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The implications of Les Shorter's treacherous statement on direction but like the policy document presented to the conference this will remain merely words on paper unless there is a conscious fight by the strike committee against the regional bureaucracy who continue to act as a roadblock in mobilising the Region 1 membership to win the strike.

Assurances given by Shorter and Staden, (the new Regional Secretary) at Friday's meeting with the strike committee that the regional bureaucracy would circulate the membership with strike committee policy and "do their best" to organise delegations to the picket line, a voluntary levy of members and enforce secondary blacking must not be taken at face value.

Broken Such assurances have been made in the past and broken, by the likes of tion of stronger picket lines Nicholson and Todd who disappeared from the strike STILL AVAILABLE "TROTSKYISM TODA Quarterly theoretical journal of the Workers Socialist League.

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Available from WSL, 3.1, Dartmouth Park Hill, London NW5 1HR Price 50p plus 12p p&p from WSL, 31, Dartmouth Park Hill London NW5 1HR PRESS * existing leaders of the trade unions and the bourgeois politicians of the Liberal of tumbling living national and sexual Send to: Socialist Press, to: cialist Press, 31, Par till, London NW5 FONOLOOL after sabotaging all attempts to get such support.

That these bureaucrats are no different is demonstrated by Shorter's meeting with the police last Monday.

Rather than turn to the strength of the working class in defending the picket line he resorted to pathetic appeals for "more" police protection.

Strength

The strength of contributions from strike committee members from the floor of last Thursday's conference demonstrate clearly that the fight to win this strike on the basis of the policies of the strike committee will continue.

*Enforce secondary blacking now!

*For a regional levy of TGWU members to finance the strike.

*No reliance on the 'protection' of the police. Build the mass picket to win the strike and protect the strikers from scab .£1.10 • £2.20 . £5.50 £10.00 Dartm 1HR

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← Contents of Socialist Press no. 107, 5 July 1978