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This just turned up as a comment on my blog under my attack on them:
Speaking as a former member of the SEP, i can tell you i was never paid
a single dime for any of my work. In fact, all members are expected to
contribute articles as a spoken and unspoken condition of membership,
which is why the wsws has so many contributors. The less you contribute
to the site, the more doubt it will cast on your loyalty, even if you’ve
been contributing in other less obvious ways, such as leafleting and
talking to people at meetings. As for their original journalism, most
interviews with workers are fabricated. Yes interviews get done and
workers talked to, but I witnessed many times that quotes from workers
were twisted to fit an agenda, even workers who came off hostile to the
SEP ‘s program had words put in their mouth or quotes taken out of
context to appear to support the party’s line. This began to irk me to a
great extent while I was in the party, but I never vocalized the concern
for fear of being expelled. I was later expelled and shunned anyway,
with no real explanation. So I’m not afraid to make it public now just
how disgusted I am with their tactics and actions. Also, yes they do rip
off a lot of other original reporting and often outright refuse to cite
sources at readers request. Their justification: “we are not a
scientific journal” despite their claim to scientific socialism. So they
admit their are a propaganda machine? Well good. The more they behave
this way, the more they are discredited on a daily basis. Also, another
reason the site is so will maintained and professional is that of course
all members are expected to pay dues. I’m sure at least a small percent
of that goes to maintaining their online media, but most probably goes
into the pockets of David Green (North) and his closest acolytes. They
also maintain a consistent line in all their articles because once a
week an editorial board meets to assign topics and then all articles
submitted are edited by the same 3 or 5 people. Let me know if you have
any questions about the SEP’S other deranged and cultic practices and
inner workings . Members are pressured into doing a lot of ineffective
work that can lead to total disillusionment, and then of course the
individual members are blamed for subjectivity when they express doubts
or opposition to clearly cultic practices. Gaslighting all around. I
take nothing they say seriously at all, no matter how well written.
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