Market way, while Michael Foot and the 'lefts' fight shy of mobilising Photo: CHRIS DAVIES (Report) issues which are dominating the minds of the working class, and they give that ground away to the right wing.
The 'lefts' are also then forced to resort to the narrow arguments of nationalism. ing classes of Europe were in the past able to buy off their own working classes by the superexploitation of their colonial empires. The nationalism which grew out of this situation has begun to lose its usefulness to the big, powerful international firms. The nation state with its restrictive tariff barriers, currency and taxation laws and barriers on the use of labour have become something of an obstacle.
TOUCHING FAITH As the ruling class and the Labour right wing preach their phoney 'internationalism based on the needs of the multi-nationals, the arguments of the anti-Marketeers fall back on the old nationalist demagogy. This leads them to support tariff barriers, and the class collaborationist politics of the mixed economy. Their vista is confined to a peculiar 'British way to socialism dependent on the co-operation of the British capitalist class, which is why they ON netlabel on the NF. For the National Front the answer is no. This is because some of the organisations on the revolutionary left in alliance with many left wing Labour Party members and supporters have opposed any collaboration with these people. The anti-fascist campaign waged last year was very successful in pinning the fascist Although this campaign was originally inspired by small groups of revolutionaries, it got a response in wide sections of the broad workers movement. Every time since then when the NF has tried to call a demonstration or meeting of any significance, it has been opposed by much bigger anti-fascist forces Two thousand people turned out against the running. NF in Oxford a couple of weeks ago.
This activity prepared the way for taking the fight against the NF and the right wing into the anti-Common Market campaign, with the result that most Labour MPs and trade union leaders have refused to share a platform with the NF and the Tories. The hopes of the extreme right to get a base inside the working class through the anti-EEC campaign have received a real setback. Furthermore it has aelped to educate many trade unionists and Labour Party members on the need for a workers united front The situation with Powell is more complex. He started the campaign by speaking on the same platform as trade union leaders such as Clive Jenkins. Bur the opposition of many sections of the working class movement to any collaboration with Powell has meant that he has not so far been able to make much of the However Powell may try a real last minute campaign based on racist outbursts or some similar ploy. The working class movement must be on its guard to repel this.