs, conferences etc. What we have seen are people like Phil Dickens, Ian Bone, Freedom Press, Simon Saunders, Alice Flebotte, Dave Downes etc. promoting the idea they are concerned about an issue, ‘gender identity politics’,
but under scrutiny, and without doubt, they are showing no compassion or empathy for those who struggle with gender identity issues.
To use 'TERF' to put critics down is beyond sloppy. It is weak and derogatory. You have got to hand it to them that they arrogantly believe they can avoid being pulled up on their contradiction and lack of sincerity. When people take such an abusive line by calling strangers TERFs or bigots etc. they will be in for a shock when their words are drawn into public debate. We hope to add to this article and we will by looking at particular individuals who hope to avoid any personal responsibility and publicity for the farcical ideology they push from behind their
keyboards.
* autogynephilia
A
sexuality that consists of someone being aroused by the idea of
themselves being the opposite sex. Not to be confused with
transsexualism, which is a medical condition defined by sex dysphoria.
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This was written before Covid 19 happened. As in all negative situations we are seeing positive initiatives come from the chaos:
LGB Alliance https://lgballiance.org.uk/
LGB activists standing up to the transgender nonsense
Boxer Ceiling https://www.facebook.com/BoxerCeili
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