reformists."
MARSHALL will reply in a future issue.
Or December 1975 saw the fusion of Workers Fight and Workers Power into the International Communist League. Both groups originated from expulsions from the International Socialists. The fusion could have been one step in the process of overcoming the fragmentation of the far left. Instead the ICL split only nine months later. In Red Weekly two weeks ago, JOHN MARSHALL wrote: "What the split in the ICL demonstrates in real life is not the futility of regroupment, but the futility of sectarianism which regards all forces with which disagreements exist, not as revolutionaries, but as centrists or We print this week some of the letters we have received on the split. JOHN regroupments should be all-embracing tederations; ine ima snould nave been included even if both parties to the fusion which formed the I-CL believed the IMG nad never done a tning rignt in an is existence; but God forbid such a fusion should include anyone who is impolite, sharp or tongue or given ruthless political characterisation.
and objective assessments of all political currents. r me assessment snows equate programmatic agreement, it is a duty to seek fusion. But John Marshall's Goodch is back to ron. essment is subordinated to organisational clear For us, the first task is to make clear Political assunctuous in criticism is derived from the we must take issue with the justitied in the most But no. While making some criticisms never doubts the • ПО • that the I-CL is 'suppressing So much for false politeness. The I-CL faction. However, the I-CL (ex-WF] now has the proud record of never having tolerated a single opposition grouping within its ranks. Yet it still claims to be working towards regroupment on the far left. It must now be clear to many that regroupment as far as Matgamna and Co. are concerned means join us and shut This much was apparent to ourselves some time ago. Yet only Red Weekly was speaking in terms of the I-CL being the closest to the IMG. and calling on the I-CL to think in terms of regrouping with the IMG. Now Red Weekly [30 Spetember] announces: The split casts doubt, on... the whole orolect or recrouomen or ne scanered torces or me tar 1em. Why the sudden change? And in what new light does the IMG As for the I-CL, we appeal to those members who remember our faction in Workers Fight and who are capable of drawing the challenge its airection.
The statement in Red Weekiv 130 September referred to the impression that the split will make in the vanguard, not to any contrarv. our position on recroupment advanced in the 'Factior and Party' series emerges strengthened by the experience of the - EDS