There is, as the Times has said, a smell of Weimar in the air'. As the working class deserts the Labour Party and its leaders fall out amongst themselves, becomes clearer every day that Labour is not merely governing badly it is ceasing to govern at all. Faced with an economic crisis caused by the final collapse of britain's imperial power, Labour is unable to take the obvious measures for its cure - nationalisation of the of the big firms which dominate the economy, withdrawal from NATO, and the conversion of our massive military resources to peaceful purposes. For these measures would run counter to the alliance with big business half-hearted, just as their defense of the comprehensive schools is inadequate.
Meanwhile the crisis deepens, as one by one the major institutions of our society - parliament, private property, authority, marriage, religion fall into disrepute. Everywhere, the social fabric is disintegrating.
In this situation the Right is mounting a desperate counter offensive. The Conservative Party, the employers, and their newspapers call for more repression to stem the resurgent tide of indiscipline and disregard for authority. Even the Observer, a self-styled progressive paper, can carry a cartoon depicting James Callaghan as Judas receiving thirty pieces of silver from the trade unions for opposing the penal clauses in the Government's anti-union bill. MARCUSE BLACK PAPER SOVIET
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