publicity cutiets raiio, discos, juke boxer of'a revolutionary subcuiture outside the ate political ideas in a few lines chat a thousand printed words cannot convey The songs of the IWW (Wobhlies), Irish peasant, worker and student struggles. Jonary movement.
and more opportunities, in factory and coler ocoupations, mass railes and de monstrations to perform revolutionary We must show be no 'Standust hold of the impressatios n Union etc.) to demand legal contracts, Pat Byrne As the tempo of the British class struggle were standing. sharpens we will be presented with more OTIE VOTACS that there can at the throttie their self-organisation (Equity, Musicians security of tenure, and an end to political censorship of artistic expresion, and win their talents for the working class itruggle. L.K. Red Weekly called for a wate for Labow, except where revolutionary latt candidates Me said it was wtal to defeat the Tories and that a wictory for Labour wowld increase the confiderice and combativity But this cannot be said of the Corm munist Party, and so we did not calf Tor a vote for their candidates. Despite the decline of Cold War hysteria plus vears of leading all kinds of struggles, the CP has failed to command a significart following amongsr workers at election tirne ia any area of the country.
This is bocause most workers cannot see any real differerice becween is pol. icles and those of left-social democracy. They do not think the CP offera any kind of aftemative way farward which wowd justify having MPs in Maritamoot who are in practice little more char socini-democrats woth a difforent name.
Even wavny Reid, whose candidature mighr de seen by many worker to stand for militant, mass and artra degal struggie againar redandancies, last votes between the Februsry and Octber aecdons On the NF, readers have writhen in suggesting that we should Zave called for anti-fascist candidates in constituenelas candidates drewo from an antifascist anted front of CPAMG/WRP/ the tum your Letters column-there have been two interesting letters whose important questions you haver't amawared. One was about why you don't vote for Communist Party candidates, aven whera fascists SINMO, SIC COH OTHEr-WHE MAOU socialist alternatives. 1 hope you will take these up in your next edition. -T. FLEM ING, Needham However, experienice has showm that the Labour Party, which rafueg JIR LI ALLIA D SOON C OWEE IVITE forna with che NF, is aot unprepared to take up the issue of fascism, ao it is not a matter of anti-fascista having to use the afectoral arena against the Labour Party to get a bearing.
Secandiy, the CP, whom one writer wanted us to vote for wherever an NF caldlidate is standing, does not have a pulitical position on fighring fasciam diferaot from that of anti-fascist Labour MPs, both believing in stopping fap cists by parlamentary, peaceful and legal meane rather than by the only effective way, on the streets.
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