Socialist Challenge No. 51, 22 June 1978
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Socialist Challenge THATCHER PLAYS THE ORANGE CARD racist remarks about immigrants 'swamping this which has rejected Amnesty International's
they will be free to give houses only to their own impressive an answer to Thatcher as we can do
PERU ELECTIONS: FAR LEFT WINS 15%
the North of Ireland a Tory government. THE ELECTRINS for Constituent Assemhly held in Peru last Sunday. The first results we have received indicate a drumatic growth in the influence of the far left.
FOCEP (Workers
Sudents und Paor People's Front, the electoral Front launched by Truisksins of the International, ha-gained 15 per cent of the vote. Ten of its candidales are non members of the Constituent Assemble.
VETERAN
Tapping the Wist is Blunco, the veteran Perucian resolutionary and leader of the Christian Fourth International. Blanco, as readers will recall, was recentle deported from Peru hy the militury regine.
TORY LEADER Margaret Thatcher continues to grovel in the political gutter for what she thinks are election-winning issues. First came her attack on black people and her country. Now she has promised Loyalist rule in
Thatcher has declared that Britain will stay in
the North of Ireland come what may. Unionists
would be given back most of their old powers by
For instance, Thatcher promised the Loyalists control over housing allocation — this means
supporters, as they did in the past. There is a parallel between Thatcher's racist and Orange cards. On race it was the Labour Government's tightening of immigration
It will now hecame Were difficult for them to prevent relurning participating in the The bulk of the FOCEP vote PeaMOS HORE BACCHEE Financial Times reported on Way THE Ten Sime parts t the the slums of Lima it registered Fourth wither parties* The largest party appears to he the old nationalist grouping APRA American Allancel led by the aging Husu de in Torre, It won 36 per cent Haigo of the sates The right-wing Party cam with per percent. and FOCKP rhind with 15 per cent. proMosenw munist Parties and the Maoists
were well behind FOCEP, but the working class parties a a whole appear to have one-third delibera- members
Constituent Assembly DEFIANT Together with nationalists of the Tionary Socialist Party, they bave near 40 per ceat of the roles. At the very least this Indicates that (Popular efforts of the military Junta the Revolutionary masses remnsin detiant.
The manifesto of FOCEP reflected the Trotskyist L charucier Popular, electoral front It linked is
second campoign to the mass struggles
in Peru. lewis identified in the eyes of
Com- the working musses with the
teneral strike which shook the
sear And left.
Revolu-
despite
the employees young sudents, ete predominuntly
What Is oF the there will he
promised the Loyalists more seats at
prisoners. on that day. Assemble 2pm at Speakers Corner
SUNDAY 9 JUL
country on 22.23 May of this
clearly determined to use its presence in the Amembly ki Fight for u new Peruvian Constitution.
The draft it put forward in ie elections emphasises the
Penu. existing economic social relations in l'eru, the replacement of the judiciary by elected "popular tribunals, the clans get die ration t of the standing Carmed defence committees of
workers, peasants, people. Nest
Important Is that at least ten members of the new Assembly
light for such a transformation inside as well us DIER BE SECORDUTIA
FIRST THE RACIST TRICK, NOW
controls which made racism respectable. On Ireland, it is Labour which has alreads
Westminster. And it is the Labour Government demand that it stops the torture of trish political
But the simple truth is that no British government — Labour or Tory — has a right to be in Ireland. That is one of the messages of a demonstration to be held in London on 9 July.
Another is to demand Prisoner of War status for Irish Republican prisoners. Let us give as
The phormons pains me he the FOCUP. their warking chan support and the prestige of one of their rentral leader. Huge Blanco, also lays the basis far building a string and powerful unified revolutionary purts in If last Sunday', vote is any reflection, then this parts could become the major wurking party Peru relativels short space of time
week: exclusi interview with Hugo Blunce.
No. 51,22 June 1978 Price 15p
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The Government's
OUR POLICIES 2 T
EDITORIAL
internationalism
suhjected the latter to Intoleruble economic pressures.
spirit of proletarian internationalism*,
Problems have arisen
as renegades by Moscow.
military and cconomic weight to pressure them.
ECONOMIC AID CUT OFF bureameracy.
on numerous occasions.
bitter fruits of socialism in one country.
republie.
SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY
the USSR.
unable to crush popular
il remains a fuct of some objective importance.
existence
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Soiral 00-388 8180 . Diet an A Sering one l
China, Vietnam and
IN THE 1960s the Soviet Linion withdrew Its technicians from the People's Republic of China, stopped its ald programmes and
This was because the Chinese had expressed important political criticisms of the Soviet leadership. The Chinese, quite correedy. denounced these actions so gross and flagrant betrayals of the
Has it was much more than that. It was the reflection in world polities of the theory of 'socialism in one country". This theory has been the cornerstone of Stalinist politics for many decades.
because of the LABILICE DI BEEC post-capitalist states apart from the USSR. Where these have been the resalts of popular social upheavals, the indigenous leaderships have maintained a certain todependence from Moscow: in the case of Yugoslavia and China they were branded us heretics und treated
China has now adopted exactly the same methods in deuling with the leaders of a popular sociul revolution in South-East Asia: the Vietnamese communists. Having failed to win the Vietnamese to their own political conceptions, the Chinese are now using their
They have used Chinese nationalism in the most unscrupulous fashion und asked people of Chinese origin in Vietnam to reture to the "mother country". They have cut off economic aid and expelled Vietnamese diplomats from three South Chinese cities.
It was Lenin who first raised the slogan of the international republic of soviets, The luck of soviets felected orguns of popular power, in the Ussk and China is related to the absence of proletarian internationalium in the fanctioning of these stutes.
Examples are numerous. The Russian invasions of Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 were carried out solely to safeguard the political stability of the bureaucratic system in the ESSR and the other Eastern Europeun states: both events challenged the monopoly of political power enjoyed by the Soviet
The Chinese attitude to most national Iberation movements has, over the last decade, been determined exclusively by the Soviet attifade to the same. This puts the Chinese in the imperialist camp
It is obvious that their attitude to the Vietnamese is determined by purely national considerations. These then are the sordid and
An internationalist alternative would seck to unite the strengths of the workers movement in these states against the common enemy. It would, while preserving the national identities of states or regions, nonetheless strive to build an international soviet
It is ironic that this sentiment appeurs almost utopian today: so great is the cynicism felt by many towards the actions of China and
But the very fact that the USSR exists means that imperialism is
revolutions such as the Cuban and Vietnamese upheavals with Impunity, It is true (hat ibis almosi forces post-revolutionary states into the Stalinist straitjacket, but internatesten wond master errance that importance. socialist democracy That is why revolutionaries must continue the fight for the
so andently defended by Mars, senio, Trotsky and many otbens.
S REGULAR READERS of our back page will have olsener he newspuper, despite its successes, is stili short of funds. In orde to survive we need to raise at least £2,000 above our Fand Drive targets. This is due to the rising costs on virtually every front. Our only source of income is our readers and supporters. No massive loans for us from institutions or states. We are therefore -asking all our supporters to send us 25 over the next month. If you prefer a regular bankers order we can desputch a form
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We aim to move to twenty pages sometime in 1979, but this will
a state of turmoil.
The story so far.
*Tax
budger, followed by a 2li per
National Insurance contri-
butions.
"Minimum Lending
(MIR) shooting up to 10 per
cent in successive leaps and
bounds.
"Frantic buying of Gilts and
sharp price rises in the Gill
*Reintroduction of a credit
LOSSE
*Fears that the money supply
wit out of control, followed by
rejuicing at the Chancellor's
restraint.
What does it all mean? Has anything changed? Have some
the CUIEOUICTIUES removed flation under control?
EXPANSIONARY
Writing in the Fimanciat
Times on Brittan noled: they (the Labour ministers) have been monetarists...
Monetarists (Brittan among them) are right-wing DIRTSEL economists. believe in the virtues of the free HIRTSEE instrument instruces and preventing line
periods
relative price stability.
Their idea is that expans ionary government expenditure aubed ment leads to expansion of the money supply, which in tura causes inflation.
ProIctanan PRESCRIBE
Thus they prescribe sumple, drastic medication: public expenditurel Impose strict controls on supply inflation will dectine and in the long run everything else being squal, stable minue unemployment (what they call the 'natural level of unemployment) will Joyed by all.
The monetarists themscives admit that the immediate effoct of such policies will be to sharply ment. run. Unfortunately, as Keynes
LAW.
revaletionary socialists are
1
HOME NEWS
JUDGING by the headlines in the national press over the past few weeks, the financial markets have been in
CPS, a group of socialist economists, explain the Government's monetary policy,
cuts in the April
Healey:
Rare The recent mensures,
Blastration, INFLUENCE
monetary management.
MIR, THE THIS at-a-strike?..is in-
the market
in pructice
pretry good In twO tfree They TWOFOLD allocating twofold: The
unem climare of reduce moncy of
prices and
push up unemploy-
What matters is the long
'in the long run we are all Capitalivn is in srisie./ The Iraden of the Tahour Parts wod the Trades unions afTer solutiums chat are in the interests, sot uf the wurkers, but uf she capitals Salia Challenge belies that the tru sial casks confronting
In haild hruad-based cass struce ladencies in apposition.to class-cullahnracionism in the labour movemest. These should be non-escheste in character groping fogether militants bedling a wide range of political vices * Tobejin In fisht for the crition of a unified and democratic cevolutionar
begin to be seen is an altersate bi thousands uf workers engaged in strangles
Ele strugale forsocialisin sucks do unile the fight of the warhers agains the boses with that of inher appressed loes af sciety -black peoul. ness - Murlint Tar thou lihtralion. This wacalisi ca ils be achievestly traling new angers of power andale fraling with al
monetary policy
London
simulatibe
Lack of space precludes a detailed refutation of monerarism here, but it is clear that
Treasury become dearer. mandarins are totally commelted to this school of thought
Painted principally at controling the money supply, provide a clear become
MiR is the rate ut which the Bank of England will lend to the discount markes, Originally
are not so set by the Bank, to influence
credit essential tool of monetary
In recent scars it became
La new-style, flexible following rarher than guiding money marker tends. Effectively, the Bank was surrendering initative to Requirement.
FICKLE
Now, in a sharp reversal -the April budget has re-adopt ed the old merhod. Again the Hank and the Treasury jointly decide what the rate should be.
said: increased by about 211 per cent including 1 per cent oo Juac 8.
immediate impact is ever. splendid hay? invarily tolow the lead ot money market rate MR foreign deposits are
OUT OF WON ORE RELA
JOIN YOUR LOCAL UNENROE ONES KOTO
alracted to for stay in) the /
MISTRES support the pound in the ALOESE CAR ALE TERTALESD
demand overscas depositors,
*As the clearing banks also adjust their Base Rares, in line with MR, all forms of credit
WILS IMMEDIATE
By simoltangously imposing i credit corset.
mors diffieuit obtain, as well as dearer. Thus curtailment of credit expansion Tas an immediate impact on the frowth or the money supply
One could think that that is all there is to ic. in fact, things
simple, 2 thest measures (MILR Increase and
corset) are only 'psychological" and aimed
UTLTTLEHIEY Stock (bonds and are issued either to -absorb excess liquidity ar more commonty — to finance the Public Sector Borrowing
Paraphrasing reactions of speculators and
Financial Times of 14 June
1am buying Gilts, therefore aty bank deposits are falling therefore the money supply i going down, therefore inflation help is going to fall for ever and
therefore Guts are a - the inberent contradictions.
To a sace person this may Sunde sonole front A men c Farnel Wonderland. To a sophisti- lurking round
CONTES
sealism' in the USSk and tastern Furupe have discredited surintien
then aild will ofter full support to all these fighting for socialed democres
The interests of barkers and capitalisis are in ecoscilable on a work
imperialist regiones in the West and the hrutal dictators dips airy sustain in Latin
In fritain it implies demanding the immediale withdron b of Hritish troop Free Inband and biting the fred prople determin their own future.
WOE DE DULLA COCO SCENAISE IN SPRING INIFERAL HEMIHTUES BOEMS luvery but as a rhut necessio?. The means the might in organne factions am
cafed fisance-capitalist, it is the quintessence of wisdom. Spec alation is a self-fulfilling prophecy, a world of makebelier, alwass spurred on for estra profit
So. guided by monetarist principles, all the Government
to do roundabout way was to create a buoyant market for massive Call issues (1.8 billion pounds 1b one weck) thereby mopping
Bouidity and hopefully, denting inflationary pressures
To do this it had to temp speculatos.
INFLATION
Looking at it all the other
Ernest Mandel wrote in 1975: Inflation itsell feeds the demand for money capital and makes the closure of the tam creating credit and money all the more dangerous Tor business, It always means a sharp turn towards rocessioit."
This approach is just as valid naw Inflation is a complex phenomenon, the culmination WELLER SACCOETR In the capitalist mode production. result of excessive credit or
INHERENT
To cur off the money tap can
fight inflation ficiatly: it cannot resolve any of Least of all should we forge that continued recession and
unemployment are the corner will in the long run be decisive in defeating both ine
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Why Michele Day, 11, hasn't
HOME NEWS
Derek
Day
demands:
school
with
no
wogs'
Britain's MOSE
Socialist Challenge discovered last week.
Day's motives ure racist.
"martyr" in the image of Robert Relf.
GEOFFREY SHERIDAN reports.
Michele Day is 1. accordine to her caucationa profile card has a reading age of
2. She has not been in a
primary
authorities - usually prompr attendance — a year to bring are due to hear the case on 26 July.
The Labour-controlled Inner London Education Authority is awareof Day's motives
Michele Day was due to be transferred to Haggerston girls" secondary school in Shore ditch.
PREFERENCE
Parents can express pretereno as to which school their child should attend. Derel Day are added: there "A school with no WUNA enough bleeding wags in this country and I don't have to put up with any more.
As it happens, 70 per cent of students at Haegersten white, 20 per cent more than ac the two neighbouring socondary schools
There tares Asian teachers at Haggerston,
Pholo: G.M. CDOKSON | Socialimt Ch gether with a West Indian, and
person mixed made plain their opposition to KELISIE
When the ILEA allowed che FrOME hold meeting at the school three усал: ago, thirty of the staff joised a picket of the meeting.
cather ThAN SDOW saite spirited opposition to a
DEREK DAY. who would like to be considered as
loud-mouthed racist, is prosecuted for refusing to send his daughter to school.
Yet it has taken the education authorities a year to act, and the Nazis will undoubtedly attempt to use the trial to create a
and self-doclared DOSIMe E lo Sa0d on the halcony of his flat abscenities to passing blacks. lett education officials have tried hard to conciliate with Day.
AL Haggersion normally a prompt response 70П- when students Tail toturn up. If astudent is away for more than two days, a forit is sent to the parents.
If there is no reply, another forni & sent and an educational welfare officer is asked to visi the home. A visit would rarely ake place more man three weeks after the absence began Michele Day never did corn up a: Haggerston or any otber secondary school. Her case wa dealt with at divisional level шпаст tae person capers!
HAGGER
SCHO arc
10-
Tice.
been to school for a year
of K.J. Mason, head of the being ILEAS Hackney
Based al Dekway House in Stoke Newington.
Derek Day claims
privale
mile round trip to East London supervise education. There are no prizes for guessing the direction such LESSOUS WON TERE w'hose Day is a former member of
yelling a star speaker at the last NF
But the local London. there
LINUUUSEE
pamphler How to Combat a Red Teacher invires parents and school denounce teachers who advocate racial equality or fail le lorify the history of the British Empire NEGOTIATE
An ILEA spokesperson told Socialist Challenge thar officials tried to negotiate with Michele's parents to try to conse to some arranteement
Derek Day with Martin Webster These negotiations division, unprecedentedlengths.
that a vociferous from Boutne
division's placement
European origins.
OBLIGED Mason, duly obliged
ciections the NE's manifesto for racially the room.
did leave to students to emharrassment
to court, The
was taken over this
Aston wha
reticent child. very frightened
MEDIA
was prosecuted
sought to create
the mass headlines agoul Reir
such treatment, Derek reilletant martyr.
La jovial affair.
Hackney Tribune
bangs a tale.
festival ESTHERE
PlacE Dul.
We
asked.
Liberals',
Challenge
us out.
Many went to
At a meeting with Derek Day al Ockway House, the raciut we'd got in.
exception to the presence of A.N. Chin, the
secondary school officer, whose appearance indicares his non-
Chin's superior, Rather than defend the education officer and terminate the meeting at Dice, Mason told Chin to leave 'Mass
The TEEA explains: "The officer concerned suggested he
save him and abuse."
Two visits by an inspector to President the private tultion set up by Day persuaded the ILEA It wasn't
alistactory, and the authorit
inally decided to take the issu
Blackmore, prolonged delay in candidate. tuking effective action will no bave benefited Michele Day
HEA admits that be attendance at primary school was poor, although no action average vale
The teacher from Hagger to 60 votes cust.
interviewed her recorded: "She is an extremely
very quiet alld It was noted thar Michcic would nood to go District. into a remedial department.
elected.
When Robert Relf raised his 'For sale to an English family only sign ourside his Leaming(on house in Apcil 1973, and
by the Race Relations Board, the fascius had our
martyr. Hahro,
They were belped by much of
media, "Race renel tures heroine A racet mussi suggested his ensure tha. Day receives no signed,
Day will be no
News
nowhere
What's in a name? THE PEOPLE's Festival, organised by the Communist Party at Alexandra Palace last + Sunday (see report page 6l, was
As the Morning Star teported The CP was well represented by a majority of its districts, as was the YCL and its told us, because he agrees with
Challenge, but the Young Liberals, sand the London Co-Op Education Connitee campalen. were also lhete...."
And therein, as they say,
A fortnight before the
Socislist Challenge rang thie festival organisers and asked for a stall. We were told that the necessary forms would be sent. Note arrived, A week later we were told that the stalls were all taken and there was no
Being somewhat cynical, we decided an hour laterto rest this
rang and asked for a stall. "Who are you?" we were
"The Hackney Young we replied. Fine We'll send you the forms which duly came in the next
And Socialist obrained a stall.
There were a few red faces at the lestival, but there was no question whatsoever of booting
SteWards CP members said they were pleased laughter when they heard how
Why were we excladed in the first place? Nothing to do with
WETHIS TEL festival. It was the CP executive
hich decided by a vote not to allow the ultra left" any stalls
Whack was a bit naughty giver that the theme of the festival this sear was 'Unicy'
poll' elects Birmingham AUEW right-winger
In the clection for District
Birmingham South ALEW. Roger Griffiths, from Lucas's mas narrowly copping the poll in front of
the right wing
That is. until the Wychall Lane Branch sent in 472 votes
all for MISCHIESE The in all other branches wus from uround 20
Blackmore got more votes from this one branch than from the whole of the rest of the
He has now been declured
Has Monty signed? AT THE Socialist Challenge stall at the People's Festival we
appeal for. Rudolf bat the It PrisOned Ensi German Marxist dissident, and ohamed hundreds of signa.
Scores of CP members
including Bab Rosthorne, Colin Chambers Pere Carter. Jon Bloomfield, Gerry Leversha, Bill Ward, Karl
from
Dallas, and Phil Coben.
A number of CP members whue signing asked us: Has Monty signed? This is a reference to Monty Jolnstone, the party's well-known expert
the USSR and Eastern Europe
Theansweris No - Monry is still refusing to sign. Not, as he the imprisonment of Bahro; but because he is fighting to get the CP leadership to take up the
That, he claimed, would be more effective than appeal. We agree, but why counterpose the two? At the moment our campaign is the only one that exists. It is utterly sectarian to counterpose le to what is still a bope....
REGULAR listeners to Cupital Radio's 'Open Line" will he repeated and frenzied defence of British imperinlism.
But on 28 February he really took the biscuit. A listemer plomed in with some none-too continentary remurks shan the National Front and argued that they should not be allowed
put candidates in predominantly Jewish areas.
This was too much for our
replied that "Somewhere within the out-
card heavily exposed medi promoted National From
There are - 300e very sensible suggestions politicully -withia the Front there
with good polltical ideas.
An Angry listemer srote to the Independent Broadcasting Authority protesting at this garbage. The IBA has Just got round to replying to his letter.
say Adrian Love was not putting his own political views which
CPUSHHUTY. "understand your concern and ure going to contact Capical's senior management.
(PS. Interesting coincidence: the IBA was the same body which censored the programnec the Amnesty report of torture in freland.) ZELDA CURTIS departure from the Morning Star was predicted in this column a fortnishlien. Welook forward to reading her successor Mary Rosser's columns
Meanwbile we print the following from un anguished Star reader:
Farewell then Zelda.
Doyense of left press Fun Organisers Your inspired rhetoric, Your lively touch, Which didn't amount to much, Kept the Stur going for an extra I was Laud, when your name first appeared, Now everything's decimul How awful!
Forget Barbara Niven, who's Mary Rosser?
Zelda, you were the greatest, We'll merer forget ya!
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Sparks fly into action
HOME NEWS
ing in the NHS are likely to continue their work to rule for parity with contract labour despite the fact that their national executive will urge them 10 work normally. TONY BROWNE reports.
The dispute Is over the fall-
Toolmakers try
Militancy
2,000 toolmakers from British Leyland defled a call from Terry Duffy, president-elect Engineers* Union and stopped work on 12 June. They were supported by a further 1,500 toolroom workers on the night-shifts who attended meeting Birmingham. called by the unofficial Leyland Toolroom Committee, chaired by Roy Frazer. JOHN GRAHAM reports.
The continued support from Leyland toolrooms for the
NALGO
NALGO delegate.
In debates on both the Phase 3 settlement and future pay policies, the executive support pay restraint. Consequearly NAIGO it now committed to rurace gover ment interference in pay negotiations.
11 was the Broad Left-
COBORICU Scottish
which provided the main
inadequate
opposition to the executive.
Two important motions maved by them were successful.
One forced the executive to
rescind its decision to reinstate
three strike brenkers; the oiner reaffirmed the supremacy of
the conference, This followed
the executive faction carber in
the year when it over-ruled a
conference decision by calling
off a one day strike in Sentland
Anolber successful motion
called for the banning of the
National Froot from municipal
premises. BaUE nerhans the
gees surprise was the viciory:
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 June 1978 page 4
over NHS pay
ELECTRICIANS work- | to implement the proposals o the band op Rest, ken quiry set sp by Joseph, which recommended that electricions in the employ as those employed on contract MOTh The executive of the electricians' union, EETPU, called a meeting of all its shop stewards This meeting decided on strike une of the Labour Government district and area level.
dangerous tactic
still there
Footroom Committee the militancy displayed in the 4-week strike in 1971 has not been last. But the decision to withhold union subscriptions to protest against the lack of SULTULL From the executive is a dangerous move for the toolmakers to accepr The blame for wich moves must be ploced squarely at the door of the AUEW leadership was for demand of the toolroom for refusing sheenies will be ted by decision the AUEW bureaucrats further Bolate rank and file support for the toolmakers.
The payment of a unor subscription is not seen by the
conference
THE ANNUAL conference of the National and Local Government Officers Association, held last week in Brighton, displayed the inadequacy of the left in the union and the lack of politics on which to base a fightback, writes DIANNE DESMULIE, Harringey
gained for guy rights when the conference agreed wOn NALOO SOONIO BOL USE DUTICI facilities in Scarborough while eroups such as the Campaign For Homosexual Equality were prevented from using them.
Yet there was little debate on montes's oppression, although district fringe meeting Women's Volce resulted in the likelibood of the calling conference on materity rights.
Such mixed results reflected the matemany tation of the Tell. The former of the lett, NALGO Action Group, is a shadow of its former self A NAC meeting defeated a proposal to attend a meeting with the bewly-emergent Bcoad Left-type NALGO Progressive Alliance.
The NPA Itself decided in favour of a democratic national conference, which if called and widely supported some way to rebuilding the left in the union.
With the postponement of the strikes the stewards orgamised the work to rule. In London this involves a first wave of 1l hospituls followed by a further wave of another houndinks 1 Social Services Secretary David Ennals does not agree to the electricians demands.
A steward at the Royal Free Hosplint told Socialist Chal lenge that despite the obvious attempts of the EETPU leadership to sabotage the action the
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primarily as a political act based on the very principles of toolmakers stand support which will be vitils Union's ünportant for the strike they
are plannieg in October.
There is no bosses, the AUEW pincialdom, or the Government will accept the toolroom warkers' demands without 3 massive struggle, SCHISEUS tripartite withhold Leyland toolroom shop stew-
Cards, the AUEW officizis and Levland management put ibe skids under the whole corporate bandit bot-s n Leyland, And management and the bureaucracy are deeply com that called by
and fragmen-
conference could
union's executive, report.
dispute will continue off the
troops are used LINKS
this dispute has forged
Fences of lose the risked sacking
then the desads for way Leyland
al E20 per week for between TUTE rank-and-file ALEW
would
AUEW burcaucrats the the union is not forthcoming.
MI/M
Slipman leads
students
nowhere
'YES...and no'. This was the decisive response of Sue Slipman, president of the National Union of Students, to the Department of Education proposals which will undermine the independence of student unions
She was speaking at a 400-strong NUS briefing
London last TALBOT and I.EWIS DAVIES, both members of the
The only authority to cu
another national shop stewards
At the Raval Free the work to rule has the support of NUPE and nurses and junior doctors The NUPE branch will strike If
The solidity of the elecir cians is strong and they are determined pat only towin their claim for E9 (15 per cent hut to maintain the links that
especially the national confer-
eleciricians" shep WOMEN" stewards in the bealth service.
held
mitted in this set-up. It'S a way 15 control pay claims and the campaign.
struaules of Deyland workers. Despite
Bur even if it was met cussion,
highly unlikely as in the 1977
ALEW problem:
workers racher than concede
pirity
with demonscrators would tun
straight up against the Labour
Government's wares policy. ln the
Parity would catail an average exchanged
This kind of
light would aced the support of
Chances werE
By advocating withdrawal of
union subscripsions, the Tool
room Conunittee is giving the
best
weapon that they could hope
for to cosure that such support
the
Proposals FOR PE called hy
Alliance
Socialist
FREEZE
ир то 60 рет
finances.
SSA
the NUIS
major issues!
the Saturday. COLIN
FITS MS ITSABUSHI CONVINCE THE HEAD ON THE COMFORT OF TROUSERS FOR
Working Women's
Charter
Breathing life
into the invalid
THE WORKING Women's Charter Campaign
its third annual conference fast weekend. Its main concern was to put new life into se ailing
aseful disconference attendance revealed the
60 delegates rather than the 300 of previous years. CELIA issued. PUGH reports.
morning, speaken experiences taking feminist sues into the Lucions. Most apreed that the
was still useful, bur dissatisfied with the present form of the campaign.
afternoon delegates debated three resolutions. One that was adopted called for a in transformed newspaper to take issues raised by the Charter into
unions, could reinforce activities of worsen in different women't groups and labour movement bodies
The briefing confercace was
Left dominaled union thanks to the efforts st the Socialist Studen
and the Natipnal Organisa on of International
Studears to want students about the dangers of the Goverument proposals.
Labou
The proposals will freeze student union incomes: remove control from larger unions of
cent of their Herens deten the Ni incomes; and will aim to and educarion authornes what unions can do with their
supporters, bad cam
raigned for a decision-making
conference and the outcome of the briefing conference which
Teadership called instead, showed why a more authoritative conference has vital, Conference eveil failed, by a narrow vole, to agree to take indicative votes on the
So, despite the real dangers
of the propassis, no vote was
taken for in against chem. And
"Autonomy Charter
which SSA supporters argue
could be the basis of an active
campaign to deiend unions -
was similarly left in the air.
THE GAMES INSRUCTER TRYING TO unior, wide Charler group: 3 The bass for a workine chin water's and I completely change the preser! Chane tops a can prostanl for socialism and women's liberation were rejected by the conference
Hull deleentes won backing for more regional coordination. and Insolemnest in the projecas of the campaign. An appeal sor
conferince launch Lie new newspaper was
New women trom severa while-collar unions were par bicularly enthusiastic about the suggestions for activity in the unions that conference. This optimism was shared bretaers. Te must not be lost, bur confirmed by really
tor successful sutumn conference
The first planning meeting is
Birmingham CASESUL Everyone working, or wanling to work around aspects of the Charter demands is encoutagod to take pars mectings and to us and win wide support for the autum conference.
Trevor Phillios, president elect of the union shared Slipman's approach. "W'i not a
DES proposals, explained and -ther proceeded to join his prede cessor in a lerocious attack pr the SSA and its cew pamphle
Che proposals. The National Organisation ol Labour Students took up the hysterical chorus agains. the doubes raised hy the 5SA.
If nothing else, the ferocity of their arruck an the SSA proves the point: the proposals are a major issue, despile ine
Icadership's protests.
RESOURCES
A ful NUS conference in
October is needed before any
decision ismade, and the SSA I
right to throw its resources into
fighting back. This
realisation amongst
obviously rattled the
leaders of te NUS and the
Broad Left
Now SSA pamphle: Student
Unions Under Attack:
Single copies of this pamphlet
are available, price 10p phis P
pap from Lewis Davies, c/o
TPSU, Polytechnic, Borough
Road, Middleshrough.
Prices bulk orders available on request.
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Schools for the chop TWO HUNDRED students at Paddington School in | fall, no wonder things get i backing of the union to our
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demonstrated in defence of their school.
There was a wne yuca inc
Labour Party passed resoler-
jons callie tor class or 25 by
1980. Well. it's 1978 and the
Not only are there 50,000
unemployed leachets
ould be put to good use, bu
here is also a fall in the schoo
population (it's called falling
numbers
classes and better education.
London Education Authority is
using the fall in rolls as
excuse to implement cuts by
amalgamating
schools
Two London schools are at
the forefront of the light
against this policy.
Montefiore was announced this
week. We at Paddiseton are
fighting 3 proposed amalga
mation with Sarah Siddons and
Rutherford schools in West-
AMALGAMATION
Amalgamation would mean
cuts in staff, and deterioration
in educational standards, with
children and staff having to
(ransler and move beiween three or four sites separated by
a mile!
-an westm
London teachers have fought
for the ILEA to introdace an
area plan to roduce class sizes in every school against authority s singling out of two or three schools for the chop.
The Labour controlled ILEA argues that small schools can*t affer the same opportunities. But this is rubbish rationalisation for its educa.jon-cutting schemes
Manchester Hospitals "
THE threatened closure of the Duchess of York Hospital for children in
Manchester already provoked a sense of popular outrage. JEFF WEST reports.
30,000 people have signed the petition to keep the hospital open, and the car stickers and badges that produced are seen SOUL NARCOCSICT.
The Area Health Authority formally proposed the closure last December, claiming that recent population trends show the birth rate is falling.
Fobulation trends are he coming a popular argument for
reducing teacher training and now even children's hospitals.
What makes ridiculous that December the AHA had showa no sign of having noticed anythug WILSON in population trends.
In 1976≤30,000 was spent on updating the operating theatre at the Duchess of Tork. Laler that year a similar amount was
adding an older children's ward.
Many Joca doctors were not
of bow many facilities the bospital had, until they saw asurvey carried ouchy lic accon contillee ta save the hospital
The AHA have also claimed
London schools plan fight back
West London made the headlines last week when they
DENNY FITZPATRICK. a chemistry teacher at the school and chairperson of its action committee, reports on Paddington's campaign against the cuts.
dependent on the staff and facilities the authority allows it to have, Ir the authorities continue 1o transfer and redeploy teachers as rolls
who
East
the
just i
the hospital for use by mentally handicapped children presently at North Lancashire. the action comanittee sympathetic to the need for
has
handicapped, it does not see the solution in robbing Peter to pay Pauline Resolutions of support and donations to the fighting fund should be sent to the: Duchess of York Action Committee heen c/o. Stirton, Duchess of York
Hospital, Burnage Manchester.
Domestic Violence Conference THREE hundred women met In London on I1 June lo review the first year of the Domestic Violence Act. The Act was
women more rights, particalurly their more The conference concluded until
law did little 1o position or bacered wonien
the The bost viseble attack on
the Act came from the Court of Appeal, which ruled that it did COVET unmarried HELPILLES The Daries y Johnson case
Lords said at Dares had
Lords said that rights over the home she hac
леж shared with her cortion law
is now a point dehate rather precedent.
NUT branch are united in their call for the maintenance of all stuff.
We have offers fichrback for a real alternative education National Union of
can allow it to give the full that they are going to convert exclude violent men from
matrimonial home and of the
Calderstone in arrest or exclude such men E
Although well known. is The effectiveness of the Act is being further sapped by its mentally misuse by many local authority housing departments, under the DVA before they will regard This is regardless of whether such action really offers individual women rection Lane, This points to two things Above all the contiming nee Tor Women's Aid relages tundus and better premises.
And a real assessment of the noods of the victims of domestic violence rather than gestures in the statite book
gire battered sed by Rights Of Women, the
Nadona Women's Aid Federa. tion and the NCCL, who will be produce a can topel ter tre near future.
change the
Birmingham-Dunlop
Nearly 100 workers face the CO- sack at Dunlop's Tysles works in Birmingham. engineering and ruler canThe Law pans claims that the resurn on
Justify keeping the open. unlon Lorex to have lie of academic entire workforce on the dole by than a real TILLUSI
Shop stewards are lighting The failure of judges, to the proposed closure and lave
activities why the staff, the
Institute of Scotland decided to advise its
foribed action organise the heginning
Teachers they arise. the Ille
that it paid.
who the factory viable case
all MPS
any pro-
for
occupation ahead.
the docks Closure
The giant
Tuetory:
Over
The NUT's equivalent north
has TELLINOCI to refore to tech am or alone.
from oF next term. The
NUT leaders prefer a policy of dealing with the cuts locally as the labour
The campaign to be launched
Socialis Teachers School,
ADDINGTON
SCHOOL
aircady produced a documen giving an alternative vice of tho RATE CATS ATTIC TALION could detaile the low investment by the company and the low wages
They are producing another report showing how lo make
The sEwards are publicising
throughout the AUEW. In the local trades council and among Labou
The Dunlop Enginering Combine Committee of Shop Stewards has voted to back the Tight to save the Tysley plant. Some sewards in the plant are already talking in terms of
East London Docks EAST LONDON dockers are preparing for a national por strike if the plans to close the endorsed. apper docks on the Thames go
The dockers have already sarted to sock support from local residents, as well as thei own union, the Transport and General, for their tight to save
would destroy Autbority. between 15.000 and 20.000 jobs in an area where there is alread 12 percent anen ployment
The union made it knowi
THE somc time ago that national strike action would follow an port closures that left registered made dockers without an employer
London dock group members are expected to call for. a recalled docks delenates treet.
| Alliance for national action
class size wall be Important counter to tbe Nu execulive's inactivity. But the fight for reced classsize must not be the fight of leachers
Opposition to the Labour Govemment's education cuts E1. всто вс weco arousu
As a
to: Paddington Oakington Road COW With the TGWU crocutive's agreenient,
convene a national
MELAAM COCKEN SECRE
OUR DOCKS
STAY OK!
VEAD END
conference to discuss the docks problems where the call for national strike action could be
Meanwhile tbe Action Committee in Newham, set by by the Newham -Dockland: Forum, is planning a rally march and publicity campaign It is also initiating a workers' investigation into mismanage- ious. ment by the Port of London
tion
Women's Aid
NATIONAL Women's Aid Federation
an unwelcome intervention at the Institute of Housing's annual conference last weekend.
London W9 and to Robert Montefiore Schoal, Vallance KOR EX PUBLIC MEETING on the future of the Robert Monte. nore School, culled by the ILEA. Momtefiore COLORIHE School, Vallance Rd. London
Thurs 22 June 7,30pm This is the lust chance the people in the local commonity will have to make known their feelings about the -school's
PAWS
OFF
The conference. authority and housing associa tion persoapel, was bombarded by cards illustrating a child's view of a typical Women's Aid refuge
They show an old, run down house - all that many Jocal anchorities see fil to rent as refuges for women who need to escape from violence in the bome.
The cards carried messages about otber problems lacing Women's Aid groups, includ Battered one beine battered women reboused from the refuges and the non-implementation of the Housing (Homeless Persons) A amen's Aid erasps all over the country are lighting for decent refuge provision and decent housing for battered VOIDED
The maior obstacle is the attitude of the authorities In many areas the view is She's got a perfectly good home to g co"; "They say they are hattere to jump the housing list and other such enlightened opin
The Women's Aid Federa-
sees its demand for bousing in the context of a wider campaign for the right of every person to a decent home Half the Sky and Still No Rool (30p) is the title of u recent NWAF publication on housing. For this and other information contact: NWAF, 51 Chalcot Rd, London NWI Tel 01-586 5192
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 June 1978 page 5
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of 'fun'
WEPPLER was there.
josiled euch other in the candy floss queues, at the bookstalls, in front of the tables laden with jumble and home-baking, und it the massive exhibition to promote the Films, theatre, bingo, football,
on till it was almost midnight.
And if most went home weary from the came to share in the 'fan', they
message from the afternoon's
the platform Mick MeGuhey in the chair; Colette Privat, central committee member of the French CP: Giorgio Napolitano, political bureau member of the Italian CP; Ales La Gums of
and Habib Rahman from the
DEMOCRACY
Both Privat and Napolitano echoed the need roads to socialism', but Privat siso explained commenism was a recognition
similur unswers of European
- all marked by a concern for democracy.
Maciennan newed the call for colleclive barruinine and for a strong anti-Thatcher interven-
WHY PAUL FOOT
SHOULD BE A SOCIALIST
The Case against the
Socialist Workers" Party
"A clearly, sometimes amus
the debate on "socialism and how to get there". Time Out.
Communist Workers' Moverent publication blows the lid off the SWP and cutlines the Marxist-Leninist altemative 81.30
All good bookshops. order from October Books,
Court, Liverpool (pap 2up).
WHAT'S LEFT
Display 13 pe publication
ur March tom valente
arm in ilford al Tpm to Plashet Park
HELP Sable Chain Matte
Coloni. eirable, but Iraining will be given. Full detail of t
SOCIALISTCHALLENGE 22 June 1978 page 6
Thousands at CP Festival
The politics
'THIS FESTIVAL brings together people who think politics can be about fun and freedom and the future'. If the emphasis is put on "fun', then the Communist Party of Great Britain certainly fulfilled its aim at the Peopie's Festival in London last weekend. DODIE
Thousands of young and old | lion in the general election. He
refrained from detailing the CP's own clection plans.
One of the few debates was
Holborow stressed one theme: "Let's have unity in action and bulld the ANL. Peter Hain
'emergency campaign and so BECU delegate conferences.
SUCCESSFUL The most politieal intervention came from Dave Cook, the C's National Organiser. He called for an movement on a number different levels.
ONC-011 108SS events of ANI, but equally important ure the locu campuiss. the racism in education issue, and
melt But our aim most be to get implementation of existing anti-rucist laws. "many point was repeatedly wiressed by CP members from the Noor, without getting a response from the ANL spokespersons on the panel.
Festival intended is a political event L We have serious debales at the Conununist Univensity". free were told), Ir was essentially a cultural/social get Within those terms it was a successful event.
The far left groups certainly
this character as they do serve
obvious corollary would be lo organise May Day street parties and street festivals next year.
One-day before marching off to juin larger celebrations popular und would demonstrule that sociulists de have a that activities often indicate.
ENRAGED At the end of the dus, even those who wanted more than an 2. enjoyable day out, got it. Bur this dida't occur in the events| they asked.
Com at groups in Seuth should
Socialist Challenge
Designer
design or printias processe aditions will be given se applicalim
Appl, 2a-9 Upper Saret, Legdun Ni. Postive iterimina- wil corricades vilee to the Manager, Fl Lath
tion will be applied).
SUPERSPIDE anti-racist
We need the
the
This latter
HABIB RAHMAN
month.
togetber.
organised by the Festival itself. | The Morning Star exhibition seried to attract more than a
exchanger. Many were particularly the sexist cartoon that appeared festivals/parties in the Star the day before the
Festival. would be
Others - like the handfal of Yorkshire miners who sparked off a sharp debate with George their Marrhews concerned with the direction of the paper. No they weren't selling papers in the admitted. Bat how can we with the rebbish that's in the paper?" sages PO Box 50 London NI 2X Cole the wach plus 7 a pap. ar 11p bach fer orders of 10 or mane.
Tion lar 2, Bing Roland 1: 320502 Wages are E40 per week plus brave Applicants must be prepared le
LEVELAND Anti Facial C Frandly Tracer harant
won by successful mass picketing.
union branch, trades council, or anti-racist committee, and call for if to 'adopt' an то рскот матста. bod whats cor for deln.
attrucied its criticisan
enraged by
British
were more overall
hundreds Education. pits, they m Sarah, Braila or Alan ol
disco -
lune northum
chairperson of the Gamers strike committee, gave a rousing speech al th People's Festival in support of the London steak house workers, whose strike is now In Its fifth Because Garners' customers have to walk. directly through a picket line, this struggle could be The demand needs to be raised at the Gamers conference on Thureday, 22 June, at 7,30pm, Transport House, Smith Square, London SW1. Why not invite a strike committee speaker to your
The Socialist Challenge stall fuir shure members, well, but the (50r overwbelming respouse, cope-
10th COMMUNIST UNIVERSITY fLONDON July 15-23 Polytechnic of Central London Wide range of specialst and general courses, including Theory, Britith State and British Road to Socialism, as well as City Politics, Popular Music, Sex and Class Women's Liberation, ne-day Symposun un the Future of PorSche
Further details from The Organiser, CUL 10, 16 King S London WOZE 8H'
Vardaa i racie dammitta
will evening a week
cially from rank and file CP
was very positive, News From Sowlicie oi
Contemnorary Marxis
Student Politice etc
ineras, wore and
EXTREMELY INTERESTINO positio
•4 k slay 23,300 pa Reven
Racists Threaten RACIST apposition is threatenine du stoo the march and concert plunned by Newhum
Nazi League and the
Redbridge Campaign Agains
Racisin for this Saturday
A petition with 130 names has been handed in to the local cooncil calling for the concert
Plashet Park to be changed, because it will cause a "disterbance' for residents ic the area.
The petition 15 scen as a last pitch attempr by the Narional Front to stop an event which
give ALMOST anti-fascist forces in the area.
CELI anti-racist committee delermined thatthe concert wil go ahead. See What's Left for details ANL Conference THE Anti Nas League B holding a national conference in Porcbester Hall, London on Saturday 8. July All ANI groups, anti fascist commicters and labour mosement bodies should send delegates. Cro dentials are available from the Anti Nazi League, PO Bos 15L. London WCH 7JQ
Norwich Fines NORWICH mugistrates last week imposed fines totalling 1230 on lour militants found guilty of distributing leaflee attacking the National Fron! which did mot include publisher's mume und address.
A fifth person, who allegeals
distributed durine the Joca elections last year, was fined E200 including costs.
Nobe magistrate objecied when the prosecution asked a series ol guchions about membershup, aims anc objectives of the Socialis Workers Parts:
So five neaple have beco ordered to pay 6430 in addition so their loss of wages for doing Their bit to oppose the Front
The Norwich 5 • Defence
is appealing for moncy and hopes to take the case to a higher court: Norwich 5 Defence Conimittee, c/o 5l Clarence Rd, Norwich Cardiff Carnival VARNVAL AGAIND MISI
Candit, Saturday 15 July. AsseT
Labou
Daviss Glamorgar
and Peals
Aasociaior
VEST LONDON Drape Ticeps O Moviment Blasset proce SCOul
OTHER
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Mason rejects amnesty
Home soldier home
IRELAND
veracity and objectivity"?
QUESTION
difference between
Answers: The first of these not dissimilar responses came From the Argentinian Goverment repiying to charges of violation of human rights
The second came Mason. behalf Labour Government
violation of human rights b Britain in the North of Treland
DELIGHTFUL
Last week Hritain 10lned such delightful countries Argentina, South Korea, and the Philippines in rejecting recommendacions from nesty International
The scale of the British
British press, concentrated oll Mason's
10 why
be in private, rather than as THE SULTELLU BED. Bur this was only one of the
Amnesty made
Ir also suggested that the termis of refcrence of Inquiry should include considcration of the rules relating to
Women's group say
The demonstration on 9 July in London in support of political status for all trish political prisoners & attracting increas ing suppert. Most affention has been focused on the treatment and conditions of prisoners in Long hesh.
women prisoners Armagh Jail in the North Ireland are also lighting for political status. and suffering
WOMEN AND IRELAND GROUP explain and say why they are urging support for 9 July.
Al present there are over 300 men and 24 women on protest for political status for the right to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals.
BLANKET
For the men, because they
criminal, it means they have
blanket
For all prisoners cach day on protest is one day's remission Jost, along with all the normal "privileges'. Many have been on protests for almost two years.
Women prisoners in Armagh are held in their cells 23 hours a day. Al present they allowed to wear their clotbes.
CONCRETE
Bus here too there are moves to institate a uniform, If these SEE SUCCESS U. prisoners will also be forced to 'zo on the blanket"
At present the only reading material the women have is the Bible; they have no fresh air or
Mail in and out is tampered with and often "inst".
The cells: ure completely white, with low ceilings and concrete slabs for windass. Many of the women are ill but
Britain draws with Argentine
QUESTION ONE: Who said of the report of the mission from Amnesty International that it lacked
TWO: Who said of the Amnesty mission report that there was a need to discern the
truth and propaganda'?
ntetrogation and deccation, CHIE the effectiveness nachinery for Investigating plaints against the police. ason has rejected these erms of reference by confining he inquiry to examining "police The third concernied
specifically this was concerned with the release of the reports of police doctors on injuries inflicted on suspects. Mason has denied the inquiry Am- to these
MALTREATMENT which The final recommendation
stated: Immedate steps should be taken to ensure that
Ulster Constabulary on suspicion protected maltreatment, Measures to this end should clude access to lawyers al an carhostage of detention.
The Labour Government has -remained silent on
Support 9 July
only medication available.
Pregnant women have no pecial diet or health care male Indeed,
woman who was five
in presuant was corced to take
of nightly hot baths.
FOREFRONT
Over the past few years Irish women have forefront in the struggle against British imperialism. They have taken over much day-to-day responsibility for resistance in the community. -I1 women, involvement Action Commirtees, who have
Republican and prisoners. It is they who have largely been responsible for
tions in the North of Ireland in solidarity with the prisoners. ABUSE Irish women face additional problems tion. They subject to sexual abuse and
are harassment by
police, Sexual threats and the use of strip searches is common during interrogation. Rape by soldiers is a frequent occurrence. There are several cases where SODICTE convicted rape have avoided
active service in Ireland. The delocrale vreckine of tome and raids which disrupt family Jile are a freguent event in the North of Ireland. This is part of
lise and intimidare the Catholic
to the Republican forces. Even : children
recommendation, so it can be safely assumed that it too wil not be followed.
In other words, the rejection of Amnesty's Ions by the Labour Government is absolute and without qualification.
For its part, the RUC has SEEMEnTS been content
BESOULSE
methods have saved lives and brought about improvement in security", said a spokesperion of the Chilean, Amnesty reco- sorry Norther Irish, police.
the "access to all FARCE
The higli level of farce surrounding the 'independent'
Government heightened in the House of Commons last weck
reports On Thursday Mason said
that any political suspects with complaints should seek justice by referring their charges to the independent police complaints board And yet said Amnesty
suspects in one of its main conclusions,
CInC machinery gating complaints against the USEL ISHORESISTE
possible But Mason's
dida' recommending justice from a procedure Amnesty:
He referred as well to the this other "inquiry set up by Mason and inap questioned and subject treatment. physical and mental abuse.
Several cindece
killed directly by the British Amy.
Solidarity with the liberation 18-yeaт-old of WEATCH
month
To the
the
through
Relatives
support for The information on hepatitis
socialist was given by a speaker from the
who addressed the conference.
She also told how two prisoners in Long of Musgrave Park Hospital ir Belfast BELLS under six stone.
An impressive plattorm. al constantly tampered ine deli
Campbell of the Ngugi soldiers and Thiong'o defence committee;
representatives of ZANE, the Zimbabwe organisation, and FUEMSSO, the Malaysia student organisation.
Each of the speakers was able
prison to point to the parallels between
past ences of the British stare in their COITTIES role in Ireland today.
Horace Campbell's remarks British Kenya were reutlerced by a talen of the British 'campaign' apainst the Kikuya tribe in Kenya during the 1950s.
This was the emerednes contantly harassed, arrested. which the infamous Brigadier
recommendat-
to offer which torturers
La dramatic was further investi-
perverted by been
Support the requires demonstrate 9 Juls.
UTOM Conference
HEPATITIS has broken out in H-Block. This was the news given to the 230 who attended the United Troops Out Movement conference in London on 10 June, reports ATLEAN O'CALLAGHAN.
Committer experience.
The Kesh have been
they weigh
WHY
anti imperialist
ireland.
The bringing
TACHTIITS of Belfast and Derry.
involvernient in
W14
Maguire,
PROPER
the solidarity with them in the inquest. struggle against Britist imper-
special responsibility to make their solidarty an active one Kitson, now leading 'counter. insurgency expert, gained his
high-point SEL conference was the premicr of the new anti-recruitntent m Home Soldier Home. This is a
uses interviews with ex-soldiers
showing the anti-working class and partisan nature of the British Army.
The film was followed by contributions from a number of ex-soldiers who told of thei experiences in the North of
UTOM is shorrly pamphlet *British Soldiers Speak Our on SCINANCA CRETES TUre material on the experiences of ROSSODICTATE TOE SEREE
If the conference is anything to go by, the pamphlet will be very worthwhile. Ic (30p & 15p päp) and the film (wbich can be hired for fi0) are available from Information on Ireland; c/c 1 North End Rd, London
to examine the death of Brian
whe found hanged in Castlereagh interro- | correct response, except for one gation centre on 10 May
Mason attempted to avoid answering questions on Maguire's death by referring to the police inquiry into the case and
forthcoming said Mason 'it would not be proper Ex-soldier GEORGE LENNOX at the conforence
LURN
SCRIPT
for the to comment further'
Wich may indeed be the
thing: Mason went ob to break
his own rules by saying that
Hamite's denth was the firs
suicide in i Northern Ireland
nole salida lot 10 veirs
It only needed Enoch Powell
to praise Mason for sticking to the proper procedures"
another typical British week in
Ireland to end as it hegan: in
well. hypocritical bullshit SOCIALIST.CHALLENGE 22 June 1978 page 7
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unions are facing a real crisis of perspectives.
offering a way forward.
Since thic end of last year, the Jeadership of the labour movement Tax made someremarkable advances, it has actually broadened its support in thie mass organisations.
Just recall how easily the FBU strike was recated a how the relit wine of seductive deline in them net. What as happened is that the government's apparcat coonomic suocess has really given authority to the trade union
NOT SATISFIED
ho worchie class merson as salisived with the incomes policy, the spending
BCHIHUTECI continue. More serioesiy, no coherent and consistent opposition has emerged in the labour movement with enough weight 1o seriously challenge alone hamper - the stralegy of the labour bureaucracy.
It's not just the top bureaucrats that are implicated, Ar Leyland, each and every one of the leading shop stewards and convenes bar a mire tve -voted with management to slash twenty to thirty thousand jobs.
After the vote on these proposals. they gave Michael Edwardes, Leyland's hoss a sanding ovation. Three mollls later, the Speke No. 2 plant closed
Nevertheless, despite the setbacks suffered by the working alass, its basic organisation at shop floor level remains Intact. The shop stewards organisations are still strong and capable of leading a fight. Particularly unions, there has been a stanificant influx of new members and shop floor organisations have seen a new growth in sectors like health.
RESERVOIR
Union leaders are aware of these developments. And they recognise cha: the apparent economic stability is shor lived. When the economy begine to visibly deteriorate again, they see an enormous reservoir of working class strength to be unicashed. they have been quick to move on the deological tron:
The trend today is away from the independent organisation working class and towards relying on negotiations hetween the burcaucracy and the State.
Protection Act, the health and safety legislation, and 50 on.
The objective is to solve "industrial TERERS problems peacetully apecial courts — with the myriad of new HELPERS BEG CONCHAHON where the main actor is the trade union bismal in his her new role as the Perry Mason the WOTSUL
DISASTROUS
The bureaucracy has not today wor decisive victories against the rank and file. We're in situation to the aftermath of 1926, lor instance. But the disastrous outcome of struggles launched by the toolroom workers, the Heathrow engincers and the tire hghters do make the emergeace of action againse the incomes policy that more difficult.
More mportantly the betweet the bureancracy
Labour Goveramen:, combined with
the depth of the current crisis, poses major political probleins. To rely on the spontaneous outbreak of struggles
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 June 197b page B
Trade union officials
The new Perry
Masons of the
working class
The Socialist Challenge Trade Union Conference couldn't be more timely, writes PAT HICKEY, because today militants in the trade
Three years of incomes policy have passed. There is preparation for yet another round, and no section of the left appears capable of
utterly insufficiens, the del was lo lake 1s
steps that can and so on.
bul these tasks.
Party's strateey Yet these defeat. The right in the
let the '60s:
run into difficulties DEEHSBEOIS CELS
Polane me our
ILLUSIONS in white collar broad leftism; not the Broad Left.
Rank and filism phenomenon. It tellects a real Employment Equal Pay Act.
STILES
class.
comparable alliance and the
HERONST
vor exportations or more manancy Ls
own programmie into the mass organisations Unions and light 1o will advanced workers to
begin to impose i working class solution 1o the crisis.
Demands which can begin to unite the working classso do just that include the fight for the nationalisation of all firms crealing redundancies; for work ment's sharing: for a sliding scale of wages.
Yet for the past three years there has been no opposition capattie of carrylig
The Communist relying left burcaucrats has led to nothing but
Engineering Union is stronger today than when the Broad Left set our to rebuild the left in
The strongest far left group — the zoclaus workcis Fans - naseyuany
in the Rank and rule formations have been incapable of around cass struggle pobcies against
The Broad Let ina crystallisation of of workers in labourism. Whatever the failibes of the Broad Let is ar organisation, when the CP takes a policy. decisinn to move it will will be CaDa DiC of puiling powerful, forces into action. The most central problem faced by revolutionaries, in the unions today b
different among militams to go beyond the CP independently of the Broad Left. Bus social democracy and its attempt to go
AUEW boss Terry Dully 1 with in matasy in as base and i with an mustachly in its ather major difficu ties.
The problem that Hank and File seeking nn answer to is: Whitis the bo: roule to the base of the CP in the
That" wwww the Succalis Workers Party the patron of Hank
-called for united action witt the Communist Party's Lisison.
In Defence of Trade
It is a problem that mibrants at the Sociaist Challenee Trade Lnion Confereace also have to deal with, li is only with correct tactics lowin unity an action with these forces that a real
hour Govern alicies can be built
For this we do not need yet anotber organisation on the left; the task is Botto build an alternativero BL and R&F. Hor to fight for an alternative to hroud leftism and rank and filism.
LOBBY
In the lead-in to the next round of incomes policy, the TUC Congress will a me should for the working campaign for a lobby of the TUC against Phase Four, with an emphasis
ineernioymen and productivity
dealing. We should call for a 35-hou week now, no productivity dealing, and
public works.
We should try for a joint campaien with the SWP and aim for a join campa surenera see talking
burenucracy is now talking SUE HE BOT TOODLE WOEKE weck, but this is a fig leaf to cover their real purpose: unpther phase of incomici
The 35-hour week and the 'concern about usemployment wil soon go by board when employers dig their heels in.
They will even use it as the basis for productivity deals - 35 hours with no listerpand demand that the anto
and demand that the unio mouth is: by organising a real campaign for the 35 hour weet an end Id productivity deals, and measures to
dowble Figures by Christmas. He will
that the
They say that the only way to bea umersplaysent is to hold down wages so that Brilish exports can compele tore favourably in the world market. pross ail tie, more we mee and one happy day the dole queue will disappear
Against this argument, won after wton bas coled Jor and 17 some cases like the post office engineers. industrial action for the 35 hour week
The Labour declared iself against the principle. If we introduce the 35 hour week, they say, costs will rise, exports will ger more expense owen we know the rest the NO EFFECT
But not all bosses are so opposed to the 35 hour week conditions. The Daily Telegraph would Ike to see it introduced.
production is kept at the with the same workforce. Of course this would have no effect on unemployment
harder and the Laughing all the way to the bank
That's why we must insist on the 35 hour weck without loss of pay chat nicans an increase in hourly rates of about 12 per cent), productivit deal
introduced on inis worker in the country would virtualy end the dole
NO INTENTION
Butthe Labour Government have no
of measure through Parliament block 1 with incomes policy So the fight must be an for every wage chim
both Jocaily and nationaily Follow Is example i workers claim emphasis on both a wage clast that can make up and standards and the demand for the 35 new week Conterences al a local lovel can synchronise action around such claims i unemplased with alass action on the streets.
FORWARD PLANS
We-masi begin to raise the demand for work sharing without Ion of pay. calculating the lengi of the working wicek according avatable production, Leich of outper couid be calculated demanded access to all the forward plansof firins and industries.
35 HOUI
SPARK LI
BEFORE Jim Callaghan goes to the country he will have to make a
tríp to Brighton. He will be looking for the backing of September's
Trade Union congress for a new Phase 4.
Of course he won't call it that. Over six million trade unlogists
have just voted against it at their summer conference.
Callaghan has to move quickly. His
single figure inflution will be back in this alliance
TUC-Government
35 hour week - no
EVEN the fact that unemployment has increased by 300 per cent ander this Labour Government is used by Callaghan and Healey as another argument for wage restraint.
and that taken
Government has Over
Governmical.
bertain So long as wages and same levels
bosses would be
and without allacheL
basis lor cvery
queue
Imroducing such and
of the Ford This nuts
satezuard real livin to the valine of il workers
The state of
THE FU
alliance conquered inflution and that
at the expense of working chos living standards he muintained if the Tories are to be
If enterprises cannot guaranted the basic right co work at e decen wase the Stare must he force lo take the responsibility fur providing the finance to safeguard workers interests. Thi mcus workers exercising contre. al the point of production to ensure that
warking coaditions are
The State already intervenes to try and ashion the effect of teenploymeat —Tarticularly on the youth
100,000 maintaned employment by the vaneus employ meet sunsidies sponsored by the
Cosmesic as this exercise is, i would be idiculous to demand tha. thes schemesicense. Full union rights and the union rates have to be established for
EARLY
PEN
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TRADE UNION
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the unions
SE TO
kept out in the General Flection.
The trade union leaders will he doing all they democratic wishes of the mass of trade unionists do mol rock Callaghan's election bout.
Pressure at the hase of the labour mement and the need to put up a left smoke screen on the 12-monih rule means that the demand for the 35 hour anck will figure prominenily in the
loss of pay
all those working in these schemes.
An urgent programme of public works to meet social need and employ the jobless is vital to create jobs for
OAUMSADSIEEE DOSTEL HI labour by the bones youth, women and blacks. If there are any doubts about this fact they should be cleared up by the following figures,
Changes in unemployment 1974-77 Under 25'
Over 50'% Women Workers Male workers
All forms of action and mass mobilisation which can involve this massive pool af self-organisation are whether they campaign for trade union membership and rights unemployed, raide explain the case to those employed.
WE
MAND
ETIREMENT
ECENT
SION
and send it with El adon N1. Cheque
2 WEEK:
FT UNITY
Insid that productivis
working week,
opposition to the manoeuvres must be So to Phase 4.
35 hour week deuling'work marches,
late 20% and Unemployed massive struggles in the S-DOWNS
- 52%% Withhur organsed employed 106% of the TELLITICE
unemployed in
посемагу. be achieved.
on factories 1o
mass movement.
WE
*AND
INDEE
TUE proceedings. But once again there will be a catch when the TLC leaders
and reduction in the
The key themes for fighting The
TUC-Callaghan
No to the 12-month rule', and 'For the
No productivity
occupations of job centres, organisa-
tion around the dole queues or right to
But we have to learn the lessons of
past struggles agaiast unemployment.
30's. The National Movement led Form marches. and tallies. mut
there was little response from within the
employed workets. mobilising the power of workers in the
factonies, without mobiling the power
working class and Closures throuch
occupations and strikes, the economic
surengh to turn back the grinding
wheels of mass unemployment cannot
The campuign for the 35 hour week
can be the modest beginning of such a
- FOR
JTH IN
left to win the movement to socialist policies'. period. has changed, CLIVE TURNBULL explains:
Tie demise of the Broad Left in the AUEW. signalled so graphically Bob Wught's defeat at the hands of a righr-wing nonentics, reveals the bankruptcy of the CP's strategy. The old lettst such as Hugh Scanlon and Jack Jones had become
champions of the Government's Social Contract, defending an incomes policy. cuts and
VERBAL
The CP chose not 10 Dreak WiLl Scanian. There was vertal opposition to Labour's austerity measures, even an LEDTU conference in three years, but no action, no independent initiatives ПООСК АПОСЯГа. set at the special TUC in tune 1976 ENE DANCE MA
where Ken Gill, the CP leader of the ALEW-TASS, abstained despite his union's decision to oppose wage controls:
The most recent example has been the Speke closure. There was no real difference between the rationalisation of Brinh Lauland in 1975 and Cost of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in 1971. The
asked to pay once again for a capitalist crisis of over-production and declining profits. LABOUR
Only this time it was a Labour Government trying to save a lame duck Tony Benn was not available this time to lead a demonstration through Liverpool against closure, as he had done in Glasgow seven years earlier. He the sackings.
And the CP had also moved on, now occupying manngement positions in this particular subsidiary
Communist Party and trade unions
Broad leftovers
FROM THE mid-1960s to the fall of the Heath Government, Britain saw a series of working class struggles unprecedented since the Second World War, The Communist Party was in the forefront of every major battle. Their strategy was: unite with the Labour
In the unions, from national executives to branch meetings, the CP allied with the Labour lefts, as the "best fighters" against the right wing, the employers, and the Tories. They succeeded in occupying the space opened up by the left trade union bureaucracy They mobilised for the demonstrations and strikes against the Industrial Relations Act and supported all wage claims in the
But since the election of Labour and the collapse of its left, a lot
Britain Lid. brough participation. by In the last two weeks of Janunty.
Morning Dulfy. opposing Michael Edwardes' plans to carve up LevianE chairperson oF BLMC combine shop sewards. Longonaee convenor, and Labour CP mensber. finishing with the cry: you have only obe course.. fight the plan to carve up Leyland.'
The fallowing day the Morning Star reported that al the Kenilworth meeting where Edwardes land tobesplit -12,500 jobs for the axe" were presented, to 'have voted against would have Ard man CP members sul wonde why the Morning Stur is in a state of
REDUNDANCY further Acting "responsibly provided only token opposition when 2 plant. "Not a nut, not a bolt will leave the plant', "responsibly he remained silent on how this was to be achieved, Nothing was done to mobilise for a fight against the full-time officials who using lo segotiate better redundanc terms.
The Speke struggle highlighted the second major weakness of the CP's industrial strategy The call by the BLMIC combine shop stewards for opposition to the Speke Ciosure was hased solely on trade union solidarity — the operation of our long standing resolution on the transler oi work Great Butibe Edwardes plan means closure
WE
DEMAND
35 HR
WEEK
Speke,
alternative to the LUTILEMILEILS the
Derek Robinson, WUESTS
participate in
the working class. chen wrote a fenture
For - close ranks, unite and
capitalism transitional
CTISIS
appeared imrespoutible."
Such developing
relianoc
KOOLINOI
Were simply
3,000 it's programme.
"pure
to struggle.
bypassed CONSENTIN
July.
BE
Challeage Stokescraft, 4132379334
LIFERPOOL:
Contact
redundancies at Long bridge, speed-ups at Rover, victimisa lion at Cowley, and so on Inscead of allowie Edwardes to play oll bitc section of workers against anotber, an steel we do could pete a us an Speke closure workers in a common scruggle for
work-sharing with no loss of pay and the fight for the 3f hoer week. TRANSITIONAL
But the CP does not tike the needs of the working class as its starting point. Its slovan is: "Save Leyland
employers Leyland' as a sourceof profits from car
with ANCE Sons hived off to private capital once
rationalised at the expense of the working class, Mililant
Her ninne socialists, can't such schemies. Dur starting point has to be the interests of
struggles are linked to the fight ngainst
demandwich dearly identify the demands These
Inflation, unemplowment, etc
• with lue canta ist class, and otter a solution at the expense of that class
INDEPENDENT
melbod 15 based the independent self-activity of the working class, placing no bureaucracy, or the bourgeois state, IC carry through the struggie
The third major weakness of the CP's industrial strategy is its failure to build this independent self-activity of the working class. When was the Broad Left ever mohilised as a campaigning organisation, taking the fight on wage or amalgamation onto the shopfloor? Where have CP members fought te build local committees of the LCDIL inthe towns and factories up and down the country? What happened to the action committees called for by the
delegates of the Labour Movement Assembly in 1976? REBUILD LEFT
The reaction of militants to the failure of the L.CDTU or the Broad Left can't be to cheer, or imagine that some
alternative launched by revolutionaries can fill the gap. A fight bias to be started for a united apposition means fighting to rebuild the left in the unions, uniting with those members of the CP or Broad Lett who are prepared
The CP and Labour left cannot be
For ignored. Despite the setbacks they still command a base out of'all proportion to the satall forces of the revalutionary lell. winoing thai hase means lighting for united action with the CP and Labour lefts wherever possible, but organising independently the minute they hang back
This is the political alternative we
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French CP women challenge leadership "Women's equality creates
IN A SECTION entitled "the immense work of our party the Central Committee report of April 1978 refers. last of all to the question of women. The activity et our party is estimated there as a m_it greater contribution
thousand speeches from those who mAto cIve us lessons on this subject.
We are told that 'our activity must certainly be enhanced and improved': as Communist women we have searched in the report for the rudiments of analysis which could
enhancing.
What does the party propose in this: phere? Speeches, petitions, Central
are not unimportant but which are insufficient to challenge and cradicate backward consciousness.
DRAFT LAW
Wearscaferred in the draftlaw for
family" forward by the party in the National Assembly, as the decisive clement of a
campaign in favour of WORL BELLEISEN AROATO ET aud women, Communists or not? In MOST CUSS ME HES TEAL BOLSHIVEL tucked away in the drawers of our sections?
at been discussed the the 220,000 Commun-
WHITETT Out comrades? Who was it presented by? HURICE WORCE ASCECCE that is, by the Communist group in
Recently, to be sure, we have read
rape.. But has the party encouraged motsalon acase sexual vance in all its forms, the daily hazards and anguish of women?
OPENING
The report discrectly refers to what theory What was here? on the eve of the elections*. gatherings at the Mutualite. publicity had ooce again been very Limited. There were Communist women there.
However, at the meeting in which Christine Buci-Glucksmann and Jean Elleinstein (prominent PCF dissidents
eds.) look part, discussions between and Communist women developed which showed a new way or orgag pouss to life. It was an opening from which
But there was ta word of this
in l'Humanite the daily - eds.J. Hardly any of us knew whar had happened there.
Why should all those who first spoke out for, made a commitment to, publicised fought contraception and abortion, against
link up women's struggle with thi
lessoosand reduced to COBOLES teounists: (Jaoques Frémontier in Humanite Dimanche, 8 June 1975)7... "NATIONAL INTEREST
One should recall here the firm opposition so birth control' projected law put forward by the PCE in 1956. The demographic argument
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 Jane 1978 paga 10
INTERNATIONAL
conditions
for general.
progress'
LES VIOLEN
SONT LES MILICES DU from the Cannes Festival [below!.
put
invoked in this project was taken up again in 1973 in the proposed law on
Two abortion and the interruntion
The pregnancy in terms of the "national
herest -
few
If it's a matter of 'lessons', the party has recognised that they wer well-founded without saying so, b changing its position after a delay int trying to adapt
пов- demands raised by the
bberation movement and tennists while at the same time continuing to
DELAYS Has the party made progress? Yes But how? By increasing the number of speeches whose content testifies to a
For example, there are vey few tests
115Y1
in which lie wore woman is noi Immediately associated with the word
Equally based on this association 'mocagre In other festosis. we do not ber
the necessity of laws and above all of such a law. Bur what is a law by issell? What does its field of applicacion become it it object of an ideological battle!
Wis are there
delays, or these advances so restricted of the that they themselves become delays?
What has become of the PCFS practice of taking
groups is agitation of every linds Communist League
HARABATTETE
IMAGES of Franch women. Anti-rape demonstrators protest at pornography [above], and scene
1925, when they were eligible neither
difficult for our party today to be in the vanguard of women's struggles?
SEESHIE are not feminists''
opposing, as is women to men, women workers te male workers.
reduced lo an
she underpoes at the hands of men.
"specific inequalities'
struggle and collocted is completely ignored...
practical isn't the of oppression and exploitation
theretore these
The developineat
with the the offensive,
092E52388E
THE SOLE activits of women's
kind direcled against men in ceneral, ami not against the authorities and the big bosses... Their approsch, beneath Its
apparenily revolutionary, langunge
With these words the women's
arganiser of the French Communist Party (PCF]. Madeleine Vincent. appealed last week to party members not to get involved in the organised
groups', she said. establishing IEUERIAL TENE French Tronkyists —eds] and increasingl
CORNE CRAPHIQUES pIDESE which led the Communists to present women in the municipal elections in Malakoff and Villejail as carly as to vote nor to stand? Why is it so ideology?.
How, in fact,
It finds its origin in a presumption expressed in these terms by Gearges Marchais in December 1977: No, we
if that means sometimes done,
and of themselves,
Whether Georges Marchais likes it
undergo! attempt by cerrain sees it daily in the oppression which
To be sure. the party taiks anaut to merge them immediately into the general struggle against "big capital" and sa crase this specitic character
which the class Pary?... women's struggle are woten we will be
The area of women's exploitation prioritised by the PCF is at work. In prioritising this area, the other areas couple and the family — are wlusked
collective social facilities will not by isclf do
pbenomena which develop in the
the Socialist Party, which seeks the
most varied backing for its right-wing
political orientation.
Why this carientore of the women's
movement? Because it's becoming a
source of inspiration for women in the PCE. And that makes the party leaders feel threatened.
Vincent was replying to a public
women memhers of the party. The
publishing new journal "addressing itself to all women and
La new relationship Communist and Communist women details can be obtained from Annie Mejean, 72 rue
part bastle police.
Tamily and the couple. These facilities are supposed to relieve women. Isn't that catber a strange idea of women, which thus firs in with reformist
can we fight for equality without fighting against the way in which male ideology uses women in all areas of its application: in coucation, the family, work, sexual relations? How can we fight against rape without fighting against the sexual imuge that men have of women
against the vilence which men make them
NUMBERS ARGUMENT
Finally, what about the position of Communist women inside the party? Is being in the Communist Party enough to declare oneself a Teminist? Is the Communie Party as it stands Tenninist because il is the Communist
We are told that with our 220,000
the "parly of eds.]. women's bbcration: But the numbers
prisone 'hackward consciousness.
Women's commissicas have bee set up in the party Iwe should note that our leadership, so nitricking in what concerns the statutes, is here toleratue unconsumona bodiest But the women in these contrassions
du Curdinal-Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France].
As usuul, the PCF leudership have
tried to make out that the Socialist
Party is behind such Tactional
activity. In this case, Bowever. the
slander Is particularly Indicrous
have themselves just established a
their leaders refusal to lake the WULEHSEEDUST
This debate is thus opening up
simeltaneously in both the
parties of the Freach working class.
Below we publish the bulk of the contrihution by the live PCE women. Tibit of indifference on the meet with Humerous
of the leading bodies
indifference or hostility from the
men, That s why these commissions,
which could have been the starting point fora new practice, are restricted
in their activity.
RESPONSIBILITY
It's also a question, of course, of
for DOt yet having cinderstood whar is involved in such a
Notling Is more crucial that the absenior Cof information, which reinforces the lack of mobilisation Women are in this way isolated from the struggles of other women curside
the party:
A recent example: no information
carriedn the party press announcing the protest demonstra Lion against the violence, actually the torture, inflicted on young Heide Kempe at the time of her arrest by the
IDEOLOGY
So, what can be done to make up here for what the Centril Committer of April 1978 calls the delay fol the partv) — particulariy alter 1956 — in clarifying its pobey and in theory?
It's necessary first to look reality in thetace, man's oppression of woman is very real, to lakest into account and recognise that the struggle against this oppression,
help I 10 advance. We should also remember our door-to-door canvassing and the responses of women: My husband isn't in!"
Sexist ideology divides. including in the working class; what is more, il turns a good nubber of women away from the strugele. Women, but also men, have every interest in struggling BRainst this Idcolom which aims ta make one a superior being over the
take this in. NEW FORMS
How can a party which, in the nie of rejecting contradictions, doesn't encourage struggle inside its very owi structures call Itself revolutionary through and through? The women's commissions must take up all aspects of women's struggles.
We must discuss out together the
and take part in the struggles led by
longer in an individual and isolated JUAALIUL BECUESS SEMES
Along with Mireille Bertrand la member of the Political Bureau
we think that specific dernands, that is, the struggle for women's equalice, do nor end up ui a search for a stalic equality, but create on the contrary the conditions toi gemeral progress
MICHELE GUENON ANNIE MEJEAN, JELIETTE NICOLAS PEGGY-INES SULTAN, NICOLF EDITH THEYENIN
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Thought police hit
Argentina
junta
THE BEST teams in the World Cup have been France and Sweden.
True, neither of them qualified for the second stage. Hut the Word Loo is shout a dicineuished lot more than football.
The French team went to
ommitted to trying to d something ahout the political
particularly those who are French citizens or of dual nationality.
They were made aware of the problem largely through the efforts OUTSE DONCULE campaign. This hud
IPACE-
pinion poll in France jus
efore the team left showed 5 kiosks surrounded by police.
the magazine explains why.
The article was on Antonio Rosort, the senior member af a powerful LINCILE Tamily renowned for its brutal role in the civi wat and its lacer intimate involvement with the Franco regime.
Intervin had documented Riary comanderin part Roson's responsibility,
murder torture of Republican sympachisers, his ruthless dominance of local political life after the
family's power — one brother
Civil Governor Madrid, another was
Governor of Tenerife.
Tipped off on the contents of the artice, Rosen had
maguzine seized by the police
- withour bothering about the
The seizure of Intervin is the HELL DUACHE BEHIC MEAN
for the defence of liberty of
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 June 1978 page 12
INTERNATIONAL
Swedish holiday
snaps embarrass
Initiative by the players, And it produced results. Al the time of writing it was reponed that a number of the
Videla's prisons had already been released.
SILENT The Swedish team When they turned up in May • Souare in Boemos Alres on the less afternoon of Thursday 8 June, they looked as if they were just out on a tourist trip. But their camerus weren't aimed at the normal "sight".
Every Thursday afternoon a very different sight can be seen - perhaps the most moving in Argentina today. That is when the mothers, wives and other relatives of those who mave "disappeured' gather in a silent
Spanish democratic rights
rush hour
THE old ways die hard in post-Franco Spain. Several | for "ights against the Armed weeks ago morning rush hour travellers on the Barcelona metro were suprised to see the newspaper
They were carefully ripping out one particular article from every copy of
"Interviu'. ( TERESA
expression.
The phrase was born in Aptil when the cast of Els Joglars, a Catalan cheatre group. put on trial before a military court, for alleged 'insults to the army in a play.
Four of the cast received two years each in gaol "crime": two otbers escaped to and France before the trial and now have the distinction of being the first post-Franco CHES of his At about the same time she editorial body of Salda, of left-wing magazine, Civil prisoned for a short period for an articie containing 'insulls lo the Monarchy': the Then came a steady string of L231SL other groups and papers. In the larest case Combate, the paper of the Fourth International, has been tbe victim of actions taken by the military
er ceat in favour of such an demonstration.
dispersed by police. But un this Usually they time the Swedish footballers E French citizens beld in Swedish TV team, and
number of other journalists so in the Know Ar the police dithered, thos 'madwomen of May Square
also look beart. They beese to pou
out their passers-by who sould listen stories
even to the police.
Finally, Mill further encourged by the continued presenc of these foreign observers, the murched in procession dow one of the busiest streets i Buens Aires belore dispersing. Only then were the police
So. 95 the sorry CoNDOe Of this World Cup draws to a close, we cun at least say: well I played, France and Sweden!
Two comrades are already in provisional liberty', on heavy bail, for carlier cases The campaign to BARRAL the left press
groups is only part of a broader right-wing powers of censorship reveal the persistence of legislation and рожет structures
were Franco cra.
SENSITIVE
le boch the Els Joglars and for this Roson cases the suppressions
were aimed happened during the dictatorhip. The history of those years political is a sensicive area for many of
those currently in power.
Roson is a was int local poutical
Are emerged in clothes not only as a deputy in the new elected parliament but also left Autonomous Government of Galicia.
For the mass of the popula Lies al alternative history of a further two Lhose years is vitally necessary.
tor an understanding be the
rupidly
not ander the gaze of
calls the LETTIN Schwen.
The pocupant: thirty nicces of luggage present situation.
the state structures.
MINORITY suppress
and culturai
offensive. These
papers
Important presence)
at events that small screen,
Radio point. The
godfather has
denisocratic unchanging.
Presideot of the
and control.
mentary
appointed President, Suarez.
ONE PERSON who believes in mixing politics and sport is the that
Helmut
In 1936 he was a prominent player in German football at a time when Hiller — like Videla
was using sport to around while whitewash the image of his regime. Our photo shows his team (Schoen is third from the right giving the Nazi salute.
THREE LIFT attendants have / been sacked at the Meurice Argentina Hotel In Paris for refusing to carry the bugs of a military delegution from Argentina: duty on the night of 2425 Patrick and Moise were act. May when four cars arrived. Andre
and their - Were obvipusly from Argentina.
be bur
Management tried to pretenu captain Oliva! they were civilians, But Patrick Andre and Moise weren't taken in.
They refused to touch the luggage and were sacked on the
Said Moise: «We'd been past and their present which can give a guide to action in the
confused political
The media do not provide the analsis - diber or Das oT current escuis. Television is the best trample, the mos powerful sector of the media and the one mos closely integrated Lito
Only a small minority of SArs Tease Sad news
and magaziner (where a small but
For many people, especiaily in the rural areas. TV is che sole group. source of news and opinion So the
In the worand a bait years
since Franco's death bis name • is important and complex. The
has scarcely appeared on the
DOE have references to those 40 years; for TV watchers the man and his regime might not have existed.
Television Espansl continues to be the best TV network in Spain': incompetent and corrupt at some levels bu
centrally and tighily controlled at others.
The Government has defen- verbal fight ded bicterly its privileged access Worse
A 'control commission" sct up with parlia
packed, with half its member organisaticas
directly by PSOE the
...-
Steel hard Helmut
Today it has been revealed | German Football Federation
Schoen welcomed notorious Nazi war ace to a German team in Argentina. who does not pretend to have
Journalists and Cup Guenter Netzer were barred
The president of the West
Hotel workers lift
boycott campaign
made aware of the sitation in
by the through the actions of the barcoll campaign, We thougar it was a good opportunity to
The next night their
Ahour midnight he was called to open the door for a client who hac forgotten his keg. Wlie abould
the Argentinian
turned round and went back downstairs. Pu not opening the door to any receptionist. That was his job MARIA MAEZTU - one of the imprisoned Els Joglara theatre
struggle for tbe defence of liberty of expression
left are the mast visible aspects of a much hroader problem.
Unfortunacely even at the elementary level of defence of those now ander artack, both parties, the Socialists (PSOE) and Commanists (PCE), have refusod so wage more than a
still they actively defused the campaign that wai growing amongst student and cultural groups and many left
around Els Joglars. For the PCE and the
Speak their
LANCIES TIES visit. claimed that this Nuri Mu someone with full rights" like every other West German.
Tell that to the Germun citizens who have heen reported
Federation has refused to raise
uffer all, would be mixing polities and sport!
The affair cauied quile a hubbub sawsist Part leade Francols Mitterrand even insistod on shaking hands with the three.
But for Mitterrand it was just
In rapone to the
done precious little except vete
for the boscolf campaigr
Moise and Andre
put their jobs on the fine for the
sake of their brothers and
sisters in Argentina: Let toc
leaders Socialist
'International hide their faces
in shame cainpaigo carpentary debare on Es came with
Toglars and the use of military law against civalaris.
Their triumph
extraction from the Minister of
LULLUTE
statement. The Barcelona pape Mondo Diario quoted
next day; There will be no
more Jog ars
Scarcely a week later the
was having to
report that, three members of
the group Onomatopeys are to
sppear belore th Jurgado
tilitar... Tor a comic stri containing the
army. the code of Military Tuscice which allowed the trial of Els logiars is still
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SURPLUS VALUE
EFORE THE industrial revolulion, most work wite household
around the home; the household vas an econoatic unit. But the factory system climinared many roductive functions of the family Vork was split from family
This is why the carly working ciass defended child labour, It preserved the traditional ties berween children and their parents, particularly with their fathers who taught chem a skill.
A the beginning of this century a section of the working class was sill apposed to ending child labour, but fot different reasons the need for the wages. The 1902 Trades Union Congress carried the Gasworkers" Union resolution ta probibit employment of children under 15 by 535,000 votes to 514,000.
As Jack London comments In The People of the Abyss: "When 514,000
Child bour probiosting
it b evident less-than-tiving wage is being paid to.
number of the adult workers of the country-
SEXUALITY
Taking children out of murderous conditions in mis, potteries and mines wass necessary defence agains capualist exploitation. but in itself this he not a sociulin solution to the tsue of child labour.
A socialist analysis of this question Robert Owen at the beginming of the 19th pentary, Both influenced Marx, and their idens were taken up by William Morns,
Founer saw the lecosity af
children productive process: Educion 1
two when he for she very first steps, the child does nog pomaneously. devote himself productive work." The example his gives is the shelling and sorting o
The analysis of Fourier and other 19th century writers clearly needs to
«opul to applyto our
possibilities of its socalist transformation.
A crucial issue which is even less a part of socialist chinking is children's sexuality.
Wilheini Reich is a notable exception Relet's contribution was to stress the positive aspects ol children's sexuality and how they are suppressed in s capitalist saciety.
In The Sexual Revolution gives an interesting account of the
Children's home founded in August
1921 by the Mascow psychoanalysi
Vera Schmidt. The seachers were told there were to be no punistments, no
praise blame, demonstrations of affection. Master-
bation and sexuni curiosity were not
forbidden, Toilet training was not
forced. The authorities withdrew
manciat suppor from the home, and
from April 1922 is was provided with
food and coal by the German and
Russian miners' unions. Neverthciess
the etuded: The sed to Vera. was eventuaily forced to
Schmidt was the first attempt in the
history of education to give the theory
of infantile sexuality
content. As such, it is of historica
importance. Undoubtedly, Schmidt
who, purely
incuitively, grasped the necessity as
well as the nature of the alteration of
buman structure in a practical
ALADELE
BEMOANS
*And, analways In the course of the
sexual revolution, ALLOTTIES
entists" psycbologists and
lished educators pared the
regression and defeat, while trade
unionists, LATESTE
hawlades showed nor tie vul
that they Erased the
importance of the problem
To this must be added the political
position of children. Children in our
society are usually seen as anterior ot
incomplete beings in much the same
women are, a point which
W111-159
Shulamich Firesione emphasises in
her Dialectie of Sex:
•Women and children are always the залс
(Women and children
foust The special tie women have
with children recognised
everyone. I subtait, however, that the
the and
to
of
Reich
violent
nature of this bond is no more than bared oppression, And that moreover this oppression forcing in such complex ways that we will be unable to speak of the liberation discussing the liberation of children and vice versa?
Asimilar parallel can also be drawn practica with attitudes to the working class. in
A Kestrel for a Knave, written by ПЕТЕ ПОСЬ J0 1700. makes a speech to the boys he is caning.
He bempeans the lack of respect in young people today compared to the past: *They look it then, hut it now, not in the day of the common man, when every boy his shoots off home for lus tather as soon "Sci- as I look at him."
Compare Malther Arnold's fearof estab- the assertion of working class rights in
1B69: *More and core this man and that theoretical man, and this and that body of men,
all over the country, are beginning to and Englishman's right to do what be likes. his right to march where he likes, meer where helikes, enter where he likes, hoot as be Ekes, threaten as he likes, smash as be likes. All this, 1 say, rends to anarchy.
PROTECTION breath
A number of adalts have been cancerned about the children. exiled for his insolement in the Puris
Socialist
Childhood
CHILDHOOD has received little attention from
socialists, with the exception historically of the
question of child labour and its elimination. But the
problem of childhood and children for socialists is far
more complex than that.
at some of the problems raised and review a recent
issue of Humpty Dumpty, a radical psychology
magazine, which dealt with childhood and child care.
mutually reinThe National Libaises has without Children's
the headmaster anarchis tradition. socialises have often
bourgeois rights.
ATTEMPT and
borrow sioney. contracts ere. He is not
children's position practice kindly, and bemane country"
not inevicable.
rights Humply Dumpty on Jean Vulles, after being
MARTIN HOYLES and ESTHER SARAGA look
HUM.... DONT REALISE THAT SO MUCH WORK WENT INTO REARING THE LABOUR FACE!
Mr THEORY OF SURPLUS VALUE
Conunune, artempled 1o found a league for the protection of the rights of childeen and dedicated his novel perspective' L'Enfant to all oppressed children
Council for Civil produced a pamphle alled Rightsof Children and there is years.—
Rights with contributions by writers such as Leila Berg, Michael Duane, and A. S. Neill
On the whole writers involved in thirissue come from the libertarian or
Unfortunately, ignored the the subject. The result is that children's tighes often look suspiciously like
For insanice, Jobn Holt in Eseape from Childbood tales about a child's right to own, buy and sell property, to
establish credit, sign chart the concerned childhood of the about whas sort of social forces are and the system necessary to make an improvement i changes he proposes coul take place childhood in ary reasurably intelligent, honest
IDEOLOGIES
Clearly socialist proposals on the position of cbüdren can oniy take place in a socialist society, and even medicine then thesire far from ievitable in the mortality same way as worner"s emancipation is
At the moment, bowever, socialist proposals have not been worked out chiliren: and this is why the resent issue of
Child Care (Radical Psychology Magazine No.9) if to be welcomed as an attempt to
phenomenon.
TRAP
le WIENES rights
THIS ALTERS
againsi
The develop further our analysis of childhood from a Meminist-socialist
Ir begins by looking at the changing ideologies of childcare in the last 50
Truby King, Spock, Bowlb:
and Lee Comer concludes tha there is no common sense and there are no universal truths about child reariop', She points to the contrasting attitudes to children in agricurural as compared to inuustrial societies. by the
This bine of argumest is developed
second articie Deprived?, be refercoce to research done in Zambia which shows up the
theories of intellectual desclopment,
These two persectives — historical CUES and cross-cultural are the necessar
begin the аладі.
Hitorically we need to go back Turiber, at lenst to the 17th century, to
changing attitudes ising bourgeoisi schooline Ibe: initiated which has bernme such a dominant force in shaping modern
Also important is the advance of
which affected infant and ANd ACTICE atticades to children For example, as late as the Сло от Ine 19 Ста Trouky
describes how he was one of eight
Four died manfancy, of diphtheria and of scarlet fever, deaths almost as unnoticed as was the life of those who survived, The land, the cattle, the
pouliry, the mill, took all my parents rime: there was nome left for us
The changing ideologies of child care mist clearly be related to the hissory of childhoot itself. Child Dache Des 20ch
psychologists having taken over as the experts from he medical authorities, who were themselves preceded byche relipious anhorities, Experts like Min Keller Pringie (the director of the National Chuldren's Burcht. believes that the Scale should pay wonten to stay at bome with young children) are extremely powertal, both in the formulation of social policy and their populansation in the
A rejection of particutar experts can lead loo casily to the view that parents know best, or that it's all u matter of common sense. This view ignores the fact that parents do seek advice, and that 'child care manials ure extremely widely sold and read
-Adules with children tWO with children try to give advice on the general
These are presented in a vacqum. Why should we accept their
rather Any principles of child care must recor theory of childhood and child development, bence the difficully of developing alternative principles
A major problem for socialists is to avoid seeing children an a completely regurate group in society with relationship at all to adults. Or to lose the dimension of childhood which i:
procisely to do with growing into
adelibood. This is a trap otten faller
into by those advocating chilien's
On the other haod behaviourise
must also be avoided. Thinking tha
sou can simply condition children to
be non sexist for example.
sensitively
explored in an article called "Gende
'My problem, as a feminist paren
in woloid: What is the nature of
sex-identsy? In the society an which 1
Be, how can I confirm my chis ye)
identity and at the same time struggi:
the behaviour patlera
uaditionally seco as appropriate l
this sex identics?
nurbor gives fascinating
examples of haw comples a quesuon
this is and asks finally:
'How can we encourage non-sexism
withour being authoritarian, withou
thwarting our children's developing
personality and autonomy?
FUTURE
Two articles discuss the vital
question of day care provision. Who
Minds State Care critically examine:
the different forms of state provision
child minding. which is the mas
day care (organised
under Social Services depariments)
and mursery education (organised by
Education Departments).
The author points out that the stat:
has no overall child care policy. Bu
similarly there is no organised radice
dialogue about child care. For cosi
child cure workers the debate is still at
an extremely low level', That there is
Jikely to be a very positive response ro
such oreanised discussion is andicated
recent meering of trainee
nursery norscs at which hundreds of
students turned up
The article on she Defoe Day Core
Centre points to the importance of
nursery workers in different sectors
getting together, particularly to hight
Theeditors of Humpty Dumply reas they wish to be examined i
future issues — political priprities for
left groups around child care, men's
role in child care, children's sexuality,
children in "aisdon" about child full-time state care
psychologica.
care, and the ideulogs of the family
To this could be added children:
collective political action as school,
siblings. gangs, youth culture. th
National Union of Schpol Student
secing children as
subjects and not just objects of study
connected with this the
importance of hearine childeen's
first-hand, rather than
transmuted by adulls
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COMMENT
Three
views on
anti-racist
conference...
1 LIKE MANY other organisarions, we sent delegates to the Anti-Racist, Anu-rascist s coroanne cougnu tee conference. It is true thai many important CECOTS including a favourable attitude to the Anti Nazi LEULE problems remain unsolved.
The conference did not organise workshops as part of the plan. This meant chat aspects of fascism that many delegates wished to discuss were ignored, leading tensions in the conference which in turn led to delegates withdrawins
Further, the conference lacked clear action perspectives and only marteri of internal organisation were resolved. Even here a significant sethack occurred because the two black delegates standing for clection
co-pramatuls withdrew ARAFCC off ered anythine for the
black community.
This, sadly, isgenerally true. In this respect ARAFCC must and realise that as yet it represents a good part anti-fascist force and even combined with the ANL would anti-fascist force. most striking thing to come out of the conferenoe.
ANL GROUP, (Forest Sydenham sed Pengei
2
ON 3-4 JUNE tbe first national anti-racist, anti-fascist was beld. The organisers operated or an extremely open hasis and some IAC H BISIESIDA EOuE BIdEC
Unfortunately a lot of antagonismi was also generaled and ar the cod of Sunday's session some
articularly blacks, gays, and womer from the WARF dissociated themseives structure set up by conference.
Leamingion Anti-Racist Fascist Committee (LARAPC) IS extremely concerned that the present disagreements should not be allowed to permanently prevent the unification of the anti-racist, anti-fascist
movement. For our part wc wish to
emphasise our support for the new nae to be set up based on regional national co-ordinating committoe hodies.
We are plad that the conference
rejected the advice of sectarians and resolved to work with the Anti Nazi
League. But for the present we think
that there is a great need for a separate
body which can raise such issues as the
Immigration Acts, sexism and racist
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voice through such a structure.
taken,
assess the i many
established.
feel that unbearable Nazi-bashing is the
people think that the
watered
could help commnittee
think ANL conference.
suggested De boan
only
To us this is the TULUCS enliven a debale
conference exnenenoos, A
for the ANL to fallow.
Hall,
comrades
horses.
ANTI-RACIST, COMMITTEE (Leamington): conference
3
DAVY delegates,
moverent, movement's good. from the
Cicat -Anti-
piece of the anti-racist cake,
revolutionary
gration.
Bex GREENWICH, LEWISHAM Socialist ay or Dt 069 118
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A GREAT NEM CAMPNGN. 1R.I)
COMUNES THE MOTHPRS/ WITH/ violence. Existing groups can find a
A premature entry into the ANL would prevent our movement making a distinctive contribution - trying to
experienoe of the last few years' work should be the major aim of the National Committee once
Some comtades are concerned with the sexist appeal of fascism. Others
ami-racimn racner thar answer. physical confrontation of the Nr i
down by ANL memhers anxious for respectability Hopefully a national body should be able to encompass all shades of opinion. In the immediate future it
co-ordinate an Intervention into the forthcoming obsious
It would be useful to point to the
minimum progranuse passed by the June conference, which anticaica now locany co semenica! general positions of principie (such as opposition to immigration controls). The local committees could help Nt
the by utilising their democratic national game: committee would also be an example
Finaily approaches of reconciliation must he made to the disaffected
ceither side must be allowed to parade on their high
ANTI-FASCIST
JONES'S report of the ARAFCC conference (B June) was Tat too diplomatic for the apti-racist
The purpose of this conference was
• to unify and consolidate part of a national anti-racist leadership, Yet many delegates seemed oblivious to the opportunity. Acting as if the entire movement were present in the hall, they made 'position" statements like hunger rioters scrabbling for a
This behaviour was sectarian, not in itself, but in its blinkered view of how to build a mass movement, Tac idea that this can he done on full
AEISILICHIES leads the practice to the movement's disinte-
While it's true that both sexism and racism divide the working class, it's self-defeating to imagine they will its main economic
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There's bound to be tension in trying to maintain the unity of th WLM, fighting sexiim and building a united anti-racist campaign, because the latter will reflect sexism as it gets implanted in the labour movement. But we should all be aware that the time-honoured activity of exploding contradictions does not always have positive results.
So we must ask these comrades: where do you think the trades council delegates went when they walked our? To raise our demands is the unions, the factories their families? Or back ro the reformist leaders who we know spell ultimate disaster? To all bur the wilfully blind, the answer is
A collective discussion now can create a united campaign neitber incorporates nor submerges all political differences; but this will only happen if we cradicate the practice ol using OCHITULT
quite such anproductive polarisation — he it in a mectine, or hetween revolutionary organisations.
Splitting peas, is, after all, a mue's
JOHN THACKARA (North London)
..and two
on
Afghanistan
IN HIS article (8 June) on the recent
coup Iran's neighbour, Afghanistan. Tarig Ali poinled out bow this event is bound to bring nothing hut trouble for the Shiab and his repressive regime. This is excellent news.
But what is absolutely incredible about Tariq's picce is the way in which he played down involvement in Afghanistan. Instead be waxed lyrical about the Afghan revolution perhaos provioe yer agair
originality of the historical process".
Is he serious" Docu't be realise That Afghaniitan is a landlocked inu malt commie suppler and
supplier NORTH EAST
Homing SOUTH WEST
0 res
H-S OS.u UDP
ISPECIALLY DIRECTED AT THE
OF CHOCOLATES WITH
customer. That the Soviet Union provides the Alghan army with nios of its weaponry — and most of tb uniforined coup Moscow-trained. That even before the revolution, Afghanistan under the old autocracy was effectively within the Soviet sphere of influence With the Soviet Union demonstrating its strength all over Alrica locs Tarig really believe that th Kremlin leaders nationally independent regime to emerge on the Sovier doorstep?
This pessimistic. But socialists must try k be realistic abour the chances o revolurionary success in countrics where strong countervalling Tuencer operale from within and good ilustration -WEHT revolutionacy Portugal. During 1975 teslist bas been
European BIoLy carried away in delight, only to b stopped dead in theit tracks by th Noverber 1975 counter-coup.
In a revolutionary situation thene are several general lessons applicable int a wide variety of situations, lessons which possess more vahdity than the local traditions of the COUAIE. However mechanismis for dating, and wielding state power have net been seriously looked inta since Lenin's time Situations Portugues be studied as closely as the Bolshevik seizure of power in order lo more clearly identily what can go wrong in a national revolutionary situation Obviously Tariq and the left generally have not done this, or he would not lave headed his Portogal — on the Shahr's Doorstep?
To forget about the cahadle and to focus instesd On the carlier optini stic revolution is to iscrease the chance of the discascrous Portuguese scenario Ca.CT re-occurring elsewbere in she near future.
TOMMY CHESEE
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before — it means relormism in a backward country while attempting to maintain a capilalist economy,
Bus the implications of this policy for a country Like Afghanistan are
For example, The Guardian reported that the new
frozen prices while pranting wage rises as high as 40 per cent. In the absence of' a massive rise In the productivity of labour, which could only be gor by atacking the
this means that windraa comunodities from the market
The regime is trying 1o mee demand by releasing goods held in bond by the previous regute Tor tax evasion. But such makeshift solutions
then we wil hear
aid acustions fri thinuner
'Communist CTE TIUHS mismanagement' from ics enemies.
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SELF-DEFENCE ISNO OFFENCE!
of the GOSLING reports.
The march was called by the Anti Nazi League and led off'by the Bengall Youth Movement, which provided the most vociferous and militant contingent on the demonstration.
Greater London Council had attempled to justity its plans to introduce apartheid bousing in Spitalfields to an angry meeting of five hundred local residents, both black and white.
• let day bicky had been
passed off as a concession to alleged Bengali demands for housing on exclusive estates to protect themseives from racial
GIFT
stay is June, Jean Talm the Tuesday the GLC housing chairperson, was claiming sbe bad been 'misquoted".
and fascists who could paint a picture of white families being driven out of their homes to Grunwick: make rOOm for blacks something which not a singie we've not forgotten you. Will
supporters in Glasgow, Paisley, Hamilton, 1 Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling. Falkirk, Porth, Peebles and Thurso what they are doing for the fand drive.
This note accompanied a 60p nocial order Tor the tund drive While it is true that by looking
the pounds arter me pennis will look after themselves, TORCHEN the Edinburgh Socialist Challenge group plans to do a lttle better than that! Besides Paisley beat Edinburgh supporters by two days and sent EL.
The reminder to the rest of Sootland is well timed. Apart from our school student supporters in Thurso the rest of our Scottish groups are notable
Registered with the
A WEEK after a gang of skinhead youth went on a racist rampage in Brick Lane, East London, 2,000 anti-fascists were on the march on Sunday in support
Asian community of Spitalfields. MICK
wants, A few days after 'misquotes appeared
instigated rampage in Brick Lane. This Sunday all they could muster were a few dozen lunchtime drinkers protected by many more police.
PREDICTABLE he response of the loca Labour MP, lan Mikardo, ha been predictable. Mikardo tolc Tuesday's meeting that he had spoken to the Home Secretary Merlyn Rees about bringing increased patrols into the arca As 4 result the population will have to contend with the tender mercies of the 00 Special Patrol Group who have been swarming over the area or the past n Jun Jones of Stepney Trade Council told the rally following ich were a gift 1o the racists he was pleased to see the Si
and extra police in the Brick Lane area rather than ar These comments roundly booed by most of the black person in Spitalfields I demonstrators, who bad been
OUR FUND DRIVE
Since 1 January apart from
Scottish groups have coatri bured nothing England and Wales bave mo However better record. Since the new year only 14 local groups of supporters bare. Taic than E10 and that in the snace of over 20 weeks. The nol of honour is as follows:
Bolton E40:
Harrow ESO, Hull E33; Leeds LATE LEICELE chester 149.20; £10: €85.27; Preston E10; York [I3:
South East London 192; South West London 136 and Carden €24.
From thar list only six have made more than two contribu-
Socialist Challenge
carrying placards and shouting slogans supporting the organ isation of self-defence.
SKINHEAD The expecting the police to protect
these the Betah
shown by the fact that the local police are still equivocating on racist character of the skinhead attack rocent murders of Altab All and Kennith Singh Only three white youths have been charged with the Brick Lane rampage. despite the faer that 20 were arrested. It was the Asian youth who fought assault largely before the police arrived.
The message that through loud and clear from Sunday's march is that the Bengali population, with the
local full support of anti-racists and
the labour movement in the
detence SELF-DEFENCE IS NO OFFENCE!
Correction: Tbe Spiralfields report last week wrongly stuted the number of Asian teachers at the Robert Montefore Schoul:
Were There are, in fact, over len such
teachers at the school, and the head is Asian.
Those are Cardiff, Leicester. er, Oxford and South Fast Landon That record may not sound glowing. But in comparison to he rest of the groups who. in over five months, have raised groups nothing. it
outstanding. In the land of the blind the oue-eyed supporters
JOLL
HOPEFUL Cardiff E60.50; We bope
remaining weeks of this month our groups will E40.35; ManNorwich E15: themselves contribution to the fund drive. Oxford
TOL ONCE CINE This week's fund drive total of £189.85 was greatly boosted by the pr raffle. That netted over L120 for the fund. excellent way for local groups
-Karl Marx
short-sightedness of
population
and of the
in connection
over the fascist
came.
Camden. to raise money.
Manches
In memory of Robert positively LOSTON Anon Tower Hamlets J. Pollock K. Martin
Paisley supporters
D. Plowman
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SUNDAY'S DEMO In Brick Lane. I's not only thare that self-delence is needed. evening 30 NF heavies from Hoxton disrupted an ANL meeting in Manor House, North London
1.00
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- 35 2 80180 machine to look at, but it's less than brilliant at pounding out revolutionary artieles,
appeuled for equipment last year, coronades generously donuted a couple of typewriters. We are nOW renewing the appeal. So If you have a spare machine sader your bed, or can obtuin one really cheap, do puss it on
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