Krivine was in London to speak at a rally of the IMG at which the launching of the new revolutionary socialist weekly Socialist Challenge was STE nounced.
For Socialist Challenge one particular experience of Rouge was espocially relevant, as the new woekly intends to open up its DAReS, 25 has Roure, To OrganIsacions, groups and individuals who do not necessarily share the werall positions of the pape Crivine outlined how Rouge had progressed in this regard:
We declared publicly thai there was this "free tribune" facility available — especially for other organisations of the revoIutionary left. We had many problems with it at first. The other groups told us they did not was a kind of sectarianism.
Krivine explained that a major factor in helping to break down uch attitades was che recent lectoral agreement between th far left organisations which saw striking advances for the far in the French municipal elecWU CORCODEn WHS LO aSC BIE CEC ROCILLLO BICCILOUT IAIC but to use it also as a too debate. The election campaign itself gave spur to this process. Now we have had this type of unity in action there is much more w lln ness to use neiret tribune" columns.
INCREASE There has also been an increase in the use of such columns br organisations associated OTLCUAE ENUO. explained, "we give pages to the WHO0 SICTO S EMM the soldiers groups and so on ARain al lrst there war som hesitation, they were suspicious of helping Rouge, but sow we have such almost every day". want to reinforce our paper. It Rouge was attempting was part Krivine stressed that what of a general strugale for revolutionary unity and regroupment:
workers and students haps in a very conlused way are attracted by socisist perspecbves. but do not see themselves as being in the extreme left organisations. Most do not understand the divisions of the far left, and in a sense they are paralysed by them. It would bc neponsoc Di us not to make any attempt to try and heal nese aVIs005 O ae Ceslon wacemcit ucEna the French municipal elections. and anvine poinco tD ouer successes — for example the joint COTETEES TASEOTU the French May Day demonstratoo was the tre oi is kilo.
There are aleo moves to bave As Krivine CLULHTTEEUECEUUE WHE Lutte Ouvriere. As Krivine exfusion wich LO before, but they broke down. Now they bave contributions somne real progress.
many difliculties, but it is probable tnat the nexe step wid De four commion pages who per. weekly and in our daily. These will be written revolutionary have a joint editor. Again, thia would be a major step forward." comrades cannot be translated to this country. That It was such thinking which led We have had talks abour 'There have of course boed in their ogetber and will SLUWEC The experience of the French directly the divisions".
MG [Chairperson] and Stere Polter, editor of Red Weekly Roage was a daily paper gave it an attractiveness which Sociallse Challenge will not have. It is also notable that tbere was a greater wilingness to participate in Roage after major steps to unity in action had been taken.
But in Britain particular developments such as the rise of the National Front make attempis to forge unity in action not just 8 vood idea but a concrete need of the anti-fascist Krivine and the new Sociall Challenge are at onc on this:
"It would be iresponsible If we did mot make an attempt to heal pindi.
of the Political Commitiee of the .aTa *Turkey More than 35 killed and some 200 wounde a* a May Dey Rally In letanbur of Revolution Unione anrying pi Ing for Kurdish Inde separated from ody of the demo DISK leader, addressed COnE Tino boban - TOT Sn La Ban on a muyL demonstrationn. Tha were determined that this was ODICE going to be enforces So determined, in fact, that they horse-whippod ard beal chlldren], rode their horses Into the Metro stationa In pursult of demonstratars and repeatadiy SmasToa mo Gar WirOWa Or Gorman television crew, whiped a Reuters reporter and hraatened many other At the and of the day the tol alone and many more in Bilwith at lanst 50 people rested. One mar ed to have had part of his head powmraway pya smone bomD * May Day May Day demonstratione in SUS MO DONOU DS IORD Minister Francasco Casaloa. A saries of bombinga look place, sone Police claim that the Ing violenoe 1 by the by the deputy Prime Miniate the police to CUrr Ua m NIwH CsIMesa local solidarily committoes in other arses, the building of a arge Spaniar I presence al a forthcoming Miners' Gale and INH QUEENG DIH aGH CunOnsiration and meeting in Aberdathe tradition of the South Wales miners In the 1930g is being sleadily rediscovered *West Germany The three defendants, Andreas Basder, Jan-Cart Enselin have been sentenced charges of terorism' The verdict was the out come of • Iwo-year trial in : specially-bulls court at mheim top security Jall. in that time one of the delendants.
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