is contronted wit impact of ine crisis in Those like the Socialist Workers Party Scotland the natonal queston quite alterent orobiem of brIsI working class unity base themabstract application of the Marxist critique of nationalsm. On the other si coin are nose uke aunter So is separatisis one core tish Worker who abstract concep self-determination. position as me oresent Lenin s meanine inal determination equals separation, whereas in fact Lenin only advo ated the right @emociate The question as to whether or not eparation can only be answered by should advocate scottish a concrete examination of the poli tical situation in Scotland, and in Britain vis avis Scotland.
The problent of Scottish determination is a distinct and concrete problem posed by unique relationship of the nations or britain, and ine unique com bination of class and national closely intertwined, in one nation have an immediate impact on ine oner two, the way in which both US and ing class struggles throughout the three.
strength of this proved, as Neil pointed out, fact that despite the inroads by the SNP on Labour's electoral support, inere serious support for a separate Scottish labour movement; this deemed for a measure of xisting indicates that once the laTive autonomv is salistied scottish •Dolitics woUld rapidly be re-polarised on a rightGunter is right to say that snouie cemane a cueston duou separation in any reterenaum. but he has to face the fact that in the present situation there overwhelming There is nothing con Sendialon Inconsistent SAT Scottish workers recognise ine close relationship Scottish economy and the British есопоту ana ine Scottish English working class, they therefore seek a new relationship to the I am glad that Martin Eady replied SO TOrCETUlY LO witness semi-apology for the Bullock rep Sort (Red Weekly, 3 February] workbalours anemotto unity is horses at once consisted of first characterising the by the oration'. then ocen inat somenow Ic control of that process by the workforce, such measures could be legisgenuie quite democratic and accountable svst Dem workers would be an important step' we There helped lead to such a dangerously misleading misn-masn. rirsty the mistaken idea that 'workers partiwould be against be used by the as a permissible tactic, to be bent Cin nIS.
to its own interests Any proposals/ measures which between the Labour movement and and musion udl interests can somenow be talonally united plague dorsed, even salecuards countries like nis is aven labour movement has had a tradiinterest", Terest ane so on.
sals in the context of the knowing the impact this will have and is already having on proposals O001 avance or abmocia 1g to workers who believe tha loyment: 13 March they Chris Balfour's than the management' be added made guise designed ride several • Props collar -not sumuate i.
went on to argue view that when Intouon democrat control. A the course of representatives Such up his wrong Dose Indepenaci positions, no suitably beefed up can against the stream.
As for repeat Inem the independence of th And come spread the antagonistic class could help must be fought like implicitly en- those proposals *democratic more emphatic in Wautival Wnose ands.
'national in- extending the idea for the @CEIVe barcainine areas such tradition, Such incependent 'a Anal appod can run capitalism 'better imacinea come Class-collaborationist schemes such as bullock, even in weir terr mation].
variant], were with a certain amount of historical validity, to minimise social/industria The cecond source or comrade Balfour's error lies in his implicit some significant section of the labour movemen adopts a banicular position. olutionaries have to endorse that if they are to influence the framework of some view •isas Tousiv In many cases [and the proposals are one] revo lutionaries must directly counter revolutionials matter now much they may appear to be swimming alternatives, 1 endorse comrade Eady's points and won't But I would like to remarKs around the Bullock proposals [and hopefully their rejection] certainly bring about workers control. but the implementation of duette, we pose to brope tal achieve steps This will involve taking up and Communist Party's *extension of other besides pay ana concl Hious, the state in la SOCIa In addition the enforcement of RoDen DOOKS an abolion industrial secrecy would achieve precisely those gains that it is Workers -Trom - workers participation' [i.e. workers' access But in all this, WE MUSE EnSUrE that workers see that ne dossiole ways of fighting for any of these through workers control measures. imposed Dy their own strength anG organisation. through cosy worker-management DEREK BROUGH (London) * We welcome further correspondence on the Bullock Report
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