I vaguely remember all these left orgs from way back, 80's perhaps. It seems they ended up as apologists for the Empire's misdeeds/invasions/manipulations in my (simplified) view. I assume they are very much on the left fringes. Have these chosen the path of Trotskyism which inevitably seems to align them perhaps with neocons, if I am not mistaken? Shake head ..

I didn't realise STW took up such ambiguous stance on Syria and Libya. I take it they must have changed their direction since then?

Thanks for clarifying. If anything it gets me to do more head-scratching and pessimism about splintering left.