Marxism and Culture
Socialist Press1979 1979-10-10Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 1 →
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Which way now? Benn with conference chairman Allaun Narthomalinsation Setbacks-Callaghan Despite weeks of backroom manoeuvres and intensive lobbying, Labour leader Callaghan suffered damaging defeats last week in his bid to resist democratic reforms in the Party. refuse to implement the cuts and backed unions taking action against them. - Instead there will be only Left figurehead Tony USFI and Portugal.
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Spanish Callaghan back Instead a vague motion A motion calling for the immediate withdrawal of British troops from Ireland was forced onto the agenda, despite an initial NEC ruling that the matter should yet again not be discussed.
But with left' wing opposition from Tribunites Orme and Foot it was defeated on a show of hands-including large numbers of trade union votes.
Workers should check to see which way their union and GMC delegates voted: has there ever been a discussion of Ireland in your union or Labour Party? On what basis were so many votes cast in favour of imperialist repression in Ireland?
Orme In this way many workers will correctly learn from the crisis in all wings of the Labour Party the need to build a principled, revolutionary leadership to take forward their struggles against the Tories.
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