Councils of Action

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newspapers and so on. disposal of the strikers. The carrying through of the corning strugules. and in particular the organisation of a general strike to bring down the Tory goverument, will involve a far vaster degree of orgarisation of the working class and its allies than anything we have seen in recent years. It means recreating the best traditions of the General Strike of 1926-the building of Councils of Action. The reasons for this are obvious: a general strike poses the need for have been taken. the working class to take over the organisation of the whole of society. In particular, the following problems have to be solved. First, the ruling class would try to disorient the working class by spreading lies and false information. During the 1926 General Strike for example, the goverument set up its own newspaper and had the BBC broadcast false news. The working class has to organise and co-ordinate intormation, operate its own Second, the state will attempt to take over the running of various services for example the Shots up. railways, power and the telephone system to consolidate its position. The working class has to organise to prevent this, but at the same time to ensure that these services are still at the Third, the ruling class will attempt to smash the picket unes and break up working class organisation. It will use the police and the beme to this and The workine close has to be