How many Labour MPs and councillors have a Poulson up their sieeve? With the Tories lying low, hoping to keep their own skeletons securely locked in the closet, the press is siring on cvery fresh scandal, with the immediate aim of discrediting the Labour Government.
Should militants, in this situation, try to expose Laboar Party corruption: To dig out the dire behind a huilding project could have national repercussions, which misht seem far worse than the sratt which greases a local contract.
If the Labour Government is threa tened, might it not he better to wait until the press is off its back, and the danger of No! This would ondy stengthen the hand of the right wine in the party, Thes would have more room for manoeuvre if they know that militants were strand lo challenge them over their shady commerIT HEILAS This would also worsen the living conditions and amenities of the working class. More office blocks would tower over ised focus for revolutionary students.
Red Weekly 9 May 1974 dums. Fewer derelict schools and bospataba. would be replaced. And meanwhile huilders, property speculscors, and corrupt politicians would continue to line theis DOCKOES The bey question is: Who is doing the exposing and for what purpose? The bourgenis press wants workers to equate the Labour Party with the Tory Party, Coney roses pageters tael assan general election.
Hat exposure by militants of the hady deals can stimulate action by the labour movement Il can win sappict for the demand to open the books, for ассирадол отетреу ченс рикая апи luxury flats, and for the blacking of work Interests of the working clas Action by militants to reveal the deal that are sung on in the secco s toc council chambers and the corners of the Commons is thee best way 10 mobilise the hout movement a rainst copitalism. And it is the hest way to keep the Tories out.
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The IMG Revolutionary Students Rally hold in London last weekend. Over 500 students from all over Britain participated in a vital discussion on the world-wide crisis of capitalism and the struggle for socialism. The rally was Nottingham Labour councillor, in an appeal to the local labour movement. *is a danger to true democracy. The principle of "open the books" must be upheld in local and national administration as in industry.
information that Treceive as a Labour counciller should he available to the whole lahour movement:
pramlectr reach Dan Smith propochors. und the acciens taken hy the Labour group which lie ahead for the city bureaucuts fratn Benitray Investments to build a tupi office beck for the use of the concil of one of the most valinhle sitch in the city cooty. I was supported be all the Latol *semember, and which mcludes the she, had overwhelmingly rejected The tomes for soine of the 8,000 fam les en the council's waiting list Beedes, avera quarter milian square fest of office spurs arcady stand vacant ar Nottingham, I'm aminst the office block', sys Evans, "because of the scarce resou cus of land, labour, materials and finance which 'Secrecy', says Stephen Erans, a young we should be using to relieve the critical "Accordingly 1 maintain that any DORI USER THER From Icar the scate of'a storm which Council or 1 April dicab that they are will aware of the cocks Betray Inestment a subsidiary of Asoc On 14 Much, The Nottin cium council fint option an the sile HOMES NOT OFFICES The Marker Ward Labour Pirty of which after he had refused to sign a statement doin: housing smetaps. overcrowding ane slum Sing conditions, And I'm against the in volvement of private developers who make The Labour group, which holts 44 of the 54 seate on the council has octer ileis. Te was no concidence that the planning cuantitor had considered the applicatics Under the local povernment Norpansur which is opposed to all cily centre office building, was due to take our from the Caly In fuet, the Labour great wasseancions to rush the deal through Jul Hasked ined Television, to bartopse its application EXPULSION When Exams began to enquire icto thes was swift. They espe led him from it that he weild not ap helind the bueks of SEEING CHIMES COSMICTARTaU "They wanted to stills any mone eibarr assine iteestisations.a0senpsis just heen dome the job E'in supposed to he Frans is not alone in being vited for bis sterest in the propose attice block Three membors of the Marcer Ward LP who level' against the develement one employs in the accused by counculor Corella Babes Lader, ofling le debak of the dal.
Acation in mublic pelor: it bo dealt with be in: commens, cowiserare al estamels dangeroes practice which pould so were salled in and told the their promotien prospects wure nil if they didn't keep their mouths chut Theis victimsaton has been taken up bi NALGO socia warkers because, as trans see They have to beal with lic cres that arise from bed houng.
Tan hanch is appouting to the loc Labour mosement to support l demad la be the rank and-Files for the opening of all government hooks; and the skang meer of resources to incet urgest boneset.
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He also supports the artien comesic which i cans a can as tE omer bock und calling for an enquis The action contite a labour nove ment hody, says Duve Packer a member of B the consisiree and of Masket Rard LP and what we want is a workers cuening We bre tide the issum to the Inhour movement, and we in uti ising this hou ung conditions one the necd for the
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