Socialist Press no. 254

SOCIALIST

PRESS

Affiliated to the Trotskyist International Liaison Committee

HUNGER

STRIKES:

LABOUR

IN DISARRAY

This time last year Labour's leadership pres- a solid wall ented opposition to discussion or debate on Ireland. Their line was fixed and -and guishable from that ot the "hatcher government. It was "Di-partisar cerence o me bacon Ireland and the preservation Orang of Northern Ireland statelet will assistance BritiSh repressive legislation. A Of course many of these political positions pre- Labour dominate leadershin. Foot. Concannor and their fellows still vie with right wing Tories Anti-H-Block demonstration, Beltust denunciations the

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proviso the unity Last week came further republicans тему cracks in the monolith. Ireland achieved shoule De British rule, and in their Party "agreement and Labour study praise for the thugs- consent' while offering group set up 18 months ago and paramilitary produced such CraT TeDOTE preserve it. consent could be secured.

policy should be a united Unsuccessful bids United Ireland Meanwhile James An adamonar proposa!. which may be deleted before re-emerged But the unity of line has Callaghan the docu VEe discuseoved by been week. floating " call for an - discusses break ranks was Tony Benn independent Northern re- warmly wel- (who Unt cmctaculy land as powers the Wilson and Callaghan shared eeisanon unuci Colice which British troops carry Loyalists of the UDA. who responsibility out their reign of terror on military repression the have been campaigning the Six North) just such a solution for the

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streets counties. He declared for a united last two years. this leave Ireland before floating Meaningless Upc. ridiculous idea that UN party leader section discusses He is reportedly happy with might be more Another

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"united Ireland British the acceptable thân the repea. o! enroll 41-C All of sudden "Prevention Terrorism' call from the study group

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Act-which only a tiny hand- he sternly rehuked though re hint making Benn mate" talking point for fut of Labour MPS have evel Labour left-wingers bothered to oppose. equally itnocuous this sounds ments a few works ago. former radical: it is a far cry from last week foot felt chief Merlyn Kee

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"bi partisan obliped attempt to damp orthodox question whetter 11S TRil issue imperialist for Labour to maintain the support down debair on the hick bi-partisan "guarantee" repression that has become making hallmark Labour prevint dallachan noelail airing his latest ideas. . and ins which gives them a veto over рошсу • demonstration rendered the any moves towards a united But through Mansfield called! he virtually meaningless by the the Labour Committee Ireland to protest against the actions of catements Don C'oncannon. The confusion now pre the Labour leadership is no accident. l of th Conceil file of Ine tank and fathered strength "н' Block hunger since last autumn, SITIKe. becall the and particularly since success of the Bobby Sands campaign and his courageous fast io the death in carly May. Long overdue The break-up of the nd by no means suggests unity roposals the are neres coming alterna- sarily . On the contrary. Ital. economical and effective plan for the preser vation of imperialist ruh ot des But the larment russion on fretand within thi British labour movement is a necessary development: it offers social- opportunities

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are for icon steris opposition British the immediate military rule withdrawal of British troops and the right of seople as a whole to self- determination Pilloried And the breach of the hi-nartien pock aiso furtne weakens the stand government, Thatcher pHioried world for its barbaric Incal of the ment

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Now is the time to go boldly into the l abour Party thoroueh for fich break policies on Ireland. We urge reader 1o ioin us every this fight

POLITICAL STATUS NOW!

TROOPS

OUT

OF

IRELAND!

Toxteth, Southall Back page Concannon rabbie roused in crowd contro Demonstrators protes- For the demonstrators there against the pro ting the unaccustomed and imperialist policies and that withou eerie awareness the protection of these stat callous actions Northern forces thev would have beer Labour's unable march evet Ireland spokesman Don hundred yards through the Concannon ran into an unholy alliance coalition march-with few trade union or Labour Party last weekend. banners-brought Concannon's constituen gettable lesson in • uphil cy of Mansfield has been th that remains to struggle the

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within hunting by the labour movement it British press, the Labour Party, anc the struggle against right wing group- imperialism Britisi ings. The result was horrify ing. Fascist mingled thugs right with racist Labour Dregs frenzied winder. military types in a seethin While Concannon and his hostile counter-demonstra ilk can relv on the most reac tion, which beseiged the 400 tionary dregs of the fascist anti-imperialist movement local rugby clubs and Tory press baron Labour Committee to back stand in sup port of British imperialism Violent attacks were fighting Thos

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averted only by the energetic fath against thre nationalișm forced e stream who marched three be shirk abreast alongside the demon ing this fight: but the LCI stration and used horses anc has a long way to go befor special can command broad «eracamens corner the reactionaries.

support needed to clear out pro-imperialist stooges Exercise Concannen from the leader- ship of the Labour Party and the trade ent Police with dogs the ipporte reduct. the route march Socialist Press which began the suicidal fight. p.m by which ime prof oncannon the hours in local pubs. for the police it was an

ZIONIST LABOUR PARTY-

NOTHING TO DO WITH

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SOCIALISM

As we go press Israeli Prime Minister Begin looks set to cobble together a new coalition with the religious extremist parties Agudat Yisrael and the National Religious Party sufficient to maintain the desperate grip of the Likud block on state power. The Israeli Labour Party the largest number of seats but fail to regain office by a small overall margin. Mirror 1 ht comments as tonows "The result election looks like being the worst one possible. Bac Israel. 620 OT East. Bad for world peace."

old that a Begin victory will "send a shudder Tatouen Ene world. The real concern of the editor Mirror UsudI tallure to even menton dispossessed Palestinians from start to finish! comments aDOVC reflect annoyance on the part Illegal West Bank settlement imperialism and their Likud coalition. will con- Physical loi be achieved backers that Begın Peres has earned the des- cannot achieved tinue, make 00 "moderate from within the borders of Israel, cription difficult in explaining away a series of press interviews.

and excusing Termine delacks on Vases Il Lebanon and Syria, Article the nowevel different tale. 27 states: . Ste sacr 4 mush beested and the uphold her *Israel : shall Repression costs money,

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created and defence right to active and western and hoped that ments ad peluaicu

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Deen d sabords terror even when they ong- ILP-led tragedy can be consacied d force to contribute inate beyond her borders."

nave surened toreuner sone It was Peres who raid on Iraq's nuclear kind of deal for a Jordanian- responsible for became minister plant horIors Palestinian state economic would have been attractive 29 refers to least buy pied territories. Arab bour- west Bank settiement poucy not Begin, set the as follows: geoise.

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weakenne uc settlement in the pattern It constitutes, like any resistance to Israeli rule.

period 1967-77 with over 60 Zionist established, and etenderls Support Jerusalem pioneering annexer value; and Il protection for Gush Emunim to prove valuable designed thugs and struggle for Socialist Press has consis- in the political 15,000 Palestinian argued the need for OVeL shaping te bordels on peace British workers to support houses. The government the Palestinians. Labour led by the Labour Alignment a co miniate Prior to the election, the collective will work its consolida Labour Friends of Israel cir- occupied Labour Israel controlled from culatea LaDOul Leaving aside the lack 1948 to 1977. branches in kritain recuest- Palestinian enthusiasm time to argue A brief look at the 1981 educational case British Labour Election Manifesto maker che values' support Party support for the ILP.

of Labour and expropriation Zionism. Article 18 calls for It is necessary to reaffirm Hassive

PLO

expulsion of the West Bank laudation of the that toe r nas mouls une Arabe is clean stateu common with socialism and the chosen representatives of An ILP election advert substance the Palestinian people. differentiate it from the in Ma ariv (2 June) criticise: Poland: Kremlin pressure makes its mark delegates to the party con- With Soviet party gress in ten days' time leader Brezhner slipping Militants who looked set away to the Black Sea to secure a maiority of dele- gates at the conference have for a few weeks' holiday ailed to win elections in the and friendly visits from Warsaw Katowice and

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Kremlin foreign secretary • districts. Poland Stefan . Olszowski Gromyko, no haspeen re-elected, while lending sup- longer hangs under immi- nent threat of invasion. weekly Rzeczy- Stalinist The threats and pressure

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the conflict between oedi on lolls! DUl Communist the workers du c butcau the last few months by crats postponed have cancelled: the otu Stalinists cannot co- desired effect. run genuinely inde- Almost the whole of the with a

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trade union move pendenl secured re-election ment. Likud's poor settlement record! "The Likud government spent millions on the has dots, bogus art settlements planking settlements the Likud is actually settlements Rafahi Approaches. Paintins dots on maps in newspaper does not make one into settle party-Vote Cela lu notion that of some form of Palestinian state, ine ever oresent mm liberalism supposed political eager carefully commentators and encouraged varue views given by Peres. Such . state •was never envisaged by the ILP as the makes Article menuoncu for of the The no blaalon

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Having thus disposed of people's chosen repres Article vullalivos. of an alternative in the form of: elections. "au thorised representa- tives of Samaria Juucd. negotiations on realisa ion of the Autonomy and in negotiations witt peace Rejected stare separate Paestinian totally rejected in Article 13: "Israel rejects the estab- additional Palestinian State in the terri- tory between Israel and source or danger would be Jordan problem ca not be solved ralestina à separate State without the and population of LeTTILOLY Cordan Article 14 demands that of the Jor- danian-Palestinian State is to oe cemutanseu.. A further price is the loss of Jerusalem under Article 5 "United Jeru- State of israel, Spital of the under salem elly Article 30 guarantees the abdication of the settlement zonerine Will onest that Israel deployment of the Israeli's defence forces and of the settlements including the Jordan Valley to th the the Dead North-West bloc, Sea), the Etzion surrounding Jerusalem and the Southern Gaza will be included in th eign territory of Israel.'

of the The harsh reality article that above furthes 40% of the lenies Gaz. and Bank West the around 90% contales arane ano ano bear al n water and other natural resources Bankruptcy These policies show the bankruptcy of the ILP mani festo and its total failure : 10 any viable alterna- renresen tive to Begin. intend doute d was neve only breathe life intentions in the mythology the Labour of {grael backed by Wilson Heffer and Benn. SOCIALIST PRESS, Thursday 9 July 1981 Barry Turner looks at the Israeli Labour Party's Election Manifesto and the aftermath of the 1939 from Nazi-controlled Vienna)." racism involved in the campaign can be seen in this except from auver 10] movement printed l Ma'ariv on 29 May. shows picture of a Jewish girl and "This is a Jewish girl and daughter sister, ana cau ier. Dul cal yo You will see Arabs loitering in the streets of these Jewis chasing Jewis Their pocket , are ful of money they becauce not serve in the army While defendin homerendre the put an end to the defilemen our national honour we shall propos law: As a discouragement 41OS Wik! wall assimilation, any non-Jew engaging in sexual relations Jewish will with tive years The price required dy the

ILP

makes it unlikely that is only the beginning. Jordan such for " Kach." will accept much for the Zionist the So uca. away or Jerusalem and tracts cain the haven for the Jews'. resolution of the Rabat designater Racist the PLO mate representatiye The highlights Palestinian Deopie). disrupt Honist banKEuDICy anti-democratic unty racis Israeli Arab sentiment, society assumens economic referred to in lovingly West burden Guardian 1nulsudy d population robbed "intri- Gaz: torial (2 July) as an cate democratic system" chistoil e for the next 45 he eait torouen. ine conuscalon nearly all the arable land next 4-5 years well as the burden of rehab.

in the real worl ilitating the Palestinian refu economv meateas tu lall gees. his arrogance Inflation still runs at over Still-the imperialist and economic 130% areument TunS-ra Stale lla. sions designed to catch vote: been offered!! wil son rebouna to bracke.

Under conditions the picture further lie about the offers intransigence" the Arab alternative crateed excust turther atrocites ana annex.

ooe ation of the whole of Gaza against the talestinlans and the West Bank. Alliances must The other aspect between Jewish and ot the • Arai election which be oppose Begin's workers ana trade tinon branches ts drawn out in Labour drive, oppose Wa. the whoe tone o cet elec ben tie vert, nee a entatives of the Palestinians and demand Israeli arms and ever yay occura nie rence ed violence influence out of Lebanon in the srael eres Al-Ha'mishmar (22 June) the wrecking describes offices by Labour Party Likud thugs in Ramle have smashed the furnitur and destroyec information the "burglars' excrement all ove Ha'aretz (15 June) tells us. "A rioting mob in Petal Tiqua tried to break addressed .. About 500 Shimon Peres. with chains placards, hike rioted throughout tomatoe: the meeting Al-Ha'mishmar (22 June) quotes MI "Jerusalem mayor Kollek that ine events he wasse that observing in Jersualen experiences in Europe of thi 1930s. (He came to Israel in Begin

Five years since Sowetol

TUC LEADERS IGNORE

STRUGGLES OF S. AFRICAN

SOCIALIST PRESS, Thursday 9 July 1981

WORKERS

Last month, the work- ers and youth in South Africa commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Soweto rebellion. Inevitably, there has had to be a drawing back from Te eve o creel Colon tation which aeve obed during June 1976. youth and workers The spontaneously could

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answer the question which their actions nau boscu The ANC leaders could not keep up with events, let alone lead them without leadership and the political programme and carry them through to victory, the vouth and workers stepped back from mass contonla- tion on the streets. But this was a step back forces. prepare lor Lo callet struggle, «raw on ine expel- sencate ath debei mi con- of the rebellion, con- cy ana organisation. From the wach followed the Soweto rebel- lion, the movement- - spear- ede v le revolutival y strength workers-nas been moving consistently forward. Soweto rioters, 1976 Tested strength but before. improvements, something much much more st and d uthe on ins of real needs of all the past and build There has been a long period of struggle in which one path open people be met. tiere lo olly has parted roto a con es It is the determination workers-Ine Dall to fight for their real needs struggie, based moved action-on which lies at the base of the den on the and mobilisa- Wares

• WOIKHIE

independent their tions, on rents living an0 developing workers MOVe conditions, on the lack of ment. is that Which suenela 11lC them into struggle class are perfectly decisions affec- taking

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where the real challenge to against une mer caly aves. surussic. their rule is coming from.

Workers in struggle have the repressive brutanty tested their strength, devel- the South African state That is why they are so better concernced stem and Workers are now thet OsCU back the day to day the support organsel Condicie struggles of workers. their class. more militant than ever have seen that they class strength Call ti cate strone enouca . UC bosses ana tne covernmenu to do many things that they would never voluntarily do- such as spending tar tar more PoRi on _ecucanon. ana up Both the bosses and the government

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nave Deen forced to recognise the living of growing workers' reality even 1l they do not give them formal recognition. many differ- Devause ent grouos •l workels nave a Namibia spontaneously into •moved truggle-those with strategic Africa industrial and power skills with Willl, ane Enose wilnoll. Enost with legal rights to live urban workers; the highest the

NEW!

migrant lowest paid and the Walu there nave inevitaby been setbacks as well as gains.

Socialist Press Absorbed But no single setback has been allowed pamphlet on reverse direction of the class. Every sintie serDack nas Deen used experi- aocorDed Southern Africa ence leaving workers but determined to be better Price 60p (including postage) from prevarca next umne. And single gain has no WSL, BM Box 5277, London WCIN 3XX satisfied movement, which is demanding not only By Jim Farnham single genuine step If they could, the same Everv bosses who talk today about forward that black workers have ever taken has been a improvements • 2190 retorn. against control of would already be launching step and the all their planned attacks or the capitalists. Teal neing of wor for It is not the lack of desire of workers on their 5 the d Will have te the depth more them-it mobilisation directed more consciousty the against the control inside ane Class power of the capitalist class.

and the division and confu production inside the ruling class while sion strangle the continues be about how io organiscu for profit, there is no single workers movement. talk which the Behind 01 lasting concession South Africa, there has capitalists can make to meel always been the there workers' real needs. of consistent efforts reality the and Class Even in the developed their apartheid … recine Le hoyen the tom of countries where tighten control over mas oft pron a ben through the plenty bourgeois uclucidy workers' living standards and rights to organise oper democratic deter rateat and attacre rights workers, the reality consistent state been Has attacks imagensa profits almost every every WOTKeIs cheap labour and struggle. controls, For the ruling class, faced massive

ICDICSSIVE

workers? There is no way laal workeis real needs can gradually movement and a developing ruling class economic crisis, there is no determined to maintain its lash real option the workers SICHl. In fact, workers in South moveren a ure il valk wards. Airica, uke workers m ever other capitalist country, Evidence not the gradual extension of arrests, the mass improvements, but more and In the • o sack ings, bannings mole vicious atlalks economic crisis As. meetings and leaders there 1s the deepens in South Africa, and every day evidence of this gold-based Now a secret government superficial document has been uncover- boom asaootars. le uvase.

will he more ano more de.

evuelce. perate 1o make workers pay any is necessary, of a govern- ment/employers conspiracy for the capitalist crisis carry smash the power al C organisation SAAWL their movement mas that their real needs are met. organised mainly in the Hast of the bosses the pon will have to be both resister strike Wilson- Rowntrec DOSSeS arc protect their property have. been sacked tor strik and profits, will have to solidarity Witt sem the workers" movement victimised workers has ahh or his become sification inevitahle in South Africa capitalist conspiracy This involves the use of the police against strikers, the establishment of a list of scabs, and attempts to foster ine unions the expense

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(to which all the strikers belong) leaders of TUSA 1 nc nave long since proved thell reliability as reformist cass collaborators after years and vears of acting as tunction aries for management All the strikers have replaced by already been workers taken unemployeu on as scabs (altnougn some them left the job after having the strikers case put In the last weeks, inore and more of the strikers have reported to have been the arresteu uy of puppets African government and bosses: Dossese Wilson-Rowntree strike the of the future-a mass united workers usine collecuve ciass suenein mobilised struggle drawing on wider and wider layers of the class and pro.

moling more and moie class action to fight for Workers' needs Victory the Wilson Rowntree would strusic enormous surenar every struggle. It would open new wave of demands workers who and action by themselves against the bosses strike-breaking. Confusion But it has become clear that victory will not come easily. their posses 2100 government nave forced attack

SAAWU

their Trom confusion and facer avicon WILl workers' movement growing in strength But the blows with are hitting the Wilson-Rown- tree strike any heavy been It has already for the

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durant workers' movement to have mobilised support to main the face : of tain the strike in allacks carried that strike must be massive- ly strengthened South Africa Inside consumers' boycott has been Phe means with which io means with which fight the sackings. From this must Dasc built stronger forms of clas action to support the strike.

The many of depend bosses power. workers But the profits ever single bos depend on workers power. labour WorKes rave le wer lo hait orooucion. even wneı the bosses draw on scab labour. Wilson-Rowntree strike nas artady ocen surca gthened through . and more Wilson-Rowntrec e worker, in hand with the Hand 110 c played workers and burld d Page 3 leadership which can take their struggle lorward, mus go the struggle to build sup strike and blacking porting strengthen wason-kowntree suke

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leaders, have : emerged to reflect the working of the muitanci workers for a wav forward To do this they have turned to the Rowntree-MacKintosh management in England. the British government and the TUr for support. Disgusting course noining na frome Thatchers could ever come bosses' Irom or capitalists in suenele! workers' struggles anywhere But the disgusting reality has come to is that no inest empallice African worker.

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Ins TUC leaders either There have been reports of officials seeing Kowntree MaCKInIOSI management in Britain but these meetings secret held weiters ein informed. The unions invotved ar

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and

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strike depends the level material ald wnick must take uf action at efective solidarit! MacK intosh Kowanet factories inside Britain.

feeiing of The massive for black workers South struggle Africa must not be allowed swallowed in up bureaucrațic series manoeuvres behind the backs of workers, being without them even Steps must be taken to ensure direct factory factory links, so that Britist Knokerg of evely apeal for support Trades Councils through the fint im the Ley land Combine Committee te prepare entective sondarl support of South action in struggles workers Articall must be takem up elsewhere Trades Councils in Yorl and in Oxford have spon public meetings ( witt Sou such meet- workers: Allical ings should be held in ever

SAAWI

area inviting speakers. Links s with South Africa must be investigated at every the basis worko ace for immediate supporting strike and blacking action in South with solidaril African workers.

Building a national union for the unemployed to Socialist Press spoke to Pam Owalade about the conference called by the Leicester Unemployed Workers YOPs workers walk out Page 4 What was the response of the who came to ine the conference different areas! two- The response Was More fold. Firstly they were Uples have covered so pleased to ground in getting the mich conference oreenised. secondly there was a strong feeling of support for setting up a nanonal moveneit link all the groups We had delegates from Tel- honouren. LiverDoul. ford, Newcastle, ana West South East, put London-all committee UnlU which is to work lot tne lot mation of a national move- It was felt by everyone that we all wanted to build organisatjon and in the in- the acetales want to set up UWUs. willingness of especially As for the Trades Council ROverS into total composite Enes views start. They refuse rom the the main motion where there us-though now This helped us to fully cover they stali Ec moyed of the Trades The agenda member Trades After areas nad Deen Council to be in charge. by themselves it gave 1s to such tong newi section have the People's Marchers encourage- Enem from Leicester as its found- see inev weit fact is. But the and there was such i that out of the ten People's line unity positive Marchers from Leicester, six Touchot tae Concice are in the UWU the Newcaste welchaits motion went

AUEW

AUn Trai Cole WIC nitin and a so doro- asking Claimants: recognition ciner nano re our alla ala tone ors lost by two stes theirs were . 91m 1 T should joining (one momber!). Lozellet. So seems to us The main resolution called Trades contradiction in conference Council unemploved autumn. What is that about?

They refuse recog- conference the UWU-but then nise national unem- set up this organisation. mean ployed WOrKers Solvi steering committee time which they know will be all all guide the groups our members anyway. WIll into working towards not over- But they could conference. look the way The wy bull -There we can pool all for the People's March-here were forced to recog- lncy We are also immediately nise us. asking for trade union sup- increase The Militanl Locally against job loss action Unions Workers ployed important devel- occupations at opment will autumn conference and then Jeans, allu we shall be discussing what type of action we can take.

relating these the response been developments? What has conference the UWU in tercester have Trades adopted Leicester's proposed interes in it the cal" Council and the trade unions statement aims which "To been? campaign alongside workers What we have found is that the way to recruit mem- through practical work. The Beal Street Nursery gained us sup- occupation and new mem- ers; and the support Mark field Hospital has lea against the closure UPE giving us hel members i One in NUPE and is the Trades Council delegate. Our campaign for tree on the buses access to trave for unemployed workers also had drey 50 respie on the over 50 people on council offices lobby and AUEW Already NUT have given us financial an and we are in port, process of writing to other

TRADES CO

desperately What we need in Leicester is an office have much because around spread

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which it is mem oers nouses. becoming difficult to cope with. Also after the conference we have been approached by areas around Leicester

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AND HOW MANY JOBS DID WE

fighting redundancies, con- organisations The are co ighlight the effects of mas on the area as a port for the campaign in the community and not whole A big development in YOPs struggle took the place last week when 200 youth from the Consett area walked out on strike with the support of their union NUPE. they walked The reason was because out mically they were naving to pay up week on fares out 'allow- lousy Manpower ance rom Services Commission present MSC rules have the

YOP

workers pay up to £4 on fares before can calm any £6 So if they spend would only get refunded. The strike seems to have raised the issue or tne wages on YOPs schemes and the l's in the weirk place:"

NUWU

We see the and the practising Hey bit polev of supportine occupa• hons and

SITINU

stop closures ano opposing the selling of jobs by • volun- tary redundancies. In Leices- in fares dispute received strikers have other schemes support from rouseoul the count y They want to national co-ordina- form tion with a view national strike being ised. The National Council for Young Workers was set up this year for that purpose

NUPE

are present recruiting the YOPs workers and we should be taking that up and joining But this will bring with union bureaucracy

NUPE

the call for the essential demand for full trade union rates of pay. Struggles only Union benders looking to reforming YOPs, the challenge and lail SOCIALIST PRESS. Thursday 9 July 1981 fascism, which

TUC WAY

totally oppose of the labour mov ment." The to nderent e decided direct specia attention towards mmoritie We know if we antonner not provide tive unemployed youth, the National Fiont wil Therefore this is one task always has to be the forefront of our minds.

What do you se as being th of the period? start defending interests of the working clas and senousy hgallig agalls unemployment. labour movement leading the offen should be the UWU has a very definite ter we supported the picket and create new jobs. the position on this. fighting central task for the Our new constitution closure movement has s to be tne camael labour clearly states that "we must Journal newspaper. around the bringing down o to preven Tory governmen offering the One of the by-products of mobilisation of the member unemployed constructive unemployment ship into all-out action nas been evils of the increase in racism. I believe aitcillative national basis in the unions victims of cheap labour or whole basis of these cheap and also through locai trades the exploiters. labour schemes. councils. This the on cored or va Trade union rates *For all unions to initiate outbreak to the unionisatio pro This action needs to be the wave Support followed nationally with gramme up YOPS schemes. for the NCYW Trade union leaders and acmanus 101 The • National Council fo union rates alike have Labour leaders con Young Worker. and rights on YOPs. can

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seen independent

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like tacter become 2 27 Students Union, PO Box 88 trade union inquiry on YOPs school. Now they are going Manchester M60 1QV. Tel to have to take a clear posi- involving

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061-861 0317 This done on a can tion who they support: the Fighting for abortion facilities under- On Wednesday 1 July abortions in tion facilities, thus effectively tat he much mining the power of reac the first attempt more rarely, she) controls.

tionary consultants the liberalise further : Bill the Thus to came mainly from Tory anti 1967 Abortion Act was only half meis Jill made in Parliament. performed on the it who campaigne abortions Health Service claimed that the Ten Minute Under Nanoha in the Tayside area in Eas Abortion Facti Rule Jo away from essential opera Scotland. "Abortion posed facilities like attempted At the same time there tions ties" Bill, more private abor kidneis achimes, healind an ootaliol are llany than the argument is a red authorities to provide Giasgow

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Facilities Bill and average herring. The abortion services diverting This Bill highlighted the was not about abortions are who resources: women disparities between outerent chidbie, for the NHS 10

NHS

entitled much areas in abortion facilities.

chole abortions are forced to pay the moment, The Bill was defeated by for ari ate a erate the all to get ar woman's ability Labour abortion varied enormously where 215 to powerful gynaecologists members should according to where she lives.

and sympathetic to the MPs which way their the effect more not lat voted, and making 1967 Act is to give doctors

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Abortion Facilities decide approaching reselection con.

11211 have Bill tried _remed, whether •a woman can situation. ferences an abortion, reactivial y would oblige • Heat" Catholic or otherwise, anti- Authorities to provide abor- abortion gynaecologist can

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SOCIALIST PRESS, Thursday 9 July 1981 Socialist Press. which appeared without has interruption for the last to cease 6½ IS years, production 254. dated July 9.1981 This is not the result of setback, but the pre any ade to a new see 101wal in the fight for a principled and perspective progrannie workers' the for movement. decided to We have sponsor and add our force those around the paper Socialist Organiser will become J6-p 30. And We weekly will fight July that it embodies ensure the strength of both papers in a new expanded form. We are sure that with our participation and support will new weekly confront the major political problems facing the working class in the current situation.

We will seek to sunpor and champion every struggle, • every protest by the working against class baltics and capitalist explollamon menationally. Britain repression The weekly will obvious- ess and the fortnightly fortnightly Press Socialist Organiser the to or romer women struggles.

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equality; of genuine sexual black workers anu national against cor youth appres ion; and dooms pitalsto a lifetime of capitalist Syste misery and exploitation. will campaign to publicise the demands of those in struggle, and fight broadest for the possible concrete solidarity action.

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We graduate to professional printers The first issue - February 6, 1975 WRP leaders Insofar as they had set their faces argued, they advance the method of and must against this, struggle int clas. the early Comintern and the be given critical suppon anu urged to go further: Programme: 11 90 121 retuse to respond to sooner change as they thar sectarian and they expose sucn aclars. gandist stance they expelled OWi the WRP on the us all trom eyes of their supporters.

• of the Party conference eve which was supposedly Foundations discuss our positions. Socialist embracing In launching IniS approach and attempting to Press within six weeks of the formation of the Workers sterile propa- Socialist League gandism of taking the WRP leadership we were we laying the important politic- challenge before us: we were the fight to make beginning foundalons trint force in eram da a launching of Sociolist Press we were also making 1Te Corce difficult for the struggles impossibly Tine local leaflets, the ual In our opinion, acton, etc., , by means o pamphlets, of starting-point alli generalised and systematic activities, the first step agitation that can onl aid of towards creating the conducted with the the periodical press desired organisation, or, said without It may the main let us say, exaggeration that the thread which, with and regularits followed, would enable us steadily develop, of how and extend that well this cardinal and deepen, I most organisation, should be essential secto1 Vul of an All- the founding militant activities is built up Russian political news- Utopian paper. A newspaper is what we Furthermore news- most of all need; without it paper must be Ail-Russian. II we cannot conduct and we systematic, 45 101. ¢ foi influence the people an ganda and agitation, to comane ou cilol which tent armaine. the government by means of the chief and permanent task will be . word of Social-Democracy in gen printed utopian to think of combin- the particular eral other means, pressing task of the momen plex, more difficult, but alsc when interest in politics decisive, for exerting aroused among the Our movement suffers in broadest strata of the popu , ideologically first place, well Never has the need been organisational respects, from felt so acutely as today for fragmentation state dispersed agita- reinforcing complete the almost tion in the form of individ- from SOCIALIST PRESS, Thursday 9 July 1981

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First weekly - November 2 1977 Regular 12-page publication - issue 36 against oppression partial struggie of the WRi class and exploitation. We recognised, too , that reflection the growing strength of the international while we could immediately the While recognising , class in the struggles begin this fight in the British working need in many cases for the labour movement-in partic- working class Ethiopia, Angola and South trade Uka. Africa ond responsar and we have acknow poo fight was part of an interna urban middle peasants, The tional struggle TO1 eron class and other oppressed leadership the observe in groups imperialism struggle against applaud these suruggles bul analyse and draw lessons pposa every tom e bad and for the workers' the repression of the Stalin- from them movement on a world scale workers deformeda voraes states. bureaucracies demands or shackles their first issue Subsist

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worK- * Class. ratner than a newspaper that As a fortnightly or our readers have turned to Socialist Press aper our func on has not been so much to And with this in mind we resent our have presented as tuu a pic- as we can of the Marxis paders: in many cases our ews is necessarily less up-to- world view-not simply ate, detailed lest 1n01xt12. econom mediate than that avail- overtly out also bit al questions ble in the bourgeois press on cultural lary paper ettlements and not only in local communi- es, he proletariat to found a blitical newspaper. members Through the proletariat political carefully, Cells appraise significance he newsoner win reach ene Their aban petty bourgeoisie, the their effect Be peasants, thereby cond strata of the popula- various and develop tron. teal peopies ponica party influence events. The mere technical task regularly supplying newspaper with copy and of as to the enlistment or enlistment promoting regular olitical allies. tork oil locate sitate of the work of local newspaper is not only agents united party, who will main- collective organiser. In this conseni contact st respect it 1 may be likened one another, know general of affairs, get the scaffolding state along under construction, accustoned thich marks the contours the and tions in the All-Russian work structure and test their strength in the Ites of various revo. «ween une panders enao- them to distribute the lutionary actions. onton rests achieved by Skeleton no onered abouT. of This network With the aid of the news.

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Issue 250 - June 1. - 1981 historical issues. Kritain and while spelling We have brought into the political over oul 6½ years a range of theoret- an at one on ine Of series learned and developed in the rom a -part Russian Revolution, to a ten part series on the struggle for the areas of struggle in which the mis Irish liberation; series

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had articles on women's oppres involvement. sion, Socalist Boe spann Civil ear, 30s 1930s governmeds Kety strengthened is cover age and analysis of the Irish Fascism. struggle and We have solidarity in explained basic for and demands of the Sunget Trotskyist leadership in programme the origins movement politics of Stalinism, and we 111016 ments with other political powerful and tendencies on the "left in the Labour rank and file We reprint here an written in 1901 and taken from Volume 5 of his Collected Works in which he stresses the importance movement Democratic (the movement of his day) of an All-Russian Party paper. regular follow the whole country; sufficien- a revongonary tly broad and many -sided peasant uprising. Today strict and detailed advantage the of ly well tempered to be able or the sourness cont steadily effective paign against work under circum- support pope r those stances, all sudden cumulow turns". and in face sufficiently sone flexible to be able, on avoid OrC Hallu over batte aranst do over- to make whelming enemy, when the cle has concentrated for him as to force him intc open retreat. one spot, and Is susa vet. on the take readiness can unwieldi- the advantage ness and to attack him when and where he least expects activity of regular troops.

we join produce Easy task this pad bring

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Lothian council at Labourites collapse SOCIALIST PRESS, Thursday 9 July 1981 sharp point of new cuts crisis The Scottish Council £63 million or risk the whole considering making an otter of the Labour Party are sum being of less cuts than loungel their support grant in hoping to find some setting up a council of compromise solution. the coming months. action support the the Unfortunatel seven front-line Labour- conterence came too are r Conference controlled local author- Cumnock District similar making ities who face cuts totall- All 7 had been ordered £63 million from compromIse olicE ing However the real test for

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majority the Scottish labour move- councus nave replied along the lines ment and the newly The council of action will Execu Counci of Action will centre tive of the Labour Party, the Lothian Regional TOliNG

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General Council, the Council. Parliamentary Scottish CUTS IN Em Broops ino Scottish Redundancies and Labour £53.00 Lothian Region local £1.25 Stirling District authorities. £53 announcing this decis- Dundee District million of the pro- posed £63 million cuts are Refrew District €3,80 10n, George Walloway, nail sought from Lothian. Huge the Scottish £0.75 Dumbarton Dist. Council of the Labour rene ancies WOlO _Tesult Cumnock Dist. £0.45 half the figure Scottish ex olaneu Wal £1.35 East Lothian Dist. were ur party Regio Hxecutve Total £63.35 Labour are determined councils on the "hit list" to "reasoned make 10 120 E L Our WIlf 1ounecr. and if the Secretary of State ment' George IV12 ahead with in Younger, • фестетату recommendeu grant, the State Scotland, justify- support laEl Scottish Executive. of ing every penny their counch laces DankluDic called WOrKer' the Scottish Exec- soenuine orobusals. were on strike in the Lothian Tuesday region on June ity Labour Groups, District "Hit list" mas cemensualog Parties, Regional was held. and Parties He further ran amentary Question Labour Group were deo that the same position should be adopted by all represented. councils other who This conference endorsed ine cuestion to be asker whether the proposals of the Scottish Decl ask cu

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will executive and neideo saner The seven councils on the the resolve of local author- une whole of "hit list" asked to such as Renfrew, Scottish labour and trade union movement 1981 the Labour Group had been in cut then TGWU policy to back Lothian stand the main debate on the reso- If Lothian councillors Kitson went out of his way lution focussed on the issue take a stand in defiance m us wuume do socce lu the Conference Dredge of Heseltine's threats, that the

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leadership the Tory and confront Alex ditsor out all could would do to stro nailed motion, then government, impiement al of the policies the back- carried during the week's Britain's biggest union is proceeding ing or conterence delegates.

to mobilise committed Immediately after • losing Lothian councillors full-scale supporting witch- the there

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hunting reporter action. choice. made Tore adopted "left" Labour This is the result ol "The implication seems in resolution passed-despite to be that if any group of from councillors defy leadership-at Comman d ШI S us for ment and call sup- expense port, ratepayers-is not an option: will be bound lo Conference last month. follow them." have police to defeat ch which to raise a supplemen- maps out policy power Clay Cross Tory that this conference They can either Knucke down the pett Heseltine-and totally opposed to cuts in Aware of the possibility demolish services services and of such a confrontation aris the public sup- ing Kitson warned that: out do and protecieu over

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aLLN recent years, causing untold the cuts. Where workers take a Clav we come nave and unemployment: misery direct action and occupy to Cross or Clydebank situation must confront the again, where individual coun- they defend jobs and services Pore scale back demand the the cilors are taken on by

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scale nockin action to support such occu- goverment."

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the public sector pations create the best According to Porter, unions and the whole British conditions for success. Kitson:

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"predicted that the abour movemell. force could decision who refuse to implement the the Jawu into stike acuon So far no Labour council put o sian regional Cout int cuts, up has been oresarel interest debts to the Regional Council i •pay such a fight. Scotland, which faces a £53 banks." the challenge and take up Though the first part of million support rote seizered by the ToMortunity sert is focussed on that could mean the the motion action to defend loss of 6,000 jobs. trepidation, and up occupations, Despite Labour councils all over the country meekly carrying out the Tory ultimatum to sell off stocks council houses at a time when new council house build- Younger's opposition ing is grinding to a stand- attacks. still. 15,000 council houses because local are empty authorities-hit by lory cut:

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Ted ("The Brat") with my form though I paused in the hit her with the main points Heath pretty well. entrance to the press He launched into an room. His hair clung to account of his his forehead with sweat. forehand down the line of crisis; a back-hand volley Under his arm he stil rolled on the unemploved turning carried the up to crime. notes for the contest. Nobody took any notes, the Outside he could hear th except Newsline and he t was to Heath

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who broke the phoney "That's all very well, the died away Heath walked to his seat in vale Ted. But can you front battery Life reports about your ser The , tall figure of cameras. Times reporter rose to His twitched eyebrows convulsively as he asked this his fif i may say so, sir," he tried to keer •Weston. began, with the faintest his face fixed in 20 001- the word "sir'. torial but the muscles sneers on for us to mouth began honour time judder not quite isk you a lew question with his eyebrows trace the rest of ÷e turned li spittle rolled down his Le preter ach 2n0 leer, , and there was a Cake Bore no a time stared rumbeator pushed. heale reply, a crumpled jacket said. thank you," must say I am pretty pleased and a pau or nortrainice on house sales them Hundreds of thous ands of women and men charen de donciess Yet once councI have buckled under leaders to threats from Environment Secretary Here ne off the precious houses al The store on this: it is central to their measures to increase the protits and lack-renting had shouldered his grasses way to the front It was the Express. "Can you deny that you regularl he demanded not waiting for And then a reply, produced a handful

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inside pocket "What have you got to about taken inside your bathroon which conclusivel that you have in fact taken clothes completely His moment of triumph was spoiled in the corridor Outside the Sun the from finished his phone call to an old people's nome in mamo shire where an elderly but Heath's distant relative her final days ived miserable confusion. She hac not denied one single thing!

Even as the man from the produced Express from man de grace, the Sun threw open the door, A dandruff shone gently around shoulders catching the sun.

Page 9 of private landlords, devel opers and property spivs.

counci snatched out of public hand.

placed in private the housing market, queues longer-and rents private ah one car of together with the prices sale, can private homes Iol nice even nie This speus abject misery class families- for working pickings the 101 probest on the Torie week delightedly ly revel ed t se al the last seven Labour-controlled Conne catcal measure had fatten cynical fallen .. measure into line Camden, , New- Harking Stokeon- ham, Sheffield Trent and Wolverhampton councils have all begun sales-with im bemen Sheffield having been set the target of disposing 100 houses a week between now They are now no longe confrontation Only Greenwich coun cil is stll inreatener penalties for non-complianc : too but her from any have backed away defence of counci housing Despite having cut their housing staff by 10% as a Tory they of ext the disposal of the pod up disposal of the 'housing stock. • Once again the failure of Labour councils to act anything than local Tory govern agents lor the ment is pantury conned the direction of Heath into this world naked" And naked you will go out of it. It says so in this book you left by your bed- side." He held up the crumpled

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BL aims to demolish shop stewards SOCIALIST PRESS, Thursday 9 July 1981 Rover retreat: a blow to the fight for jobs ted in this stance by TGWU The struggle is at the The struggle to save crossroads. Unti Edwardes the 2,300 jobs at BL's solicialy Grenville Hawley. threatened SD1 Rover Hawley has refused taken 100s al plant at Solihull received recall to address concitons a setback last week. meeting Tuesday July grow in the Midlands. !. steward. of al appear divided on what pro- SDI workers heavily voted posals should be put to that cown shoo stewares oropos meeting. als action Maxwell calls trom solhull to ( owley. The vlans had included: * An overtime ban refusal to work on paint shop equipment which off talks is to be moved to Cowley.

*Resistance to manage- ment preparations to move DaV To owley Kobert Maxwell last the demonstration picket on the SDI week cancelled talks on confirmed luring the summer break successlud the 16-week old strike at Party support the Defeated his Oxford-based publish- struggle ing house Pergamon union millionaire "socialist' The stewards" Press. were defeated shoul never conduct Fulminating against the intended from some workers for them serious talks. supposed neconale motivation" union leaders and and "political payments. of the stionstration on the local Labour Party represen But the fight has not yer demonstration tatives are bene caret . The steward been conceded up onto rese keel fores tales o recammon rres u pressurise Maxwell stevocu us tIll day ветоте the Talks. inform workers on the situa- with letter bleats Le ulatins bulletins and that NUJ General Secretary Sancers. Labour movement sup-

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arve At a national conference port still vital. Messages kept the meeting "confiden- with the company and donations sh ould be for- taking place plover stewards have repress- press. Com- warded to Ashton, of course, has no suitch, nant to enrace m conci Oxford. ea a taure to agree on lnc meetings wwhout the closure. strikers' involvement: and They have been suppor- movement By Bill Peters week the press Last that the role that most wide •of coverage BL's important ior them to make proposal to force convenors systkill full time convenors back primeat ell come later- on their jobs. That will come they successful It is important that these floor crushing the are the shop seen context of the overall situa movement. tion facing BI Not new Ovel Lic lasi Lwo years BL nave launchea an increas ing onslaught the shop comments stewards' movement. Victim- convenors are no new devel- contained opment. Ihey are ol and preparation lor more a cocument tabica to une victimisations fact of it on ae now unions in March or tnis yeal everyday pen care in SP 241) cover- shop floor in BL. negotiating and "discussion" this new 8920 0 month, after which they are Dossiers try in, most aarperous part of the forth- clauses of course have not Day by day dossiers are by the Novembe: ware prepared on shop stewards review. media. They include investigations" Despne this inost con new National Negoti venors are deliberately play- ating malazencil and t committee commaee ing the document down. by full time officials; proccaure acetonie made against stewards following *a new discipline proce- las stoppages on their sections prepare BL workers to race giving Be the right of cute. such a challenge. Managers the summary dismissal for what

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release stewards who they to define So if the document is 4 need to deal with problems months old did the industrial why duct", clause on Convenors hit the on ten sections and there 1s a clamp-down on stewards' *a clause making the new headlines last week? meetings. binding, simply that it is legally It is not visiture doubt that • IS nO which would any have worker on unofficial strike convenors the most. themse ves an objective of destroying the in breach of his or her con press took and it was aised from Laploy to it mov ad. they don't see Confed this as a losuran 0 The dismissal. allu to clamp

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have Engineering Unions (CSEU) convenor: rejected the document whik onference last Loner de week aspect round national officers BL 10211- spearhead of it. BL Cure have equivocated. BL Linthwaite. strategisis well tabling document Linthwaite until are Last week's meeting of the leaders of the nine civil service unions resul ted in no new initiatives to build for the all-out strike action necessary to win the four-month old pay campaign. strong lobby Despit utsid the meeting and the to raise the all-out demand little again. there was the companen most time I lit spent the mends and demerit: he delon Papie This latest boost •. Thatcher's drive 1o break " the membership remains horne high. recently chairman of the Ivational BL cars Lenical Staffs Negotiating Commit- tee. Long list He revealed to the CSEU conference that he had taken recent voluntary rennonney necauce ne was "not prepared to stand for the : conținual harassment colleagues and Which were continually being sub- jected." He had decided therefore _nOT Tient ane company but to add his name to the long list BL stewards who have gone voluntarily cuunuall i ut But he still had the nerve to turn up to the CSEU con- ference -claim his expenses the union-anc everyone the benefit of his opinions conference told the "he regime like _ Colditz. The powder allisospit keg. Leadership That is certainly true and 13,000 workers-unlike have work there. Linthwaite's example the of crisis lot says • a leadershin exist. there BL: are dozens No lead from Civil Service union chiefs celling back-dating of the the excellent response to the offer or mass suspension: call for increased levy moner those who have even rom uncortan extensor already broken fror. any action last to ine selective illusions in week could well change : that selective action). situation and the to whole- ПОЙ sale data comes in. that alreadv it suspelsuis, lal is unt would have been cheaper for decision the government to have paid who issue blank Giro cheques to local Departmen 630,000 their 15% claim of Employment The costs in revenue loss.

offices Picketing ti so far and it cocen interest loans overpay successful ments ane disrunon or normal financial administra- will in fact night's time as management faced with accurately calculated. suspending makes OU l more obvious the pounds in cash • that 101 millions ol Tories the fight is not about daily over office counters thi money next year Another factor to emerge ycar. 1983. in the dispute is the govern it s dool use masane te unions ment That is why Thatcheris conspiracy law (used only i the picking uilding pickets trial moment to 1919) to attempt to convic punitive acnon. sucn as can similar examples. ed to be harassed. Yet trade Senior stewards who unionists have been harassed sough participations indi and persecuted since capital- and What before until wba. when the perks were around chuc different now? now cell their loos and out when management i hose leaving BL are par clamp down. struggle new take Process company Ius! place BL. workers must have a leadership at combine leve Linthwaite is not prepar- Page 11 federation Rion oficial in Inland Revenue Staff Ted Elsey, the official involved, was arrested after following suaus wnu tax computer strike-bound Cumbernauld ir their • private cars Intimidating He is alleged to have been scabs by simply following to their destination them Press We urge Socialis! particularly readers Scotland to watch for details of the court proceed to support any lobbie raise support for Elsey within the labour movement and fight this blatant victim- Isalon Staff at St Mary's • hospital, Harrow Rd in London are now in the second week of occupation against an expected decision by Health Minister Vaughan to axe 120 beds. The struggle, the first of its kind in a major acute and general hospital, is an important focus for the fight against Tory cuts who are prepared for an un compromising against a at struggle pared seE through to the end. That why we WALs • worker join with the Leyland Actior Committee such a new leadership.

SOUTHALL: build workers

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Police cower behund rod si carry who come Fascists role of protecting the fascists beating and will suffer kicking, inev 1(0) smashing their way into brunt neighbourhoods black can expect an increasing- from messine prompt and militant riot in Southall. from local pub hired for retaliation i smoking ruin and lea youth already pushed to into spreading street violence the limits of endurance. allowed nonce fascists to launch attacks on And if cops move in to opportunity to appeal for This is the last tions to our Special Fund, the deadline for which falls the first day of the TILC International on 19 July, Summer School. So far we have received target is £2,500. The £1397.00 and a pledge of £450.00 which brings ou guaranteed total to £1847.00 That still leaves us £653 to raise in the next ten days or so-a tall order indeed.

So can we appeal to all our readers and supporters in this our last issue of Socialist Press to pull out all

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defence squads Asian homes. quickly The clash had heen fascists were in town. the conscious prompted by the concert ine proud an decision come to the organisers have skins bringing racist youth coaches Lear drop I riday's IrOM along communisin which lett them hall Yet Southal Broadway racist had they made their way the gig at the Ham- Towards abused brough Tavern they were and Asian shopkeepers

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Send your donation to: Socialist Press Special Fund BM. Box 5277 London WCIN 3XX Published by folross Ledifor the Wordice Salied artie de Bot meet present the tore of the order Sortabot Lorakur.

BM Box 5277. London WON 3NN press have smashed windows. The word call to decoy 01000 Greenford. out activity No left wing would have found the police thugs had were the Fore wrong-footed way see the whole affair appeared to -a band which suppor- the fascists' way- ted the fascist Rock Against have pulle until local youth hit back no doubt There can police claimed they that if the Asian community been mobilised at once there would be any trouble the fascists in in Southall that evening and and beseigec the Tavern, apparently •Still ing gang of skinheads would smashed their way later have whole areas of the town. community The plac learned • througt that experience canno look to the police to protect it against racist violence.

A mounting toll of immi grant communit relations offices, community centres and anti-racist organ isations have been subjected to firebombs, vandalist afiü recent violent and months. Police are slow respond reluctant few and far a sound used to lay between enterprise-a 16 page Run riot I riday, In the • first energie's diverted to letting the were oul the sa mill du and leaving heleagured. pub And ofart Lard., London E2.

Liverpool: the revolt of the downtrodden ised struggle to defeat Once again the Tory government and the car its wringing youth Sy Deli Toxteth youth hands. simmering ho become a pitched fought of frustrations, potential revolutio and battles with the police. zedl But should be nobody surprised of all those Skinheads DaDeTS other lavuu: It is this situation w Thatcher's policies allowed has and mass unemployment and British social cull a harves 21H1Cl housing. donrallon. and contused growing young skinheads. lo! rising miserabe anti-communist as povetly racist facilities and dwindling pros youth squads. pects, thousands the strength in Britain's big cities are or energies of the the brink of open revolt not be channelled in si direction reactoilal Misery buk or young peopt and detest the fascists adult are prepared, given a lea While many more rally against racist violer schooled in workers. peaceful means und the ytim ore? And they hate protest during tne period, or cherishing

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eventuall tion and repression, areal reforms WIl Ther DusHess el daily present system intimidate misery and degradation, have unemployed who show suffered Tory • for the auth contempt quell are by ne ons aught. youl o1 une slato means so restrained. crumbling Rebellion Thrown from never-ending schools onto harassed That hatred is a l cole cucues ek tially progressive deliberately among the youth. The unemployed into ange arrogant Toxtet rejected insurrection employers, weekend container by offered rebellion against the labour leaders for organ- alist state itself But the rebellion is ced for iation-but regard it as progressi youth terroris homes, Cass commully small shonkeer their own neighbourho Toxteth , revol political scene of the h arriva firms victims lne St spoken out Bristol, in Brixton an in Liverpool. Leadership run riot in nearby them to were Kept at bay by police Asians while steel. socialist wou No revert the youth to cordons. • Ken Living-

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leader state of apathy ol it is tal that sar was hale right the that AslaI DOll hac been leadership-able youths arrested their of the allegiance comminny "fighting and should be bla oppressed vOnT hite alike-is built t Te eascu the way beyond spon Readiness mobilisation The Southall events show and old in thack communidine conta yuust to do struggle community to combat Thatcher governmen racist violence it tts ino d The National L increasing Youth black launched last month conticent pre- been youth, perspective lea such the facial first issue of its par harassment and dis Fighter, is now on sa daily they We urge comall at the hands of the police.

this nev give racial murders • Coventry, • 01 and fi their suppor to help root it in th has brought a mass mobilisation of biacks.

communities and labour growing movement the formation support. and of anti-racist defence squads.

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It is plain from the rapid Left Wins development of the confron- Youth Me in Southall that there talius out! movement labou 100. the fightin with must

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March, blac and workers YOPs and establs Pric short notice to combat gangs 3ox 135,1 of marauding racists.