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Class Fighter1982 1982-09-01Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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8. Troops out of Ireland now! Political status for Republican prisoners. Repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Support the Labour Committee on Ireland. Support all actions in solidarity with the anti-imperialist struggle in the North of 9. Fight racism. Purge racists from all positions in the labour movement. Organise to drive fascists off the streets. For united black and white labour movement defence squads. Build labour movement support for black self-defence - including against the racism and anti working 10. Fight for genuine rank and file control of the whole labour movement - unions, Labour Party, YS. Fight for a workers' government - based on and under the control of the labour movement -to break the economic, military and state power of the ruling class. Never again a Labour Governthat would be barred from discussing politics. Its only 'political' activity would be going round the doors at election time, knocking up. They tried this in 1959 and failed, although they did manage to hound out a tendency called 'Keep Left' , who built the YS in a similar way to Class Fighter with an independent paper, and by aiming towards struggle.
We have got to be part of the general fight against the witch-bunt. An organisation has been set up called the 'Unregistered Alliance', which, as the name suggests, is an alliance of those groups in the party who will not register. This includes Socialist Organiser, London Labour Briefing and Class We are appealing to YS branches to affiliate to The badge : are wearing the Alliance and invite a speaker to the YS. We are also appealing to the YS nationally to affili. ate, although Militant are not affiliated to it yet. • A new publication is coming out, produced by the Alliance, called 'Briefing against the 'Witch. 'hunt. If you want copies and more info on the Ireland. class brutality of the police.
ment like the last one! alist / Alliance, write to: Middle Lane, London If you are going to Labour Party Confer as an observer, there lots of things to get i ved in, like lobbies fringe meetings. details ring Nik Bar from Socialist Orgai on 01-607-5268.
Mick Liggins 28, N8. • the 'ence : are nvoland For stow niser VO with the early evening rad lio one stuff: Depeche Mod Yazoo and the like movir 1g into the mainstrean The best of these al re Scritti Politti and Chir Crisis with their live singles presently movin 1g towards possible "Top 1 of the Pops' chart status.
They are clever an innovative and don have the backing of a maj‹ label. The same's true ‹ Bananarama as regard label, if not totally true fo their single. Their 'image has certainly softened fros their earlier work alongsid the Funboy Three and the:
A sides are still 'boy-huni songs, leaving 'Give u back our cheap fares' an their own, more assertiv material, for the B sides The demands of commerc ality are to blame rathe than lack of intent, I think but I wish they'd go i harder.
The Belle Stars ar making dance records to and I really like both Ik and the Clapping Song They've become less gritt since their Bodysnatcher days - it seems that onl women conforming to Pop Rock glamour standard make it - remember thi banning of Rohda's son/ about rape, "The Boiler' Men seem to be allower to sing about violenci though with Survivor: theme for the thrice re vamped Rocky aimed at thi 'I wish my prick was as long as Syvester's reach market. Very staid US/FN Radio crap - well in line for post-revolutionary correction unit, we hope On the other hand there' the very wonderful Junio with 'Too Late' which hits hard at wife-battering husbands. Let's hear more of it!
Then again there are those singles which present little problem, ranging from Steve Miller and David Essex to Trio, which are all total crap, and bought by God knows who. Fame, selling nice images of talented, creative and very beautiful (sic) youth and backed with its regular Thursday TV slot can't fail to make a huge killing, and I should like to ban it. Then there's the crassly patronising little girl' stance of Japan and the Stranglers (whose past record of sexism's worse than Middlesbrough's in the FA Cup). Of course, we all realise that Dexy's Eileen makes her own mind up and doesn't like being a sex object, so hopefully Kevin will get his face slapped. I suppose in the end you just have to enjoy it - but don't believe it or else you're in real trouble.