Socialist Challenge No. 14, 22 September 1977
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Socialist Challenge TAMESIDE
22 September 1977, No.14 tinosal and becpuse tens of chousands of
side Council to ban the march
Then die one Canet of
Is typical that he preferred
lise the Public Order Act not the Race Relations Act. For his order banis all political processions in the trea eject this equarion of fascis anti-fascist activicy. of Fascise thugs and those whom tbey seck io onores, We rest the ban on anti-fasciss with the contempl that it deserves.
If the fascises are allowed to
by Vorster's thugs
WHAT WE
THINK
OF THE
BAN
assemble or gather anywhere in Manchester on & October
Slowed in demobilise the anti
15, activists in the wom wement and the black co munities chensselves The fact that the fascists are not eing allowed to soil the stree I Tameside is a victory fo those who argue for mass mobil ations agais fascism and 1
argue that
Spatial victory could become a defeat. All
STEVE BIKO: Murdered
we wil
all
mobili
STEVE BIKO was murdered b world's capitals. of Hiki's and a co-
of the
'There, can seful, non-violet
Here Beka, 30;
never be seats el in South
as Jong as the worl else regime is going on will th
La mander of or pea was a found mher und find president of th ath African Sident" Onga ion in 1968 and a co-fouad
BECAUSE OF US
12p
THEY
WON'T BE
MARCHING
Ner only have they kicked the black bet they have who told him to react to the lack. With sinhil sonness be a our beginning to shone signs that it is his right sa duty to respend to the kick in th way he sees jo.
Tor reactors to Bico's mum
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"Sleezy girls' versus 'good people'
HOME NEWS
chances of serious conference in a tew weeks time.
social democratic opposition to this Government
Government has been in power.
reflection - membership Is the lowest since 1948.
early election -
reduced their Parliamentary
Labour in office. it was and
party in the marriage was the Liberal Party.
They were cited 1o
in office.
class party.
Parliamentary politica. proportional representation
them. Naturally,
roflecte differences present political situation.
next elections. Others do not want a Tories ».
moderation.
ranks of the Tory Party, and the
the ranks of the
by het performance
aim. What ls of appeara be Implicitis
party of government this is a severe humiliation.
the Tory crisis likely to become.
social policies and it is still attempting -
on the question of wage demands.
social democracy. to taming the Labour Party executive. opposing the
in last week's Tribune.
Capitalism is an ens The leaders of EtH
Labour Party and the trades unions offer siluriens that une in the interests, not of the
СВИНИНИ ПРИВО-ПЕЖОСТО БІГШЕН НЕНЦЕЛ
thr labour movement, These should be iraclusie in character trouping togethe militants holding a wide range of politics
To hegin to fight for the creation of e un fied and democrane revolutiunan socialist
allemative he thousands of worker ingaged in
such an organisation should he hased on the anderstandling shat:
Editorial
Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1. Editorial 01-359 8189 Nows 01-359 8180
THE STATE OF THE PARTIES THERE IS a curious Alice-in-Wonderland atmosphere in
fact that the two opposition parties are racked by division,
opposition at Its Brighton
The reason for this state of affairs is the virtual political collapse of Tribunite politics. There is no organised left
- the first time that such a situation has existed when a Labour
If Benn and Foot Imagine that avoiding a fight at next month's conference might win them the election, the state of the Labour Party itself should make them pause for
It was the Liberal Party which maintained Labour in office at a critical period for the Callaghan Government. It did so essentially for roason o potal selected An
and the recent by-election results have - would have drastically representation. So Steel cobbled together a nasty pact with Callaghan to keep Latvenience for both sides, though aberal Ps aid part activists are now beginning to claim that the oppressed
For in reality the Liberals got the worst of both worlds.
seats in the Cabinet and their influence on the Government's decisions was negligible. At the same time they earned the odium of keeping Labour
All these features reveal the dilemma which confronts the Liberal Party. Once an important ruling
they are now contined to the margins They are waiting, thay say, major congament m national politics. The next General Election therefore is in a very literal sense going to be a life or death election for
we would wish them a speedy and.
The Tory Party Is now confronting real and difficult choices. The Prior-Joseph debate is not shadow boxing. it
how confront Prior is not for a minutes: confrontation with the trade union bureaucracies Joseph wants a fight, at any rate in the period leading up to the
polarisation as they feel that Labour would benefit trom such a campaign since it would pose as the party of
support inside Conservative conference could wall see a concerted campaign to ditch
the Tore Pany 19 unikar to De resolved by Thatcher's TV Interview with Brian Walden nor
Tory referendum idea might sound very claver at the moment. but in the context of a class confrontation it might not succeed in averting a general election, which is Thatcher's
more Interest is that the Tory leader backing the Joseph
'he dilemma which the Torles confront is a cruel one: since 1964, they have held office for only four years. For a ruling class organisation that considers Itself a natural longer Callaghan clings on to office the more protracted Is
The Callaghan administration remains perfectly suited to the needs of British capital. It is extremely hostile to rank-and-file militancy. It has carried through reactionary
courtesy of Hugh Scanion (RIP) - to keep the unions under control
What is more to the point is that there is no big debate going on inside the Labour Party between left and right
Governmental unity has paved the way No resolutions Government's economic policy will discussed at the conference an a full-page ad from NUPE, protesting against bureaucratic manipulation, informs us
OUR POLICIES
1
2
in their values.'
As with the Society for the Pro of the LIFE is full of individuals who like to consider themselves good
the Duke of Norfolk, the Coun tess of Lytton, Viscount MonckATTICLE!
Masharr of Elton.
Clifford of Chudleigh
THOU ECREE TEDD with no doubt an acute understanding of the problems and wainer of workins Ciss womet who need an abortion.
RESTRICTIONS
Or take the McLaren, HOLE ham's head gynaecologist, And one of the main people res ponsible for tbe notorious res trictions on ahortion in Birming ham. McLaren is proud of fact such as that in 1974 occ ma20 hospital in Birmingham conduct ed only two abortions in th
"I wouldn't sit down to lunc with an
of such unpleasantness Mclare has done his best to ensure tha
sionally work what he terms abortionist.
In May
it came to
the appointments. He boasted: "If
*Tu bike you to train me, Profe
l'd show him the lint"
DEMONSTRATION
The 1567 Abortion Act is eva ded daily by McLaren and the other good people who are nos inally to the no one one dand for the laren.
The
very important, not only abor torals, bar
married and terribly respectable You can't have sleezy, cily girl line.
not in our profession.
Te Nanana ADoron Lan paign is asking for thousands o
The
such MeLaren on Saturday 29 Octo ber. That Bonamicham vente demonstration is particularly apMclaren and his disciples have wielded in that city to prevent ROOTERES Cent secking abortions in Birminghan
with only 11.6 percent in Nev castle, for example
be McLaren vete. For him the 1967
quite unnecessary'. So he simply ignores it.
Leaving aside the special Birhe bocks with that of winer oppres
Cling For their libratio This socialism con only be achieved by crenlin new organs of power and defeating Milk DEFY TENS THE POWER WE SERIES
today, wich Tall rights
HOLS DE SOCIST HEREROAMER
millions of wockers throughout the world. We are opposed to them sed will offer full suppur!
National abortion demo on 29 October
LAST WEEKEND saw the sixth annual conference of the anti-abortion group LIFE. The star speaker was Cardinal Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, who explained his presence by saying: "My role is to encourage good people
Unhorn
The National Patrons
and Lard example of Profes Birming emplo
makin the other
be stabie
people to demonstrate
the
authority
rights.
of all those be a 'new outside the compare what it calls n Day fo
striking for people to donate the
stration in
3 The interesis of wurkers and repiled
In an international Mole. Thor unity neil i run he decisive in defeatine bod et
dictatorships thry stain in Talin Amerks, Africa and Asia.
In Britain il imples demanding the imm hair withram al at British tromps Tree Irelan ad lenting the Irish people delermine cheir ow TETUTE
4
wings have any meaningful sorters for the overthrow on the capiralist stale. Now
nore fuseerable than our the preeniling ine decades. Hut such parlin can only be huill ng TELL HE BEHISI
merrily. This Tactions had rendencies
*NHS Woman's Message carried on a Nationai Abortion Campaign demo bach in February T975
foot to lauach a nes parl
entary offensive on abortic
The circular suggests there will
intiarive in the inex the
ion LIFE is planning to hol
Life 00 Chion. SHE BIHI 27 October when it will be asking
day's to the funds of LIFE. West the
what will probably be a demon
Birmingham on 23
So with this new offensive
The pro-Moscen
means the right in orgast
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 under way. the mood LOE E marise cura at any brione is self-evident. Under the slogans "No Restrictive Laws', Women's Abortion
LOOK WHO'S
CHOOSING
FOR US!
choosing NACh latest four-page news-sheel explains why, together with reports on anti-ebortion propogend domonstration in Birmingham. Price Sp pius postage from: NAC, 30 Camden Food, London NWI THE VERY TOU Nua 1oim
...and lobby Labour
The Labour Abortion Campaign (LARC) Is finalising urangements for its mass lobby in Brighton on Tecsday 5 O toher. The lobby is sapported b National Cumpaign, the Abortion Law Reform section on the white collar and the Co-operative Homen's Gulld Wilhip ibe Labour Party Iself. depth of feeling morana's right to choose k Bluslion debate canies third in terms
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Involved in selviies by Socialist Sephenge sep portersia rout area pilarthe form belos and send; 1094:
I am Interested in mone infatmation shout nea hities in uny atel I would Uke sation Heratite and cocose 60p le cover cuses.
Seid to baculie: Cinitenge 338/329 Upset Stree London NO:
page 2 Patient Abortion Clinics Now', NAC's march in Birmingham aims to answer the Lords, Pro fessors and Cardinals of the anti-abortion camp and to demand new measures to guarantee abor-
EVE
the 29 Octobe of the member of resolutions received.
resolution supported by LARC includes the demand fo Future Government legisistion #hich would ensure women's right of choice un abortion' and the proposal that the free vole for Laboar MPs on abortion b UNISCE
The lobby will start at noon and there is a coach leaving Victorin station at 10um for those goin From London. Further can be ohluined from: Astrid Lever, 57 Trinity Road, Landon N2 8T3
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by SUE ASPINALL tenants and pensioners.
The council estate on which sbe Lives int Islington. North
prize. Yet life for the people who actually live there is far from utopian. Countless things which
regarded trivial details: by prize-winning archi tects, make everyday living more
kitchen, campic, nas no wingow so ina! when she is frying chips the fat spits in her face and the room lice Wine snell. A ventilator is provided, but as it runs on clectricity a pensioner like Margaret is afraid F running up huge bilks, so shi doesn't use Margaret alsi
"designed with economy in mind, not people',
VICW TrOTE room's only window is of a wall The back yard is small, and bad drainage means that it is usually covered in sludge. Margaret has to keep a pair of wellingtons handy to go outside. height, and [right] with the door that dian't tit.
HOME NEWS
BORN IN 1903, Margaret Ryan has had a lifetime of struggle which could fill a book. In fact she is writing
one. But although unusual in her fighting spirit, the
problems she faces are everyday ones for millions of
Furtber problems arise when she wants to empty her rubbish bins. She has to carry heavy bags rubbish stairs, and then lift them above waist height to push the rubhish bit by hit into a narrow chute.
This Tear of physical endurunce for a pensioner is not made an easier by the pervading stench of urine from the unwashed walls surrounding the rubbish area.
NICE PROFIT This area underneath the flats is •LIC garage space, A nice profit fee the council means petrol fumes and often the noise of cars in the carly hours of the morning for tenants The windows, debris and down in the garages make a subtenants" sense of well-being and security.
Margaret Ryan was one of the Irst lebanis lo move mo Dr "model estate nearly six vears Margaret Ryan at the prize-winning rubblan atute, which requires garbage to de fitter above waler
water "in writing"?"
tenants
She hat her back door didn't fit th frame properly, letting in the rair • Tight o
wasted breath complaining to the council every
that you could take the council to pourt for things like that, She first went to November. The council admitted they were at fault and an order MST SHAC carry out the repairs within 28 days. The job has still not bee done. margaret nas boot cren -COLICE thing through be completes mad
the jargon of the legislation, far it has come to nothing except for two letters from thi
smashed counal informing her that she
was jeopardising her tenancy by complaining.
to the A carpenter from the counci
did come round once, but he had little time and the job inadequately. The old door left to rot in Margaret's bac yard, blocking the already prob
*How do you put two cold
prunes and custard made with
Labour's
If the door
doesn't fit
- forget it
lematic moce
Her pension ail
and her rent
years. The bunal
time she went to and a trade nodding off to sleep.
THE INS complexities forcibly driving
TACLUISS
This is the governs it. They #bo drinks was done manager, to mectings. that tha support tenants
trol. pendent
Anant trom marks of
Uaf the National Front-
cillor, Ann Page.
water in
is typical of a Labour
Jocal Lenants Margaret
supposed to represent.
drainage Margaret's ciectricity bill is about to soar
and the cold and the wet begin to
eep into her living room
Social security benefit come to 527.70 a week,
La 610.14 - B more than a third of her income.
She hasn't eaten meat for four
social security iri
about her last electricity bill - ICEM understandin, matter they said the should have saved
You know peopie including a lady what not
COLLECTIVE ACTION
Margaret is well aware of the necessity of collective action to
one of the Prebbles 14, served with an Injunction by the High LE WACE CHE DO TOE ERIC! ing a local estate agent which was
working people out of Islineton. She se paper's up a tepants association on her estate but has withdrawn from it
COMICHELE DELL estate sits in on the meetings
way council Myand
the estate come in on our CYNTHIELS council *locations 10 is keen
der to keep chem under co
They don't want ind tenants" associations that are to the left,' she says.
¡lusions En Islington's Labour council. Last Christmas, when Margarer wa' ill, the council's meals on wheels sodern service brought her some lunch.
the woman whe trouble braught the meal in to her MID THOU SULLEED TOE United
- the mea was revolting. Margaret decided to take it there and then, round to the home of ber local coun
The council lar's mother woudn't let ner in and told her to 'put it in writing
How do you put two cold classes prunes and custard made with
writing"?" For Mar garet, this burenucratic respons CREENS.
with ine day-ro-dny concerns o
hen ken.
regards them
News
nowhere
Uncomradely writs THE COMMUNIST Party has served a writ on the breakawa
New Communist Paris, scoord ing lo reports we have receled from correspondents in Leed and Sarvey. The NCP nam clulms
weekly paper New Worker (no thought to be a reference to Sl DUCE WAS DUCE EACH
The CPGB Is claiming that
was the Surrey distriet hea
have Issued a writ for re-possession. The NCP was served with a
The NCP leaders have served n counter-writ demanding backnasmeets for three ful tmen For three yeurs at C1000 a year They are stating that acless the
cluim redundancy benefits for the years in qaestion.
Our correspondents anderstand that the NCP lenders have Bad Inferenal discussions with the Vietnamese and Soviet Commu aist Parties in this country as well as with the Australion Socialisi Party (an NCP-type formation in TAS CHORITY"
Sociallst Challenge is of the opinion ihat a court cose Involv-
unseeinly and messy affair The
should be settled amlcably, If the iwo sandles so deare we would be prepared to initiate a workers" tribunal to resolve the
Trouble at Ye Old Morning Star THE CAMPAIGN agair the MOTENT BARS WHERE bore and tack Tony Chaler, seemir to be reaching ins і climar Virtually the entire staff is up ir arms and determined to get rid of Chater. The campaign h being spearheaded by one of the news
COMMENSTE Colin Chambers, who has had his copy manted once too often.
the succersion is other Than FOung Chris or present assistant
reliable but might injeer some life toro the paper, In reality the Star нов до ос d scciana pope indulging in reportage wYnich suits the inctical needs of the CP A lot more needs to de changed than the editor.
No Irish
studies, OK?
THE SCOTTISEI O-level Tande die cover wide
toteding
countries where
Lebanon South Africa, and black ghettoes in the Ventures. Tate somer, dar States regular
SIERON. Yes, you're right, it's Ireland
the director of modern studies this out when be aaked principal modern studies teachers to cover Ireland in their non-certificate
these are for those
they're 16 and lieu join the ranks of the uncmployed.
The teachers turned down tbe suggestion. Maily said that while hey were sure the students woul
Theiselves to cover the question impartially, At least they're
Rationalisation: Labour style LIVERPOOL IS rocked by an
Pd by this fact i the unco health authority, is cheerfully planning to cut the 11.00 ke to cal Later P 3,300, Ir Eric Heffer, The Health Minister
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 pAg
from
Roland Moyle aalked
setion and rationalisation
in Cheerpool
imbecile!
Doesn't he know that
"moderninarion" will mean
by Amar 1978 and the redu
of she 680 beds in Sefton Gen
Hogaltal by a quarter? Co
Barnett, the regional office
NUPE, stated some time ago t the
wowid continue until the outho
guarantees that
reduced by the scaling down
This might save wage packe bur it undicely to save lobs. Th nor awd will the hewith suffer, but so will the heath other workers. Haringey's IllIterates HARINGEY's education chie unleasbed a "Green Paper" sor
ment called for prienary and secondary sch by 1956. It was greeted -
purrage by local teachers and
Hornsey Labour Party
Grearer London Council indis
that Haringo
to account for as many thousand children under of 11.
rospective parlianient
late, welcomed the GL MOUS TO CORD TRESE councillors would not impler the paper What needi HOWCHET Haringey's education alait education are called for t surely some claases educate the educators.
Confessions of a mercenary butche Ta e KEN ALTEN served in British Army from 1938 to 19%
could say. HOOT HOSE ADOUr TEE But Alcies was satisfied with peace. He beca an alcoholic, and got involved a nember of freclance capers the latest of which was serving SOCIATOE HERS COORA "Colonel' Callam in Angola.
Somehom r or other he manage la get hack from Angola in on plece and Immediately afte murds joined a gang He los
where meut worth 14,000 stolen. Obviously butcher Angola had atracted him to s sort of meat, Aliken vas arres
and admitted guil He w given an 18 month jail sentence suspended for ten years
how let us suppose that Ale
ind been an unemployed blac
for at least five years with words of a pustificuling, roc magistrule resounding in his can Inst goes to show ...
Last word
Engiand mode degrad impression: a gaudy exhibition servility and stupidity. The b
surgeoisie or least knowr ira doing: this medieval lum wid come in very handy in fort coming battles as a first be
Trozsky, Dairy in Exile 193 eiry for 8 May
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South London cops resume 'Operation Nigger Hunt'
Lewisham lessons and Tameside bans
In Brief
Five 'accidents' too many DURING THE last local cleo-
оа пилостала, тас тупсыос
ocialet Centre organised mass
leafleting on council and Ily-posted the town Such t its soccesses. In the electhe Tascists got a very low
on to be Cetres book.
Cradlewell Books, has mashed five times. Petrolnewspapers were hi the letterbor a fortnight
Fascists have been in and
tened comrades working in
- because the at bruited by
try-load of potatoes accidenany Talling and crushing him. Victory in Sheffield ATTEMPTS BY the fascist
ritinh National Party (BNP) to organise a rally in Sbeffield Inst
Play Hopped miserably. The
OIL TOCE
Hercepted a BP Internal bulle-
announcing the rally well in
They contacted other organisa-
Including the
nd organised a counter-rally for
ame place. As a result of the
socity for the SWE Tally, the
retreated and called off
r rally. The anti-fascist rally
Thompson, speaking for le APC. sinewsed that the best way to respond to the hysterical
campaign against the lett
• fature occasions, while at the
: time attucking the record of
such as immigration and
controls. success of the counterras due to the decision of I SWP to contact other orginfations and boild the rally in a
and non-sectarian eNom In sharo contrast Cie Communist Party called
ond, They distributed a sectarlan leaflet and drew a crowd of 12 people. most of whom later
Solidarity, not surrender
THE EXTREME right is mobl
The
bis was the intervention of the sion bashing 'Self Help' in the landolph Hotel strike in Oxford
The workers fought back, but by
end of the evening 38 picket ad been arrested and the local mi-fascist committee Faces [1000 in costs and fines. In order lo cover costs the Oxford com ades have done ull trade union-
service, They nave: proaced un excellent pampblet en-
Not Surender organise v. the orgamised right",
The pamphlet deals with thi connections of 'Self Help" Thes by the fascist sympathiser Tady CAR. Given the role of boil groups now in Grunwick, where hey are actively siding Ward, he pampblet is a timely inter mention. It should be ordered by all Socialis Challenge sapporters and sold in an sctive way within the laboar novement.
SHAS. MASCISMI Princes Street, Oxford
RACISM & FASCISM
DECE SCREAMINE
put
rameside Branch of
eid on Tuesday 6 Septembe
177, the following motion wa passed:
Prost. buildings hy the Mational
Fully supports the decision
members not to undertake work associated with National Froat meetings.
instracts all members, Nicewise, to black work associated with National Fron
NUPE and GMWU, in refusing lo perform all and any duties associated with the
ront meetings at Hyde Tow
applications on future occasions
• COMMENT
ANTHONY BARNETT's menta on the Battle of Lewisham (Socialist Challenge 13) were a
revolutionary laft in the wake of the National Front's humiliation on 13 August.
the tate of fascism limited. A low more should be added.
In the analysis of the Lewisham events, the de in the National Front and the
pollon scored a very important propaganda victory short term, If not longer, is a
threat
police were able to introduce R paraphernalla
from the mass arganisations of
This was lolowed inrough a1 the Notting Hill Carnival by a
state terror: the police systema
SICIES E hollered before wading in to the would have been proud of them
Now the move towards a
Trade unions
take up
the fight
in Tameride use public baldings NAT.GO mehers will refuse to work on tool bookings, opensi of halls; providing information
Trot Camart: 10 property occuring meetings The Tameside Branch NALGO has made this decision for the
D To protect from violence our members who would be required
the time of, a National Front
NALGO meeting-
contribute attempts to prevent political and racial violence in Tameside on B
HO To contribute towards the furtheramce of
3300n3 ing racism in all Is manifests-
dions and of exposing and comONCEITE TACTISE such as the National Front.
Eds Foster and family at home
steem, is to the ring come
wIll atlempt to resolve the
Margaret Thatcher clearly articulates sidered 'normal' for the capitalia press to discuss the question o that it is feat inflicted
which in the the black
workere get rid of that awlal quote from НІКНЕ ПЕНІ
control
TONS CHICH THE LAIN HIT GECI as they did before the 23 April In public
But whereas hundreds of thou not TIC OILE Common on the 23rd, how many CAS outside the far left knew tha Mcknee himselt had stepped ir rom scotlane Yero to ben the
going to Rallway Grove after that
By OLIVER NEW meetings, litigation arising
into the open.
OCTOILS at NF
Totalice
hold i towands
NALGO'S mAL
WEARISSI a how the ruling clas
McKnee wanted a
It, whilo It is now con
-MINDUCTI
Welc.).
organisatione
street WArTarD is not a question police
in Wood Greer tion of the And in this
DUCKELS HANDS ON
sections of the labour IMOU ESTEIN
THE NATIONAL FRONT'S
decision to hold a demon-
stration in Tameside is some-
thing of a show defiance. The
"representatives of the master
race, as they like to think of
themseives, have recently met
with ever greater opposition
whenever they have come out
Now iL looks as though their anti-fascist
march will be hanned by the law,
halin rally is Hyde Toren tall
which local council employocs
But the han, of course, would
not be because the Tory council Pacien. Culte the contry 1E If they
aimed more at the left than the
A massive mobilisation of anti-
Fascists is planned for Tameside.
100US805 OL DIAS, SOCIALISIS,
trade unionists, students,
intend to support Tameside Anti-
rascist communice in a can street
outside the town hall to prevent
then drughter
Chris Foster
defence.
rocto bad been agreed by the
confronTOWNTES to try out riot control lechniques. The shielde and specia
vanguard, National Front march had beer SCoCO, an no one drase! France to
remaining counter demonstrators up a main road on which they had sealed all the been able to routes of escape cup side roads,
The Hitler quote has two more negative aspects, it feeds the
hystoria tha and the stopped the Nazis mentality o in Britain.
Nobody denies the leading rol of the SWP at Lewisham,
houldn't pose the question c
between your nisation and the NF superfor ere tenter a ton e Party
BOBUSR 18351818098400 aN the state HARROT BOWDINNER WHAT will be understood and serve as
object lesson to al least a
class respect the SWE the CODE SMART
in the win Important
GENESCOU Partles, to a no platform position The Importance of this sl
What's going on
in Tameside
the fascists from organising. This the 1S WISE MOTES TO OHN police and the Tories, bur also the various reforinist leaders who
OW11 unsillingness to organise against fascism by calling for various noting or determination and пошту то кссо сос гаясть ое тле streets of Tameside through a massive display of solidarity with black and Asian people
militants, thar they try to han from the streets
bur anti-fascists as well! One thin must be clear. If the fascists scil
Tameside on 8 October, thou sands will be there to stop them
down
regard it as an important victory action
every cly, coaches AMIC WE DANT BOTTELD various trade union, socialis: and anti-racist organisations. In
North-pest the Inmecide Anti-Fascist Committee has been running open air meetings and
severa CrOnE weeks. The Narth-west region of by Surah Roelofs
THE LEWISHAM cups
obviously furious after the recent demonstraton, hey controged
eir ruge for a few meeks an
Uperatin Nigger Hant'
in the carly
Saturday morning a group of
policemen under the control of an Inspector entered the home of
the Foster family in New Cross,
Eda 45, cold us that her teenage duughter, Deva was fung hall. noted down the stairs: soone
and were also bristalised und suffered injuries
'Lemishum 24" and his father is 101SUE
of the local committer. The cops came looking for trouble and
socceeded In creating It. They were intent on harassing Chris and alleged that he had broken
hit bail conditions'
his stage is not so much in th
nobilised bi
lact 1hat 11 15 tne first: slep
MOHISSE
againel the lascists and prevente the isolation of the revolutionary
One need not look further than
Communist Party, the state has
respectable' trade union demon-
lions in which the far left pre-
dominate, The latter are regu
arly attacked by the riot polic
similar pattern could emerge
ls on the developing confusior as to whether we should call to a ban on Front marches
who calls fora ban? Trade unlo
Communist Partit SCOUT TH and even sections of the Tor
reformists th can sincerely light fascism
Tho Tories Coso bemuse ie don't like class violence explo
and the
don't like the atate's control o
WHENE which is what happens when the let challenges a Front march
Tore would to
marches El thal meant masi
left-wing demonstrations could be similarly halted
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 page 4
TUC has backed the mohilisation, and in the Manchester arca as a whole plans are
co-ordinate mobilisation
A creche is being organised le
IC LUNA DE LIC IM on the night before a big anti fascist rally will be held in central Manchester, with a steel band a well as speakers, It is no wonder
squirming ar the insistence of their national leaders that their provocation go ahead, They see close to hand the deter mination of large sections of the Tahour movement to stop then while the little fearers in the
that they cannot afford to buck
Let only muse working che
which will shop these fascist scunt. On 8 October every
possible
its banners in support of the determination of die local antfascist committee to stop the
ALL OUT ON & OCTOBER!
Mrs Foster is going lo make
serious and detailed accusalions
against the police inspector who
on the raid sad sane fin when
she Lakes out the summons. The
actions of the police reflect the
widespread racism in the polle
racism is further
strengthened hy the wearing of
uniforms.
A black comrade arrested at
Tadywood Birmingham
plained it to un in this way:
*What really gets you in not that
they beat you. One expects thut.
Il in thal they treat soe like
animals. in their eyes you are no
longer a human being
The New Cross raid and the
setions of the police are a further
substantiation of this clum. Mrs
Foster koons that thing:
she
determined to fight hock. We will
and ensure that she and
others in a sinolar suantion tel
all the support they need.
18CCIMS SCAVITIC" within
labour movement. The anti
lasciat vanguard might
stand the need to police a ban
provocative march (Tameside
here we comel would rely on l
the jeb for them.
Dan which is a response to mas:
such by the workers movement
is, howevel
That is ciearly what la happening
BUT BRISN
should maintaln a tull alert 1c
enore cre can trom beow
SHEONE' should make it
clear thet we will not accopt any
on anti-fascista demonstrated wee
already
Ducketts Commor
in oner words, wo cannot De
opposed 10 bann
fascists on principle but w
must combat those who
USE ATTIRE RECISIAHI
nacessitates building the broad
comrades explain
how they justity counterposing
party to constructing a uniled
front against tascism
MICK GOSLING London
Organiser, IMG]
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OPEN FORUM
DAVID ROSS wields some power in the National Union of Journalists. A former father of the chapel at the Daily Express, he was recently elected chairperson of the union's Central
adon branch, embracing practic-
all Fleet Street journalists. In the
of the Street of Shame's bution to the upsurge in racism year, Ross paid a visit to a i of Book branch, in which ints are relatively as numerous right-wingers among Ross's
La not a courtesy call. On the agenda proposed code of conduct comagainst Michael Cummings. His a viciously racist cartoon that had ed in the Sunday Express. Ross happens to be a contributor to
The advised the branch, "and the al executive will eventuals unhoes other of them. If the member is
"Tou will tear tbe unico apart. Ros
The branch voted
The Express chapel voted
nimously to defend Cummings. The
mult of the complaint is pending.
Hours of an organisational split in he NUJ regularly fill the columns of the ewspaper trade press, accompanied by unfare of editorial trumpets. In the wing as ine super-professional instige of
urnalists, a bastion of the proprietors' and editors' press freedom,
unction of never having called a strike i it 100-year history while routinely cabbing on the NUIS
In the union a right-wing group bas Jus
launched, subtly entitled Allied
armalists Against Xiremism", Needless o say, it is not the extremism of the media
ises they have in mind, but primarily
hastle for the post-entry closed shop
Get (with some reason) to threaten their Tyranny of the columns and air waves.
POTENTIAL THREAT
The threat is a porcotial one. Fleet Street ournalists together with those who stall the newsrooms of the national broadcast-
atrial benefits of virtual closed shops while dutifully deilvering the editoria goods.
But the provincial and local press are
matler. Here Journalists par compares unfavourably with that in other professional Jobs and extremely badly THE TRAGE LEC vorkers in the media. A job on a national paper was once the carrot to keep the provincials quiet, but Fleet Street's ecosomic crisis has largely put paid to that. And over the Aram of radicalised graduales has begun ten years a steady
to fill the reports" and sub-editors" desks butside the metropolitan press.
The result has been mounting militancy over pay and conditions in the provinoes
a militancy which has inevitably mean hat journalists have increasingly found themselves rubbing shoulders with the labour movement. ess easy to wield the hatchets beloved of Fleet Street's hacks
Racism, as David Ross appreciated, is
journalists outside the ranks of the far left are starting to break in practice from the
bourgeois tumber are prepared to take sides against
that this is reflected in the editorial columns.
As the Campaign Against Racism in Enc Media (CARM) records in its pamphlet In Black and White: Rocist Reporting and How to Fight Ir, much of the local press
lays a prominent part in reinfarcing
acit attitudes. Ter over the past tew months a string of local papers have produced anti-fascisc material that would grace the pages of the socialiat press.
No mealy-mouthed liberalism about the rextremes being as bad as each
DUNG HEAP
We are dealing, of course, with merely the tip of a gigantic dung heap. With ouls
Britain stoically advance a view of society which snugly fits the interests of those who profit from it, shading their editorial sandpoints to address either our rulers themselves or the social democracy which serves to buffer them.
In themain, the media laud the status qu and lash out at everything that socialists light for, whether It be tho women, blacks and guys,
pickets, the rights of the Irish people lo self-determination, a workers' solution 1o the crisis, or the advancement of revolution on a global scale
While it would be absurd to argue that the mass media only reflect the views of n
and
the
struggle
for
the
real
thing
which
the closed shop
growing
Margaret Thatcher or Jim Callaghan, it is
the day the millions whose views are to the left of centre of the Labour Party rarely find a representative voice in the TV an Cotinuist Parties, British social- Unlike the No democracy has not had a daily paper since the Daily Herald ceased to eves tbe Heraid, financed by the unions. hacked right wing social-democratic poucies, which largely explains its precipitate decline
Miss distribution of informaton gad
pinion in Britain is a virtual monopoly
if a few capitalist concern porations national; News International: nod Beaverbrook, now owned by Trafalgar House -control 64 percent of total daily news paper circulation, and a provinces a monopoly exists in all bu
hree towns and cities. For good measure a handful of wholesale distributors ensure that only magazines reach the retail outlers
Advertising welds a direct lick betweer Ene press barons and neir chums u lie City.
Financial increase five fold; that of the Daily Mirror three fold.
Commercial TV and radio feeds (and,
freedom
=
Creed of violence Victim of hate The press barons plead [with some justification] that the National Union of Journalats' battle for
now focussed on the Darlington strike [top| -press freedom. What they fear is more of the kind of coverage Journalists on the East Ender and other local papers are now producing against racism.
Westminster Press, chapel officers in the Nationel Graphical Association vored last weekend to remain on strike in support of the journalists, and the NUJ Executive voted 10 to 9 to reject mediation on any basis other than the right to a 100per percent closed shop.
unlike much of the national press, somely profits) off the same table. Yet the fact that the independent' BBC is, if anything, even more riebt wing than its press Freuch to the merits of Special Branch scrutiny of jab applicants, the art of and the siffocation of an omniscien Thouga bureaucracy.
The lubour movement is by no menis blind to this travesty of press treedom Predicters a or their action wit anything but contempt. That the majorit then revert to a decided; less Three cor- frame of reference is another nart of Reed Inter rarely pass without bricks being chucked at the press gang.
SOCIAL CONTRACT
The labour leaders ChanCe While neuspapers. IC have had sold support from mass media for maintaining the -EnC editorial Tavour of the Tory Party and the frequen attacks on individual union leaders casur have buel told the Royal Commision on Council told the the Press: *The facr that eight men contro
TOO NO,
YOURNALISTS •
A travesty of press
by GEOFFREY SHERIDAN
EAST®
ENDER
THE NAZI
BY NICK SPETT MENACE Exclusive: REE 3 8 0. 14, 114
ABOUT NT — SEE PAGES 17, 18, 19
While the union leaders have been doing their best to sell out the Darlingion strike against
hand.
Orwellian
[ self-bensorship.
action revente critical nius for
halance" general seCTeLaTy SOGAT, have have their own local governeten Social weighting the movement itsell.
TUC Genera HIDE HI rurbing a hornets' nest.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE meetings.
Country
EXPOSED:
IN THE →
Hwers
EAST END
channel
demands.
_ threatevis their monopoly of
capitalist
90 per cent of Britain's papers means that SOCCE the concept of "freedom of expression or independence of editoria!' it somewhat
The rain planks of the TUC's pobey, l IDE WHERE DETHE ERDOUL CANCE for: "A continuous check on the ownership and control (of the media) to preven
and actively lo promate (its) dispersion'; the setting ! of a National Finance Corporation, whic
and lease printing plant STEE representative interest groups with the venture': a continuous monitoring of all media output, to check distortions, etc and the capacity to redress any lack ol
Although Individuals such as Bill Keys.
print union done some quiet paigning lately for the setting up of bour movement mars day co has
union produced derailed proposals for a medin monitorine operation to be carried out b
the ramme has remained placidis
• LOT ALL LACE OCA gogic denunciations of Murdoch & Co - are doubtless aware that they risk di
One probiem is that too much talk of
22 September, 1977 puge 6
press freedom could jeoparuise their own private fiefdoms of editorial control. The trade union journals, which do reach
crude
outhpieces for the bureaucracies, which such bikers democracy as open debates an fundamental
absent. As it bappens the NUT B one of 3403UUA the few unions to regularly elect the editor or ill bourbal whose is achievemen was to secure the right to report executive
Neither the TUC not the leaderships of the print unions have any stomach for rank and file action to deal with press lies distortion, or suppression. Such acbon t print workers on a dozen occasions in recent years has understandably petrified the press barons, who have demonstrated their love for press freedom by stoppin
presses rather than allow a right o
Neodless to say, print wockers are unde immense pressure to refrain from editorial intervention, and can he fined by their union for acting in breach of an agreement signed in the aftermath of th Geocral Strike. The strike had been super
workers in the Daily Mail's machine roar to a leading article headed For King and
mass upsurge, control of the a major hattle front.
Association for Freedom' alrendy boasts that it has the means to publish a nations
down, and we can be quite certale that military preparations have been made lo salecuard RHC. shidias and instailations.
REPUBLICA
Bur deorivine the bourgeoise - or Indeed any part of the workers" move
of Els propaganda machloe can
actively promoting violence against the working class. In all other circumstances
communication facilities for all organisations and tendencies within the workers"
democracy, and to falter on this path is to lay the basis for confusion and division among the foroes that cao be won to the
revolution, as the experience of Repubiica in Portugal demonstrated
TITS ADDIN proted medin. broadcasting is a crucial weapon in the hands of whichever class has the use of it.
through onone les. a tris mass forum for debate, and can play a critical role in the coordination of struggle
SCOR WE CAL BORiTI publishing and discrihuting newspapers. it is no accident that in Italy, where a quirk
groups to establish radio scarions, it was
part played by Radio Alice in monilising for a streel baltie in Boloena that led to its immediate seizure by the
-In Britain, the 'air piracy' laws bave so far ensured that the bourgeoisie has a total monopoly of the air waves, ahort of The labour movement here has been slow
appreciate the potential of baest casting, and entirely demands. The use of the fourth TV
by the labour community radio and TV stations in every town, and the automatic right of reply on existing networks should be our minimum
TECHNOLOGY
Developments in rechnology are now transforming Lhe production of printed capitalist others of praply standing
owners greatly enhancing their profits by decimating the labour
WILTSIDE WONCE journalists have rejected the job sell-out deal cooked up by the bosses and union OUTERCICS any effective alternarive. Vet the demand
for work-sharing with no loss of pay, and
labour movement and community papers would unite the inserests of (workers in the
WE mIDSE suller its
The fight against the Social Contrac and the stripple posinst tocism are the issues on which the workers" movement presently finds itself under the bisa viest these issues in particular that an increasing number of medin workers take excepton to coe producis they tun our This, above all, explains why the press barons are in a frenzy over the journalists'
on the question prior to the Industrial Relations Act when the law provided prescy Past us members are now striking for.
GEOFFREY SHERIDAN is on the staff of Socialist Challenge LENTINE LEINE MOON A RE and o recent mercher of the NOT's Free lance industrial Counci
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IRELAND
fighting. AILEAN O'CALLAGHAN reports.
Among those who have been subiected to raids and constant alice surveillnnce is the Studen Movenent Campaigo's nationa secrelary, Pamela Holmes.
Dut the full terror of the PTA has bech reserved for a local Irish activist and Mineworkers* Union member ken Driver He was picked Seing held on remanu es ossi ly on 25 August and is for another six months, For a fortnight he was not allowed to see anyone but his Special BaBCE IE0 OE.
DEFENCE
The night Ken was arrested,
broken into by plain clothed and uniformied police at dam. Docucis ano anae papcis eas taken without a receipt, and the cops told ber that Driver hac cen picked up
Pamela and the local studen
supporters immed responsouity organising Ken's defence. Ring ing up the police station to check on ts совею, a suppons was told: "We bave ways of dealing with people like you
What has emerged since that ominous beginning is that police harassment has been extended to everyone inveved and KnOwn IO ascociate with the local càmpaign. Special Branch is known IO AUYC. photorraphed. Ionic carrying on such subversive act-
Transport House
blocks Party democracy
from the Campsign for Lubner Party Democracy
SIXTEEN CONSTTTUENCY
purty delegates to next mont's
protested to the secretary of its
conference arrangements com-
mittee, LOILOTE" reported
noves to con-
ference decision un
selectos ot Labour MP.
78 constituency parties have
made the cull for sutomatic ne-
SEICEUA CICEIES TE SUI
ect af their annuel resolation
understund from
19W US
he on officiul recommendation
For conference i0 take
LELU HOU SET Ce TarE
the party executive.
The angry delegates point out
that conference has been pre-
SOTECEBOm selection since 1974, walle the
Nullonal Executive Coralttee
has debated it severul times.
ney sar contercace muse te
altowed to take un immediate
decision 00 R proposal de-
MONdEON DUR H GYU TCHNI-
tlons submitted.
Il they de mot receive sutis-
URLON TIEY HEERE SEL NAE BT
the conferesce to reject lbe
official agenda. This mone
Strone backis Enginters nad from enions TELEST
such uN mie
HR raIOEE. W DUSC OMD
resolacions have boen ruled out
of ander by the conference
STrADECHKOS COMIEL.
The Terror Act strikes again
Irish activists raided
in Kent and Dundee
At ils founding conference last November, one of the positions which the Student Movement Campaign on Ireland adopted was for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the ending of police harassment of both the Irish community and of Irish solidarity activists.
In the past few weeks some of the Campaign's supporters have gained unwelcome direct experience of what they are
ivities as shopping at the local co-op, and private mail has been constciu olcicepica or samp ered with
aroand by plain clothe cops, whe have not bathered unduly to hid what they are doine. That one ol the police officers involved has for
Socialist
school
on
Ireland
те-
Just finished a three year course
at Kent University is a "tribute' to
the efficiency of the survesllance
operation and the excellent re-
cord of Irish solidarity activists
at the university.
Reports of similar harassment
have been recelved from Dunde
IN SCORUH BETC
Dusdee police raided the homes
of twa local socialisis, claiming they were investigating a break-lr : a chemist shop. In hoth cases
they departed when thes found
RSS CARE E BELDL OI
Treland scheduled for that even-
Ing. Nothing eise was laken,
Conously moush the chemist shop supposedly involved knew
nothing af any break-in. One of hose raided was a forner sol Sier, discharged after boing di ciplined for tefusing to obey orders.
The Labour Government is doing everything in its power
rules efforts of Irish political prisoners in this country to bring cases against Britain in the Europetn Human Righrs.
Last reweled that prson goremon have been ibstructed in a cob Fidential Home Office circular to Feao sir conte ponacnes Dowoct solicitors and prisoners taking cases to the
Rights.
The Internalional Group is to hold s weekend schoul on Treland en October. A number of international speakers will be attending the SCOOU.
Beresdette MeAliikey (Devlia) and Brendun Kelly from ibe Movement for u Socinlist Republic (rish section, Forth International).
The school will he primarily for IMG members, but there is a limited number of places NEARLY 160 journalists from as far sway es Aberpavenny n the west and Stoke TD CH m UnOr CT accestrd tha nutetion for a dey out on sub mach ng Press senat on k nasbury Rarges, near sell-losing fifies, and pistols st a Birm ephiam
even breaking in pwn
sabotage the
Commission of
wock the frish Time must open
European cascs. the thin trish ANL 12 COU Bruna
Marnist
15-16
including
London.
registrution fee of I1.
BREATHLESS END TO JOURNAHSTS' SHOOT-OLT
Army s
IRISH
POLITICAL PRISONERS R
ARE LYING NAKEDINLONG KESH FRONCL FONEE
ARRE IN SOLTARY CONNEN TINE N ITICAL STATUS
IRISH
POLITICAL PRISONERS,
AKE BENG SISTEMATENLY BUNTEN OUTACHL SWIS A
IRISH
POLITICAL PRISONERS
POLITICAL STATUS
Labour defies European Rights Court
This circular is in defiance of a spocific prison rule brought into Strasbourg,
prisoners and legal advisers in tred shall not be stopped and connection with legal proceedNow the secret Home Office nar opon ad read al enion
letten berueen the prisooers and thet solicitors concerned with their
Ironically, by interfercing wich
istore Botamy dehe t European Court's own tuies thereby presenting the frish pric trials.
for Socialist Challenge 54) porters. It will Testare sessãon um permanent reselution in relund, Republicanism, and and the British revolutio and the "Two nations theorg"
Thoae: wishing to attend the school, which will be held in
slould contact: C Smith, Bos 50, Upper Street Lnedon NI. There will be a
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE CLILAL PROE IF gr AUTONON EY IRISH
RESTORE
oners with anther case for
Such attacks on the buman
both in
e organisers of lhe propo
ernational Tribunal on Brit
Crimes Against the Irish Peopl The Tribunal, which is due to
làn ha rn bác co thi hà
The planning commitee of the tribunal has already escablished TALE CIM OCUAISMS LL USA, Spai, Norwny, Holland and France in an attempt to win intenational backing for the
22 September, 1977 page 7
What's
Left
Banali 15 Defor
FETE
MERSCT-IDE VAIRS RELOR SU, porters meeting on "The question of
The Triten, Paradise Si., Lharpoel
BETTER, tor gypay chid bil. 0,000 setn il, S11 CRITIQUE Conterence: Thr
чипиянсу з ло маяяапився
nated in sirioseet confidenc onirbutors consulted befon COVENTRYS Labour 1 movement History workshoo on work sho stewards and politica 29.30 Oe
. Detalle from WEA, 81 Berke NATONAL BONI Coveriry
anence on 15 OctТИНО О НЯЯ НАД СЛОНИКІ I
oferice of Gay News and of gay
generally againat the baclash. To Le hily arie - Barda er
WELTE NEore, Tottenn Se. Vil Sete roooon Othe
Sept 2.00-8.00 All neders
halper and coneributor
Conferenice botee o Cis Cocer, 13
aru Tau, London departur point CORCIAS OWY HUDSON FIODO VIO DonD al 10.00. Pnco: further detalis and bocking contact
and Lever, 57 Trinity Rd., Lendo N284 HACKNEY Socialist Teachers All
meeting intersention in che
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SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September 1977 page B
Support this
rank and
file
conference
Seven thousand Merseyside dockers decided at their mass meeting last Sunday to accept a 5 per cent increase under Phase 2 of the Social Contract, and at the same time rejected a productivity scheme which the management claimed would give them 48 per cent increases. Dennis Kelly, committee, said that this was because they had to fall in tine with other ports in the country.
"Had there been an unofficial strike l am sure that Liverpool would have supported it, he said
That sentiment sums up the feeling in the rank and file today. The union leaders are taking advantage of the lack of any national lead and focus for workers wishing to fight to restore their living standards.
The Engineering Union Executive rejected a call to bring the National Committee meeting forward, and it will now not be meeting until 14 November. Gormley is trying to manouvre the miners into negotiating on a productivity deal to divert them from their claim for a E135 basic wage. Jack Jones has been busily insisting that despite the Transport workers" vote against the 12-month rule at the TUC, his union would 'not be going on the rampage" to restore living standards.
The Communist Party's industrial organiser, Bert Ramelson, correctly summed up the problem in, the Morning Star last Monday. He said that the extent to which the trade union movement would fight to defend the interests of its members would depend on the extent to which the initiative was taken by the rank and file. However Ramelson's calls for rank and file action are not cnough. It is necessary to begin to organise the rank and file, to centralise its activity, and allow its full strength to be felt and exercised in united action. Ramelson and the Communist - still reeling with shock after their life-long ally, Scanlon, definitively put his name down in the history of the TUC as Scanlon - remains paralysed and offer no initiative to do this.
A call which can go a long way towards this has come, however, from the Rank and File Organising Committee. They have called for a conference on 26 November around the slogan "No to the 12-month rule." Socialist Challenge calls on all is supporters to build this conference, to fight for labour movement bodies to send delegates, and have meetings to discuss resolutions which can plan united action to defend living standards.
Furthermore this must be turned into a democratic conference of all the rank and file - and for that reason the Liason Committee for the Defence of Trade Unions should jointly sponsor the conference to promote the maximum united action around:
...Rejection of the 12 month rule and 10 per ocat norm ...Against the cash limits system and productivity dealing ..Support for all workers in struggle, particularly the Grunwick strikers ..For shop stewards conferences locally to prepare the fight around ware claims
WEST MIDLANDS
REGIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR SHOP STEWARDS CONFERENCE
SATURDA Y 1S OCTOBER
10am Digbeth Civic Hall, Digbeth, Birmingham.
First National Rank and Flle
BUILDING WORKER CONFERENCE
Saturday, 1 October, Noon-5pm
National Union
Road, London NW1.
For credenrials, copies of Building
SICICBILILHOT0EIE81303 WILC LEH
Post Hall, London SE24. Tel: 01-733 8443.
chairperson of the Merseyside docks stewards
of Rallwaymen's Hall, Euston Huidi Wkor, 19 kic Worker No B,
by
PATRICK SIKORSKI
flashpoints
Cash Limits
whole of Callaghan's Incomes policy rests These Imits are the amount of cosh say council, hallonallsed Industry, or govemment departmen!, is allocated
Increased coste.
E3,500m of cuts this year alone. cont be paid to public sector workors. The Liberals have annonced that they will vote to bring down the Goverment iI any settlements are made over that tigure.
wage thal was voted for by the NUPE conference is submitted by local authority workers, the Gavamment.
MULTUI limits sy sem muste gien ad foss ems) That's why the TUO decision fo threat to jobs, services, and the unity of the working class. Replace thom with thộ tight for a 550 minimum wage and eufomalle increases in publio expendilute lo compensate for the effecis of intistion.
EM TỪ
We need conferences
like this everywhere'
THE FLOODGATES will be redundancies in the public Government annonces its January spending curs. Throweh the system of cash limits, which lakes no account of the effects of inflation on pronc
Britain's bosses to 'hold the line' againsr wage cfaims submitted by the lowest paid section of organised workers in Britain
minimum wage, did decide to support these workers and others who in the course of their wage claims run into the cash limit trap. The claims decided on by these workers at their summer union conferences threaten to do just that.
That's why the trade union leaders are now backing down.
PATRICK SIKORSKI, a hopstal Birmingham, exposes their backpedalling and tels how local ancillary workers are fighting back.
OuT pay neonatons are an annua farce conducted every November at a safe distance from the rank and file, The first act was plaved out Jast week, when union lenders met to consider their joint claim to the employers.
Wage bogotiations for manual
CASH LIMITS are tho comer stone on which the
increased need In services oi Thai's how Lebour has Imposad
The CBl has demanded that no increaso over 10 por
If a claim even near the target of e C60 minimum
winl say thare is no money. I1 will say that i the claim is : mot thousands will have to be sacked and serrices cutback even further The system le designed to" Isolato and defeat the seven milion workers in the public
NURSES
AND
PATIENT:
HOI
opened for massive sector when the Labour
Around of public
Callaghan will seek to honour his pledge to
manual workers in the public sector.
The TUC in Blackpool, while voting against a £50 WA
shop steward in
markers, as with millions of orbe
BA
A TA WATTeR STE CurLI
hrough Whitley councils These councils, comprised of employer and trade union leaders, were set up hy Winston Churchill in the 1920's to 'pratect" the weakly organised.
Ar with other aspects of the great man's work, their effect is
ist the apposie. u mon soucis e Whitey Co uich fist ot all nge taff' sid of the Ancillary
among themselves an the lowes IS
possible cinim from cach of their union conferences. Thei they ne OnAte AA11 MSDOSWO
meet the Government. Th rest of the Whitley councils then follow saite, finishing up with tb
burses abd midwives in April o
he following yea
are changing. The
HILT NE steady growth of a shop stewards moveent aniong ancilary workOE SIRI SIE OO 10E 10U1 SISLE KI3 rank and file can begin to organise to have their say
In Harmingham stewards represcaLDe porters Bom Ene nu
onal Union of Public Employees the Transport and General Work en riSin ChalCiCna! of Health Service Employees met al the beginning of September to work cut a pay claimt co nite all ancillary workers.
This was what they came up with: +155 per week minimum wage.
Phase 2 pasments into the basie
T nEeSOI0 DANTeOEUEa
essale for inflatio
35-bour meel o werks samusa caye
Though the meeting was inirially Calico Jor porci sot, tis sort o claim was felt to be ahle to unite al
ancillary workers. So a conference
Will be called in Birmingham Dot her
month with the aim of brondening sappart for the policy across che public sector in the West Midland by calling a Regional Public Sector
Shop Scewards Conference
The NUPE Pay Action Group in Birmingham has already swung its weight behind the conference. Thi group, backed by NUPE sociai services, health service and water SC
LULEOE DEEE will be portin out 15,000 copies of a broad sheet backing the conference
tade at the conlerence 10 winnich n we Midlands Public Sector Pay Co
TITU CE of
We know thar we will not b alone in the riebl for organistion hehind the pay claim. While union ATCHS SLETE HOBE SUCA
organisation ai the rank and file level, their intention is to confite lt HU H SOON D TOCC TO SErCHICE LE arm of the negotiators. Rar it sn
beconing abrious bat a liebr for flash
CAS WEERBAF BHAIAA COS
limits syster.
The Government wil not budge
Dl ледо: intions. Holding the line in the public secior is part of the united TrONT MIC nALe dEL NEE UE private spotor employers.
It's up to public sector workera IO SnOW T WE CHU aDIOY for the low paid, an attack on the cuts. and the beginning of a light O BICARD CBl-Labour Goverumeat pact.
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I NEWS
HE
GES ITLE ON !
are me the Joints
ber 1977.
fight for the claim
complete.
in the 1950s.
industry
labour costs.
sacking
dealing here!
NUM national negotiating committee decided, at a
negotiating a productivity scheme.
Only last July the NUM confer- that will pur a little money in tbe
seck a E135 basic wage by Novem- claim.
Also on Monday the negotiating were calls from interpretation" their mandate on overturn conference decisions
until negotiat- not take from the nemaley and her the metine ch an scheme (by which he means one press la full of rumours of an
flashpoints
Productivity dealing
THE GOVERNMENT's only concession on Its 10 per
cent pay norm is to
Increased productivity. Once again overy trade unionist
will be confronted with this old weepon in the
employers' armoury
It was the 1066 Labour Goverment under Haroid:
Wilson which first made productivity dealing a central
part of its wages offensive. The target was the shop
Blewards movement which had won major wage gains
Though devices Ilke measured day work in the car management with Goremment support
attempted to jack up production with Hitle increase in
The unity of the shop
threatoned by attempts to increase mobility of labour
on the shop floor, continuaily shifting around militant
stewards and sections.
Today these aspects of productivity dealing remain
As dangerous as over. But the effect on production is
different. The depth of the economic crisis in Britain
means that bosses are unwilling to produce more at the
going rate of profit. So increased productivity means
The whole tabour movement is committed to oppose
unemployment. That's why it has to throw
productivity deals as wail. The altemative is the light
loe a 35-hour week as the first step to work-sharing
with no loss of pay.
No productivity
With complete disregard for union democracy the average 20 increase for miners il
meeting on Monday, by 8 votes to 4 to continue President of the South
why he
ence rejected productivity dealing miners pockets every week would return to piecework, and a means and instead called for the union to lead to a rethink on the hasic wage of contracting out of the obligat-
Amongst other items on the table E135 basic wage committee decided to 'examine for have a ballot of the membership to until 1966, when as a result of the the E135 claims, so putting off any something Mondays meeting did duced the National Power Loading
ons on the incentive scheme are until after they have a better offer gry miner had the same rate for the
NCB for an In an effort to bolster this, the now
that
auciag
unuty then. 'There's swap increases in wages lor appose it.
bonuses.
miners to go scheme, floor was Any
mines.
they accept locally negotiated pro ductivity deals. Emlyn Williams
Walds NUM, told Sociiist Challenge
opposed a ballot or productivity dealing.
"As far as we are concerned it's a
ion of the union to fight for the
Britain's coalright wing pits to fields always had piece-work up rank and te pressure they introwait Agreement, which meant that ev-
*An incentive bonus payment
would destroy the structure establisbed by aur forefathers. And it means, of course,
the Coal Board and the Government will be prepared to spend miltions in order to destroy the unity of the NUM by intro would vary from area to area or from pit to pit. We would lose our
about E20. I'm opposed to the principle — if it were E50 T'd still
Williams argues that a fight for the E135 basic wage is the alter. ALIC WAY HAMATE COE THICK I think it's the only positive way that trade unionists can fight, he says for basic wages and not incentive
However much money the Coal Board dangles as a carrot to get the
for an incentive two things are negotiated rio locally Pro ductivity deal would destroy the
And any pro. ductivity deal will mean creased workload, fewer jobs and a boost to accident rates in the
Earlier last week Artbur Scargill also advised the abcad with the C135 claim regard-
any discussion over schemes, and instead launching a fight around the pay claim.
STRIKERS at the Dessouter factory in North London
robbied the
attempt to get the union to step up support for their 20
week strike for union
executive refused to back the strike committee's call
and products. planning setion of their own by calling mess pister strikers are
outside the plant on 13 October.
Lucas workers
not defeated
by JOHN GRAHAM ANGRY roolmakers stewards Jrom the Laces pianis i Bir mingham have demanded to neer Hugh Scanion and Terr Duffy after the full details of
deal 10-week smike were disclosed last week.
Management claimed that
dare for t agreed than the f prer
bows rise which was narrowly accepted by a 5-4 majority, wi or six pears. In addition, 1F 3 will be met from a se WARMUNE WONDERU SCATHE which inciwies the non-replacement of labour, covering more hun one too many ung the speed up methods.
flashpoints
The blacklist and the t0pc norm
GOVERNMENT expenditure is also being used lo
police the private sector trel on the vast buylog powe
that the slate possesses in industry. The plan is 1e
threeson workers who win increases over the time wit
withdrawal ol contracts. The employers, hiding a
Senile, will tum to the workers with hands outstretche
saking: What can 1 do? The answer should come loud
and clear. Pay us what you owe ust
To bow to the Governient's blackman, or keep h
•secret, as some shep slewards have done, 14 a recige
for isplation and deleet, The siternative is to launch a
campaign 30 Govement IntimIdetion and Heelay blacking has order books al companies should be opened to the
worklone so that they know in advance the type of
pressure which the Govermont will oxert on the
workforce It the ciaim is won.
A joint fight for wage claims which make up for loss
of eemings under the last two years of incomes polley
Is the best way of tackling Healey's Toe the line or lace
the sack" threat. Alter all, the Government can't cance
all its orders from industry!
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977
Desoutters mass
picket called
13 October
DEWIE
IS AVENS
TERME
AUEW executive last Thursday in
recognition. However the lump prevent of Lisa F norker port of from the strike damping down workers in Lucas, they hove now lodged their own claim for [150 compensation.
An im-
Jactorier before rhey met Lucar management on Monday. rule has seized up the fow of the majority of suppler which Leyland nands urgently.
The background to this mir dancy is the fact thar 10,000 Lucas production workers huve still not concluded o Phase 2 setrement which or now four monits overdur.
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'For a black man to enter jail is almost like entering a grave'
Who will police the Owen-Young plan?
how those forces work in practice.
Propagation of the Gospel fo a
IT IS WELL koown that a perilla campaign cannot sacoeed without the support of the majority of the people and it was • 1115 Rbodesian Government launched
the hearts and minds' of the African
In the words of a member of the psychological action Pryac): *our aim is to create rich a locling o1 terror people will not dare support the
The ded not realise that has own words condemned him as the terrorist. Since it is from the schools that
ariny recruits
ed its efforts here, Groups taur he schools giving 'anti-terr" talks and offering rewards to children
THE TUC passed the following motion at Congress:
This Congress deplores the har
prisonment of trade unionists in South Africa
Recognising that the winning u made anion richis in Souch Africa is an important part of th Fight against aparnheid, Compress calls upon the General Council and affiliated unions to bring pressure to beur on British parent compamies persuade them insin that their South African shradianies give full trade union
INTERNATIONAL
TO ALL THE PEOPLE If the Owen-Young plan for Zimbabwe were implemented, much of the responsibility for policing the "transition' would lie with the present Rhodesiun security forces, which makes this an opportune moment to look at
The author of this article, BRIDGET PARSONS, did not go to Rhodesia as a supporter of the nationalist guerillas. She was sent by the United Society for the
school near the Mozambique border. She was later pinpointed by the security forces as a guerilla supporter, denied further work and forced to leave the country earlier this year.
who report on the activities of their village.
Essay competitions are held on such topics as "What I would do
was tortured by being DurnE win cisarches to force mim to disclose more of his farber's night time activities. subsequently fed to Mozambrique.
Mucilated bodies are dragged
vehicle and then pulled around the compound by a piece oi topi or by the hair. The students are told "this is what will happen to you al you soin the terrorists"
A girl told me of a case in her school when they propped up the outside the DULY
TUC and South Africa
rights of recognirion and negoation to air worker Congress reaffirmr in policy on South Afher and wefcome
International Trade Union Con ference for Acrion Agains: theid Genewa particular the call for particiation in
South African Congress of Trade Unions to win full trude union
by CHRIS O'BRIEN *FOR A black man to enter jail b hief Gutshe Bathelezi's r action to the death of Steve Biko
sums up the response of the tens of thousands of blacks who have Come. out outs!
Thandisive Maribuko. tary: eneral of th cople's Convention waid are sol taking Steve's deuth as an Isolated incident. 11 i Just part of
South Africa.' It didn't escap anyune's mention that Bike the twentieth black to have dies Im desention siace March last
Donald Woods, a frieed af Bila's, official story that he had starved himself to death. He revealer that Hiko had said that if be wa reported to have starved Wood would know i was a le Reaction from the Imperialis capitals showed that even there it was Tell that south sinca ha
tandly distresed and Andres Young, Cyrus Vance and Dic of Relations Committee, all pre
lan Smith's torturers
right into the face of the dent Tie past. Their faces were pushed youth - and then they had to go in and cat their dinner. The body was that of an ex-chocE of 1h school and so known to many of
counted this la suffering severely from such a horrifying experience another method is the showin
at schools and in villages where the whole community is foroed to view theat, including very your children. the tracking freedon lighters by
the body apart and then eating it Whether such things actual seven-year-
propaganda purposes only is irre One can imagine chicci incy nave on a dark niht The child people who are not used to
seeing violence on television or
IN CASE
YOU NEED THEM
After a 'kill' the dead bodie
minimal respect. They are wrap sed in plastic and then dangle dining ball
over the villages In March I was told of sever 11 year-old children who shor on their way bome from schol The soldiers said they wer taking Food to the terrorists. Thi bodies were flown, hanging from a helicopter, 1o a nearby town. Seven the passed over the children's homes be parcats were
saw no report of this in the Aper- press: presumahly it was covered
active running with terrorists" internarional The tactics used by WHATE
The Genera to supper the bary orale support the security
individual.
Black African Minister af
poored scorn on th
pulice
iced for an inguiry.
suddenly
mark. The roll" Probably
the Semite Foreig
success:
the freedom fighters
returnied home -The girl who re
ЗЕН
The boys -
A typical film include of a group of
03U TOUR ULTI
for to build.
the begin
comed
hope of freedom.
with even the 4CCE KALIESSE
thing thai were
helicopter; beco kuled in chis manner
then told b soners are WANT. TUE
to prevent him from
sober was
one: 1200 protestors were
arrested und Knager hacked
scount of like's specifically denying the
Now his tome has changed. He
declures his complete innocence, calls for an inquiry
Kruger knem what was happening all along and no cogbi noy mour will bi a whitewash. But it is a rure cruck
the stony facade of the South they are meeting with little Tribal The people readily identity with
ince tbey are often local hay MEETINTO 1515
and see thein as the only way independence can be won. The truth is that people dread meeting a Rhodesian sol-
erred to in affectionate terms as The first freedom fighters who move into an area get to know the people, living with them anc TOIDE DUL HOOUL BEE PEODICIA They soon know who is net lo be trusted, which Europeans have a adequate
wercharge and so on. They help he people to identify the ill then soorty and to beein to than about the society they would like
Ir is at this point that som
talk about communist terrorists" imposing
Yet the freedom figbters are wel-
home as long lost rela their tom outside the country they are able to articulate the grievances of the
When a 'contact' is made bet
and a group of guerillas the troops
reinforcements Helicopters are flown in and shoot at any
moves. The obvious reaction of women and children working on the fields is to run when half a dozen choppers th
are killed. Onc estimated that over hundred of his congregation had
After such a contact no pri
taken unless they
same minister described the way se saw one prisoner treated. Thi nan had both kneecaps shot of
escaping.
was covered from bead to foot in sacking and then hung with neavy chams. He was Dcala witl a club. Two days later when the minister went back the pri-
S731L received no medical attention
Another instanoe of the treat-
ment of prisoners in as follous: the prisoners were laid on the ground with their legs up over thi OR SEX CHEN CLUE the ground with bayonets so the could not escape The brutality and murder of the security forces can be lurge scale or it can be carried to the level of petty spite, ns in the following case. Africans travelling into the
Trust Lands allowed to carry anything edible since it may be food for terror-
BURN AC stopped and SECRETS HENAS WED eaten there and then
Whenever any action is taken by the guerillas the local commu nity is immediately suspocted
school was burnt. The next day the soldiers took away six of t men from the village.
Those who came back rold of
low they were tortured: kept
leep pics in the ground with ir
01 beaten; electric shocks applies to the genitals and otber parts of
the
Leveller
THE POLITICS OF CONTRACEPTION
Elm Drugs Swindle
Voices from Ford
Blue Jeans
Socialist Theatre
A mine of ammunition
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 page 10 young hay so much that he told (ben what they wanled to know
guerillas. On this admission th
ather was scene to cu
The charge was false, and the boy, dissnessed at having to give
bique with a number of ober children from the village
The methods of the securit forces may deter Some people from helping the boys but they certainly do not win any positive support for Smith. It it for this renson that I think that taik o the man in the midde ca misleading, since il implies that the ordinary person is caught between two equally unpleasant forces
Tbe lact is that ibe longSICAL JESSCS LOVE HOW SAOKEE They have voted by rheir actions for the freodom fighters. West-
when they continue to talk of so-called peaceful settlements
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out now
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Fleet Street cover-up
last week.
Our revelations of the prom incot role played by the kid-
ing the universities of Cermans Austria and Crechosl oxakia, hi
tian of Indutries in Prague and
Personal Triendshi with
Drobes were circulated 1 the national papers and the London evening papers.
With one excepbion Do one
story. For example, we contacted
individual member editorial sail of The Guardien.
in the stary, But moching ever poc mato print.
'BLACK FILES'
The exception was the London Evening Standard, which report-
SPEAKOUR
history of their organisation.
amids a crisb, an accclerated deterioraTION OI TOE TIMME NHOENECS CHUIE working class, the bankrupicy of the nopalst policics. COTEM
and the incapacicy of the traditonal lelt to generate a clear allernative for power,
The MIR sought to form the nucleus of a revolutionary altermative for Chile, Ir was influenced by the bew developments of the socialist camp, the intensifi erian of deolozical cirtipple In the international socialise movement and the example of the vioTOCOES CENT KEVO UEUT
Inspired by the advance of the
strugele in other TESWULIUUAE continents, the MIR soughs crea lively to reintroduce a revol
which has been SUUE TUEA progressively TOFOICDSATOUEO
urcaucratic and retormisl prec
Invalved al ibe beginning in internnl rasks organisation and claboration of lts political line, the mik was soon lorccu 10 go into clandestinity because of
eneasures adopted COOTLHYL by STUTe S OseTICd in 1968/69. Frem clandestinity it STATEDA to lake ib firs lowands inseriion in the mass movement, simultaneously initlaLEe an intensIVe and prodUcIVE idealogical strugale ocher sectors of the Chilean left
LI Was CUriDe the pre-revolutionary period of the Popula:
Unity, after regaining its legality. that the MER comolidated position, which already was sub-
the Chuilean workautside IAR. CHIL Popular Unity the MIR sought co orpaniation of the woeing tiest strengthen und develop Popular Power as nc alternacive to the weakness of the RUJOTOUSL TUIS
It ponsrantly argued the Decessity of an offensive agaiosr those WAD UU BIEEC SUuR SI
INTERNATIONAL
The Schleyer affair
If you thought our accusations of 9 Fleet Street conspiracy of silence on the history of Hans Martin Schleyer were fanciful, the events of the last week have proved you wrong. RICHARD CARVER reports the Fleet Street reaction (or lack of if) to our front page story
Led that we had run the Schleyer Moty, but without mentioning
O Inc CIans ed that the ditution which documents the MONS O Lcam uso, TC Wiener Library, damning on Schleyer,
Yet, when 1 Wiener Library they contirmed three very important parts of our story: that Schleyer was head of LC HEICAS HUCCE IRar bruck: that from 1941-45 he was a prominent SOMOL LOr Prague; and that he was a member of the SS. We happen to know that the Wicner Libran gave the same information to the
MIR: 'Unity of all
popular forces'
On 15 August 1977 the MIR (Movement of the Kevolutionary Left) of Chile celebrated its 12th anniversary. Some members of the MIR in Britain explain the
denounced those who blindly
out of this situation was to place confidenoe in the poople and not pocl soulin he dlt confusing
come was to have united the left and the people, strengthen their
Since II Seplember 1973, the Chilean workina class and neonle have herolcally resisted Pinochet's military dictaborship; hundreds and thoisands have beet massacred, tortured and imprisoned. Despite the savage defeat, doside of srusele hawe lauoh the workers of Chile the capacity for prolonged resistance CETTE TES ELI sary under the posed by the counter revolution the MIR renews commilment to support and organise the popular Dusng lorwarO ING EUsIsLAne and calling for the unity of all the DO BUIE farces in the Poltical Front of the Resistance.
Only in chis way Chileun favourable spe CTCL!
achieverent of tbeir final objec the = n ire ind socalist Chile On the lourth anniversary of the the military coup.
ПЛО СПОСТ ПОВРЕ ГО TOIC TRE have riven thei lives crugaie ngainst the dictatorshig LD COTSC WOS Si U EOe KdOEE centres, consentracion camps and to the disappeared prisoners.
which have seen the intensitication of serugale, cuiminating in coday's conditions imposed counter-revalutios, of the Wik has heen are of permanent maturation, and untiring commitment to the cause of the Chilean people and the Continental Revolution.
only British in-
has nothing
contacted the
memher of the
THH SHAH DIRND SWID SISEE Ashraf Pahlavi, narrowly escap ød death last week in the Sourh of France.
Juan-les Pins fraci a casino Cannes at Aam when her Rolb Royce was forced off the road and attacked by thiree OWI AARCE WORE IE TC Car was killed and Aslrars gigolo,
VIENECE and hetraying
•MUL EL SMIYET conditions im-
movement.
anti-dictatorial
CaD the DHOCU conditions for the
we remember
Rio the
molcical tife
continual class
trowth
Socialist Challenge
CONSPIRACY Grênd OF SILENCE
The thin, frail heroin
smuggler
but she oscaped unhurt.
mas. Protely her most ISSDT armed CIA chiens in
different from TInC HIL
many:
1976)
butter issue Schleyer?
MR LiF
Shah's sister escapes death
Amir Eremadian, was injured,
Ashral is one of therichest and newspapct
individuals in most imporhis paper Her took place in 1953 when she met
St Moritz and Ia TAC mH CaDen overtlrew the nationalist Prime
one of: the
natiowal "HOEE TUC state appenl
wtimen
SanDIS Sions
from
years for
SUSHIST
It is true that the Wiener Library's source was the Brown KEUEHTENK UEIUAEUNT published by the East German
avernment (which rathe
what Standard story said). But who is to say that the information in it is therefore
impeachably abjective West German sources)? In fact, the only orcial statement Dy toe Eas Germans has been a condemnation of Boan's C'acandalous fai ure to canture the kidnanners
The Srondard's crude strempr at red baiting blows up in its face
Mn auTC was book published in Wesr Ger-
Bermu Engelanane's Strauss, Kohl and Co. (Cologne
The point is that if a small, poverry-stricken pan te barie ed to te l ure bit weekly
interntiona tory on eh dor International_ story (which JUL IEUEL US DORDI DIN HUP DU ta he ae Wausoao belleve chat the whoie of Fleer Street, with its nsassive resources ало powork er toregn corres pondents, was able to overlook these few well-known facts aboul
And we repcal the question w
sked last week If the cational press is propaned to pensor itsell al the bock and call of a foreign government, what does this in dicate about the mountains of information on Britih Government repression, which is sup pressed long before it ever atrives on our breakfast tables.
Minister Mossadesh and resulled
in the murder, enecution and im-
prisonment of thousands of com-
The press referred to her es a
THASA ABEUEB LEUu
was made of the fact chat this
same "thin frail lady obce had a
DUDHSNEr DurI aI
in front of her because he had
criticised her decadent lifestyle in
role in the UN Human
Rights Commission was a big
DOIDT In PUEE TLS CHAH
last week. But it says a lot more
about the irrelevance of this body
thao her coocern ahout humas
rights. The press didh't mention
that she represents a regime with
human righes in the world.
As for their descripcion of her
as a "feminist campaigner', chis is
a massive insult to the inter-
women's movement. nssorted beads of who responded to during Internationn!
Women's Year were such impec-
cable Fentitlsts as Cieneral Pino-
chet of Chile. and bee appear-
ance at the UN conference on
last -YeRE SATOYUKCE
walk-out by a number of dele
SUITCASES
The press was keen ro mention
ber 'concern" for social wellare
in Iran, bur not a word was said
DC HAI0 international drug
trallickiog. On at loast two peca
Ashrat has heen cauglt by
customs officials with suircases
Hul r nerom. Cu DOLI CECA
diekomacie pressure has saved her hunt redi ae néapi Meanwhile
•ALDEEBICBUYEUOM
shoe in Iran over the last few
alleged possesaion of
HECO BE OMRCE GOIOUSS
The allack is likcly to lead to a
wave of indiscriminate repression
LEE HSI DaSODISs
living in France and possibly
elsewhere in Euope OE SAVAT Alle
ngent in Paris las year.
French authorities deported a
and changed tao athers who are
sill awailing tria], withour a
IE such repression does start
again the strengest possible inter
national solidarity must be built
up to prevent turther victimisa
clon of Tranians in France
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 page 11
In Brief
ITALY: The Communist Party is abandoning any strict rel crence to Marxism and Lenin sn im its Const nirion, LacIO Lombando-Radice. a leading
riy member, explained: 9
COOE Cur conR wu roquires memhers to adbere to
Marxist-Leninist principles, 21 lixe a deac beanch. u mecessary to cut it aff to avosd misunderstandings." Asked If the nary cond Ml De cOE sidered Marwist, he added: understand thie objection, . But It is preferable to say this is a patty that grew out of Marx.
COLOMBIA: Last week's ane das general strike leit 40 dead and many injured after the J0 CLEON01-E SSELUTIL fonges. A dusk-co-dawn curfew was Imposed on the capital and LTEV BALTOIS SESrEnCE CIS DnO pedestrians.
SPAIN: The odicor of El Pais u berst Cail ato he pro secuted for publishing an auticle on contraception which had originaily appeared in the Sunday Times. . It is the first such prosocution since 1966
The editor, Juan Luis Cebriar could face a two mooth jail sentence, ET OetA Thee uirs, mils tary junla, the Derg,
moved against the Meison, a left-wins group which had been
palitica Idoologicn!
pruses against opposicioniss. Meisar leaders have been forced to go undergraund to avoid arrest MTH LIESEE
SAHARA: Maroccan Mauritanian plaved to journalists by the
Polisario, the Saharan bber
said that TECE CHIESHLOR their armies were militarily incapable of their Dccunaton Por tl Sahara. They gasc Orlans o.
heavy casualtics persannel and squipment sulfered by the
cccupying armies.
AUSTRALIA: The Australian Council of Trade Unians hien.
nial congres has called for a 12
month moratorium and erendum on C UERT HIM TOIRIEI
and sales. ACTU president Bob
Hawke said; T wish the blood
There 1s speculation that te
Government may seck a De cember elections ou the twin Isoes of uranium and untion mENE BENCS
LERANON: Walid Jumbatl
the leftist leader, last week
cined loros will Die BaaUi
party to form a 'nutional
The aggrecibent was
C THC HUr EHaL LIe SU
of the Syrian Banth party.
USSR: Oskar Rabin, the lead-
ing unofficial painter, was insr
meek jailed for obc and a halt
days for vagrancy. He has been
esponsible for organising ur
officini exhibitions and rebenti
nau Ms WOrk CADEIes
London,
EAST GERMANY: The Min-
ister of Security has echoed the
charge of the hend of the Savie
br een meri ist oi
of Western imperialism.
follous the altempt by the
Farine Sandurd to brand d
as Eait German agents (see
artile). Semetimnes
you just can't win.
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OIC: top of the second division
FRENCH political gastronomes
ve had
Georges Marchais* return from
soliday in lase July a furious dialogue of the deal was launched in the Paris dailies Le Monde and Le Matin
The subject was the renewal of the Common Programme. protagonists were the major ESTICE the Socialist and Conmunist Parties
But the break-up of last week's
faceless Robert Fabre, leader of the Left Radicals, and distinctly junior partner in the clectoral bloc. This has launched a new debate between the Left Radicals
DECOMMUNECHY ELER Socialist Party leader Franpois
sell above these petty disputes and elusine to genie caner
We asked Alain Krivine what bes behind this public nut. 1E 1S a regard it us a rupture. But we should *The Lect кашса coup nas occo pro waked for reason. From the inception of the Union
the Left Radicals has been zero.
Spanish Far Left
a real force within the workers movement.
Britain. present development of the productive forces.
Politics in Spain is a far more geographical business than
is possible for quite a large organisation to be almost birely recionally based, witn very little national presence.
The OIC is a perfect example, Tears Datient WorK neve established a thorough working class implantation Vatadord. severa
which has bardis any national political impact. But the OIC is worthy of discussion, because it is the largost revolurIOnArY Proun in Spain ouide The Fourth International.
It is also one of the youngest of the taE left formally established in 1974, the DIC grew our of a series of
CLOUDS the Anti-
political counterpart. the Com minist Warker's Nuclei
Tomas Echave, an OIC leader explains how tie OIC still retains its councilist orientation: "We are
INTERNATIONAL
French Common Programme bust-up
DisUnion of the Left
Last week's talks on the renewal of the Common Programme of the French Union of the Left broke down in confusion. We spoke to ALAIN KRIVINE, a central leader of the LCR (French section of the Fourth International) and editor of its daily paper, Rouge.
They did not sign the Common Perished They added Ther are when Blures act wan a smal ap endix stating they still believe
they have played no role in the Union, dominated as it is by the Socialist Party (PS) and the PCF.
Why did they choose this PRecause elections are near int moment to strike? they want to tell the ruling class: "Don't ignore us BEST THE HE BACH.
See dly they went ten sure Under French aw yo need 30 MPs to be recognised as a parliamentary group. The Lef
recognition, so they are making a big public fuss
Fabre is in a minority on the national leadership of his organ-
taunts him for his failure to gain
be colitcally obblerated ever, that would happen if they walked our of the Union as wel since the Gaullist currents woald smash them. So they'll reach a compromise.
The Organisation of the Communist Left [OIC] is top of the second division of the Spanish far left. Substantially smaller than the three organisatons we have discussed in previous weeks and the Trotskyist LCR, It is nevertheless
RICHARD CARYER looks at the organisation which has fraternal links with the Socialist Workers Party in TOMAS ECHAVE The Did puts farward a councillet poiley as the application of Leninist principles to the
Marxist-Leninists of a councilist character. I'll explait. The OIC
as the application of Leninist principles lo the present developDient of the produclive forces. that is, the proletariat of the Spanish scate.
The original 'council DEn munists" were the ultra-leftiats of early Communist Internat
cised by Lenin For the councilism means the formation
basis Theoretically, they substitule for trade unions, as well as for the neod for united action wild me recorust partes ano their supporters.
Leninists see workers councils,
state, as things which develop in pre-revolutionary and
of the united action working clasi, not tied particular party or revolutionary
they have moved to the left. They have added many things to the Comon Programme. They have
and petrol. They have raised the FaRC francs to 2,400; they have called for a reduction in salaries. In this BESIDING TOPICS HE PUIKCE that they, and they alone, are the authentic CHILLE Their two slogans of the day are Werefuse austerity today and we We're fighting
The OiC's conception councils tied to a revolutionary position is anly development or th sitions of Avanguardia Operaia im Traly.
And it micrors exacdy the lime oftbe PRP (BR) in Portugal who et up "councils" tied to the party
OIC estimation of the strengch of the
warking class that has now pass ed into history with the defeat af 25 November 1975. day-to-day But the OIC is 1eore Mexible
than its Portugwese conterparts and less sectorian than its Italian and British co-thinkers. In prac lice it has found if impossible lo avoid working in поль.
Instead of simal
singan of A United revolut Class Linion!
of the Commissions The to any problems faced by ins
We Brans and possibl
the PS"
Peugor-Citroen Ouvriêre's
Democrats, workers party in mean in practice? M/TTERRAND: posing as a Bonaparte
SITUTES
the LCR.
what emhly?.
01 probiers to such a extreme
WOMEN
mis Tride ation wor
the trade
raising the ian, but no Workin eached on the trade it has been foron
(FUT) went into the day-to-day weakness
lett-masterity
- this incidencally was Let So there a very dea demand
Communist Party (PCD, which both calls for austerity and gives
but what will this
"It means that the PCF realised that itsrelationship with the working class was weakening and that
The the
position has outflank the COSE the good influence of the SWP, DATE CUTERED COS ELAIN though the OIC has yet to make the bocessary theoretical ajust-
During the election campaign the OJC was prepared to run a NIL SHIC WIND LOC STOCKYISS BE DESECI
though the halance beet of chal experience was far
was needed was not
movement of Popular Unity' of of turning
Movement (MC), but a Italist unity" propaganda campaign around un action programme of demands for the struggle of the working class in the coming mooths.
Constituent Assembles in Co nationalities, Instend they argued for a "Soviet Constituent Ass-
This was a refusal to admit the possibility of the working class winning furtbe demcerane riahre under sanitalisen. It denses that there is any specific oppression of the nations
poning any resolution of thei
time 88
ured among the working cinss.
Theit position on women's oppression was similar. From the
pres on out of earl
society they draw the conclusion that there is no need for any
of the labour movement itself And of course there were big differcises on the question o
Finally the OIC was prepared to endorse the LCR's position ou
но, вы ва арест сомо
unions. So the Front for Workers Unity
elections WEENS BABE BILE iot. This was to prove a late
ALAIN KAIVINE
This coup is a bid to swatch alterbon trom the maior debare between the two large parties.
most bizarre develogment
PCP's new nuclear line. •The party has come out in favour o the French nuclear deloren — s novel way of settling differences with Moscow!
The PS maintains its call for a Telerenuum on toe sue ano ba
backing of a clasce of While ap
secody out of line with the re af its policies, the PCF's defence
Line virtue
this, Krivine explains, is what is
Well, the PCF bas been losing electorally to the PS. Its working class support was beginning to be CENTEU SHE IS GETS TEASE that it was tactically better bo
PS from the lef the THERE PCP's central project is to win over the PS's working class
On the level of propagandu
Other problems arose too. The
bizarre electoral pretensions which had engulfed most of the TOSE DEEDS THE DUEL DID BaBCI pited at least four deputies from their party alone, and their
in Vitoria became Echaveto Madrid"
Then, at the end of tbe campain, cure the final irony The OIC announced its intention
the FUT
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SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 page 12
they had to distinguish them siver programmaticany arom to PS. Their propaganda, unlike rhe PCIs, is directed towards the WOTAN LINS. LET MCLIC DELIR the middle layers and middle class have disappeared from their
"What they really want is guarar tees in advance from ibe PS in
istries and implantation within the state apparatus. Once they
sions during the negotiations.
But have the pubtic divergences sibility of a Union of the let victory in next year's elections н a comp gacation, Enchan it seems simple. The Left Radieals coup is good for all chree marbies individually but bad fo tne Union of the Left.
It's good for the Left Radicals because ther can say they're fighting the reds.
"It's good for the PCF because it is used by them to strengthen
When it does capitulate it wil be in the interests of a broader
defend be working class within thar unicy.
BONAPARTE
'Its good for the PS because it enables Mitterrand to pose as a
Die tight and the left holder of responsible govern meT's had for the Usion because
weakens it politically.
LE has SHELL I 33L5 elections that it would not vote for the Left Radicals in the Union of the Left sale. We were right, even if the centrists said we
indulging in nit-picking
*We now demand as before that the Left Radicalsare hooted out of the Union and the PS and PCP LAST TON OLICUSES. the OIC left the FLT and went off for talks with the MC
Now Ine sons 15.Tunner. awa from the LCR chan In has been for a long time, but it is unlikels that it will be sucked down th
national las many. difference with the OIC differences which will have to be resolved in
regroupment of Spanish resoluLionaries will take place withou
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How much of a challenge?
COMMENT
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oclallat 10 02000 002
THIS LETTER ls an attempt to start a discussion amonget sup-
paper. This is a crucial task If we
Mewe WrEUe Matmee Ios
leveloping -contradiction
veen the two stated alma of th
"Bulld a Socialiat Opposl and For a Unified Moo ELonu C Canauo
We have a paper that la bott the result of and a contribution
tion, Thore are two separate, but inte: ona from Big Flama, toe INTOCORNOEIOO other from the IMG.
riddied opportuniat dangers.
We present the biggest dangers in this direction for the following antymis tich soen the intras.
STETO regulunon capitalr abour contlct as bring Ing about a fundamental change in the nature of class compos-
WOULD LIKE to make a brie
miOnEou maCiarK ormgosium nog an London on the weekend of 9 September.
was an obsracie lo its sucess, ur ta www tricil fo nove a constoote biscuasier in such large numbers.
IN HIS REPORT on the partia rOUT OT IO Irish dimension
the principle of a United Irland
retusal 1o bedovo amy longer that the Brilish Govarn
nent has tho slightest
of *reformin of reland". He Ilustrates quoting Hugh Logue's disgust-
commont
manceuvres do nof show — any
nore than the fact of Army rep
ession shows — that the Britist
1 WAS GLAD to soe thai SocielIst Challanga has octended Itr net touar Seel artic-e aal
did a good job
walk alone But why
ien't il relewant, for Instance that thane's a big battle going or right this minute over players freedom of contract? Tha players tor ed
SCOTT
. obr LARNA the Faotballers Association
DK, It may be difficuit to thinl of footoallers
as workers But don't torget that the bulk of
Tion and class struggie. Whils Ina PouDa om usoo rejaction of a narow amphasis on 'point-of-production' potitics, neorrect revision of the relationrevolutlonary ship belween party and claas
values the cruclal role bet- 'outaide" Injaction of a acientific
struggle as a whole. As a rosuit, nOir Cvnca Wono okE ability to break down the barriera of sectional generallse the class conflict As a consequa
variety of 'concreta proposals' for 'unity in action". Contrary to We see bath
with lesl that our differences will be
Big Flame vism. LUMU OY H n Orau Rather,
prosch ls, to cur eyes, Indicative which sees the iwo aims of the -GOTE ВиЗнання Nilst it is possiblo fo won with raformists within a socialle opposition, It is nec
The symposium
For future pacasions / would SUDET TAC TOW Pie TOYa a] Several people lo read cor
of the confer-
different aspacts of the theme C BRETI SCHRAAI cussion reports and speakers!
The Irish Protestants
Borning Norte mo anandien of Soverr TANN renaCi arn Ina sno mous
mben Nort , this by
parlamentan
numonon
Football on the dole?
most common prospect ls ikel to be an unskillad ich or evon the dole h footballers begin to con
Over
COGCEsieT
Football Profesional the fight direction.) And
should be in faveur of the PFA bining the ment. Indeed, ite Scottiah equiuslent is a rosdy shellaied to the General & Municipal Workers
unih, rang cet eee
constantiy
lad tham
COSOITaI
constantiy
Vol ar
bl tha
and conditions organisations to grow coverage to a wide
-tationa, we do
TOO MO D O.
political method requiring different
assary to rep/las.
GOFISYCHICG Army SOTIS Marlowe's report Incressing
Is accurato,
dramatically urgent. with support
-heap by thei tebly from
talty!
walcome l LOM UNIHO COETCOR Brn rinni
the police
also
United visited St
curs?
have a clear perapective aa to DOW TER THINIHS SO CHA QUEIR O2 OBuLonr orGAniRATIOn The rank-and-tile theory states pendent råf organisation is an
TOF -TUVOIU HOMS NOL WH BrONS 35-0
o Cass-wido rat Drgan sation DOJKA DOWN SoCiorOl IRLarOaLa and creates the most favourable
The danger of seperating the IWO ama DrO CaDarwHE HU 1O
buliding of a nebulous socialist.
pposition culminating in a lir
( least reaistance, or buildir IN DAiSnewe BoleseusT un
which could lead to substitu-
We beliave that the IMG's Inadequacies and the affoct of NEESOn C DuDEr IS OLCID CaMIl INCR OES EUSH IN DINAN SMASE O
working claas struggle. In trut
played their part, but slao
dency
political
for New Similarly, demacricy
tUaRLIES
A/mougo Mus structure Wow/o antall fowor subjects being discussed, more peopie would hare a chance to participete in the
HELEN SLYOMOVIOS (Carditt)
withdrawal will laed siraighttorwardly 1o the creation ol a 32-coumty Irish Ropublic cron cal u Tae me Tum of the Left to undertaka a serious ansiyels ef the cheracter of the Proteatant resiatance to repub
According to the editors of
Challenge, -Iom 'showg the opportunities for building a movement to support ora uronissrude rOM FONDE NIs ASSASaMIEnE
the necussity of such an anatysis is all the more
CLARA MULHERN London
telingty outlined by Geoff, And
the hundreds T HOIF CURIOMRS wno watu me amo lyc or oi
there would than ba a basis dor going an lo expropriate the owners compietely ane place tne paopies game ungar roa
nort.Bont you think it's worth commonting
actica at Lewisham are Immediately fol HOSTU DS H CHIPACH TUr BIH USE ВПАТЛЯИЯ RAE SO OR HIRIS youngslers at football matches?
vialent altacks on tans b
rench poilce when Mancheste
Etenna
HER-TAI SME here. That's the Slale's solution tor ciesning up' footbali. What's MARTIN METEYARD [London
dare wo say It — a cerlain lack of pontra lem in their organisation TiL moJa nar oOR DaNonEHs and locally the IMG has consis tently failed to intervone in distincthe fashion in strugglee ab ney Dobul tis, mon, nad MOWNO INH DOSSIDHEY 01 HIT
• Red
This also heips to explain the
existing revolutionary laft. Big Flame at lesat do see unity a part and parcel of a procesa creating and beooming implantod in a widor mass mormont STO CTUET COT SACR s ene Ca the ochar handl would not be a gross distortion to say that, In prectice the IMG' conception of regroupment inYUnna oRna a TurnEr mal the alroady commitled moluton "dur Policled and in the coverage of particular issues, BUGI Bs rUnw aRo d GHob зан вия ст ви ста- IN H Cr n8H THULS Hra IH lenge also witnessed the birth of Io Dolics ronie. A nod concept saw the light of day; the 'Broed-based class atrugple ten Formed the baste for a vapuer set Inta the first edition without oe COH WCI WWW AlOCEH! ward of explanation
These policies are the clearest examples of the dangers of a
AIRS TIR SIMERS DOIIY DHCPH on the masthead of our pepe
constantiy told of tr
ed for certain things and neve
achieva ther
organs of power the referenoes to are not vary phrases such as 'more democratic, as though it woro a quentio
bourgeols ihinking
Indond the theme of demos rating conakteration in Secies-
The Ballad
of
Gerry Ford
Site tes tumie ef Brach boiset Benic In'& carioe not lar fiom the White Hous Toul Sind a thind-hand clapped-out Porc
twer srocebed up by bald Jinimy Cader Who thata botb-to Playboy and God Woo'e buemr diving a fast bar to montere stall And'y-Ode over any popr sod,
[Chotust: all hid toge they crumplod ilo pa ui-tits stuh it was thick aa a bou os we trustap old filion to sell di A rubry shind-hand capped-nut Ford We the and of ite road tor sur Bery Ha-tne foves gau noir mate but your mum. Atawac thind spop on your bum.
Wo merd of too fire In poukliaty Boik Four books Chey ware bumi, whar a sir Cha af than you haen't got round to mad The other you wộre oo buring In Wetl midc al-that dociling syot Those rapier-like berta of the brain And woll miss the cuta way that you can t Haur ou! Ohio from Texes from. Maine, Worli mlas alf that curang block wallare That boeting the erippisd and leme But you leare us with whe consolätton Immy Carter wiil de just the căme Walt his lege they crumpld The peps Bothle skufl t vens (hick ora board, Yos waltusled old Nikon to sall us.
A rusty hird-hand clapped-out Fond
BOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 page 14 and in the absence in Our Policies of anu other way a
lemarcating curaebes from th
CP, thia Is bound to be the cas For example, much mora spece
A AARAAS OE KART HOHICHI unites the ditlerent stranda o the CP and use what ingreasn demacracy there wan an the space in which to do it.
Aisin. In the ahuence ởi oihể politica crileris and Idees o
GrUnWIC u WnoHY UROTEIE te mowors prenur boarg and his limitetions, and a lack of
the APEX and thelr wider sionifl Cucu n nuse wu ra men) others imprecise political aims
Obvioualy, however, not think that thia tendency ls wesesipe ang oy uncovenng Its roots wo hope to create
ITEH BIEL HTICES the eccomods ion social demonacy that is present in 'Our Policles deterence to 'class struggle latt WITA WIR ICLO C 0 DOMOS O JUNEi ne ti resiscance opportunism. We repeat that th
win taske of building a socialie opposition and a unilied revo
separabia.
Keith Hassell, Mark Hoskisson
ovin Barter, Robert De Ashe (Shaffield Soclalint Challenge Supporters Grup].
We de nor accept a number o crilicsma voGed dy the com THIN. sacharen ame well be DEBIM TO WARS ASTORIAR
'Barte or idees
offering our balance-sheet of the
Anwiling commenis - Ed.
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Kerry Packer's cricket A balance sheet for all
seasons
well and truly beaten by an England side
However nobody can have missed the arriva. of Packer the Australian TV ty coon. His decision to buy up the
and set up a rival series of international matches
the foundations of Lords, the 'home" of cricket.
The ruine cricket establishment, ex-public school to the
responded by banning all tbe Packer navers. The two side now stand locked in legal bartles. as the 18-stone Packer, with his bft Zins right-hand man. Tony Greig, prepare for the winter spectaculars
Packer'1 interest in cricket 1s Financial. Having failed to obtain
icket broadcasting rights f
Packer decided to set up his own
first vcar wone this cricket circus is costing 51.6m. His players, for
days will 615,000 -124,000
It cante us no great surprise that he top players were keen to sigr ID CI PrOFESSION SPWEESODH! they are the poorest. Alan Knott, for example enerally regar
as the best wicketkeeper in 0h
only £2,000 by his club, Kent, an airport -
Poople are fed up wich all those dreary old nircraft bi-jacks. Even che Munich Olympics is a bir static. So Paramount and direc ror Jolin Frankenheimer TEERT od their heads for a new formula Something with Bore action. more kilbie and mare sexism was needed.
Throwing in a ballaon for good
TICE CAIL Black Sanday - 143 minutes of
UNDER REVIEW
The 1977 cricket season has just drawn to a close. Followers of the game will remember Geoff Boycott returning to the England team and scoring his hundredth century in a test match in Leeds, his home ground. The more chauvinist will not forget that the Australians were
by RIC SISSONS and made up his income of £8,500 through sponsorship.
Ine pigal oi tns ornary professional cricketen is even worse. Their average income is XS ITEN TU.NA EEr maRs join the dole summer spend their time travelling the country. Cricket's ruling change this position. They live in cliques have done
LIMOE OCT BIOTE ID duce pne day cricket and seck massive sponsorship. s backer. Gillette, John Playe MOW Wur Casmo0 Benson & Hodges, Schweppes all plenty of free advertising pays £150,000 for TV rights. During 1976, the Test and County Cricket Board made a profit of Il m. Without thie Pesioal cricker would colere capitalist Big business Is slowly tightening its stranglehoid on the game Packer has simply taken all this to its logical conclusion. Cut out commercinlise
ideological debris
Films about Israelis versus Arab 'terrorists" are proving to be good money-spinners right now. But as the subject becomes successful, audiences become more demanding. There's a limit to the number of variants you can get out of the theme of gallent Israelis shooting up Ugandans at
"Emmanuelle Al Entebbe"?
BLaCK SUNDaY™
Tast-moving neurosis in glorious HASSO CETTEOL mErInO fortune for Paramount and EMI al ABCs throughout the country.
The olot is ineensous. Wember: f "Black September" decide 1 mind the United State them government has somerhing millian of Ara o They on of (ND Is or Biob exolosive ioto the USA. aet it lo Miami (where else?), and invent a lirtle device
- an infrequent queue and it Packer is now avidly selling of LI aTER LIDU BUrIRO TV broadcasts. The response o the TCCB has been to outbic Packer by accepting the Cornhill
company t1 25m in new sponsorship
Ii is ironic that as Cornhill were offering millions to cricket the refused to offer their own worl
rise! Cricket, that male preserve (the women's role being to make
sport and being completely inte PrAC 3 HAACH Ca HEal the marches. The super stars, the licro wor-
Dropping 1000 lbs of
that propels millions of steel
The plan is to attach the devic to a blimp used for ariel filming which they hi-jack, thil over the annual super bow game in Miami on New Year's
103,00 American a ug an .i when
he stadium, blow it up
Now cE whole goddas lot amay beroim of a Zicoise secret a Only abou 90 nctually get killer
Bizarre though the may soem, it works. very ceciling
thaugh, is the idelogical debris that comes with it. A Time Ou reviewer argued that perhaps
nuse at lenst it "gives the Aral
ase an siring. What be tocans i
hat the film is given a "realistic"
loss by occasionnl references to
GLUSC) of the MctIoTS ter even says they are a problem
'created by thie Israelis"
thret Israelis CLICL BAcil muntt saof toe aw in the bes
Clint Eastwood tradition thai hates bis job and is tined Killing
ives che day. On. the other si
here's Dahlin, who is the star dard
nswal" woman terrorist (qut
om the publicicy blarb). May
ERRY PACKER (larger than Ife] with former Engiand captain Ton Welg: preparing for the winter spectacu/ar
clearly than wichis wiia em within offer of that same system.
Lords,
HEA HUI
save tais propscin efficent,
the president and
course they dort Be bioi impotent
Faced with that "T e Tim YE are pretty inelevant. naTTow
incidental one.
welcome the film be
at ane point a charac
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can be ony main characiers, For the
Kabakov, sarking on
Darcus
CUL HENS HIKI MCLENE
Root ours,"
leggy
ship, the mass spectacie, the TV and advertsing funds show more
Never thal sport has and part and parcel
Cornhill, and Packer will not improse the lot of the come
CODr EIE game itsel!. Professional sport
is the problem.
SCIHESLI increasingly fram everyday life as the masses look on passively at teir heroes, anc the gocasiong) heroine. Only the complete abolition of professional sport can
ly MALCOLM IMRIE
she's had a bard time as a kid at
the hands of the Israelis, bur thin doan't excuse the fact that she's a dominant woman, cola and
erman origin and a poltie art-Arah
e has heross. Hes A
can, a victim of commie brair washing in Vietnam which made
Fund anti-Ameri cán. He wants lo cive the U30
something to romerber him by
ideologic:
No one's going ta identify with those twa.
the Zionist pr angan. that if
pro-Zionist propaganda. 8 Par DEas CEEce, DL au0os d
"pfor" by Paramount to get th
nudicnoe distracted and theo slig
the audienpe were working in.
The important thing is the wa: Paramouat is forced to escalate Sel ies tilm. The bosd tor m te 1 racisn 10 esaroic formi tt takes shen he excitemient understanding. When it takes uh require spectac or a munae inousne
from Notting Hill Carnival Committhat aur task s to ne ance thaly said recently and correctly WETU HSL LEHE COUSH so it explodes in cheir faces and
SP-AKOLE
NUJ Equality Working Party
Wanted: thereal
imageof women
by AIDIN NI CHADLMH, Vice Chulrwoman, EWT
TELEVISION production ussisprese continually refers to them as 'giris" or "Girl Fridays". Air ITHIEC CORRIN SOUNETES CANE SH dostrial action. They are referred to as 'men".
Boch groups of people ar loine demanding technical work Both are in mach the same Bee-crouD. Bocb are beide taid g' much the same level. Yer the TV workers are down-graded to the leter of enole hat io prety:
cropty: headed young females
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WHY GRUNWICK MUST BE NATIONALISED
Alone among the left press, Socialist Challenge has called for the nationalisation of Grunwick: under workers" controL GEOFF BELL examines the importance of this demand.
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George Ward moved an electricity generator into his Grunwick factory last week. His willingness to take action is in maried contrast to the attitude of the leaders of the TLiC, whose discussions over the past few dars nave produced noting concrete for the Grunwick strik-
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More talks are to be held this week by established to motion 1 calling and financial support Toe the Srikers. But the instalbition of the generator threatens to render less effective any move to cut off supplies and services.
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In a statement last Friday, the strike committee renewed their call for such action and theatcoed that if it did not come soon
film they would make fresh attempts at The Oth- to stage a mass picker.
Both mass picketing and, as the strike "oo-ordinated action on supplies and essential services' necessary if the strike is to have collected an chance of victory. But even if ocnefit, Our the unlikely
TUC This
SEE SCIVILE quite likely either to find a way of keeping the factory running or he may carry out his TAIW close the
good, taking him.
Ward's rejection of Scarman has made it clear tbat be is interested, above everything else, in smashing trade unionism. He
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and the right wing of the Tory Party, Ward himself will cen ainly not be found on the dole queue after performing such a
at Ward any his backer o using valuable productive resources solely for political purposes and sabotage. They must be taken out of George Ward's
This would give the Grunwick strike the unqualified victor they sa richly deserve. lt would also be a service to be whole
During the TUC debate on
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Others to the left of Grantham argue that the ciosure of Grun wick could serve as a warning to repeat of George Ward's antics
closes down. strikers would be unemplayed however temporary that may The NW London area in which Ward's factory is situated al mady suffers heavy unemploy
The simple closure of Grunwick may discourage future George Wards, but it could also discourage others from attempt. ing what the strikers have done, more than
Specifically it could discourage brungrunt and womm workers strucele — who make up the bull of the
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Grunwick strikers — from stag ung abolber Grunwick, These are aiready tbe most unorganised, vulnerable and expicited sections of the warking class, and the prospect of a closed factory after
cor year's strike action is hardly an incentive to
Nationalising Grunwick would deal decisively with Ward, save Jobs, and encourage orher workers to follow the Granwick example, It would also establish an important principle nationalisation of finos threaren ing wholesaie rodundancies or
An obvious question urises: 1s such a solution possible? Given the right-wing cature of the Tahour Government it seems
But similarly a few sonths ago lae prospect of the Government intervening directly in Grunwick, or 8 Judge coming out in favous of the strikers also seemed bigal untikely. So, 100 war the pros pect of the TUC even ralkin about cutting off supplies and services to George Ward.
All this bas been achieved essentialiy hy the bass pickets that the strike committee has bed, Rod as long as the demand Jor
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CHE provide a real recipe for cotal
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If the "left wing' of the Labour Party's national executive were serous ahout their previbus support for the Cirunwick strikers, they too would demand national alisation, for the truth is that tne Grunwick srike has long since censed being a simple trade union
it isa major political issue nose - as is even shown by the split in the Tories. Accordingly trade union tactics are by tenselyes not cough. A political solution
are
iscessary, A campaign of mas achon pickeling and the cutting off of services and supplies to forse nationalisation provides such a solution and offers such a strunegy:
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