Socialist Press no. 229

Longbridge: new sell-out

RIGGED 'INQUIRY'

WON'T REINSTATE

Strike now to stop Edwardes!

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Weekly paper of the Workers Socialist League ffiliated to the Trotskyist International The lines production may have been at a stand- still, but it Metro who workers were in the Christ- presses during the mas period. Day after day a barrage of DIoDarallla DaDO Ta010 and station bared ate their homes, threatening, cajol- bludgeoning them abandon men defence of eight victimised workers. Even Thatcher joined in- making special TV and radio speeches. Since when has a Minister personally inter- stop a by

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section of onlv 1.500 workers?

The reason obvious: Michael methods of management are the means cosen ov me ones t press home their attack in every industry. Steel sackings Already British Steel Corpor ation chairman Ian MacGregor Is du

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sunar mes pressing home wage cuts, and through ackings a com- postal ballots and nation manpulauon headers. The BL management had to be seen to agalist Metro SulKers

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pressure heaped on the work- force the kej agace the role of here this was The organisers of Sunday's the strike in the Adams, 0 201 convenor MacK AUEW official Bill Jordan and TGWU Regional Secretary Brian Mathers. sackings

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place after frustration over con- line workers and over the high- DUP USIRI TO HOnISOlI DAnIIPIT measures DeTTy 0nSCi0 1naTV brought a flare-up before defend stewards Christmas holiday. clearly Amidst allegations of "riots" chosen his moment well. "rampaging behaviour" Michael picketing in model and guide for all British LOOK mE strike managers-careruly selected vit- tually every shop steward on the production of the Metro ground Metro track as ring leaders" of to a halt, hedge thei une asuoton mat took pace.

With Christmas approaching, doubts as to whether Edwardes

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Longbridge workers march to defend victimised convenor Derek Robinson: now his successor abandons fight to thought he had perhaps overplayed his The immediate walkout and The charge of "riots" against the victimised workers began to the qualified

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progressed Some papers ane alleged noting even the media began trade union the persexpresse Charges Faced with a militant work-

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Party force, a doubting played a key media and uncertain support, public Edwardes turned once again to wrath is most dependable allies in hi hould have Civic Hall on Sunday ittacks on BL shopiloor organi ation-the union bureaucracy.

Anyone who may have dis- Jack Adams, missed fanciful as our recent article in Socialist Press. which claimed that the Communist strike that was essentially

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Demonstrate Tuesday January 13 1981 Assemble 1 p.m. at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1 (Article-page 11) defence the trade union organisation he is supposed to be leading! Together with the full time officials, Adams had attempted to aerate me mutancy or te strikers. He had announced to the press, days before the meet- would make no ing, that they recommencaron on wietner to continue the strike or settle for union/management inquiry under no compulsion to accept.

Adams also full well knew what the AUEW policy was. But ne aid notning to expose it. 11 was only Bul fordan was forced to admit from matter to his union what the meeting decided. they voted to continue the strike his District Commit tee would urge AUEw members to cross picket lines!

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President Terry Duffy had made it clear from the outset that he regarded the strike simply

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Adams happily share the plat- with strikebreaker Jordan form but he recommended strikers to suspend their action tor an "inquiry" in which two manage- ment representatives face union men-one of whom is ar committed to AUEW OJJicIal smashing the strike! The sacked workers are not even reinstated this bogus "inquiry". Money equa their wages will be handed over the unions concerned for distribution. The one fleeting moment that showed a glimmer of trade form came when the chairman Brian Chambers (Adams' deputy called a floor speaker back LU Croonone repeat account of an 1n18 incideing betite Christmas.

incident while had been had

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managers capro Molynepy, asked nes called Molyneux, asked name. He and the other pickets role from Cave a names are cock care class. numbers. been at "When this strike collapses, as it inevitably will," Molyneux "vou'll be here me would nave seen

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pickets. next!" the Longbridge convenor and leading Commun- But even such a stark state- Ist rary member cans ord Continued back page

French Communist Party leads racist attack

SOLIDARITY WITH POLISH

Page 2 "On Wednesday (Christ- mas Eve) at 4.10 p.m. about 50 people led by the mayor.

including counci workers. arrived in front of the hostel with a bulldozer. About 15 of them stormed They tied up the caretaker.

M. Berthaud, took him to the office, threatened him to get the keys. Another group . . . cut the electric cables • . Anollel aoup broke the water pipes, and gas pipes. Others pulled up the phone lines whilst out- the bulldozer was side blocking up the exits." So reported Micheletti. representative ted the idea put by the capitalist French (which the

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LItt how ment of hostels). and it can be resolved by stopp- Was this a fascist attack on ing immigration. 320 wörkers the hostel-where demanded that lust about to hostels be sited in more middle HOm halt wele move in? CaSS areas Not at all. The attack was led by Paul Mercieca, the : Com- has backed the demands put for- mavor of Vitri munist rarty ward by working class suburb on the mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois outskirts of Paris. The mayor denies belatedly.

Halt imigration having organised the attack but his ačtions have been upheld by cessation of all immigration into mne cr papei rrrtaric nas in fact Te arencn nis area and the rans legion, lo been in the foretront of calls facilitate a better "sharing out' immigration controls more of immigrants such a sna nas lulscu ucoc "answes is put way as to encourage the racists.

So. for example, they link poncy of putting nosteis in e!

areas of high immigration with controlled amcrease l cIule. The strength of the mass in Poland has movement forced the Dureauclaly recognise the independent trade union Solidarity. This concession came as to stop the desperate spread of soviet-type bodles and general strike action aTOM canisis - nuw and the Baltic ports developments. of the whole mrougiou l Poland. debts now absorb But any independent organs whne •l r Oldill s of the working class are irrecon- hard currency cilable with the continued exist- force of ence ol tine taliils. Dulcall Ilicdlls whose power rests on its standards of the working class.

political control. Polish working weaknesses io can a poie troues aich expose criticise and political mobilise against not only ureaucracy. bureau- oi the nonlce bowers simply cracy but also against their high worst salaries, special shops and other matenal privlleges The Ingerencee UlIUll organisation of the working the naea ccclll class was destroyed in the Soviet Union as one of the first conse which quences are distributed. Dulcautiali degeneration oi Ine WorKers Polish rise of Stalin's faction after the death of Lenin.

no demands masses. It exhibits Dual power The

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and cratic workers' The Kremlin „encers nave never allowed such rights in any of the deformed workers' states.

the working Solidarity s tesi oual powel -ue "duality of power" as Kania has way all yi continue strategy of building it-cannot Calcu in one Yet it is precisely incenniey this untenable state of Walesa and the leadership which omv seeking 9. revolutionary Solidarity capitalist countries. preserve by holding back strike action. economic situation of WO ONOr worsened grated nature Poland-which economy, since the strikes first erupted July, and now finds Poland $24 Mali workers repair damage done by Stalinist raid the right wing They have completely accep- those run by where the parties (Saint-Maur, moved tron

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It is to be remembered that brought tilC this and other arance nave olicll allowed to bring families caye bof years to lide in govern- shipped for a have been Sine Ortober 1980 the CP ment-controlled nOSLeS. Pierre Thomas, the CP certain workplace. These workers do not have a Thev French nationality. The CP, like true parliamen- These include the immediate not interested tarlans. those who cannot vole 10] them. Apparently 43% of those of do • not votine see ln Aullay have a vote. forward as an The Socialist Party has called the government's under certain circumstances for areas and rarely immigrants to have a vote in 11l

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country. billion in debt to the Western The impact of the capitalist looms over crisis on Poland and other East European states shows that this Interest payments and other is equally true even of a bloc of virtually the encircled projected COCia 191 countries by imperialism revene. aliu however, by res- bureaucracy to seek tricting itself to demands within living lowering. the framework of the deformed workers state implicitly accepts the This situation exposes the inevitability of an economic the Solidarity crisis which in fact flows from leadership. They do not seek the domestic and international the overLow policies of the bureaucracy They

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This is why the same leaders reform away the who fought so courageously for aspects of bureaucratic to rgue nov the right workers using this nev They query not the bureau- against craticaliy planned production of right. They 'led, oas. came movement that they but simpiy the uneven way in months ago. They still have this inadequate crumbs mass pressure on them and they still capable of leading economy are struggles such nanned solev oy bureduclal.

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demanelis their the political prisoners. therefore al weaknesses will continuously exposed. the deromaton Added to this limitation is the other the reactionary influence of the states. To accept Catholic Church upon Tint leadership of Solidarity ciass. AnO saw leadership has failed Church leaders at Irsl the mass movement as a useful challenge strengthen their "socialism means deformed within the country" which preserves DOS LIUll Now, the isolation of the Polish econ- workers' stale xchange for the appointment actively opposing Deputy Prime of a Catholic as struggles they are agitating NInsiel. Trotsky and the Left Oppos- defence of the Kania bureau craCiis, ago showed the inte- position is not in con- WOllu with the ultimate trend of flict and the imposibility of building socialism in one the (nureh towaras we testur- But the CP The municipal elections. neo-lascisls has opposed this call! course been delighted with the developments racist demands sup CP The Party ported lile immediate stopping of providing recalca lilal accommodation for the families forwaro tor severai vedrs une cal for a threshold of 10% of immi- of immigrants; sultation with representatives of grants per district residents anel muncipant) before siting a hostel. position. It was recently ated by Slogan nelal secildly an A major outcry has arisen as called lot a a resur or me raa. mlc suçal "PCF-raciste" has appeared in the Paris Metro, hall in Saint-Maur, Mali organisation jews trom kenouveau Jul, llas uenounccu "The collusion wiich exist: France between the today and the CP, right the extreme to is multiply- government wilich ing : controls and sibility arbitrar) expulsions of immigrants."

grants (!). Text of a statement on Poland adopted by the Trotskyist Inter- national Liaison Committee at its in Paris at the meeting December. for too long. ation of capitalism. The Church is simplv trying to acnleve its objectives by gradually strength- ening its own power in Polist consolidating an society and by ana buiets aliance wild ine lost Iedulul ary sections of the bureaucracy itself, which possibly might working promote substantial changes of Polish OTO DIeN ine econornlc systcill. But despite these problems the mass of the Polish working class has now realised its power,

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1nv24101 RA łAvo o ol A e ee for the iirst time ever. it out. Workers do not trust the bureaucracy. Any new attack on their living standards is likely HiuDL struggle to receive a rapid and militant IesDonse Polish

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Cas. The burcauclaly knows this full well. It is openly AUlLY The real split. Some sections are already willing to call they say lll? in Soviet tanks. Other, so-called the Polish moderates (though they include throughout Eastern Moçzar who has a history mobilise look towards anti-semitism), on Solidarity oucauclar appiying pressure every country -to persuade lis icaacis not le Pact as well as their armies.

, to infiltrate its leading At the layers, bureaucratise it, and thus (TO1 sonuarll. from within work to destroy lt capitalist countries. indepen enis serates Within the suggests this strategy the Polish Parties peacefully taking away from the workers oalns uncy Ilave The struggled to achieve. This is im- possible; and for this reason the the upposiuul Inreat of Ilvasiul Kremlin bureaucracy real. . The Polish movement is a with parties bureaucrats over threat to Eastern Europe-not least in the workers stales. USSR itself. These Stalinist leaders will not allow instability to remain pollncal SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981 French CP leader Marchais The SP in the council of backs up this demand. have Vitry i tor the growing une dson sharpness over immigration and of New Force has racist attacks deepening of French they have put the even worse by -made cavitalisili the problem of oi supplies since the Iran/Iraq war. Unemployment growin The CP is pushing this same need for the capit fast, and the rerer George Marchais, the CP aistcas. scapesual. becomes more acute Thes attempted the whip racial hatred even heat off their action, the CP has demonstration on though the num bel ol ml grants in France has decreased OULsUE

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since 19// where found workers were transferred • ne navt reliable allies in the CP It important for those Britain sympatheti workers in They call on the Saint-Maus communsI rall what the accept their respon- study and rehouse the immi- capitalist where they do hold positions of power.

must base party 1fce t the nationalised defence property relations in Poland and end the detorme. WOTKeIS slalts and the development of strength of the independent working class to capture politic- control of these countries They have given and oust the parasitic bureau- their Polish colleagues a bre crac efend the independent period of time belore tney mov in with the ultimate solution of a desperate bureaucracy-tanks trade unions. *Set up Gdansk-type sovie bodies throughout Poland. For : Ihis is a real danger and i speak for doubt in the minds of the centraiser sovier to The the Polish proletariat *Set up soldiers' councils in back that holding l'armed forces to send struggles only makes the Soviet the Polish borking cl se 1 hatr id ot an H H Ą is afraid of an workers' militia, linked to the soldiers' councils. and theretore make *End all bureaucratic privil- them more confident to carry eges-high salaries and specia shops. Officials to be paid the Polish working class of industrial wage streno hen ls muly avclari and appeal to the res workers and subiected to annua of the East European and Soviet election and recall. Red *Open the books of the the elected workers' economnt danget representatives as a step towards invasion must be met not simply workers' management working class, of a planned economy *ror detence oi the natior but by a movement or worser , Europe alised property relations opposition

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the Reveal the sarsaw Pact oiaccy *End diplomacy. and in the of the Warsaw sions on Poland! Soviet and Twitnemay same time we fight Warsaw Pact troops TrOMF invasion. Poland; 5 any within the no Hands off Poland! *Appeal to the Soviet and world Stalinist events have Warsaw Pact troops to set up soldiers' councils. Appeal to the createa a tremendous new casis follow the Folish neau. Do to Polish struggle vindicates of Eastern workers the struggle of Trotsky and the the with the bureaucracy! All sections of the Trotskyist necessity of reconstructing the Trotskyist Fourth International International Liaison Commit the deformed tee will campaign now agais the danger of Kremlin inter and in solidarity with What is needed in Poland is y oilIud in the a Trotskyist party to fight for a the Polish working clas struggle for political revolution.

Such revolution

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SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981

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We reprint below a resolution on South Africa passed by Trotskyist the International Committee at its meeting during the last weekend of Decémber. The Workers Socialist League will be conducting a campaign in the British labour movement on these lines and Socialist Press will carry reports of the progress of the campaign in future issues.

of the In the face hardships, repeatedly she wing is deceas is forward movement of black workers in struggle, the aLon coulast barbaric capitalist regime in against the class enemy Africa is using the In its South control over a rising movement judicial murder of militants of struggle. as just one of the measures state is trying to use the much aimed repressing the publicised judicial of the courageous struggle attempt to intimidate the whole working class. working class. The degree of class strength and forged, by the First victim working class movement struggle, comed will destabilising effect of the world crisis, confronts the militant, first victim of the judicial killing ruling class most political prisoners

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political control. Africa for more than 15 years needs Four more stability establish the political the death protectlig boosting profits. It needs there- canitalist state. Three of them- fore to adopt measures aimed at Mcimbithi Lubisi, Tsepo Masigo and Naphtali сола. mately reversing the forward movement of the working. other Namibian farm Indefinite detention without charges against murder of militants in and out OUt right wing African police station and daily reality confronting back Walliole weighed down

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and amongst thousands whose deter- mass unemployment to fight stalltalu living. exploitation and oppression nas -US dockers• black arms to El Salvador In the ndependenc most important labour action yet taken on along the will El Salvador, West Coast cort centa cabour counci Longshoremen have voted have both

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indefinitely boycott all the El trom military to Calgu Lalm America Salvador.

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answer The representing role 15,000 dockers on his wwash, voter To sHit me Dovco on December 23 and at press time Hotel and were planning a labour rally at Local have Clara • Santa Mer 1æe hern rrancisco announce the action. condemning the AIFLD. the time, The At same many Peter Grace now demanding end intervention to Us Cano company, not ony ousts umons military support in Latin America port of Kirkland, with regIme. along Icacuulary «enunckon OI the LIA

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CIO tie in El Salvador on the West Coast. The

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Grace

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were goment nas sub• many ported the dictatorship and restaurants in the area, yet Kirk- collaborated with the capitalists has yet about his cal on the AltLD.

Liaison Yet despite all these massive In sluggle assert murder of In 1979 Solomon Mahlangu, South African police fire on demonstrators became une South taken them into the ranks of the ANC and SWAPO It is crucial that the united naive sentenced -strengtn or the working class-m of the South Africa, Namibia and courts internationally-be mobilised to save Inese courazcous Milli Call Manana from the gallows, as part of the

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The struggle to build defence of the against every biass worker. The attack which contronts Il three arose This task can in no way be the on a South left to the Stalinists and who 19TC Leno

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allu Markus Swaka guerrillas in

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Together with the SWAPO guerrillas and crats in the international labour militants movement, alc Her bones or Class collaboration leads them to seek against their alliances with imperialist govern- ments. reactionary dictators, so- the unions. On November 29 the Social- ÎFT Local 957 in San Jose ist League, along. with other Clara participated in Santa denounced the murder in EI The and demanded a break Salvador of seven leaders of the AIFLD operation The march at 24th they have also demanded ar occall le in this Kirka no ont and Mission in San Francisco this

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front and was welcomed and suppor- Francisco the people of the neigh- Dal Restaurant Workers bourhoods of the Mission also joined with District. locals News calls readers to take action in their secretary of the AIFLD the Grace Salvador Cause connec- with the sup- tion. but operates a from Labor Reprinted owned News, of the paper operates Cocos and Socialist League (DC), non unlot in the USA. make peep

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called "progressive" sections of class capitalist frontist alliances with ine Ically anything in preference to depen anks with the independent and strength and mobilisation of the exposed must working class. ongoing Struggle books collaboration is as incapable ass This politics secrets fight to the : control, ANC and SWAPO militants as it worker. the providing traine which black workers could buil bring the ca dealst overy coll link with omic ana pollucal attack only the struggle to and and ne build and mobilise and control strength ot the For it is the c29c which can стеате defence. working class which is the onl As genuine ally constant flouting of working the United Irallons • allis embargo on South Africa has so Illilall ls clearly demonstrated, SWAPO and the ANC. pious : protestations the Action urgent bourgeoisie, les governments and mean wick profits and the protection o Immediate Benine now racine nancule is all arseri the international bour- postures real political al labour movement geoisie has a very Mass conomic notice control ano continiec exploitation of black workers.

every organisaton or tne work related heling te Arms and supplies will only be stopped from reach- ing the South African regime sondarily. through the independent black- not be allowed Defend democratic rights in Turkey Thursday 29 January at 7.30 p.m.

organisations of the working class acter of the ruling National Security Council.

the oppressed masses of Turkey.

Page 3 ing action of the international merely token protests-they be developing powerful of all internation- working class

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weapons or sonually ruling class This demands the urgent by the inter- programmer workers blackied development Class campaign to open in detence or toe tour milanes through the Blacking ; is the crucial immedi web of government and business weapon ongoing with This is the way forward in the struggles of black workers.

nationalise, under every demonstration firms and mobilisation and solidarity th African bosses and their govern- programme independent soy in Att i of internationa class solidarity Africa must be at the fore These miltants must not bi une scruum the working lelt to nang. And the workers o.

Southern Africa must not be left to face the vicious capitalist international sale alone of the Southern class and the ranks of Labour Parties and trade union branches should pass resolutions solidarity solidarity action with the four black South in defence of the four militants Aircans and send telegrams demanding their release to the South African Embassy, demonstration Square, London must •Tratalgar organised and supported b express an over of protest and become

TURKEY SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PUBLIC RALLY

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Speakers from the Labour and Trade Union Movement The military dictatorship which took power in Turkey last September, posing as a 'democratic' alternative to 'anarchy' has established a record of systematic repression and attacks on basic rights. Foremost among its victims have been the trade unions and other Nevertheless illusions are still deliberately sown internationally as to the 'neutral' char- The Turkey Solidarity Campaign, in association with the Committee for the Defence of Democratic Rights in Turkey, are organising a public rally to assist in countering the false view of the regime presented by the mass media and to discuss active solidarity with

IRISH HUNGER STRIKERS

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but Tories break agreement Page 4 "In ending our hunger strike we make it clear that failure government to act in a res- ponsible ending the conditions which forced us onto a hunger- strike will not only lead to inevitable and continual strife within the H Blocks, but will show quite clearly intransigence of the British government." So saying, , the seven heroic 1ovuvlcan nuneer sukers irom of Long Kesh Ine H' BloCKS ended their fifty-three day struggle which had brought one of them, Sean McKenna, to the brink of death. Protests Their strike-and Ine nat wave of supporting demonstra- and protests throughout the whole coupled Dublin solidarity demonstration read. With wide international support-had day also frequently make use of their leisure forced Tories to expand a time to con- 1001-0220 statement tinue their studies." December 4 to a 34 page set of On top of this open-ended proposals two weeks offer of education as a form of the later.

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Dass 34 page une settlement. statement that says Central to the 34-page docu- available work not ally flexible interpre- till nas or handicrafts then additional PI Cane tanon or me Iwo most conten- time could tious issues challenged by the provided instead. prisoners their authorities

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to ulse une lull document it is plain that This prison clothing and could doing prison work successfully avoid doing The expanded pend work. ana msted organise substantial educational be interpreted to include "educ- activities. which ation' "periods study lance iront two to twent Leeway hours a week, depending on the 'in addition self-study courses-with tutorial On prison clothing, Atkins support as necessary. had in October offered prison- in addition it declared that it Issue clothing, was undesirable draw a rigid December 4 statement claimed line that if prisoners conformed with suCH ¡tee ume: ano moati they till lula cula wall 'prisoners who have the own comes for amost na ne benefit of study time during the time they were outside their Conference on media censorship Following initiative Details an of the conference- from the National Union of be held in Birmingham February 28-are available from Journalists, national Ron

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Acorn labour confer- movement 314 Grays Inn House. ence has been convened to London WC1. discuss the question of media censorship of report- woman wol ing on the war in Ireland.

The proposal for the con- carried at last year's ference Annual Delegate Meeting of the ship has approached other print and media The Association conference. of

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connerence prove successful it must also be raised more widely in the labour move me done trades councils and Labour Parties.

the conference is noteavailable and corders ace urged Seek every • POSSIbIe 24p Avane OnCE inclu alg means ensuring from Box publicised supported 5277, Lonion WCIN 3XX

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branches. own cells. The December 18 document went even murmer summe la as the blanket protest as soon "denim ends prison uniform becomes The document allows enough leeway wearing prison-issue clothing Thus the republican protest secured substantial verbal offers or concassons on we two issue.

most central to the attempts by Labour Tory governments "criminal" - impose status upon tem In addition the tenacity of forced the the hunger strikers 1 orIes licans' command structure.

top representative trom Atkins' ottice travelled to Lons met hunger Kesh.

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strikes themselves and nesman with spokesman Brendan Hughes And before the hunger strike called off, government representatives had been forcer DODDy Dallas. LItt commanding the OTTiCeT strong 'H' Block blanket protest across to meet with the hunger But with the hunger strike called off, and the potential of striker dying over the Christmas holiday the Tories reneged to have the concessons more le ure docu ment. Optimistic The blanket protest has not yet been called off, despite the initial announcement by the blanket men's leader Bobby Sands that: satistied that the of these memenano! posals mete basic demands basic demands. Republican prisoners will not be wearing form of prison uniform and will not be partici form of penal dily work. document is one thing: something implementation CIse

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Icaucts are sock' ing-plainly some success manoeuvre split and republican forces and thus hold back their resis- tance. Hence talk this weekend of a possible further hunger strike if the concessions made are not implemented. Meanwhile Loyalist leader Paisley has recognised the scope of Atkins' paper concessions complained that and has been LOyalIsI bobulation "sold down the river" Secret deal There seems little doubt that a preage to prevent ine acarns of the hunger strikers was part imperialist movement within the of the secret deal cooked between Thatcher and Irish major national demonstrations Prime Minister Charles Haughey the hunger course on December 8: it remains open question labour movement banners on …now TaT means Tories will each. making actual concessions And the sprinkling of union leaders and left Labourites who une rebuducalls However there is no doubt 80 petition that the 53-day hunger strike of support prisoners an 18-day last by almost melted awar as soul women the hunger strike actually began.

ATMan LIZO and by 300 more blanket men- With without political politicat status pulsie than the brought more publicity Irish status prison, licans face constant military and years protest and or banker general propaganda. people • as a whole find their partitioned and country i was hot to mobile a wave support mass malitali by an occupying army of tens of throughout Ireland. thousands of foreign troops but It nas also exposea te The fight the British acute weakness of the anti- labour movemen!

CONFERENCE

stepped up for policy of "Ireland and the British" withdrawa! of British troops from Ireland.

A Labour conference …n uns context une organised by Battersea CLP conference of the Labour Com- •Saturday 17 January 1981 Ireland acquires 11.30 am-5.00 pm particular importance 177 Lavender Hill, London

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Available, price 45p including postage from WSL, BM Box 5277, London WCIN 3XX SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981 Atkins Labour's nest of vipers Any trade unionist who looks back to the nationalis ing Labour post-war Goverument of 1945-51 as the 'good old days' should check the newly out released Cabinet Papers for 1950 them we nave ine lea thoughts of that particular bunch of reformist they safely behind cosed doors There is no mention of class against the Tories and the wat ruling class-but a good deal of venomn Is workca up agalnst ul working class sing the the CoursC of. u Labour leader year we

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capitalism but legal action for treason against the Daily Worker over Korea and the use of war-time laws against strikers on the docks in British Overseas Airways. would that a secret ban on appear Communists sympathiser British citizens through naturalisation agreed. the Foreign See, Fary, agued in Ernest Bevin, contrast, a millary with Fascist Spain! • Like an good "socia democrat" explained that: exclude whose Socialist and possibly most setting for the who see one upsetting 'left' Labour speat. the thoughts of Aneurin Bevan Minister of Health be foun arguing in favour of pending partly particularl through of prescriptions. memorandum to the Cabinet he states: "Here there scope for savings it ways and While means can Ray be flagrant facepion, bus is mobiles may the that were Is more prescholng la can be really necessary."

Here not the fiery labour bureaucrat. Those on leader t like Gerry Hey l Workers (leader the Revolu- present cal campaigned Bevan argued at the time that: left-wing making say simply explici aid making th account Bevan has given check out as in Labour leadership was a nest o vipers, a collection of politica of the stake, glass workers movement.

SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981

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go away" sne shoulee angiuy al first real witch-hunt of the photographers. Philip, Prince live-in new year at Longbridge, the her Queen stepped in companon. wel one vetici.ne got out his gun.. . No let us get ally. She had had enough.

this straight There was Woodrow Wyatt Prince which included party and Philip got

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one saun anno laying blasted hell out of the car driven ine l the Longbridge workers in their reporter from the Sun their penetrating a (A sas Plust heart failure and a pivllllci Lucu encuauu dldyss. Iront page lcac story). the prospect Incidentally when she com- cintant plained to police nearby they strikers said they were always Longbridge"). snot in ineu panaa car by roya There were the news pages shooting parties. They have had pounding the latest out break them after (We'll drop days). atonic vonno on Britain they don't go tt. back") as if it was written on So what brought this stirling tablets of stone. royal defence of the Longbridge were the cobra faced victims. Ubviously IT . Was Ine puppets of television news assur- royal sense of fair play, which is workers that if they ing BL the world over especi- KiuWil

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South African upstart weker retaro little Business News interviewed two perfectly innocent them. generosity! workers just so ne can snow now graitiul wo siloulu Dc..

Wno Is Doss So who would stand up for It wasn't behaviour like that these innocent men? got Britain where that The her press Of being the Queen louay. Louise make a statement. Royal Family they сестетату то "The Queen is finding the guise it a little. Pretend that intrusion quite intolerable and is worried about they some talling oii his morc lian a uluc anziy over uic wile oncoldc pony-sorry, one of his ponies.

benaout. Earlier she had intervened They created diversions by Steel: two-way sell-out Union leaders who have The new sackings are suppor- ted of the National already signed away tens of Icauols Bastar encee thousands of jobs the In whose membership already steel industry seem all set to down to a mere 7,000. allow a further 20,000 cut in the workforce, coupled Pay freeze to a six month wage freeze, And the NUB, along with and topped off with a miser.

most othe. stee 111018 able 7% pay offer. already accepted the pay freeze As

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Pickets during last year's steel strike having the Queen's son dress up nineteenth century clothes arid take around the ground with women who wear alent of the veil -the headscarf.

But in reality everyone knew that behind this coded version ó even ș vąd ąe donodnce workers that the Queen was really defending, Why should be

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alowee o ne TRe Test u votes by pounding away day after day the workers accusing ol vome crunulas! "It has been tar worse inis year than any other time", , said "They the valae soukeallall are nanging arouno ine stanes (Buckingham Palace thyming slang for Longbridge), photo- gane aynmo acal ove Asked about the reporter he replied solidly being shot at were close at hand reobie will were given plenty of warning."

This was obviously the green light The message from the Queen has not peen masunderstooo. Next amne the press gang up on you, don't change your Just get hold of a shot gun (vol .meco a ncence senec ov a will mo iste fob tor be Duffy you) and blast the job hel out of the buggers Then charge them with tres- personage rape and arson in her majesty's dock- If it works fot royal vard. •Ute family surely work for 10 wl the workers of Longbridge?

of the MacGregor rejection the union, whose yet Olall members emerged from 50 vears i5 verk pay strike last wintte, dormancy wage a bitter whether workers C nOt shouid aad othe payir a tir offering a listcal eac n the neot lor ecron to the redundancies, the •ic nas opicu lo vall lls uwi ballot. There is little that doubt under the weight of tory press ànc ecn vœoæcợoz oresyure from ma ment, the K ano in isolation their individual likely steelworkers are nomes volt loI acceo arce ol uit MacGregor plan. But there equally bittle of doubt a similar that NC menDers anE antet the pay offer would have given solid sup. no idea of the port that emerged Io1 he pa! trike once a national lead ha‹ been given. Objective designed postal ballot is a tactic exploit the indiv- luud weakuesses. Gouols 1cals and working ot tne class. That is why BSC is using technique undermine SICCIWOIKeIS The fact that right wing leaders same the related the method is lacl they ceek excentall Ine objective-to avoid any chance of a strike which would ConTonRon HOt OnY with BSC management but also the Tory It the iS1C seriously wanted 1o liont the reclmeances mæ meetings would be called in the main the plants throughout with

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Icconmclad- Hon or "-out action to deren• jobs and defend living standards.

Grade stays on TV gravy train Lord Windlesham, chair- Birmingham Labour Council- • Williams (who but also Shirley man and managing director

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L0 d televisiol brocant the summed of up today what good design seemed Plowden reshuffle of com- to the Titanic just before it was launched) mercial television contracts opponent, Mid- other "We remain in by saying: lands, had Uncle Joe Gormley control of the company and the directors among that is what matters". (Lady Alrey Neave was anothe plum). The once-a-decade share out Sir Robert Booth who brought ha0

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scriel headed the made a virtue lambs in the shape of Southerr the fact that they TV and Westward (which had oI vul HAu s»»anon io Dlu wd committed the crune ol puba boardroom IOWS) but had left Misquoting the giants alone British of One capitalism's Lord (Ted) Willis, front man, MIOTe oane cidaues was vel kent misquoting the Beatitudes for another ten years. conference Launch thress Recession no recession claiming that the Leonlc IUliy ТОМ АВ СА _hancen to the owners ot Ine inherit the earth. commercial TV stations remains But ATV has survived. Jus as good today as when it was under half the shares will hav launched 1o e cve v d „econz If public cynicism is toda are now going on as to how tha nore evident than last time th will be done. drawn piuscluso The area-which hardly gets suuucl y varulne 101 covere m some ov n cers regional drama which grips the of news-will be split into Boards, and Ar directors for a few short weeks) separate then expectations will not be so wil have to find a new name high and results less important Perhaps that last condition If the RA contemnlations was the most penetrating des- ten Arv an ny in at all cription of the was surely for the Gusilei changes. chop. Southern TV will be forced Lord Grade's empire has to hand over to TVS which in become a byword for the means tso sareno ens cynical use ot lV stations propagate shows produced by other wings of the Grade acer sehtiods br hired empire, with actors agents from the Grade empire Even Crossroads wouldn't be complete without the block of nelu Makers of Noele Gordon, one of the stars whose career can confidently b expected to run and run - Modern Not omv unar oar mere were powerful conglomerates bidding

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Cross section A gang of hard boiled entre- preneurs larded with few By Terry Eaaleton associated with Iallles

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Page 6 During 1979, the Shah of the CIA-backed "King Iran, of Kings", was booted off his Peacock throne by the revolt of Iran's mass workers, peasants and oppressed minorities. yet during the perioa since those events reactionary clerical headed Knomem nas workee acesant- ly to undermine the gains made by the Iranian masses, to repress the organisations of the leit. and establish a new During bloody 1979, the dictatorship was Somoza of Nicar- ton ed ou Ene masses agua in an assault led by the National Liberation Sandinista Front. Yet 10 monins later the ways of working jointly Nicaraguan capitalists with the Government of National Reconstruction Nicaragua remains a capitalist country.

two situations exem- political problems plify faced by the world's anti-imperialist class The struggle in 1980 produced no spec- the year tacurar celtals 10I and Nicaragua. There have of course been blows struck agalist mnpenalis control. In the the Saharan desert, militant action of the guerrillas oi the romano erone concues to inflict defeats the imperialist-backed Moroccan armes. In Zimbabwe the imperial- ists were forced to recognise the real balance of forces emerging

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orouacicu plans and drop their Muzorewa yelllllll. election sweet ng of the witch-hunted victory Mugabe guerrilla leader has doubly vindicated the approach Carrington and other imperialist leaders who carried the talks. No chance On the one hand Mugabe's demonstrated beyond election isolated

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Muzorewa regime WOWd nave stood chance of establishing its control over the Zimbabwean masses. On hand it has that Mugabe in fact proved the toothless tiger that Marxists claimed he was. have always moments From first nIs been onnice. class and maintaining and strengthening Cabidas! Lim babwe. Mugabe's "Marxist" rhetoric, which coloured during the war of liberation, has been scrapped. Instead we now the rhetoric of class Mugabe collaboration attemnts the impossible task oi resolving the economic crisis of petty endless search and an ior ala irom ine crisis-wracker imperialist economies. While there is no doubt that some imperatist leaders have felt safer were their chosen allies-such Nkomo and Muzorewa-to have been elected Zim babwe political weaknesses the Mugabe leadership have offered alternative strategy

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The of capitalist rule preservation and exploitation s set lement by the tory this settlement the with gent Mugabe taken Labour leaders when they were in office.

Labourites, dedi- wine cated to the defence of thei 'own" ruling class, see the preservation of imperialist rule simply in terms of repression of forms enough to take an overview of a particular confrontation anc make a bold change of tactic to secure mar obtecuyes. This is the parallel betwee the concessions forced from the imbabwe and Tory Those the Irish republican leaders by the exact form and the concessions made The H Psoners war have yet to be clarified, clear that Thatcher has acknowledged the political status ana command of the came concesso immediately following the visit top-level British govern. ment delegation to irish Prime Victims of the bloody stalemate in El Salvador SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981 Minister Haughey. It must be It was of course the Heath We do not wish to suggest assumed that the Tory leaders and Tory Home that the Tory government sympathetic the that they knew would incur the MnOl far as to con- demands the masses 1n 19r went so wrath Paisley and .other duct direct talks with

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than the Labourites: we point in this context to simply to the fact that they ar Loyalist leaders, working leaders and "specia •to pursue a more flexible Towas a prome • sememer o conceu the war in Ireland along lines status" to republican prisoners.

tactical line in seeking to repress discussed with Haughey. the Irish people. concessions, More flexible Again there is a sharp con- which have been forced on the trast between the , ou bio, imperialists, have however taken boot bureaucratic measures It was Labourites the conditions where Ine masses nave mn general Docu Labour government against the up the drive to crush the repub- held back from revolutionary Irish the lican movement militarily with struggles by their leaderships minorit the the 1980 has seen a counties comparative PreventioI reatines.

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dapitt pre sentati less cosity murder to Ireland, , and ation of stalemate between the colas capital seek costly withdrawal of special cate- masses in El Salvador, in whici gory status. solution. Jullla Toothless tigers: Nkomo and Mugabe

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Por the as army of unets While workers seeking to workers and cutting productios defend their rights and Illass alllly ployed. the industry virtually vermone living standards run head- would remain at 9% daily news long into an acute crisis of North 1 Sea Oil revenues But if the imperialist coun- are not expected to bail British leadership, imperialist tres m conota usalidy. themselves face a capitalism out of this slump- the crisis is even more acute leaders with the OECD prediction that those neo-colonial countries profound economic and the balance of payments will be whose economic backwardness political crisis. hack in detet De sol. The latest by the And to round off the picture labour and raw materials.

report Organisation for Economic Co of decline disaster, surveys of the and underdeveloped countries Developmeni opero 101C0 ment in the decaying imperialist govern forecasts a continued growth economy will plunge • by 13-15% ments is expected by the OECD tilion to Bilion in the est from $50 with increase in unemployment ing wave of coster the next 18 months-from 23 facturing plants across the 18 months. 25.5 million. million to The OECD's most optimistic in prices for second hand Difficult predictions look only for some machiner ane scrap metal on signs weak recovery the British market. of On international Simply beginning at the end an scale maintaining interest on these basic industries nave Sol bal : increasingly put been hit particularly hard by the underdevel. difficult for But in three major member The car industr countries-West Germany, Ital particular has seen a dramatic opea countes-willt o ss plota tion of theantry in fall in sales, with lay-offs, short peasantry poor to fall in the next 12 months.

time or cosites may every Unemployment in France is country that furthe attacks can expected now at a record 1.0 milion: 11 produce substantial resistance In the USA the failure of the has even topped ine milion It is in this context that the mark in West Germany much heralded new sell the numbers anticipated has Britain, the unemploy- Reagan administration and the the raised a new question mark over imperialist leaders must other OECD to rise to three million survival The by mid-1982, Chrysler Corporation be assessed Production back hin Beset by pontical and econ the face omic problems in their own back unemployed. Cul they determined countries, and further-and £400 million has been sought Hilalltall in government assistanc increase speed-up rationalisation Thel the • underdeveloped. economies.

the Peugeot/ it kel France make Ltal This means they must Talbot use beginnings of an increase in out- group 011

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SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981 political violence continues but workers' movement is putting forward an independent line for the working class. Setbacks Ano inere nave deen serious jetbacks, too. In Bolivia a savage nilitary has ridden junta ›ower in the wake of the results the farcical "election" Bolivian leaders and nilitants have Uccl aneu. lur- and 2по muroered The ieadquarters of the COB (the bolivian TUC) has been demol- shed And in Turkey the military oup led by General Evren has political and ar me o e coro these. , countries and prevent by further defeats at the hands mass struggles as took place a Iran and Nicaragua. The last phase of Carter's policy had necessity. The establish- ement Force, the escalation of filitary spending, loves to prepare ior the intro- acton oi conscripuon are part d parcel osn econitioe imperialism tmed force may well be the inly way to stem revolutionary in Central or Latin Africa or the Middle merica, ast in the next perlod US arms and u he

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advisors" to the vicious junta Salvador has increased by be micu all lildy eneane ine CuTaNe een installed with full NATO US imperialism can now be pected peace make lts penly with the bloody Bolivian with other ictatorship and vnge ammerc ony And further intimidate Io he masses of the world. Reagan Ano Taina meder ware appointed General Haig- nuclear war-as coreay or slate Reagan will seek kit wale imperialios bee to brengthen control world cale. allels

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brought to power a bonapartist danced umealv between the conflicting class forces within Turkey and inter- nacionamy. The Turkish junta has jailed over 60,000 political prisoners, including the leadership of the „oe vo corveea tion

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Crass resistance and lay the basis to implement made Turkish by kabilalsls MF have beet welcomed every section of the imperialist bo Teto tse new Turkish regime has ocen forced by its economic plight Bolivian prisoners-at least 2,000 political prisoners thought to be held in jail open to doubt whether he has une abluty al present to wage a major military intervention even as close to home as El Salvador His monetarist policies will utueas. anoloymcnl ano lalling living standards on US workers at home: and a full would scale require Wal

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mine wiel American youth have already shown resistance ta the dract.

could Cull Calataul oTooLee subsidiea mass strazeles b irs workern intervention Salvador would also have unpre dictaa e imac rons in terms oi the stability of the whole Central American ree or- -and trample on the toes the other and bourgeois Mcal. „a o governments • who continue to seek a way out the Salvador crisis and to nel tase une Netada revolution through class collab- oration rather than confronta- tion We can expect the Reagan govern ment of the vose er their words StOne struggle to retain control of the neo-colonial countries. which the The extent their succeed

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however, depends large the success which revolutionaries and throughout the world

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have in mobilising the workm: internationally class capital-against exploited by In perdise oborssi0ll. and political weakness to seek „ neer tan kev AraD states, entailing a break of diplo- matic relations with the Zionist stale ul istacl The fina outcome of the struggle is far from settled in Turkey or even in Bolivia.

In both countres a power- be setar ea dy to cign t-but to still ready. . to fight-but denied a revolutionary leader- ship. Development But no assessment oi the class growing be complete word scale would wese Page 7 John Lister surveys the struggles of 1980, draws a balance sheet of class forces at the end of the year and looks at some of the problems facing the working class internationally in the battles ahead in 1981. capitalists-both directly, leaders would embark on the setbacks. through loans and trade deals to desperate Yet if the struggles directly step of invading against imperialism have faced prop Ln en

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zond-o vz cos problems in the last conugh thể and directly of such an action in economic, increasing Less through appeals for calm political and military terms. year, the biggest development of issued Catholic church And a larg section of the ine working class in stugge in Polish 1980 took place in Poland.

leaders-which Teachec • eatersnls showt of crescendo as the Polish state- that soon tha poe the losg Strikes support wage run media were turned over to their own power dene dew ao bc lacc. independent trade unions, Church. for ther . uie roducas priviLe Would LvIl. demands for that of mass and other religious Soviet tanks to invade Poland.

measures messages over Christmas. The balance would mean the abolition of the Poland in the atter half of 1980 emerged power and privilege the Stalinist state and Illusion cannot continue indefinitely demands for release of Either the the power inde ponucal prisoneis There is no doubt that the pendent unions must The threat of general strike leaders and their fellow • UC 11001 action forced bureau- aen. mm conce wimn une work •almst lee ac wer weaes time and again ing class of other East European cracy to concede in the lace oi the mass move in to the demands of the workers ment of the working class. They political revolution or they threatening very police the most encouraged which their privileges Gooyed pontcal Counle atack military means. are based within an economy in those points where the working class apears more passive wanch maor mausuv anu oaks Leadership remain nationalised. But we must not fall into the It is with this in mind that dangerous Juus on some Kremlin leaders, the together how the Stalinists will simply It is in this sense that the with Stalinist weaker and weaker, Polish Pezer m wast proletariat, despite the Germany and Czechoslovakia, fade eventually away ailu colossal struggles • anq gains maintained an intensifying have gether in the face of growing the waters min the aacs, , like the capitalist voltica. Orcisraşalist workers workee material prinstes bles.

rolsn WOrKers The material privileges counties. an acule leadership vd over occ vą nc ozc Military force The leaders Solidarity oi ruling caste within able have been to conduct deformed Workers States depend epona ted degenerated And they have increasingly SureSe lO COmS wl lH backed up existing framework of bureau- Tevreso o lc womr cas cratic rule in 1 Poland: bunn hey implicit threat to and depriving workers of any have not grasped that even independent means of expres-

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Polish struggles. sion. existeret lince Troops have pendent union as a vehicle for been made emergence and forced cune workers' political and I economic ready on roland's borders.

recognition of independent A Warsaw Pact summit has trade Poland: the unions actanas 15 anconouloit wilk made plain that Polish Stalinist rule. eneCu ann successiu cuanenct Stalinists A revolutionary leadership is • have one last chance to police powers that brought required which at the end 5. the to pur tenr own nouse in order call U11C1 before the tanks roll in.

programme and jailed Solidarity Icloast And, this for politica under members stand as a threat not

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of the Polish leadership the bureaucracy under ' only to the Polish bureaucrats, vereren Kania has attempted Stalinist bureau- to every anu nae uelene o lie naoæ but to take against relations of the 1ce0l • pivpvly cracy, the demands of the workers deformed and degenerated Sooner than lose their power "vorkers' states. LES altr seceesi and privileges the the active assistance of the Kremlin

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Anti-war movement a threat to Reagan's interventionist plans

PROSTITUTION: where should labour movement Page 8 Following a series of 'Ripper-style' murders France in 1974 Lyons in ana 19/o aboa waa dne police seemingly did little except increase the harass- ment of prostitutes-which resulted in higher fines and increased imprisonments-a national strike of prostitutes took place which lasted for over two months. A church was occupied ons. being a sanctuary

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criminals' and the "moral of the community: this centre' occupanon was quickly tolow.

ed by strikes and occupations of France churches over by brosuItules political Support Une was very limited and generally hostile but support fo the movement grew and reached Cannax wien prosuitales Bernard Paris occupied Chapeti Me tamasse. of Paris prosutules belng ureeaon 6,000 and there ore ev ry being under the Hovcllcl was inteting chuches and violenice 1n2v broken Witk evicting the occupiers. occupations 1ne enormous were naled the murders stopped, had gained prostitutes experience and the basis of organisation „ tont tor len 1979 government for state brothels proposal lauleu. Recognition This defeat seen to be was the result of both the organis- ation prostituess with the the

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OUiES allu beginning of public recognition invisible strike only nowever. tute began to ThOc of the unanswered still remain cleste s-dond will 9. dis- cussule Onel women question. must there- fore only very SOvi. ouane extremely issue. answer all questions. have prostitution in state , whether only 1nOet Cocalan. valuable etc.) the most and exploited No othe. morality legal system. This horo crisi reaches exten prostitutes legal their declared illegal! Union It is therefore important that consider the question SOC alISts prostitution, an n01 abstract debate but in the face of growing numbers of women out oi work (Iot whom prostl tution is always an alternative) organisations that allu valluls mnemseives nave sel up which effectively operate, in way, as a union for

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As socialists we have to look these organisations and seriously consider what types of demands would make and bustell arrangements we would envisage stand? Existence of prostitutes considered legal: their work as prostitutes subject to police harrassment of isus lavir following overthrow wording notorious towards Ine overt nosılfty toli capitalism. (Vagrancy Act 1824). trade union and Labour move- of the While, we would But whereas a successful pro- the 11cill Jall Mberation never HOrnuRIt secumon unaei

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nas woner s movemoni involve some incriminating (WLM) is not present in PROS hue. print evidence by way of observation literature, and failure to a successful prose- accept broaden out campaign ot otherwise suvicty. the Street •rOsuluLOn Drescllliy

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unee oevond crustme uc subporl exists could Offences Act involves simply MPs may be a reflection of their under socialism proving that the defendant und ntara ble given their and and have and was nature Ias Ucol. a plusatale towards a their obvious desire to attraci anlu standing or waikug m a known , only genuine supporters.

go to The sexuality give 'need' increased whieh Tne which other English unet •rosulule

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for Laws are allll ations) have Nonsensi Wages to all relating to the imprison- for housework Prostitution legal in this An has adopts 1na1 country. rrance. OU l been active the last few earning "loitering purpose

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The •allallE they prostitution" and "soliciting for paper money: y vals have the purpose of prostitution?

preer seri Huleca they Furthermore, law mehe s brothel defined as a place are women. are naIV Teronmust ceranos wate muore ua out orostIlult don't works. Effectively, this means for prostitutes that prostitutes, although having second job local slalus. valul l acludu) and low women's wages we legally work. the moment, possibilities Not only prostitutes tatre dwdys setting union penalties (on their incurr heavy are very are liable lnwu corvicuon ! pro is bargain- Inree montas imoticonment but they are subject to constant wonen Wal they act, ai Therefore harassment from the police.

The This includes agent provoca- fact earn this is eul carlo, iil u a their paper document a known as "entrappment" and is nineteenth form of legal but in surusut century repeal the Britain it is not a defence.

Contagious Act ₴8. could which any as "common prostitutes" in the courts and this results (in con- street of Lasl

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til walkers aelenaant) in tne court know: in which ing about previous offences as many other positions and soon as the charge is read out.

they well point l the Sess known including vile nauwil as a working organisations отоситите vou can de anescer autonomious wullicil S HlOYC for just standing or walking in apocal Diace ment tne 200 trade a particular street union . One ot demanes The law used for this, (Sec- tion Street Oftences supousl the tendency Act 1959) is strikingly similar However. oi prostitution. I believe that we A discussion article by Teresa Munby should have society - where or sold nothing is bought and

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to sell ourselves " At the same time the collective alauvoi every

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woman have the right to choose to have or not to have children,

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refuse to give her time and agree or refuse utile skills." They formulate completely make link and any policy 4l1) lialisilol of condition. octween today is radicatihe concern which eradicating prostitu-

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Clearly the inclusion of pros- titutes in the WLM has been controversial issue since they are aDOVe worser. seen as most directly servicing the enemy. Economic ism within unem as women to examine ence under perspective • under exist exist socialism. From tllal ult with women able , they're the two poles prostitute." Jaget. which six of their livés, accounts the lack Common tet mnev •Tacer never choice, thought, all tute. I saw i was impossible, , out of bounds..

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ibout it.' Neither described as relecrs common view: • Gradually is horrible ways yourself blinkers, drugs avenvone md their of coping, many may feel that prostitution is like other • «Ift tedious

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tactory 10 D pens se t adapt to it

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ane . OrODenS 'ordinary' sexual men dilu llal Wull, bucistall SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981 ablv, maintain sexual relation ships with other women instead.

this ilustrates Surely the enormous difterences that exis in working as a prostitute and in type The of prostitu- exploitative nature wol - baltila wartn (Vietnamese shot full instance being shot penicillin keep down the .of VD in army-rur Palienating aspects bor factory brothes aspects factory work. Inherent in view that prostitution just C anothe job is the notion that prostitu provides of .some kind ton "social service'. Violence This is patently refuted b the TACT Oi „Tne nelenee capric ts atelao men edo well-known red-lighi are Uli Wise ULtaly inept may require tne services o] the service by suxud Iarassimcll • arallsi women who live in the areas prostitutes are readily available And while, as a short term • legalising prostitutiot measite. the streets harassment LIle mici cascu straight women lace nrom kert crawlers) the continuation prostitution cannot as seen oi an essentia maln tallll? service. The PROS campaign makes clear an th complica ted leate their view very

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lation making prostitution legal has been done in Germany and Holland They are opposéd to the lack of control that they see woul flow such inevitably from system

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Germany for example). Instead favour most the setting up of prostitutes co-op under mer contol. Nowncic u their literature do prostitutes of their write as workers seek- n a c er n cc Given concepts capital- society prostitution 1st represents. stage fight by the PROS inat with clear that avoids the confusions •aill the long term we must have grossly with the incentives such wone ne for survival however, any inherent need leci dna dlord conditioning Th a1 we vt materialist 1cavillts need for and what con whether anel themselves future ulucI ism *It has not been possible nere to constaer me cuesuon ( gay prostitution the ren which although has similarities to problems Lavet Tennae DIOSulULeS woud require a more detailed consid- eration of its own

"U certificate world Newport Street, London WC2. Opening hours Monday-Saturday 11-7, Sunday 12-6, till January 16 Child care campaign holds SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 7 January 1981 Bob Sutcliffe reviews the exhibition Are there prudes in outer space? The officials of the United States National Aeronautical and Space Agency (NASA) were taking over NASA no chances when in 1977 dispatched they the Voyager II spacecraft in its route past the outer planets of the Solar system and into of the Voyager team. deepest space. If any alien being in outer Affixed to Voyager's side is intercepts Voyager and space disc which on gold disk printed 100 or so pictures see in it bossesses sent images by the intended to convey as succinctly photograpns selected brilliant American as possible the nature of life on Carl Sagan, and other members late twentieth century earth.

The National Child Care Campaign, formed on July 5 1980 is to hold its first Conference Constitutional 24 January 1981 at Wolverhampton Poly. The most controversial issue is likely to be the nature of the Committee and whether To operate, the campaign points of vien will be put by needs a m me orker anol will be put by applying for funds from members or the steerina com.

sations that would not tie their who will introduce Manes Dorcal. TrOI discussion Lift reason the Campaign is seeking morning session. charitable status. Since formation 150 So application has campaigns, unions, organisations lal one been successiul, a too brant individuals from the Equal Opportunities have Amongst une Inons that Commission for research affiliated nationally are NUPE, NALGO, SOGAT, SCPS and the

GMWU.

une unions need approached on funding the ll your unlon, Labour Party Campaign. branch organisation affiliated urge them to and send NUPE has in the past given money and helped organise a delegate to the Conterence July Can a cooled Collecte the

TUC,

and Tory unions with mass membership Party themselves financially a co posit need conferences demanu action lom me umors on ne attack on the inadequate provis- ion of childcare at present and mental questions for working -caring for all children, for women the fives. provin 1100

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Labour Party takes up concrete. care for the over extenaea day ly question providing a scaes and hoeday coot side os especially outside child scanty, CalC and to show the Tories Lullaull. publish NCCC is to that women ao work, need and June want to work, and that child before the conference amphlet entitled "Nurseries- absolutely Hoem, witten collectenty Fight and Colla

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women's corala. "In and Out of Space", at the Photographers Gallery, 8 Great Whitehouse takes Despite the virtual certainty that intelligent life exists else- where universe the found is extremely low. And if it is, it cannot be for many centuries at least. The signiticance of the 100 conference Oxford. ITOm Leicester, Nottingham Wands. worth and Coventry campaigns.

1 1c

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Covers like how to set up a campaign, the legal questions of occupying and the experiences or xiora Wandsworth and Coventry who occupied nurseries in 1978 and The booklet will sell for 60p Available now are the July Conference Conch outine the pussen in cale workshoes and nas useru on local groups Intormain outside London Future publications will include

SUCH

l as conter. ence creches NCCC Research and the NCCC News Papers Conference starts 10 a.m. creche and pooled fare are being You Viese. amare cita vour conter- ence booking or at registration Affiliation is £2.50 for indiv duals; is Ior local groups alle for national • ore nitions Further details from NCCC, Surrey Docks Child Care c/0 Project Dockland Settlement Redriff Road, London SE16.

been a normal photograph.

his •Wa. sagall colleagues 01l1 The

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authorities who intervened insist that this image should be

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silhouette only. this pitiful reason for act of censorship is some tea peopled space ThaT outer with Mary Whitehouses and Anita Bryants. But I inese belngs wno may just conceivably decode golden disc in a few centuries or images, mwenma are antue more noera is from our thererore. they . will conclude that one o: point of view today less to do the they impression civilisation extreme illane future and more to do with hou group of very Travelogue human earth's advanced It will be hard for them to technically country view their own planet.

devise many more truths abou And if you rush you can see humanity from the rest of this the results of their deliberations in an exmiuon or te loo pius The remaining photographs- selected the Photo- all of them technically fine and Gallery until January some of them beautiful -are no than a rapid and glossy

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and chibition is both use it world travelogue. uing and challenging because There are pictures of differ- forces the visitor to assess some- ent forms of landscape num an one else's picture of the wmore beings of various ages and races, planet and at least in a rudimen- fur kiking inhe cavell travelling tary fashion put forward his or her own But the censored attempt to show two human beings relating Think hard too ugh to ossuade the selectols each other clearly It is an exhibition which can lull any ulte more car! hardly fail to It is all so innocent that i think hard and deeply about of ta cell trolle been the work how you view human life the controllers of children's The first images chosen by televon in teen chiden Bit Sagan and his colleagues dIt up

BBC

mumbershe human system the would have a more realistic vien betweet 40m 2n0 basic : physiology DNA molecul Then there are details of the the de reproductive system and development or une numa embryo. ent so instructive.. An intelligent space being, know any of this would didn't learn a lot But then everything foes he rest exhibition-though it consists of "true" photographs-presents a picture the world whose blandnes and reticence • amounts to monumental falsific ation. The key picture in this degeneration is one of a mar anu a pregnant woman standing side by side holding hands.

President Reagan: is there intelligent life in the USA Originally this was to nave Page 9 of humanity than the galactic Mary Whitehouses of

NASA'S

imagination will never know for They unstance mar on are enteri century earth-though there are skyscrapers and other technical Ilarvels -Lla human beings are undernourish- or people or that cry some people employ others that some are in prison, or that people have sexual relationships there that violence Weapon altu people listen to music or watch television and read, or that there is racial discrimination.

will be Humar they forced peace able, not very sociable devoic material 1 problems, or power relationships, and virtually with- on and cane! the space beings want to this boring pleasure- see beyond and world, values. come and visit They are in for a nasty shock On the waythey will be lucky cholai le elmose or toe awesome beauty of the surface the Jupiter and planets Saturn Ano ne second Dart ot 191!

exhibition contains some of the photographs of the two Vovage spacecraft which are now heading for Uranus these of combination wonderful pictures the intellectual Cane challenge posed by the choice of the 100 pictures make , thi exnidition well worth a visi!

despite the fact that

NASA

makes the earth almost as lite Jupiter can be assumed to be.

Wandsworth nursery campaigners

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INDUSTRIAL NEWS

Stirling march to support jobs campaign The Central Region for the demonstration, attempts Federation of Trades ale beng made to organise the unemployed in the Region Councils in Scotland have called demonstration Firstly against unemployment to be that Litt union held Stirling the inel trade and wherever possible, given the 7 morning Saturday constitutions February. This demonstration is seen as union part of the mobilisation ot the ployed associations labour movement in the Central Region in support of the Cam- ausolces oi lie and set up unemployed centres.

Unemployment The initiated unemployed « comierence tons and unemployed centres rakirk last uctoner It will also be used to build are seen as a- together support for the all-Scotland into one

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Labour Party in Glasgow on 21 a voulical voice. February. Support for the Campaign Support Againsi Unemployment has come Irom ine District com mittee the

TGWU,

the Constituency Labour Parties controlled District Councils and in the Region. the three trades Ene councils and a number of trade view to and Party the Labour setting up branches. Ca tres meeting scheduled for 7 It is hoped to is aimed at pulling in the experience of the Claimants the District Union

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araburght the Trades Council OineE unons. une Labour Parties and the other Edinburghi Constituency , Labour Parties. have ployed association and centre Call Daleil The October Danied cover work placer and housing estates Falkirk firmly Stirling, Falkirk Clack the and mannan districts advertise Ectovie ment and spelt out a programme we atmonstranon Alongside the mobilisation of action With workers by the taking the mousang a wao achieve such a perspec 'orward. streets to Tory policies there is plainly no 11Vt readersnio which, in today's struggles fights lack of militancy the advance organised working class. trade politics and illusion: Yet the existing trade • union alism can be bureaucrats ano Labour leaders leut - nave Workers perspective otTer those League workers prepared fight in ment fighting stan. acience living dards; social services and demo.

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Since December 2 Longworth Hospital in rural Oxfordshire has been the scene of a work-in by staff fighting to prevent its closure with the loss of 35 geriatric beds. Socialist Press interviewed COHSE members Barbara Russell and Myra Bungay about the fight they have waged so far. ally three weeks after the day of You've been in occupation for occupation but they should sing! going

OUT

Very well, got a lot sections out in support. It's all we've support now than we had being occupation inside the hospital committee when they should be 11U1 and outside. Support doing it. Is commins from all over Oxfordshire. What do you want the union to and Witney Trades The Uxiora Lake us. we want and even the same Labour Party some of the things we've been General Management Commit- doing. We want a national cam- that Lady McCarthy (AHA pagn, not or l just to stop Chairman) Longworth from closing but a local Labour Party wards.

real fight against the cuts and We've had visits from this government. Sheffield and

WULA VID

We're not going to let it go American hospital workers and way other the nospital cam from medical students. It has paigns have gone. The govern- stimulated a terrific response as ment has got away with it ir you can see. strongly CONSE In what ways has your union doing taken up the fight? their bit strongly. They've not been very officers wanted at all so far. They havent good us to accept a compromise at the beginning, to pulling out fingers tar suspend the action, call it off on enough! he grounds that the staff would get tired and that we wouldn't They've done nothing. yet, materialv or otherwise. here support nave tne Over has been no propaganda put out Christmas. That was their by union, not even one excuse-but we held it and that COHSE poster yet! Under difficult con- was They made it official nation- ditions. What's the purpose of the picket? Well at the moment. we've only got a token picket on Ine gate permanently, but we don't officials from want any workers AHA to come and remove the patients and the NUPE ambul- drivers have guaranteed ance that they won't remove patients sit as long as tnere Is a picket al te gate. What has been the role of the

ANA.

tight - They've sought to wear us picking out individuals down, They and harassing them. individuals questions which

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of poultry, should be put to the occupation arme and redule started on my fammittee. They sta matter assisted the deterin ined fight ọf BPC journalists who 100. maintained their occupation of emergency home. My daughter's baby an a sixth-floor office throughout the Chey are fighting in defence They at one bird indepent. Sector Manager followed me to her home on of jobs at one the pretence that there was an wilcie management want to sack 25% emercency stuallon al une nos of the editorial staff. pital. He was harassing me to alainst the wintes of th hospital hospital The occupation needs moral They also spread allegations tions and messages should be

BPC

chapel, c/o in commodes photographed Book Branch, Acorn -all unfounded lies Gravs Inn Road une

AHA

CaTe London WC1, Cheques should be made payable to MacDonald ballot secret Educational NUJ Chapel. members at the hospital. The

AT THE TOP...

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ballot actually asks they would like be suspended lull pay the contnues This is aimed at dividing the and to withdraw their trained statt about tom the nocoital They also cancelled all ad- missions the day hospital into This meant the or a week. patients didn't get treatment essential, especially was after the Christmas holday Untrue The patients thought it was the occupation committee that was repossible

DUU

Mallare ment temporarily closed the day hospital saying that there was a staff which was oi Holland totally untrue. What is the next step? To get meetings in orner sections to agree lo supportig strike action if the AHA move by break the occupation Torce But we also want COHSE to act first and show a lead.

We've also combat Lady Mccarthy's attack against the interests of the workers being in the Labour Party and all. How do you see it in a national context? To stop cuts right here. The mrs hospital occupation after St. Benedicts. We have the support of the two major union branches British Leyland locally. We have to open out the struggle.

Have action like this be rey involvedin neen No. I'm knackered but still determined as ever. You've got to be. My immediate family is also involved. We're all together in the fight and shall keep on that way. Stick it out. Messages of support and should be sent to Barbara Russell, Whitebread Cottage, Road, Longworth, Abingdon, Oxon.

MANY NEWYEAR OFISHALL.

CANT YOU DEAL WITH

WHAT? YOU MEAN

A DAY OF MASSINE ACTION

AGAINST THE TORY

GOVERNMENT?

AT LAST! I KNEW

YOU'D DO IT

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"We stick out till we win"-steward Atti

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Sharing out Christmas cake in the occupation: COHSE members Vi Fear, Margaret Bradbury and Barbara Russell Xavier: make NUPE wage a real fight! mass demonstration the covernors or lat Great Ormond Street Hospital has been called by

NUPE

the strong feeling on the But for January 13 to demand blatant Jacki 15 a of the reinstatement instance or Victimisalon militant-has continued Conway Xavier, chairman of to develop union's London the special issue of NUPE's Divisional Council. newspape. Xavier was sacked without "Capital" has been produced to the notice from his job as Deputy publicise case Porter at Great Ormond weight to the campaign for the Street Hospital at the beginning mass picket and 1y by of December 13- the day January Strike action in his defence appeal. at the hos There are reports that coach- •nura memoers pital was sabotaged by scabbing loads shire mind kent from South organised by the hospital's Head Yorkshire and will be is chairman of the Lull will But though for support for the demonstra No strike call tion and workplace in cat makes no explicit ings. call strike action on January 13 NUPt oilicials gave no

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extend the strike action; This fight is being taken up instead his case has gone to an the newly established by

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S0.. Page 11 London Health Service Combini Committee, which meets on o to discuss the fight for one-day strike action

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members hutaly Moorfields committed to strike on January 13. Fisher and other

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headers making malutan noises over the Xavier sackins But NUPE's appalling record o while health maculoT

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militants have been victimised throughout the London area in the past two years has plainl encouraged management to lak this latest step Full support must be mobil- ised for the demonstration and one cav sakes. ane u necessar NUPE must call all-out action to demand Xavier's reinstate ment and force a halt to the management purge of militants

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democracy "Any in this Party and socialism I'1l resign!" effectively lna l was i message bluntly Barnsley Party

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TONU

wilses. Was reelected to the Shadow Cabinet by

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agreate, veneat his par dis inaction-during Wileh chief party's Mason, Callaghan's® agreement Minister ior lorture in the six Dolcies acciaea al lası vedl countles oi lrelana carnea out And Owen withdrew from the most savage military repres- sion-York shire the Shadow Cabinet elections, leader announcing inat ne prererred lo

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remain in the back benches last begun the battle lef union's weight behind moves to against any wage a remove him. Wi ule ca mal cnclce

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TrONI benen Teant now comprises two right Accountability wingers who have openly threat- to split the party if they ened Throughout the country, not would ho doubt follow own way. their trade unionists and socialists Others savenooken to mre new reserec and Rodgers in such a Mason tion procedures as a means of split. wing MPs, ousting right making But it is less certain who vurs accourlaDic , anlu lakılg up would for third vote party a fight for socialist policies basis the party has coln boscu

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From front page ment of the issues was lost on form's proposal was carried retreat endangers the the platform bureaucrats of very fabric union organisa- To iudge from the mood o early speakers a leac Irom i ure TON aI Coneoricge platform could have secured a The task now is to prepare resume the the asis to strike vote Jordan's truculent soon as the inquiry is Yet treacner and V aLLeS WIlly concuucu We can predict with certain- rhetoric guided a m le Adams to abandon six : of his that there is no waj the Edwardes will reinstate the eigh inqutry SuOU steWal li tender mercies. vicusce worker. The only to reinstate Separated off eight all-out the through And to prevent the victmised mO 10u ToMA aN AirTADI workers directly addressing their on the Metro track but extend- ing throughout the Longbridge TeloW workes ne racke their emotional appeal to plant and BL as a whole. Stewards instinctive Adams Longonage mobilise Committee lad separated them off from th

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the meeting ane positioned them up behind the platform. If the struggle is not pressed sat mute, but in full 1 ney the home, the inquir vew- on ta will offer Judging the moment to be manasemiell told the meeting right, Adams oreen ont to caer an mirm anywhere-and in Longbridge a that he and the others on the stewards' card in nccm c en cenn c the the debate, and that while CamllIl Decone had drafted a equivalent to a one-way ticket - progressed they to the dole queue, resolution. This was obviously a lie. No Fords tomorrow? resolution was written-and not tall

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LOOK blat should workers Nor ense platform. The betrayal had beer where leave Longbridge workers plotted well in advance. to fight alone: BL today is BSC, resolution declared roras or brusn kal tomonow orela Wildi Audins. atlel. unless the Edwardes-Thatcher and oron æd zon eer offensive is brought to a halt fighting for-an end of the *No illusions in the inquiry!

industrial action *Al manipu- A cheated. mislec *Reinstate the 8! lated workforce saw little alter native but to bitterly acquiesce and by a 4-1 majority the plat