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Striking tunnel miners show their understanding of O 'Halloran's politics The Workers Socialist League is a Trotskyist organisation fighting to construct a principled revolutionary leadership in the working class in Britain and internationally, and for the reconstruction of the Trotskyist Fourth International on the basis of the Transitional Programme.

The WSL fights at every step against the existing leaders of the trade unions and the Labour Party - now firmly harnessed to the bourgeois politicians of the Liberal Party in an Against their policies of class collaboration we put forward instead a programme which points to the independent class interests of the working class, its need to organise independently to overthrow capitalism, destroy its repressive state machinery and establish a Only in this way can workers resolve today's problems of tumbling living standards, mass unemployment, slashed social services, racial, Eg until 12.15 am was red invalid because not all members had received e of the meeting. Oppose Coalition The person recalling the meeting had herself sent out the Original notices!

A resolution in Tollington ward last month insisting on the need for an MP who would actively oppose the coalition and support struggles on wages and Labour 'left' MPs proved yet again that they have no intention of embarassing the Lib-Lab coalition.

Producing familiar arguments about 'not supporting the Tories' , they allowed a dozen of their number to abstain on the Tory motion attacking the pay blacklists, a small enough number to ensure that the government had a healthy majority of 14.

Why. then have the Tribune MPs put down their own motion attacking the sanctions?

The main strategy of the Tribunites is to encourage protest abstentions or votes against, while ensuring in practice that the coalition continues its attack on the working class.

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