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HOW TO FIGHT

Red Weekly No. 23, 19 October 1973 · p. 4 of the scan · 268 words

The scan: rw-no23-oct-19-1973.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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It is not necessary to convince any reader of Red Weekly that no good is intended for the working class in Phase 3 of the Tories' Incomes Policy. The only question for militants is how to fight Phase 3 in face of the determined resistance of the employers, the goventment and the state.

The first fact that has to be grasped is that, despite the outward display of ruling class strength in, the law, the police, resistance to wage claims and so on, the overwhelming forces are on the side of the working class.

Over six million workers have wage claime ricity workers strike power was kept going in the factories but not on council estates, and in the miners strike coal marked for old age pensioners was delivered to coal merchants. Finally, if all these attempts fail, the heavy brigade is being prepared. The fornation of special anti-picket and anti-strike squads of the police has been enormously speeded up. We have already seen these in action against the Hull dockers in the last dock strike and against the pickets in the Footprint Tools' dispute in Sheffseld.

All these attacks by the employers and state communications, and the organisation of every type of activity.

In the coming struggles militants must fight for: *mass meetings of workers to explain and prepare the coming struggles. *local, regional and national incetings of shop stewards delegates to plan the struggle. *Strikes to be occupation strikes whenever possible. "Conduet of the struggle at all levels to be in the hands of those engaged in the struggle: Thenght to Strite Thenght toPicket

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