fight in the accommodation.
colleges.
I am writing in reply to Fred Draper's lerWeekly, 17 October, While the conrade the schoals novement face, he in no way The IMG tully recognises the danger controller Instead, we have taken up the Irish aguinst raising thie slogan in the schools confident.
Comrade Drapor is of course absolbest way of combating racism in schools Recently Tulse Hill Compreensive vided.
tinued employment of a fasciet teacher, The question of the education cuts High Street). 15 so boing taken up cy sendot stooens are attempting to form local committees comprising school students, teachers, students and all others affected by the cuts.
8:00 pm. more disposed to joint work with school Comrade Draper's conclusion, how ever, can only laed to contusion. He says irinham that the question facing school students is 'communism or fascism., Red Guards or starmtroopers'. While in an ultimate Birmingham ticle in the "Student World columa of the Morning Star concerning the recent sit-in ar Warwick University. We feel that your readers might be interested in The occupation began when the col lege authorities rejected the appointment of Jeff Staniforth as permanent secretary of the Students Union. To prevent us from paying his salary, they froze all Student Union funds.
Wie were facad with a claar asun oi autonomy. If we gave in on this we could never hope to bulld a fighting union, independent of the University, and capable of defending students interests in the battles to come with the administration over prices, rents and Despite a call by the Union president for moderation, a Union meeting the new million pound Arts Centre. Nearly 2,000 students attended a Union meeting inside the occupation. Messages of support were coming in from other From this position of strangth, the Union executive--including its CP mem berg-rasched the shabblest possibio compromise with the university. The University apreed to give the union back Tedy entitled. In return, the Union was only to appoint Staniforth to a position dictated by the University-as financial sattlement to the students as a 'victory', and the Communist Party made no attempt to dissociate themselves from it.
The real position was clear. The Un INHESETY AO SUCCHASTUY HESETLHO ITI right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Students Union, and we had re treased on the key demand of autono my. Next time we clash authorities, they will be alf the more A sacond mass Union mietinu ol 2,000 voted to accept the settlement. But the vast majority of those stud ents who had been actively involved ation are calling a mesting to discuss what women's groups are daing in London and to exchange information at North London Poly, Holloway Roed, on 2 November at 2 pm. Creche pro of fascism and racism, and the strategy for fighting them"- Tuesday 5 Novembe st 7.45 om in the Centrecrise Book shop lopposite ABC cinema, Kingsland TYNESIDE Socialist Viomon's Actior Groub sre haldnos oublic masting win trade union speakers to discus: the Working Women's Charter on Monday 4 November at the Bridge Hotel a "'BRITISH LEYLAND-An Economic Report', pemphlet on the beckground to the present crisis inside BLMC. 10p per copy, send cash with arder to: 72 Cambridge Road, King's Heath, Birm NATIONALISATION or Expropriation', second edition of pamphlet produced in 1973 by the Ligue Communist, French section of the Fourth International.
72 Cambridge Road, King's Heath, EDINBURGH CONFERENCE: Dosaler of all report-becks, papers, demands, resolutions. etc. at 1974 women's cont erance is being prepared-please sand to: Radical Women's Group, c/a Stud ents' Union, University of Kent, CantVerbury. Please tvoe on 46 or 100 scat senicils if possible, Also estimate of number of costers requied would Red Weekly yictory" and arqued in favour of escalating the action until we won. Ovar a third voted against the executive's The Morning Star criticised the IMG and is tor demanding an autonomow! occupation'-which they say would have limited active participation to the 200 occupians. To tha they counterposod the sovereignty of Union General MeetBut they misrepresent the position pur forward by the IMG and IS, who called not for an autonomous occupetion but for a democratic ocupation. This maant dally mass meetings in the occupation, the democratic election of an occupation committes, and the prin ciple that no settlement be made without ralication dy a moss mecangThe key question was not the constitutional one-it wes the political question of the fullest possible demo сачі пот ру ти i8г8oos ров sible number of students Once a Union masting has decided to undertake a militant campaign of action, it hes to hand over the running of the struggle to all those studente preparad to actively argue that campaign That did not mean just the 200 who sayeo in to occupacon Bil nign-H meent all those who ware prepared to offer their practical support for the cam paign by spending time in the sit-in, and by helping to win over their fellow stud ants to support the struggle.
This kind of organisation of student struggles is an axtersion of union democracy not, as the CP suggest, a limitation of it-MICHAEL BARKE, Warwick University.
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