Black Dwarf will be moving to new premises during the last week of January. The address will be 182 Pentonville Road London N1 Before we dwell on this theme, it is worth pointing out that the charade preceding the General Election will be conducted in a somewhat different atmosPhetate instance son eas still the dynamic, tech phere to that which nology-minded whiz-kid, and though the make-up ha begun to wear a bit thin by 1966, his supporter: could still tramp the country and tell the faithful that it was only Labour's majority of three in 1964 which had forced the Labour governemnt to be cautious and promise that with a larger majority things would be radically different. Accordingly Tribune greeted the 1966 election victory with the headline: AT LAST SOCIALISM IS BACK ON THE AGENDA. The "left" in the Parliamentary Labour Party had committed political suicide by not threatening to bring down the government in 1964, when it was in a stronger position than it has ever been inside the PLP. Wilson had bought off the leading figures of the "left". Such heroes of CND and Anti-Apartheid as Barbara Castle and Anthony Greenwood were now members of the Labour government defending Labour's iniquitous policies on immigration and Rhodesia, and justifying United States aggression In Vietnam. The "left" itself the role of defending Mr. Wilson from his mythMikardo, These attitudes succeeded in dispelling any radical image the Labour "left" might have had and Wilson will undoubtedly be remembered in history books as the man who successfully destroyed the Labour "left" as a force inside and outside the Labour Party. This was never more evident than at the Tribune vs Black Dwarf debate a year ago when the Tribunites were revealed as pathetic and bankrupt figures made redundant by history.
It is not necessary to detail each and every iniquity of the Labour Government at this stage. Suffice it to say that the three planks of their policy have been: attacking the trade unions, capitulating to racism in Britain and Africa, and becoming the leading apolo rists for American aggression in Vietnam It was these policies which made it impossible for Labour Cabinet Ministers to speak at public meetings after 1966. They were forced to travel under heavy guard and speak at closed, all-ticket meetings. Few ministers could visit universities and both Wilson and JANUARY 26th: HAZLEMERE GROUP Teach-In on Mozambique: "Stop Cabora Bassa Dam and Sanctions Busting". Speakers: from FRELIMO, ANC, Colin Morris, Lord Gifford. 7-11 p.m., Central Collegiate Buildings, Gordon Street, WC1. Entrance 2/6.
JANUARY 28th: Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding Discussion Meeting. 24 Warren Street, W1, Her... workers. outside the government took upon JANUARY 30th: "China: Your Questions Answered" by a regular visitor. Society for Anglo-Chinese Under- Dare Dranch North Finchley Library Ravensdale Avenue, N12 (near Tally Ho Corner) 8 pm JANUARY 31st: Springboks v The Barbarians, Twickenham. STST FERRARV 1st. "Tenin. Marxism and the Jewish half of the "small country whose rights were being violated" and pose as the champions of self-determination and democracy. Since that time they have ›een busily staging a careful, if slow, comeback, an‹ as the General Election approaches they will emerg in public to rewrite history and to bullshit the British workers vet again. They will appear radical while at tacking the Tories, but will be difficult for Wilson to get the Labour faithful rolling in the aisles in fits of uncontrollable laughter at the expense of the Tories as he did in 1964 and 1966. And the reason for this is simple. Wilson and his cohorts have been following polices which a Tory Government would have carried through at its own peril. When Selwyn Lloyd engineered a recession, thousands of workers surrounded Parliament, adorned it with red flags and fought the police. A few Labour MPs could also be seen with them. That was why leading journals of the ruling class wanted a Labour Government in 1964. That is • why the Economist (Jan. 17, 1970) can say again with confidence: "If a Labour Government is voted back again at the election of 1970 or early 1971, it will re introduce statutory wage restraints within a few months of returning to power... If the Conserva tives come back to power they may take rather long.
" And no one should be taken in by the "optimistie trade figures". The present pace of wage increase is such that the government will be forced to figh he working class and this will happen whatever th complexion of the government. Also the recession i he United States is going to have serious effects or the economy of Western Europe, but particularly Bri ing to see an increased combativity on the part of the tain. The present year and the next are therefore It is in this atmosphere that Labour Cabinet Ministers will start speaking at public meetings and the reduction of the voting age will force them to visit universities. Revolutionary militants have been fairly successful in ignoring the Labour Party over the last few years. The time has now come to pay some attention to it and to prepare to expose it by all means necessary. Lenin once told the British revolutionary movement that they should support the Labour Party like the rope supports a hanging man. It is worth pointing out today that the rope itself has got somewhat frayed in the process and the man is still alive A new rope or guillotine is therefore needed and it is to this task that we should address ourselves. EXPOSE THE BASTARDS!
In forthcoming issues of The Black Dwarf we shall be publishing detailed itineraries of Cabinet Minister and other such scum and also mapping out a strateg. on how we can best use the Minister's public meeting ings to expose the policies of the Labour Government and to make revolutionary propaganda. It is not go ing to be an easy task and therefore it is absolutely essential to unite the strands of revolutionary opposition to the Labour Government and together map out our strategy for the election period. Venceremos!
FEBRUARY 4th: Film-show: "The Movement of Nerve Gas" "Science for Life"; "The Silent War Three short films followed by general discussion. Central Hall, Westminster. 7.30 p.m Chemical and Biological Warfare Action Group, SYD 0940.
FEBRUARY 5th: Lecture. Internal Situation in China Holborn Central Hall, Theobalds Road, WC1. 7.15 pm
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