Martin Smith

Martin Smith is a far-left British campaigner. He is a national officer of Unite Against Fascism and national coordinator of Love Music Hate Racism.

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In 2010 he was convicted of assaulting a police officer during an anti-BNP protest the previous year.[1]

He was once national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party until January 2011; according to Andy Newman of the Socialist Unity blog, he was forced to step down after sexually harassing a female SWP member.[2]

Socialist Workers Party Central Committee departure

In January 2013 a scandal broke out within the party when it was revealed that he had been accused of rape and sexual assault, and that the SWP held a hearing itself (finding him not guilty) rather than reporting him to the authorities.[3][4][5]

The incident prompted a bizarre rant from Gilad Atzmon, who claimed that Smith was being victimised by a "Judeocentric tribal coalition" because he has supported Atzmon in the past.[6]

gollark: Keanu: **WE CAN'T**.
gollark: Bye then.
gollark: Vote for me based on actual *policies* and not *arbitrary personal judgements*!
gollark: That is a *stupid* way to decide on voting!
gollark: ...

References
  1. http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=22359
  2. http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=7996#comment-340869
  3. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ranks-of-the-socialist-workers-party-are-split-over-handling-of-rape-allegation-8448429.html
  4. http://www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/944/swp-why-i-am-resigning
  5. http://www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/944/swp-why-i-am-resigning
  6. http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/sax-offender-vs-progressive-rapists.html
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