Socialist Challenge No. 15, 29 September 1977
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Socialist Challenge Labour Conference Sensation
29 September 1977, No. 15
STEVEBIKO
Black consciousness
& White Racism' p. 13
BENN
QUITS
Labourism & the Crisis Tariq Ali & Jonathan Silberman interview ERNIE ROBERTS p. 889
12p
The resignation speech...
I MUST start off today by making a self-criticism, which I owe to the party and the Labour movement as a whole. Up till today I have believed that it was best for those of us who disagreed with the Goveroment to remain quiet until after the next elections. Then after labour was defeated at the polls we could point the finger at the guilty people and fight to get rid of them. I was wrong.
What this line completely ignores is that fact that one's silence has become part of the problem. It is already being used to defeat workers in struggle. The time has come to speak out aloud. For if we do not, our labour stream will get so polluted that it will destroy many of our young aCTIVISES.
This Government is the most reactionary Labour government we have had since Ramsay MacDonald. In its eagerness to manage capicalism it has now implemented social policies which have created massive unemployment, led to a decline in the living standards of working people, and big cuts in schools, hospitals and house-building programmes. The International Monetary Fund approves of all this, but these are the very measures which are alienating our supporters throughout the country.
At the same time we have the growth of racism and fascism. Some Labour supporters have in despair turned to the fascists. What an indictment of our policies. We have an attack on democratic rights inspired by our own Government and cagerly taken up by the Tories, We have retreated on the question of women's rights and abortion.
We have allowed a tinpot employer in North London to make a laughing stock of the entire trade union movement with some Government Ministers advising APEX that it was better to lose the strike than allow mass picketing to lead to the defeat of this Government, It appears that this Government has forgotten that it won the election in 1974 because of the miners strike
And if that were not enough, we have the Tories and their friends on the extreme right (in the mis-named National Association for Freedom") arguing that it is 'socialism" wbich is to blame for this crisis. We are letting them get away with this nonsense and they know it's nonsense - as if the City of London and the Treasury believed that Jim, Denis, Shirley and company are socialists — because we refuse to fight back.
In the sphere of foreign policy we remain tied to the cost-tails of the US State Department. 1 feel ashamed that as a Minister in 1968 and again as one today 1 cannot cancel the uranium contract between Rio Tinto Zinc's Rossing Mine in occupied Namibia and British Nuclear Fuels. This uranium is vital in South Africa's bid to get nuclear weapons.
Yes, contrades, we are reactionaries at home and abroad. True, this is not new for a Labour Government, But what is novel is the virtual absence of an organised opposition. Don't rock the boat lest the Government lose the election is our leaders' motto of the season.
What they refuse to understand is that the boat is being rocked by the sinister forces of an sconomic system in crisis. The only way to keep the boat on an even keel is by socialist measures. The crisis should not be an excuse for postponing these, but rather the reason for implementing them.
Let us therefore go on the offensive. Let us mobilise all the creative energies of our working class. Let us nationalise the 25 big monopolies. Let us combat the anti-socialist offensive of the Tory press and its friends in industry and the educational establishment.
We should learn from bistory that good has cone only from those without power chailenging those with power. Let us create countervailing powers to answer the capitalist challenge and in the process fight to create a socialist sociely. We must march with the unemployed, with the anti-fascists, with the rank-and-file workers opposed to the undemocratic methods of some of their union leaders.
This is the only way we can re-build our movement and our party. If this means quitting the Coverunent, then so be it. Others have done it before We have wasted enough time alreads. The Tories can only be effectively fought and defeated if we first challenge this Government's policies. I, for one, will do so and I will speak so loudly that my voice is heard outside Parliament.? [Standing Ovation. Sustained applruse.]
...he won't be making
FIGHTINGTHE GRUNWICK FASCISTS Tell the Governmentto
in get off our backs TAMESIDE READING JACKDROMEY HACKNEY talks to Geoff Bell P. 6 p. 3
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Editorial
The Labour Party
confronting the working class.
party organisation Itself. most. organisational. Inetficiency,
Its living standards. office at all costs, according to his view.
Foot axis ansured that the 'left' remained passive.
have beer pathetic attempt lo manage capitaiism -
activists should be orienting on particular issues.
question of intomal party democracy.
convened urgentiy to discuss all these issues.
sour Pars a.d the trodes unions
solations rhar are in the inteneds, nud if the
WUEKPrS DUT HEN CU HTAE LASE
Sialii Challenee Sellewes rhat the tun valn
the tahinir movement. These
a-ecleare in charicirr troupity togcet ilitanis halling • wide range of peltic
, begin to fighi fur thr crostion uf maure Taterniillanartren aganisation which can, through an spolie anin
alternaline hy thomands if workers engaged in
Such an organisation showld be hased on the
undersfinding that:
Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1.
Editorial 01-359 8189 News 01-359 8180
Conference
THE LABOUR PARTY annuai conference Is likely to be a non-event. As we pointed out in these columns last week, there will be no real debate on the vital Issues
The only major crisis which appears to threaten the party is the crisis of the
The perllous financial condition of the mass party of the working class and Its declining membership is no secret. Individual membership stands at 659,000, but everyone knows that this ligure Itself — the lowest since 1948 — Is grosaly Inflated. Real membership is' less than 400,000, and those who regularly attend meetings in the constituencies number 65,000 at the
In reality the party's organisational orisis ia a reflection of Its political bankruptcy, It has been unable lo mobilise anyone in the face of the anti-working class policies of the Labour Govemment, It has alienated the support of tens of thousands of working class voters in by-elections In Walsall North, Workington, Stechtord, and Ashfield, It lost these seats not because of any
but because of the Govemment's viclous attacks on the working class and
The Labour 'lefts' have a lot to answer for in this aituation. They have defended Government policias. They have sat in the Cabinet as the Goverment moved furthar to the right. They have helped Caliaghan to tama the National Executive Committee of the party. Eric Heffer, sacked from the Govemment two years ego, has publicly argued that the main priority ls the mainenance of the Govemment. The policies of the Govemment are Irelevant to Heffer, It must be kept in
Last yoar's conference passed motions calling for an 'active campaign" against the cufs. It passed resalutions to fight raciam and fasciam. The NEC refused, in effect, to Implement these resolutions, The Benn-
Because of this retreat, an estimated 140 motions
removed from this yoar's agenda. The conference arrangements committee has trested the left with the contempt which It, quite frankly, deserves. This Is not to say that most of the Tribunite motions ware of any use. They were the old and famillar miature: reflation, Import controls, and long live the National Enterprise Board. As Ernle Roberts appropriately romarks elsewhere in this paper, this ia Just a
For rank-and-file activists of the party, the message Is clear. No rellance on or waiting for the left social-democratic leaders to mount campaigns. If is organisations such as the Labour Abortion Righta Campaign and the Campaign for Democracy In the Labour Party [CDLP] which give an Indication as to how Labour
The importance of the questions raised by the CDLP has received Its own unique tribute from the party bureaucrats: despite backing from 78 Constituency Labour Parties, the conference arrangements committee is trying to ensura thai there is no debate on the
What is needed at the moment is a linking up of socialists In the Labour Party with those already fighting outside - against racism and fasciam, for abortion righis, against the cuts; and most Importantly with the developing rank-and-file opposition within the unione. A democratic rank-and-iile conference of socialists in the Labour Party thus needs to be
OUR POLICIES
TH-HECE DEI 1
perple: pr-
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The National Abortion Campaign will unconditIonally defend any doctor who comes under attack Jrom the group Life in their latest campaign to prosecute gyndeocologists who terminate a pregnancy foetus is "'viable":
This new allack on a woman's right to choose comes as forces mobilise to lobby the Labour Party conference and hold a rationai demonstration in SUE LANDAU reports.
The threat by Life — to take dor Infant Life Preservation 1929 — is seco by NAC as an attempt to intimidate doctors to perform even lewer abortions Sarsh Rodois. of the NAC Steering Committee, rold Social nUNPnPP. *We mediately launch a mass camparEn to casare Tat Lic DoCs 30l succeed with its pernicioux aims.
We would do this not as part of an attempt to force our vieas nd opinions on everyone eise a Life does, but on the basis tha the choice of whether to have at bortion sbould bie with the woman hersel
OUROWN b a woman's right to have thin choice" As Steilr Browne, a pioneer abortion said in 1935: "Our bodies are
Boch Life and SPUC have beer campaigning for a repeal of the '67 Act, claiming that chey are protecting the "human rights" of THE UTOT CU WHIC SUARd complete discegard for the rights
and CLAIREDE CASPARIS
son oas peme not
profit' placards carried by protestors outside thi clab mn Hul asl 30-atrong picket was mounted by the Working Campaign and the Hull Socialist Alliance in opposition to a new wist in sexist 'horror sere show tor men only with such delights as 'Egyptian muraraies* removing theis bandages.
Other placards pointed to tl harrors. *Fight against the horror of rape, drudgery, women bashing, and HUSA CTHEAF-IH SUCISEE 34025
nilthe mat mele MonKH URHn the boises wich that af uther uppres
t sacisa can unly be achieved hy chest hew oraans of power and defrating with all necessary mrans the power of the capitalist
Cur sociaioa will be infinitels mors demorratie than y Sarlac, with full righis for wil polities pat lies aed currenis thai do nai rake up orms depinst ihe socialist slale. The Stalinis! modelsof soriatim' in the ESSH and Easiem
iu all ilea fighting for socialist dem
abortion rights
anti-abortion
LABOR
when the
pro-abortion
Birmingham.
will Lou and
campaigner,
Dr. Barbara
100 art
Anti-strip picket
ngc ton the Horbrauhans.
H oast hack rithe
wock. they don't have to watch it.?
Women's Charter
entertainment — a
by women like women face heyond SerVENE
BICE pers themselves. 3 The inseresis of warken and capita INIS BIF TECHESHEPERI
AEres and Asin beicain il implin demanding the imme dile withdrawal of Hritish troops Froat Ireland mil leiting the brish people determin their par
Swine have 1kg messinghul araire) for the oserthron of ih bagitalist satr. Nes socialisi parlio wre sore neces-
decades, laf surde partie corr only be baill bo rejecting Nictarianism and seine inierna IrWHTKCY TUE DRENULED neceale This mans the righi to organise
a-tiune ad Jendencies.
Lobby Labour for
MUST
FICHT FOR
AOETON
THE WEST MIDLANDS Rei-
onal Health Authorik wader
nist f
usnacologiclal operatinns in 15
country, nad onh 30 per ceat tf
These figures einerecn o uo
apbs the benhh iuquirt
Birinorin-1o caamne te anol-
counselling service in
the neeu The repart reconin
tal ou-panent uberuon cR
hould he provided to Improve
of women. They are now prepared to atlack doctors for perform- baman ing a completely legai operation.
Roberts, sooke at the Tribunal on Abos persi. U16035 8 tion Rights carlier this year, said:
concerned about the sanctity of human life.. about
there. *Jeffiey Marshall, manager of
tremendausiy SALEIEI point of view. He told the local press: "Ir is more comedy than anina thebom do ot ter
feel insulted. If people don't like it,
The pickets distanced themselves from the type of mora 'Clean up Britnin" campaign led
Mary Whitchouse. This kind of event, they explained, treat
mindless and weak people with little purpose in life
and satistying It also degrades che stripthe pro-Moscuw
Condillons Ioday ari
Thee weer ihe pranding thee
....and why you must
demonstrate in Birmingham
the mesent sileatinn
comed Interim report ox a slep teresede reenenisine the 'appall ing aburiion situation in reingham. Buil they don t aniend tu waif aniil the finat ropori te see lhinus cortecren.
The campaigd b boling 4 Ua
00: 10 Detubef 10 ebilect evidenee finm @muecolos ist, dnetors, nurses, soctal wpr kers, pregnancy pruriseilors and of coune, wamen, on Just whai the abortion service in Birming-
the sanctity of real 1 oe poruman
Deings. human Dems s nEis mCIGW 1a0 CKEE Ie live inside the body of anothe their
woman freely choos to pince nec oooy ae En disposal of a foetus, it has no inalicnable right to remain
tur the clocks back would bring
increased Sarah. Roelots explains. "Tbe 1967 Abortion Act is extremely inadequate and in some areas, such as Birmingham, it is coc even implemented If the new campaign by Life has aliven once again to the expeu- women will be sive private sector or to the dangerous back stree abortionisL. This ls yet another reasan why Socialist Chalienpe is calling lobby of the Labour Party con supporters to join the ferenice in Brighton next Wed. nesday and the national demon
BirmanEham do 2
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BENYUS
METION
Batir is libec.
Tiey will take Hie syideace le,
Derober, and hold a picket uf the meeting to- desans inote abortMon laile ine sirmnrham. whese reactiouniy anl-abersion tos presently rule the roust. The mumher of tenhth seinies shomt
Bolg di tor estie ee
golng down.
WONCT HETE HEME HIE IRL IEN ever) sear the consaltum griaeo cologisis turn away haindreds . of women who are eligible for thems.
Oclober.
Don't Jet anti-aborrion I ahour
MPr get away with going against
Lown conference
clicy! Join the lobby organise;
e G BOOuE SOUTOI EECIL
Campaign. Don't let rencrionary
consultants
ike Birmingham's Hugh
Ruten dictare o w ter org-
anise support for
national demonstration in Birm
ingham on 29 Oelober caled by
the National Abortion Cam
HOWTOGETTHERE
Book places on the coach to the
Labour Party conference lobby,
Contact: Astrid Lever
mere Roed, London N/0, Coach
Maves Frunr Paice, FicrorM
Station, Loudon ar 9.30a, Ocr-
Conference
Centre, Kings Rond, Hrighson.
Assembic in Victoria Square
CENTAEAOrABE RONT
day 29 Ocrober for the maionor
NAC demonstrarior.
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Interview with Jack Dromey
GRUNWICK
to get off
by Geoff Bell threatened sell-out.
Dromey began by accosing the Labour Governmeet of being the main culpres or the sei-back: the strikers have suffered over "Ever since mass picketing began there has been tremendous pressure from the Govermeet. The Cabinet has told the TUCs General Couneil not to de anything to rock the boat. They are scared it might damage the Eahour Purty electorally..
"Many on the General Council Tee inclined to accept this view. It is a very defensive attitede. le will be a sotry day for the labour movement if It cannot come out fighting against an employer who
broken every rule in the boek.*
PAPER SUPPORT leaderhip of the tour de official ment is concerned it is evident
they have not the slightes wish to come out fighting. All the TUC seem likely to sanction
5731103 31 31 00102921 view that only 'co-ordination action on supplies and services would have any elfect
Rather than back such a strategy, the bureaucracy of APEX cedure. Indoed their faith in such methods extends not just relying on the labour Lowerment, but even to depending on the good offices of the Tory and
"The APEX strategy" Dromey, was that they believed
(ULC favour of the strikers, Thatcher Steel and Callaghan would come call for regis and nee
NONSENSE
Whether the APEX leadership
tually believed in this pos
lity or whether they simply f HIS DOUSE LOUISER SUI
particularly levant. What h relevant is the effect it had
'The strikers were in a situation
when the emplay: er was on his knees," Dromey considers. *The unscrumovement bave allawed Ward lo
et off his knices, Everything w take the steam out of the dispute. The lesson of that period was put Dot your rare ta proccuus.
obvious question now is whether the type of mass support LO LIMATER SEACE DECE duiet, eerially in the face kindled, especially in the one notilly of APEX and the TUC. Dromey remains canBident. He revealed that contuct
Tell the GotI
our backs'
All the signs are that the General Council of the TUC, the leadership of the Association of Professional, Clerical and Computer Staff, and the Labour Government are preparing to sign the death warrant of the Grunwick strike. All they are seeking is a decent form of burial.
But the strikers are preparing to resist this betrayal. Jack Dromey, a member of the strike committee and secretary of the South-east Regional Council of the TUC, spoke to Socialist Challenge about what lies behind the
number of the rosior delegatons who had attended pickets, and that he a support would Dc cont coming Referring specifically Weish miners attending anothe mass picket, Dromey had this to
You have underber that ta
miners were under a pressure not to attend the mass piched be, Think programe need be, 1 think progressive sections of our movement will spond again. refusing to back the cal for cut-off in senvices, comminee wilLissue the call for a secood or third week of October. Whether a mass picket by itseif & sutricient to win the strike remains to be seen, Dromey also lends his support to members of the Bren: Con members stituency Labour Party to put an Party conference calling for the Government to natiocalise Grun closing the factory down "Giveo the nature of the present Lovernmen, Datonansacon 15 to
said THE THREATENED elt ur of mice urgeht. than militanies troughions the couniry Jack pert for the strikers. One of ab mes appenucine wass of doing - This wro oranist support commirers, Air ecumple of whai le de bibe work undertakes by the committee set up in Alonchester.
This Gewinick anike pppon
remarional Marie Group and Box Fame ro proprise n faciory pan atid i puts inaction for a inenber di She artice cormitte Unus Tree the local APEX borenuency had boes ionis
highly unlikely, Dromey argued the mass *But if ever there was a case for expected compulsory purchase it is Grun-
wick.
At the momeat the main worry to the of the Grunwick strike commit
tee is not so much to persuade th Government to intervene in their favour, but rather to stop inter-
Terence is: Tell the Covernmen to stop intervening against us.
Ingeiry to delust the situation This is why they intervened and it
TUC was not
the strike set off our backs and recognise
that this low profile approach is THE SCHICH ONCE LOT!
Labour Govertmeat."
but OFFICIALS
Throughout Dromey was carefal to stress that the strike committee preferred win the strike would be led by be official movement emains confident that if cha doesn't take place there plenty of others who would step follie mass pickel
them up somewhir
ber that
abeur movement speakers.
Erect nga
Manchester factotics
MASS ACTION
Court of
In the interests of the our Government the
the new referred to, are
Organise support committees
two fail the offias to adoress
The Manchester surporr con Dise was eszahlirted ahe thi Cacioly coar, with thie aim of Faking the Grumpick issue deeper The be locsh about movement:
Since thin he bembritec firs
*Orgapised two faciber peben mechingh, andressan ay i merube of the strike committee and focal
cal the
Produced four sues be a
car be canticted sed leafleis in Uide lor
The men and women of prin ciple will back our call for a mas picket. There is a great depth of
movement over Grunwick."
Some of those supporters Jack Challenge cerainly believes the TELETEr the central feature of any mass wards demanding tharee Lat
demanding that the Lat
to George Ward suggested in thi
correct when he says that for the Government to agroo to such a demand is highly unlikely Hut if there is one way it can be gained it is through mass action so that une boreramcal Tocia has Itle option. This yet agai
organising massive support fo
mass picketing Dromes
To pur it bluntly, there is no other way the magnificent Grun.
*Held i socal to raise mahpe
inhthester is not alote in di 15c prove and it a proa intestipatine for possibility o
Rocialet Challenge suppprters Joe helmed the Manchesten boar mittee by ap nis full nac ef then losed officer phone. and dciti-
at: Sociabil Calange Cene 19 Piscatily Manetiesic: 79l 102-205 2352,
News
nowhere
Yes, no and maybe
Trades Council is dominated b Commumist Party
DUUPUTIED
mude its presence felt there: Asian shops have been fire-bom-
offices have been attacked, and Individual sellers of left papers
The Edimburgl Ant-Raciet Committee hus been active i
process it has mon the support of local unions.
i sew weeks ago were men three resolutioms before the trades council: ime separate ones
the local government NALGO called on the council to ALLOTE and sponsor sati-racist committee. The third from the trades council executive opposed any formal links with
The CP split into three group during the voting. The largest backed the esecutive's attempts do restrict discession and confine voting to the executive's reso lution. They indulged in the mos anbelierable buresucratic neuvres [which COUT TIDDENTI correspondents night write up at
for the Surplus Value columni], but these failed.
The second (including es-Chairpersol MEnTanus Poled wIto the tar aeL! In opposing these manoeuvres sennller group actually voted fo sapporting the anti-rucist commilies.
There were iwo recounts of
executive Insisted on mosonanting then. The executive was defented by toer pates and the NAIGO resolution was passed [21 for, 17 agalnst]. Given the Front's plana for a rally in Edinbargh, the importance of this victory cannot be under estimated.
The Hunted Minister
The Sunday Times Magazine asker some bad sleepers abour
This wher
Hate Move Mas sayer of Ster
for Heath, had to say.
afer from insomnia war the Anorton Bul Commitee starlec
/ nes only perise half-an-hour naps. To go do sleep, E just ahink abour nexr year's Ahortion Bul
nd the seers me off to sleep.
The Thought iooms 0
maich steep we will ger then and T
go straight off Sometimes / play
throweh a soccer match in a
mind, I've artwys been success success/4 and gone to sleep.
Inspector Taylor calling
WESTMINSTER Reference IF-
call the other dor. The calier wa
au Inspector Scor
land Yard. His query: the enac definition of a word. Yes the
word Hus "Racialion': The libr arian ена лент!
feinted, Was this a hour call?
No, it wasn 1. The inspector we
We have a sweeestion for aw
ignorant inspecier: lake a tri lo a Jew
London and ask the copper ou
SOCIALISTCHALLENGE 29Seplamber1977 Pag
from
the bear' la laeral reference INS CISE DAD CIN blacks] wher the word med He'll give you o graphic deseri OR Taper die nee Abrary in future.
The fascist brothers of Bristo
THE GANNAWAY brothers INSIST SARACELE member. His brother Phil is t
BULLIALL OT COCTA
National Front, at present t daving laCeral has decided to chi South Aft
the local community paper Bi rol Voice for violating the R Relations Act, The charge rela to a cartoon which appeared in t paper last year. Cannaway clai because it suggests that the Fr uses violence ngainst Indians shenates them troot the party the master race
Gandaway is reported to boasting that when + his brot returns from NF wight take-over the I BE READL CaROLI way, incidentially, is an Elec icians Union delegate to Bris
The police are taking the seriously and LIC BIBUL002 5628 prints the paper. Interesting. Dor a single fascist share are le fiate under
Race Relations Act for cal racist placards, ver Bristol k
During the last county cou
posed NF dishonesty
Sbot afterwards a arrived office. The police did not inve Ipate that eisber. Fading star LAST SATURDAY'S Mor Star Javourably reporter
pians to mown the oni-fas picker on & October. Alhoug
VOTTEEEHIS THINE JOCEE
behind i оліу
Tnernational Marxist Group
The Star thus achieved onc
first" - as the ondy deity pe lo carry & report withour nam the organisers of the
romestan Trades
Nor, shike the rest of
press, did it borher the reasom behind ir, Ir was lc
the Daily Telegraph to en thur the committee had calle
pucker because Webster will be walking alone. 8 the
dropping ay further, it mig hernate sandra or keep
bolingeois pres
Guided democrac COMMUNIST PARTY cher are husy discussing the th Drea" to prepare for their Wember conference. In Glas according to our correspons the PARCHES FUICE DRE
mingür to send deless composed entirely of
the oppositionists The labour
orian John Foster was selecte be the chairperson of the o pation.
More to the point neithe Michie, The Giasgow distric remary, nor Jona Kay, the Sc
ish industrial organiser,
since intervened to insist
Mokie hus o be our the
putton 7h0 as whal
Iraomesian leader, Suka
used to describe as pu белостису"
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carry on
fighting
ponents combine.
Die Lucas electrical combine has
forced to offer £50 com
hon to all ol 15 productiot
affected by the recent toolmakers' strike. Al
a miserable sum in itself,
offer is a significant break-
most all engineering and
Data, workers are only DICKEN are caused by disputes they
for. But of course most
sia resuit from internal dis
and the workers affected
action workers at the
Lucas combine refused to
this. At one factory,
and demanded payment.
| the return to work.
Birmingham, and is Shaftmoor Lane imposed a work-to-rule
THE WAIN COCKY
supplies of starter motors
ritish Leyland And when
Hewards went to meet the
four hun-
workers marched off their
• TO pIcKer the meeting
Cling lay-off pay. refused to moot
emand,
pread right across Lucas's
cal factories. The result
made an offer of ESO
sation to all production OVER 1,500 astended ibe demon cration in Birmingham on SaturHomes ly Pederation der National heslogan Battered Women Need
Beingham wa constration
the there is not one refuge
intre for battered women in the Jon of a week of action organised
Carworkers
MPs launched a new attack on carworkers last week when a report of the public accounts committee at Westminster recommended that no more money should go to British
land without co-operation and improved product-
workers have been a favourite target in ruling
es for a long time and it is easy to see why. On 21
mber, workers at Fords rejected the company's Ter of a wage increase of between 7.5 and 9.5 per cent. The following day Vauxhall workers began a three-day aken strike. This was in support of a "substantial crease" and a cost of living clause in their agreement. From Birmingham JOHN GRAHAM reports on the lest developments of another group of carworkers in
those employed at the Lucas electrical
workers. Although some of the militant plants like Shaftmoor Lane are prepared to fight for the E30 and it will probably be the final figure.
This represents a major break brough for the 10,000 laid-of! workers at Lucas, sated for layoffs regardiess of their cause.
The Lucas settlement should be noted by all militants in cars where many expected production workers to he demoralised after a onced Lucas to pay compensation for an internal The value of winning lay-off pay during disputes is not only financial, of course. prevents the laid off be me used as no anti-strice torpe. as has happened so many times in the past.
Nest week's Socialist Chall enge will Include a four-page special on the struggles at Fords.
It is being written by the Ford Workers Group, and is a must all militants in the car TOT industry.
Socialist Challenge supporters are urged to plan now special sales drive Inside and outdide all car plants.
BATTERED WOMEN nAt
MARCHING TO CONTRAI HEIR OWN LIVES It is campaigning foran increase in refuges as well as more lass solutions to battering. The themse Patere women demated co ral of the week of action over their own lives'
The thinking bebind the demand is tbat until there are enough refuges, suitable housing. equate income, and proper legal TOENUE BACC WEINCIE they have no real alternative to living with violent men.
since up till by GEOFFREY SHERIDAN
moved into a new and potentially.
dispute. execulive the preious week Anar
It also apport to shop the entry closed
formula the executive unanim ously agreed (with oue abstention) scales that the unite will examine the recommendations of change this policy
for
The week of action sought to tighlight thesedemands. In 5wansea. TOT ETITITE LACE WISH picker of the magistrates court protesting about the way harrered WINEDSTE CHEATCH
Ibecting.
Briscol was another centre of activity. A display was held in the
out, and lace was a pundi meeting and film show.
de fen while tryin MOUNT me of ag
BRITISH CAPI
Darlington strikers
under pressure
THE 16-WEEK strike at the is threat to their freedom, frotn Westminster Pressin Darlington right-wing NO members who dangerous stage ou Sunday when the print union bureaucrais abo the crocutive of the Natonal, have to mediation withput precon drop their are conditions dictions reversed s decision of the not be returnia to walk durine
sellement union. or shop, new the strike shown
ten wig members of the Nur cal anould acetive televe that the are claimed the skers sham
This prossure has come from a barone
LONDON
includes Its
next week's paper. together with a publi
leaflets were handed
Her: A shot
get back his firt
TERHEIDO OCH BABIE
NION BASHO
ustamed carpaign by the pres
arom that the NUT closed shop
hold the same position, and from
confidenee.
suppon if the strikers did. nor
- leaderbip be making aoy mayes:
spread the sirike to other Westineer Press papers. This is in spite of the firm support tor
NGA priat-
The rank and file aroup Joutt nist Charter has sep itself the tas
an excision of
which can hy we meate at puled
out - seuld nep birge set-back
Front
preceded it.
But effortless
SOCIALIST UNITY IN FAST
A local bye-election a due to take
Spitalfiekis
threat:
Brick lane]. Sociulist
Unity will be contesting the seat.
member of Westminster Trades
Council and well-known militani
From the East End Itself. More in
demeridad that Ennale withdraw his predecessor's decision to close the hospital.
Printworkers
PRINTWORKERS in the Natlonal Grapbical Association together with journalists have been given the green light hy their union executives to take industrial action against racist reporting. la the first ever juint agreement between the NGA and the NEJ on editoria! content, the unions state: 'The lies and methods of the racists shonk he publicly and rigorously ex
The eight-point statement goes on to say that newspapers and racist material, and recogmises the 'right of members to withold their Jabour on grounds of consciencE DecRuse employersare providinge platform for racist propagandu. WE SUSINE oilered le members of either endon taking
'I's a bit of a homb-shell' Jerrom told Socialist Challenge 'and we don't intend to let it fird
MUTTEES perhaps a Neger Interest than Journalists in how their skills are employed on issnes of this kind.
this Joint statement give
ASTMS women
by JANET MAGUIRE When Graham Smith, our union secretary at Guy's Hospital, told us that there were not jast physical diGerences hetwere mien and somen but 'women were mentally Inferior and incapable of representing themselves, let alone
the predominenty male. attended group meeting retamed him to union office with a vote of
The women in my department
SMICTROCT
of Scientific Technical and Manngerial Statt - then CARL BESE STORE BEEL MAS neoded inside not only our anion, but in all the unions to make sure ther women win our full rights.
ASIMS has bad two meetings of its national execulive since we sent in a complaint from the Soutb-cast Medical Branch about
civil rights
by TONY OSBOURNE THE VIOLENT atlacks on che paedophile meeting in Londor Front and Bith Movement
Movement were admirably Justified' by the hystecial press campaign which
apart fruen being propaganda coup for the fascists, the attacks showed the bypoensy of the ruling clase on freedom of speech.
When the Paedophile Intormarion Exchange JoPe cRan at Cocway hall, only tine police
those that bad been made against the organisers, and serPIE and the police. When several
were kicked ground after leaving the meeting. only four arrests were made.
PIE has admittedly made On 20 Septembar Secretary of State for Health David Ennels agreed to meet representatives of the workers at the Elizabeth Gamett Anderson Hospital. This demonatration outside the meeting by EGA workers and supporters
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 28 September1977 Fago4
who are prepared to act ugains
La member of the Communist Party, adds that righ wingers in the NGÀ will now hav to argue what members should print racist filth.
While the print unions have
interference in the press barons "right" to publish what they like, the new statement Toons 4oH
decision of the NGA executive to support any memben taking action to secure a right of герву 1o the reactionary muck published about the Grunwick strike, including advertisements by the National Association for
The agreement between NGA and NUJ Incledes Joint support for the journaläses' code of conduct on race reporting under which compiaints Journalists on the Sun, Daily Mail, and Sunday Express are to be examined by the NUJI executive
weeks.
Jourealists on several local papers have alrendy taken CANIE Grabam Smith, But it has not yer found the time to discuss the
complaint
We are organising a contercrence which Will discuss now women can organise inside the
policies and what new policies and rules are needed so that
actually get our rights.
We urge Socialist Challeng supporters to make sure now that their organisations send people
Supplies of leaflets posters
and tickets from: Janet Maguire ECG Department. GUV'S Hos pital, London SEI. Tickets ure
10p esch or three for El
The NUR Hall, Easton Road, London WC1 where the conference is being held on 22 October ONLY DORIS US THEE TA BABUREA
eurty SUNCE OUT BODHOR
things rather easier for the pres
which loves a good witch-hunt
by concentrating on tbe
repression of children to virtual exclusion of the manifold
other forms of oppression tbey
By raising the issue of child
hood sexuality and challenging
ostside this context, PIE appear
to suggest that what they. cal
factory relacions beiween adults and children are possible
They are not even possible between adults
It is clear, bowever, that whatever the problems with
PIE's positions, it has attempte
which is of immens importance, and which is subversive in its possibilities thai the ruling class will use every trick to keep ir bottled up.
Phots- DEREK SPEIRCAEL:
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Build the Rank & File Conference
of this attack.
Socialist Workers Party, is timely.
There is an urgent need for organisation against the wage ferences earlier this year a majorily ol nanas WCH LE opposition to the 12-month rule this didn't stop the union leaders at the TUC.
They resorted to the most latant violations of their mem hers democratic rights so they could commit the TUC to the wage cutting policies of the Labour Government, And in the coming months these same leades will be just as ruthless in dealing with workers who moving into struggle to defend their real wages.
But the sailing, WOD'! smooth for the labour leaders: There has been a 140 percept increase in strike days so far this усат compared to period perworkers and last The Lucas
the air traffie assistants have already shown the militancy to fight to defend living standards.
Despite setbacks — such as the acceptance of the 12 month rule
The Tint sational
Committee politically dominated
Socialisis and several af their rank-and-fle papers
elc.
were from white-collar sectors,
defensed 189
Organising Commiter that thee isam would
militants',
the boand increuse was carried by 292 votes to 84.
photo: JOHN STUAROCK (Repor
Demands at the
conference. Conference rejected the resolution. demands ar
HOME NEWS
The days of passive acceptance of wage cuts by the working class are over. Murray, Scanion, and their friends in the higher ranks of the labour movement have made it clear they are determined to throw their weight behind the bosses and the Labour Government. But large numbers of workers have refused to bow down in the face
JOHN ROSS explains that the fight-back has to be extended nationally around policies which can unite the working class. That's why the conference call by the Rank and File Organising Committee, a body led by the
by Chrysler stewards and the calling off of the unofficial national dock strike — to be submitted by workers which challenge Labpolicies.
Important as toe mougang mall cancy is the increased support for the demands and methods of struggle needed 10 pot up a real fight on living standards.
UNITY Workers at the annual con ferences of the public employees union and the transport workers union who voted for automatic are cost of livine increases to protect their wages against inflation have seen joined by those on the shop be BOOT ALOTUS elsewhere. And even the Trade Yauxhalls.
Union Congress vote for an abolicion of the cash limits system in the public sector through the pressure from the rank and file It a precisely because these kinds of policies unite the working class and begin to provide answer to the crisis that the TUC leadership will try to avoid any
RANK AND FILE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
"Rank and Ple conference was bed in
Birmlagham on 30 March 1974. It was called by an Organising
by the then Intersational
Collier, Hospital Worker, Redder Tape, Rank and File Teacher,
The conference was attended by representasives frism 300 trade
anion bodies of which 15 per vent were shop stewards committees,
combine cummiciers or diarict committees. Of the rest, one-thirdl
It totally rejected wage controls, redundancies and pledged lo
aid ull struggles against the Industrial Relations Act, An Importunt.
disagreement it the Conference was on rucism and women's
appression. An amendmest which insisted that these to uree
well as workers" control he added to the renutine were. "alviche
The second conference was held lo November 1974. There were
422 delegates from 301 onanisarions. The asio resolution
rejecting the Social Contract and elling for » 30 per cent aeron
Dehales centred around a sliding scale of wages. Dies North of
abc Organising Commitee called for rejecting such a nation as il
reflech the pessimism of the weaker sections represeated here
today. The second point of consention was on the clection of the
Organibing Commiteet a mation calling for 4 democratically-
elected committee based on one delegate from esch sponsoring
paper and len directly elecred from conference wis rejected
Wainwright speaking for a resolution to adopt the Working Women's Charler ar the November
Mational
Rank and File
DELEGATE
CONFERENCE
And was forced to
real struggle, and will refuse to an take up matic public expenditure increas the demand for es for health, edocation, and so
to compensate for inflatio
The struggle which can devel
in the have the best chance of success if They are organised Beyond
organised purely local dustry-wide basis. The fight to defeat the wage controls can bes be organised by building on th steps that have been taken, such as the area stewards called in Clydeside, the such as: The Midlands public held in Birminghars on 15 Deto ber and the moves made by the dock workers stewards committee to draw up a national wage claimn
November together militants who
darity for workers in strugge powerful body than the Rank and File Organising Committee
nunist Party have such great
intention of fight against wage contrals dustrial organiser Bert E boasted in the party's discussion paper Comment (17 September that the Liaiso the Defence of Trade Union:
Congress, and that George Gu
CPSTRENGTH
undeniable. But the policies th left party has pursued througbout th
and ounted to lictle more than sabr tage of working class struggle following Leyland controls reject wage controls avoiding supported Scanion toalroom strikers.
ASH PHASE
The firat national Rack and Flie' conference heid on 30 March 1974
coming months will
League, a company
meeting of shop
sector
steward conference to be
will draw
orgabise and promoced
It would he better it a moce TUC. Lading or have present policies.
Corner Ber Rameles
Committee fo
•TUE BE LIC COULE.
The
whole,
summer have
solidarity
Conference an with MINIC that the Tic would becaase the familiar guise of a split in the move LCDTU the Communist Party and bureaucrats sguinst the Leyland designed to merely
Yet it was
CAMPAIGN FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT
This body is politically dominnied by the Workers Socialisi
kroup set up after burcaucraticalls expelled from. the Workers Revolutionary Party of Gerry Heal and Viness Redpare.
bus so far Orgased hid sational conterences tie fist on
Wage Control and Unlon Deatocracy on 34 October 370 Abe
second altended by 300 delegkten in March 1977, Karlor thin yenr
the COLM organised s Sentish Conferenor with the culiaboration
of the Scottish Sociales League
conference on the car indusiry. All confetences pledged ip support
working class struggles aguinst the goeronend's embmic pride
around an estensive proprinime Tacluding the siding scule of
Wades. The CEt 3l has ul womheen a reflectine of the pieties of
Scanlon and the rest of his mates whom the party bad sided with
who secured the vote for wage controls at the
In the coming months the CP who are the chief props of !l Government's attacks on livin all a new meeting of the Liaisor Committee, little will be acbleved becnuse it will remain tied to its
The Rank and File Organisin Committee is a far weaker bor the had tear potion of
clear position Pria support for all workers highlibe
Goverument's pay policy
Despite its relatively small sup port, the committee could there fore play an important role in the has aming months. Whethe CRANES ON US HIRE M socialist Workers Party lights
taken two sorrect seps leading up to th
contrast with some previous futile airempts to directly organise th
conferences to draw ug wage
runs end, achine bald i
Secondly, the SWP has broken positions and tal • soccarian
sample of the Right to War Campaign — will likely call for united action with the CP an
The SWP's approach to the Communist Party appears to be
'expose the CP. rather than calbng lor a
rapporters bad been
and, recently held it Tourth
democratic conference of Ple Organising Commite and the LODTU, Nevertheless these steps should help to make it cleau that the CP, not the RFOC, is splitting the movement against wage controls.
Despite these positive moves
1 the plans for the conferenc First, the SWP has not followe
workers submitting claims at Fords, Vauxhall and elsewhere. They have Eniled to support a policy for an automatic cost of living increases to protect wages against rising
AN ERROR
The Socialist Workers Part
42150) Tefusec -10 deman automatic increnses
penditu
lation. Withour a figh these policies, working ciass liv Ing standards are constancy un
the failed to realise that establisbing workers deinocracy in ine Rai and File campaign is not a luxury but an absolute necessity if broa
correct this error, the Rank and
NATIONAL
RANK AND
FILE
DELEGATE CONFERENCE
SOCIALISTCHALLENGE 29 September 1977 Pa with dwindling influence as real character becomes clea practice.
The real test of the Social change course will be the oc ference itself. No i supporter the campaign should be exclud from the conference, alternat resolutions to those submitied the arganising committee sh
Many commit elecied by the conference SLOPELES TOOK SO M степЕ ПООлЬ ШІ ЕЛЕ ЗОкРЕСТИ and campaigns in the wake of t conference should be organ MASTER CUDUC fashion
If these policies are carried then militants wil hawe an i cation that the SW? is interes in a serious light for LATERIMO CAST ACUIDI wage controls
The Socialise Workers Pa CHAL TRAC SAICS BECAM the conference, but it should n
of the wind LEROW CH Subton for thi should come from every mili committed to fighting for programme to defend the Workers inval thin cla strugeles and it aron cacin Teachers Alliance should ations the campaign far support tor
apply for affiliation to the or resolutions for ther pur forw the conference; stand for Bished, participate in democ committee lished;
ally organised campaigns !
incorrect posi
In the Labour Movement organisation led by the Warl Socia isr Lengue which ba
vant conference on 23 Octob
hould fight at the Rank and Conference far the cornect T grannie it bas adopted on m crucial questions, Like the shi scale of wages.
Saturday 26 November in the Co-op Hall, Manchester Credentals for celegates from trade un on organisan Rare and Flie
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Tameside is still on
Why Slipman gets it wrong
16 October
ON 16 OCTOBER the Hackney Committee Against Racism, supported by the London District Committee of the Communist
rty, the London Internation
Asian organisations will carry the struggle into the fascist stronghold of Honon in the neart of
ondon's Eust End. reports
LAN LENTON
borough
Union of Fascists in the 30
Natome Treat e wed the
best
* 5 in this are that Sch
endal will be standing in th
Oral Electi ver the pass 18 months t
tepped up their campaign of physical attacks and burning of property. The attempts to burn Martin Webster, will initiate
reports.
Thanday the rancice Anti-Fascist Committee, which 15 • sub-committes of the local trades council, decided not to call off the picket and muss rally outside Hyde town hall, Unlike Coln Barnen, secretary or ind North well TUC, the unti-fascist committee do not t think that the ban on the fascist march and rally is the end of the story.
0W38C0 BOT racism and fascism.
SUE SLIPMAN's speech in Edinburgh was cagerls reporred by the national press. This is not totally surprisinE since a for or wour so:
came straight our of tbe oditorial columns of The Guar MRS DES HEARICES
Slipman'sremarks on LewisHant and Ladywood reflected the
NUS: espectability. respectability and more respectability. NoWISE ECT SECEED WAS TRIST deficed in terios of the oppression and victimisation of black people.
RACISM & FASCISM
In deepest Hoxton
down the community book SIP headquarters in the sate Centreprise are only two of the incidents.
The demonstration is built the black community in Fast London. *No Platform For Fascials. Tne -called right of these politica
Defence Against Racist A right self-protection OHL BUY S7W LLON
must repeal them now, ssemble at Shoreditch Par ople Sereet, New North Rou NI.
Bus routes 76. 141, 271; nearest tabe: Old Street.
All the available information suggests that fascists will be arriving in Tameside in ones and twos to applaud and encourage the one-person march which their Fuhrer.
on 8 October. Local anti-fascists are calling for national support for a mass rally and picket outside Hyde Town Hall. OLIVER NEW
This committee, having care fully considered all information received, recognises that Marlin Webster will aot be alone on his march through Hyde on 5 Uciober.
We assert the right of the labour movement to defend th ner people against fascism.
We therefore call upon all 'Students Told to Stay Clear of Street Violence Tactics", was headline in The Guardian over the speech made by the NationalUnion of Students President Sue Slipman last month. Here COLIN TALBOT, a member of the NUS Executive and a leader of the Socialist Students Alliance, states his views on her strategy for fighting
She talked of 'racial contiets! of black rearing in viclent and anti social ways mention of the lact that 5bc National Proor is not merely racist, bur a fascist organisation, BUILT not 1st blac people, but increasingly Jews and groupein the labour moverment.
Now we know that Shipman has said that she is NUS President before she is a member of the TAMMASE SEL debate that stupidity now. compare ber remarks with Dave
and the of the Join us on a mass picket of Hyde town hall at 10am on 8 October.
Don't be fooled. Webster will not be alone - No platform for Navis!"
The anti-fascist committee was onty recognising the obvious that the National Front is not Likely to be too far away from their leader. While he makes a one man protest against
calminatin
peech on the steps of the tow hall, his loyal followers unlikely to be at home having Sunday cinner.
But this is noi gaite so cicar to Colin Barnett. He lost no time ac all in condemning the call of the
condemned the original plan by the Socialist Workers Party for i victory march in central ManCook's article in the Morning Sier, But Slipman is well to the right of a number of Labour MPs
The Junction of her speech, was
to divide the theranksofinesrudent movement an a whole. It was a fight between
reason" (represented by Torics
paps") and the ultra lett' trepre
ented by the far left groups and
la doubt people like Ernie
doubt There was no Roberts as welli) to reality the
TECTOR TE ENCEL BA03! who want to organise mars actions
agains: the racists and fascists and i WHATE COCHE HI BEC take press pote
write
either. All we argue is that they
cannot deal effectively with rac We Wont IST TO LOSSEUE SERICAL GIBI i to involverbe larges, numher of peaple possible against fascism on
Anti-
fascists
on
the
march!
But •*Ped
fascist feeling in the
before the ban
stop the Front, DOOT TE DEMOCRACY to fascism. far-left group/ from
Comminists, decent
like
Sue Stipman
We do not object to
toact.
pianned
significance
IN CROCI
Martin came wasn't Barnett who forced the police to ban the Front march: It was the intention of thousands of peaple to get out to Hyde and stop them by weight o numbers. Those numbers are still neoded on i Ocrober to assert that fascisin will not parnde on the streets, and there are indications that a number of organi sacions in the Manchester and ciscenere will moouse sn support of the anti-fascist picket.
Indeed, the strength of sot-
North-west has already taken Brother Har nett by surprise. A meeting of 200 labour movement delegate
WIEL overwhelmingly for alf anti-fascists to go to the town hall on the 8th to
A follow-up macecing of the same size was equally militant -a striking indication that large numbers of trade union and about miranis are delermance to see fasciam defeated, and are no looger content Just to talk
If the labour movement and the
council sub-committee and the trades council executive meets
press — then every effort must be made for an all-out defence of the
class to demonstrate its opposition
problems. the streets. Thiscan inclade peonle of diverse political opinions and on parties provided they are prepared
Slipman imagines that Vice-Chancellors and Principals con be won over to fighting racism. 1t
29 October
Reading is next
The fascist National Front is pianning to meet at Reading Oid Town Hall on 29 Oct-
as STRAN local meeting has since the Tameserificance The fascists pian to make it a MICHAEL fascists
OLEY wriT
Speakers at the Reading meeting will include NF president squad
their nacional activities organise
Websier. Local Front tulicer Phil: Baker has said incheater thinking i of the
Fi is quite
be a much
Wehster has said that expects at Jeast three hundred
The granting of permission lo use council promises Front meeting on 29 October
about because of the decision by Laberal and Conser vative members to vole JOE SOC use of the ball by the Front. The arguments were the old ones of
INHOTE This disgusting rubbisharrived in the post from Basingstoke
free speoch and democracy. The HOSTS COR BOURS MEW STU ment: race relations in Reading are good so there is ootbing to TAT TEN AC THEIS S
Anti-fascists in Readina calling for a mass picket of the Old Town Hall, where the meetIng will take place. Keith Jerome,
Council, said that he expected trade-ubionists from all over the
Lewisham. The trades council do not plant a violent confron-
Jo try and talk to every fascist
There i stil a chance that the local council might rescind the depends on wbat one means. Hall thor is needed is a statement or a written paper saving Kacism 1s a had thing'. there would be tea
But a hit mOrG Is involved, She really believes that the same people who are busy implementing racist fee increases
students will sit down with the victims and discuss bow to fight them. It is not only a utopian illusion, bur its practical conse quences are reactionary: no inde bendent Action by students. sin further believes that whole institu dons can be utilised to fighr
Ara time when reactionaries are anleashing arracks on the whole
incidentally, W'HO addressed the Communist University last summer ) as a preindeta
witch-hunt. Supman wants as to believe that Politics Land History Denarments in uners!
SOCIALISTCHALLENGE 29September1977 Page policy commiles whic ratity the hiring of the hall A meeting of all political organi
the Frout is taking place of b Ocroher at the imitative of the local branch of the International Marxist Group
If, as seems likely, the counci approves the decision to hire tbeir premises to fascists bocisist Traile ce unt to poten in the evening of 29 October at Keading Old Town Hall.
Coacher will be leaving from London. For more infermation contact London IMG at al-263 3081.
Southampton
A HIGHLY successful meeting organised by Socialist Challeng supporicis in sournemplo to
the basis lor •broad anti-fascist united froat in the
Nearly a bundred people were present inchiding members of th Jolernational Maraisi to up. Socialist Workers Party,
Mages
THi!
PEAN Communis Party and a fair sprinkline of local trade unior ists, Raghib Ashan, the Socialist Unity candidate in the recent Ladywood by-election, spoke o the fight against fascism and
Maney wat collected to cover the cosis of the meeting and lo defend local mibitancs arrested in Lewisham A group of bui workers doonted Es and i socia raised E45
An ad-hoc commitle consist individual members or the lat of the SWP, IMG and our Party has formed
work locally, it intends to organise s
coachi for the Reading picket on 29 DOLI
ties can be transformed
febting rocism and fascism. Thi
or an invitation to ceal ultr
leftisen at this particulartime
CHEEKY
She asks us thor ordy lo fight th
win. This is a trifle cheeky. Hor
would she have "won' at Lewi
ham? How will she stop the Tire
bomhing of left book-shops ar
offices, the random assaults
Party meetings" By mobilising th
оссепт сол But if the dece
cops
indecent caps" from haras
lacks and
anerations how wul thi
racismin society asa whole
No, Sue Slipman! The answ
in individual violence, hut in ma
mobilisations. We are at a stay
possibility, provided the Nu
leadership does not engage in to
show how it in possible to hot
fight and win.
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id the Crisis
IR PARTY
ted by quite a small number of people, , trade union delegates go to a ballot cin tae union, and many ousanos br es are cast for the delegaie that resents them. the enteren ce t anoler mater vou the conference is anther matter. have the situarion which existed at the C where a delegation, as in my own
was refused permission Lit doesn't rest there - thar light goes EISNE TOE WINO. That matter will be
up by the delegates inside the Union I the President will be challenged, as it where Carron did this sort of thing roo was deleated by the rank and file the course of time.
Many of the delegates who go from ons are also individual members of the bour Party and are active inside their bour Parties and so it iso't a question an ro wars division belacen, those o are trade unionists and those who are stiruency members.
LIENE what is needed to make the
bers and to the working class would fac the unis in Lhe COLSOULL coming affiliated, sending
becoming more active inside the mIT TIS.
Is a very wide question, For
part been ewouring 10 get more trade nocatation the consteucy parlz thai the CiP hecame, a rescrion ol point of view of workers in thei trade ons as well as tbe polocally achre akers in the constituency.
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other was of moving fowards achiesthe same aim would he for the Labour
h Ernie Roberts
Party with trade union hacking to baild factory branches.
I'm not only in favour of this. 1 actualls carried out what exneriment in this
warcountry had diaprea Panty
collecting or paying contributions raised Kegion of the ishour Patiy Precutive -
the matter, and it was
branch.
1 found it very
as 1 was a shop steward the trade union contriburions CE DOELIS. THUBTS premises. we workers ased to travel to work in -scaler Dus
bus, siting and standing up, every woek, DE POSte S0 every week mn the political education and discussion which of course gave Tise Lo 1945. going on in the army as wel
union Toil haye iconoclast in the
Solidarity Campuign,
logether,
loughtl StramBicsMSCI was probably the first woen i monkel 81 Jaguar Motors in Coventry during the
throughout the disappeared because of the OCTaIC SWCTE
question with the Midlands
of which 1 was a mbember. They discussel
carry out an expe inent te have a factory
easy, 1 made 100 members. 1 collected thoir contibutions
as I collected Ar the wouldo'l give which S10 EN • а 45 have -USEU meetings of abour 60 persons inside the
bat the TACIE UICEC Wi
when it was And
imnlemen:eu. alwoss been i hit of un sou operate. 1 wonsen remerher very well in 1968 ut the height of the witchant aud hosterin vou as a neil knowa trade-unionist joined the Vielenm
marched to GrosIT LEWE
Ar the preseat rime, It is not Vicinom
There в once aguin a nosen wacn Bs guining ground, together with • more rightwand drift in Beitish society as a WTHTUT STE VODE VIews ntg how do you think the fascists cam best be
All the working ciass trade union and political movements have got to unite on uie titer rano amrat e tho elid fight asdinst TUSCIAN LALAETYIS
WOEDE movement in the fight against fascism.
To fight fascism, we have got to take up the ssis on which fascism are feeding Thai is unemployment, houins, health,
hospitals and other social conditions that face the working class paricularly o
ourse, the condition of wages and th standard of living.
We must take up issues thoroughly the labour movement, the Labour Party and the MP's must get involved in these
- such struzeles like Grunwick
That sbould be so on chese other issues
Hock away the main prop and appe
DICI TaLIsm Bus co Lac aua. Immature young workers particularly who ane fighting against these conditions
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Don't you think also that the question of Immigration and the way that has been actually punders to the fascists because once you accept that the problem is the so-billed bordes of blacks ready to enter the country ualess you huve control, then you really give in to the racist argument.
single Labour leader, right or left, Ras campaigned boldly and ruthlessly gainst
Yes. my own union has carried resolu tions againsr the immigration law of 1968 and 1971 and has opposed this idea thai the problems which face this country can be solved by shuring out workers from other countries coming to. Britain and indon. 20. 00 took part in a march bill bothing much has been done since then. e'g a ae of brineme ouf troons. takimg them for a march, telling them to go home and leaving the matter there.
20, 0 ote hodd epoc fate oof
thát thi march should bring out 100,000 and then
can bring
MIC TOSA EUCSION CE OIE I and building on the tempo, a campaign to
racialist laws and and fascist
S88S888888823000328993 There is u discussion now in the labour movement of a wide ranging charsicter which has been raised by the situation in LADIESOL LOULE ME WATB NARU LEUNU with the fasciss through legal bans. Wast anitade would you take to that?
Tam very douhrful abour the use of law in Botvie a statenle sl a Te andal daas vorking clas: meetings in the working class movement
law concedes only that which the organised working class has the power to win by its own strength.
even when it concedes in law, that aw has to be pushed, implemented and (bere bas to be the power to soc thal il is
Jest cake example.
Equal pay is known to be ose by the
even heniTh safety legislation, the right to hase a union, night to operate ar a trade bion, eren TESLAE OECOSHNMESEIOUOLIS IE on the sacate hooks for 130 geurs) has ro be fought for as Gruewick and Dessoutters prove, So legislation does nor solve
All it does is to identity that here har hoen a fight and the workers
have had a victory if it is seen to be a good
aTascien is not going to be outlawed
because as you can see in Tameside, that
Bach a fren having adenin to too bs
DELE LI LEIT AH BMC SEESOR society. Even the Salvation Army and the
Church parade as well as trade unions and OUnCE TECOESAAIC DOHEICA ORTOC MCCE ings and demonstratioos. detrimental to the interests of the working COSS class to rely upon the law, to rely upon bans and proscriptions problem. Fascism will be stopped ultimWT WIC HI WETUE CIRES ERS SUELLIU strength to stop the fascists fron engaging in racialist and anti-trade union activity
Michael Foot and Bevan have at differeat UeS URsCHUeU ne ouw oumON as a very betwitehieg dinh. beth of course bewitched by it. Bot thew did. Tae become very their whole Bife becume dominuted b DamENE DOES Bevan though Beram in bis carly pears told people thut nothing could be uchierCOu aurunen wHaD an exra-oar mentary mass morement outside. Wast do yuu think you will be uble to achieve in the House of Commons os u Lahow MPT
T would also like to think of Parliament as a dub-to be used to hit the capitalists over the head with 1 would differ
40 CI ULC 48 380028
lace of Ferr' and hesscentcot -always made a separation berween parlia montary action and industrial aetion tor political ends.
He said he did not agree with industrial action for political ends. I disagrec with To Tk VOU TUS T OE TOdEN strength for political objectives. My man union proved this when Industris| Relations Act. If we'd bave lef it to the politicians. still have bad shat Act.
What do you think will energe out of thi T.P Conference. The Feature as we see lt, bs that for the first time since e Labour Government brs beer in power, there is nor a single resolution which i& going to be debated attacking met overnment s cconomic poucies NUPE has said as mach — that they have been suppressed adverlisement In the bol ue of Tribune Whsr do you think can be got oet of shis yer's comference?
This sear's conference is going to be r pre-election ponterence. That is probabl TOC TCHSOn TOr BaFanae toD min debales, or topical resolutions which attac) the economic LYCIECIE
While there are not atlacks by resolu tions, there are a lot being made by WETKESTE CUEV WIEMERSOI ing increases in wages and so on, The
whalch HAnCES TACO UL BoC Ua aE miners. So whether chere is a debate at the Conference or пос, Conneclcsicuaconibocountry Tene ard ente Con Detine top
None Lahour's chances of hecoming a maloric Coverament in the niext election which Js likely to take place befone the next Labour CAT SOEC CHEE.
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What wald sou sor leaders who say that workers shoald not suhmit big wages increases and that they shauldn't fight becruse that will heing the Government dewa?
The one ching thar is curning the workers the against the Labour Government is pre asely the fact that there has been no real toht on the oi ston oi waees and on th issue of the social wage which is the socia services and so on.
SENET NSST SULU CEC DEMMES HIC CUE
Be Conen ei e he eben medt ly
Lie Governesl. The Governmenr
the docision to stop the
working class.
So it can be
the under tie They were determined aot to Ret
able paritamencarists and
of capitalism.
CICE SOnOMA So
KUCHTE MEEDIS
salutions.
•from Bevan incuding
couldn't hale
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we would probably
Important
Slaue in a Tall
Du you think
policies of the
trade union CHUC
Just Anishied, the
there 1s action to
anything to spai kind of ideus
opinions too. socialise status quo.
Workers have hee
SOCIALISTCHALLENGE 29 September1977 Page9 DESIS US UWE CREC
So the real way to victory is to change course, change the direction, Gove nment to start doine thines ar eve this late bour which is in the interests of the living standards of the working class and lhe ecocral social conditions or the
politicinna are correct when they say that
present conditions of crisis the things which sou want damage capitulism and the the capitalist coonomy and the whole cuecept of • mITE COMOMYT SOEN SICISH) - withim the contest of the present economie crisi
- reforms are mot possible, there is a
Thar is logical and correct. Any socinlis: DIESSETCSSTE COCU TOEANSER They are conflicting ideologies. derdopment we make in che direction o socini is bodda lo wegken le serchel!
they masto't objeot. By taking Taey weakco Ene exist ence of Fritish capitalism. Our interest in the future is not lied up wich capitalisoi. lt B weu up wan mpumeouns socins
IE a Lahour Gerecoment with un overall прое, сотнео до socie pods
nationalising the 25 mAjOr monopolies in this country, were to com to poner theo tis mous mee Wish determined ruling diass resistance. Onte
out the use of extra paramentary wettennos uren the riga: in the shupe of the erins, und so on.
This is the roal fascist reaction, the kind id the fotsif the Tenten, bit ati tee and their fascist movements. real danee. The workice class bas lo bave enough strength to meet such a situaion. They will be more able to mees it if they SEL TEMUL SWEEL OLN
None of us should ignore the fact thar as the workers' make inroads into capital, as they raise their ving standards ane achieve for themselves a-Setter life, at the expense of capitalism, the capitalists will fight back and will use ail the power they san master to stop the workers from achieving their objectives. But that is not to say that such a ticht aod such a struggle
CE TE what trade unions and political working class movements are all abour.
the ideus of the the changed Presen leaders of the LP can
There are twa options. The first is, that if they won't change, then we'll change the caders. Je workung class has got to have the right to make up its mind about its Actualy the ighi nac e and Labour Parts around the Carpaign fo Democracy in the L.P and the fight inside the unions which is going on for greate demoracy — the right to cleet beir ution lenders, the right to control their deleg ations and so on, are all part of it. 1f tbc leaders don't change their minds Chen we'll change the leaders.
What logically fows from this, Is foat you ire epposed tu all beas and proscription
Yes | think the LP is a federal body which is wide enough to encompas all sbades ol working class opinion within it. The ooly
we shouldn't tolerate withit the Lahour Party is the opinions which
san. We have get gance a tev of tam
of these
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ALI AND JONATHAN SILBERMAN
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Israel's strategy of tension
assesses Israel's intentions in Lebanon.
THE "WAR" in southern Lebanon is not all that it seemed. Far froe being an all-out battle MTCE COWE CSCHAC THU A ICR
it has emerged that the Israeli tanks and mocars are creatng a oo smoke but very lntle fire.
That does not make the smoul-
СПЛЯ СОЛІСЕ Ш STREIHE
ny less important. The lates altack is a none loo sublic - Dul so far successful - Isracil attempe to disrupt the American powe pian in its cary stages d
a dog
Israel. A fullerreport will appear in a future issue.
DRIVING past Tiberias on the
vest coast of the Sca of Galilee i
the early evening is a spectacular
sight. Above the darkness of the
ke rise the darker hills of th
olan Heights, topped by th
arena DIbaRy- ODE SEGEU
f the Heights are numberou
-lastersof twink.ling lights.
It isa beautiful view and it is vety
easy to forget what those lights
represent, For they are the illa-
MENSHL LEC ESTSCES EECMICEL
which have been establisbed on
Golan on the land captured from
Seria.
Throughout the West Bank and
Golan we saw Israeli settlements.
Most are surrounded by high wire
fences and all have their own
arsenals. These are the settlements
wich causco socn a sur wico soc
Israci .government
Menachem Begin legalised three
ofthemos the West Hank:
PROUD
Phat upset the establishment
od press in the West was Begin'
TorthTIuE S0m35Km Caarcs
settlements had official backing
- the previous Labour Alignment
administration had merciy done
the same thing withour admittin
S0 DUCE. Begin nas come ou
opcoly and claimed the oscupied
territoties as "liberated' zones
Israelis are proud of their oocu-
pation. They claim that it is the
most liberal ocupation
carried out and cannot be com-
pared lo colonialism. TR SEBT
he Palestinians of the West Hank
Mayur efy diferent one. The
Mayor •KAMISEHE. K haTaiT
Khalif, cold us of deportations in
TIC IMBLIC SIE BIL
bealinga of young student dernon-
serators, of torture in the military
Palestinians are
beld withouttrinl him tha the Bitih Holte or
British House
Commons by twa Labour MPs.
Wben we Nover mor, Saket Katz, loc at first to the Military
derded that there were restrictions
on anyane's noveneats.
WO menD NIs Ce UIAE
INTERNATIONAL
Troops cross Lebanese border
When Israel sent its tanks over the Lebanese border, nearly two weeks ago, the Palestinian movement braced itself for a new attack on its right to exist. It is now clear that this was a piece of gunboat diplomacy rather than an attempt to launch a full-scale war. But the situation in southern Lebanon ramains explosive. RUTH CHALLIS aud COLIN TALBOT fill in the background from Lebanon and Israel and RICHARD CARVER In London
was the Israelis as much as the Palestinians wno brancusi thi assault on Lebanon to the world.
But Israchi intervention soatremn Cebsnon is for rezl That Piraer tanks have lone sbee raeli tanks have long been CERSINE EVOC ICuEG 10 Lebanon and that the rightist militias are openly supplied BSTHCT STIS The sim of the present artack is to call the bluff of all the other launching an offensive the Israciis hope to put
Israel's occupied zones
Where it's better to be
in August a fact-finding delegation from the National ariom. Frot the "Good Fesce Union of Students Executive visited Lebanon and Israel to. gather information on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. COLIN TALBOT reports on some of the things he saw in
and he explsined that we had io understand that the Mayor was a big security risk The Israclis point to the lack e hunger and poverty and claim this as a postive necupatini A Palerinias satr holder in East Jerusalemn said it was true that no-one starved, but carc omenen added that the o-onc get nen cinc tarar ald, even the does dar N WHIC MAICE OE BEILI alestinians because they didn in brael the delegation me leading memhers ruling Likad coalition and Lhe impression that I gained trom these meetings and theein wat ordinary mrany of Jews was that there is what the call a "Zionist consensus" consensus is the agreement which all, cr at least the vast majority, o Israeli Zionists have on the basic qUesbDIsOTacGa] They all support the refusal to COLTUCII Palestinian stateon Lie West Han and Gaza. They all support Israci MOTOUIC righitist militias soulliers Israeli invasion of the south if necessary. In their attitude to the Palestinians, there is very attie difference hetween the ditferent ELOBUSL DEELS ever called in the north of Israci, at the so- 'Good Fenice',
of the When destrayed israeli taok in Lebanon.
The skids under the US plan for Palestinian representation in anited Arab delegation at the recalled Geneva conference Thes know What the Paksnn lans are in a weak position after the latest ceasefure SEMISONORU nID 3USUI11al that weakness. And, above all, it is a challenge to the Syrian armyingly pro-Palestinian stance, to wri ns RaoaiO da 1c01 take on the Israelis if they dare, The sraels know that Syrian backing for the Palestinians is little more than a bid to win COUELOTS Geneva carve-up know that militarily and politically NI015 1O020011 idertake even a limited wa The most the Syrians can do is to
ieiforms or salgt, one *
Palestine Liberation Organisation TELENS The Israelis want to create a buffer zone' on their northern apparently major * border, by pushing the Palestin-
ians north beyond the Litani The Israclis claimed that these
Tour days earlier we had seen these hases from Palestinian hases near and ahhing, Tasbeinside Lebanon.
tions quipment
saty betoyed tracti tanka oui
of their side Taibe that bad been knockod
out in April. The Israelis say they have not boen into Lehanon since 1973.
In Jerusalem we met leaders af the anti-Zionist movement Israel Shahak of the League fo Human and Civil Rights, an Leah Tsemel of the Trotskyis "Matzpen Marxist'. Both Shahak and Tsemel predicted renewo Isracil aggression and the possibi ity of an invasion of soutbern Lebanon.
Shahak, a survivor of BergeoBelsen CUUOCEEER0 ment will soon need a war a bebeves that the cakud goyeroIsrael's internal economic diffi. culties escalare -inflation, for ian leaders also predicted the 1s independen raeli-rightist push in
Lebanon 1o Palestinian-leftist forces from the in border region As Zionists claim the area of TECHO T Lebanon to the south of the river
Qasmiye, between Metulla and Ut you- such ani brohabls includepernanenl ocoupation. All the sipns in the past week would indicale that such a we saw JUUSCHIC DVOSIOnGNAKEarOI Colln Te/bat Inghr| and Deve Agranowich af the NUS Executive examine s
The vacuurt
righrists might be military That
Imited target of scaring
Her 2000
the Both They many of the retained at the
ocupation with
obe of the t puil its punche
ocuvre. colaboration in sic. Pelesin casionally example.
SOTECT cry to dislodze the rope-walking
The timanclal
invasion sould
lives.
The carps
forced to camp on and in the
20 miles: red by pro-israeli Lebanes wwwd bi
The danger was that the Israclis
tryint to push all the way up to the Litani river this
immedsate Lurea! seems to have passed. Instead
Syrians into negotiating a Pales tiniun withdrawal from the bord The PLO's repeated conces Snsro MEssa iS nare ecuacH ed their ability to resist thes
politically and militarily they have given away
advantages the end of the civil war. The PLO leadership's pre-
winning seats at Geneva is bound to make
rent of the
Still, the militias themseives ar determined to resist this and an future Israeli invasion of Leban their leaders" room for man- ese soil. This sets strict Timits on of GUPS,
AIO IACiTDEHS
formurd "
Iulid
Palestiaian
Rockets captured from Phalangist milities bear/sraol/ markings
Lebanon:
no power
Lehanon, nine months after its ocupation by the Arab peace-keeping forces, is still paralysed. The puppet government of Elias Sarkis passes laws bet has no police or army to implement them; judges draw salaries but the courts remain closed; and the de facto partition of the country into Christian and Mosiem religions continues apace. RUTH CHALLIS reports from Lebanon.
Io Beirut the Sycian army main-
- proanou punctuated by COLlI out- JOHn SHET
hursts of fighring which it canood
prevent and in which it dare not Toge-esi ne r ol Aad te-
gime in Syria be endangered
No attempt is being made to
reconstruct the devastated ciry
bourgeoisie af the Arab world CONTENELC DISECLUS
has long since fled, taking with it hospitals,
the basis of Beirur's prosperity WOW KALODS
a prosperity built, ironically, or
the boycott of Israeli parts he ps sprawl among the cuins o In West Beirut huge refugee
indoed elem quarter of the city stance,
outsice ine camps almos cel hAs n large
building bears the pock marks of
actillery fire and whole areas lie
in ruins. The old tourist haun
bas sprouted a makesbift stree
market, made up by shopkeepers nets
who were cilher bombed out or
who fled mixed districts, terror-
ised by such incidents as the
Oaranrina massacre or the as ASSETECU
sault on Tel Al-Znatar, The latter ance.
alone cose an estimated 3,000
HEPATICE
bursting. Hundreds of people - swollen
Palestinian and Lebanese — are
the beaches LUPES DUNIUS TEC LEE
Some of these people may have
Sidon
MEDITERRANÉAN Ent Talitoe Nobotiyet
SEA Arnotun®
~ Tribee •
Kefer Kel
Bannt ibeil,
ISRAE
How not to build
solidarity
LAST SATURDAY saw a mect Palestine Solidarity Commitee to discass setting organised hy the pro-PLO cur
General Unice Paletine Siodenls (GUPD) was attended by representative of the General Union of Arub Students, the rejectiomist current
Intermutionsl Marxist group, Socieliet Worker Purtr. New Communlst Purt Workers Revolutiumary Party, Matzpen and other organisations murd intemee pat snd
statement on *The PSC recognises the PLO an the sole legitimate representative D TRrAMNEnnDcOdICi There could be mo befter example of bow nor to set up u soldarity cumpuizd. Its object should BILA be to uet as a "front" for the PLO or amy other Palestinina organiSNOO TOT BOA USELHH
brondest support mong the student and workers
masses against Zionism and the Arah regimes
explained that the tonly contition of entry into the PSC is
The government with
fled their hores three or faur times - from the Israelis, from
Black September and now from the Lebanese
Invasion, the intrastructure built by the raksonon mas surrog
and even fourisbed under the satios or 1972 6. e volled mobili-
dinics. nurseries and factories all se be pand rs of ugariirion
powers of organisation of Palestinian resistanpe are one hospital we visited underground area
wanct is sare trom bombbine, bas
sophisticated equipment and sup
plies, and can he reacbed from
the camps by underground tun-
Much of the organisation in the
camps is undertaken by WHULEL
and during the civil war this
immiense importWe learned of bomb-
shelter committees, food dis-
and para
medical teams which were com- CCILIL
posed entirely of women.
Or course, at first there was
some opposition to the ides of
ile, ber nis lestened coie n ha
considerabl
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 29 September 1977 Page11
LEBANON
eMar ayoun
•Khiam -eDeir Mitte
SYRIA
ISRAEL 1 OCCUPIED ! opposition settler-colonisl conditional support for the right of the Arab-Palestinien masse to organise und strugele Inde pendeetlf of the FELU TEIUT
outline the branches of the compsign organising information and sall BATIT BCUUD.
The meeting's organisers sdopled increasiegly admimistnutire
andemocralic meaaunes against this proposal us it became IISHALLSOOAWSTTEUBHIN ing support of the meeting. The meeting ended with a walkout of almost all the participants after it had become cicar that the chair was ignoring te foer. The
rubber CDYCNOEH ST CIC stamp their resolution with the gratefal usistance of the WRP HIN NER.
The organisations and indi viduals who walked out, uad others who were not represented, ure meeting on 5 October
demonstration and ether actions against the Israeli Prime Minister'a visit to Britaio in early November.
fiest-aid kit one shoulder and a rifle on the other
Eventually a women's brigade
was formed and there are nos woiben fedayeen fighring in the
Souch.
The Palestinians date revolution frem 1 January 1965
He COSIn O UW EUTa
guerilla operation. It is impos
sible to overciophasise the im
portance of armed struggle in maste Trom deleated retinen transforming Palestinian
into a conscious TUT OHEEILY
aware of its rights and doubly
amare of its ebemies.
Above all the commando
groups offered hope,
found a quick responsc in Lebai
on both after che 1967 wat and
clashes with the TECIIS The area
known as Fatahland, stretching
across Soutberi Lebaoon, is the
region traditionally controlled b
the resistance and for several
vears has heen the launcbing pac
for operations agninst Israel
Nos it is the scene of fierce
Fichting between the Palestiniat
the Israe
ICTEIN ESUALBE
righrist forces AVI THE
camps in Southern Lebanon are a
tradicional target Jor Isracli
prisal air raids CONTCO nar-
roofed huts are camouflaged to
lessen the danger from frequent
strafing.
• Ruth Challis was in Lebanon as
purt of a delegation from the
Brirish Andi-Zionst Organin
son. She will he wriring on arsicle
oa the sizmarion and roie of
Palestinian women for the next
isue of Socialise Woman.
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Imperialism's messenger boy
In Brief
WEST GERMANY: The EvennE standard ast wok Dub
sed a letler from Socialist Challenge International Editor Richard Carver exposing the distortions in their report of sur revelations of Hans Martin
Here sue. You may remem
Is issue). You may remem her that they maintained that the information they received from the Wiener Library conmaned nothing camens or Schleyer'. The letter pointed out Bad confirmed that sellery Wiener was in charge of Nazifying the Austrian aniversities, cading member ol the Associ
of Industries in Prague, and that he was an SS officer 13 терту тле смаванго версаси
this was 'nothing damnEAST GERMANY: East Ger-
the country with no political prisoners, released 180 of them last week. The release was paid for by the West German Government! Apparently the physician is 150,000DM. Labcurers only fetch 30,000DM. BRAZIL: More than a thousand people were arrested when police broke into the Catholic University in Sao Paulo last week. Thousands of students were mectine to discuss demonstrations against the miltary SPAIN: Madrid missed it censpapers for a day last week when papers closed in protest aainst a bomb allack do the satirical paper El Papus. Two people were killed. Only the right-will El Alcazar appear:
The Tripie-A far right terrorists claimed responsibili-
PORTUGAL: Police suspect that a recent series of bombings group linked to the Angolan FNLA. The aim is to provoke a -Wing minary - BENCH SANTIAGO CARRILLO EURUS: Santiago general secretary of the Spanish Communist Party, will be guest of honour at the Lahour Party conference. His French and Italian counterparts have refu-
sed similar invitations.
ITALY: Goerillas, apparcolly
leftists. shot a - Communist Party journalist five times in the legs outside bis Turn home Jase week. You would not know
Tat the Brity of tee tar the
condemns this brutal and luna-
The Commumust rany nas ocen qune-suc
cessful in labelling anyone who
opposes its collaboration with the Christian Democrats as
PHILIPPINES: President
Marcos nas ucerco a poons
holiday for Filipinos to give thanks for five years of martial
law, He markeu we occasi
arresting : 28 oppositionists.
KONG: About
police officers have been arrest-
ed on suspicion of taking hribes
from a drugs syndicate.
USSR: Erast Axelrod, a dissa-
dent psychologist, has been
-TECHEL. There are fears that
Anatoly Shcharansky, a mem-
ber of the Helsinki monitoring
group arrestco several months
may he committed to a
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Jan
Princ, a Charter 17 signatory,
135 sentenced to three
Ales Macbacek
go on trial this week on charges
trial is only scheduled to last
threedays.
INTERNATIONAI
O'BRIEN reports.
Oope again there is a resoLution coadcatning Covernment arms sales to South Africa. Once again it will be passed, and once again te covera man tere
The past year has beer
listinguished one for arins sales Take the tropospheric scatter system, for instance. The system is used by all major powers for
nilitary communications, since i gets rid of the need for vul nerable ground sinuous
Inder a loophole in the 197
ontrol Order Marconi was g ing so win a contract to see such a system to South Africa when news leaked out Labour Government was forced o plug the loophole and make
Marconi apply for an expor Locace, only to grant the licenc on 25 October last year
Labour's record on Namibis, inter unan occa on is equally glorious. The Namibian people have long ceased to take Labour's mations of support seriously.
RIO TINTO ZINC
In 1968 the Labour Government and its Technology Minister, Tony Benn, signec tract wilh Rio Tuto Zine for the exploitation of the Rossing uranium mine in Namibia. The
CUE DECLE PERS
rucial to South Africa's nucles
decided to terminate the ABA-
RTZ contract. That
in which neither the ABA nor RTZ were altogether candid with the Labour ment, points to the need for even
greater vigilanoe than has beer
Minister responsible at tbe time 1 certainly learned that lesson.
He had learned nothing of the
Benn, Secretary of State for Energy, who is refusing even to
break
*Continued from back page. defunct LIBC.
It was a widespread operation pulling in dozens of peaple from all over London, Including. far a while, the well-known model Sulina Judd. Her agents and the police demo wal SAs 18. #E)
connection with the fraud.
trac as an in bat rail
LAVORI. Eb
and Antonio Papalia, the men who escaped with Torri.
Only a few days previously Torri had been seen in the House of Lords. There may
connection, but it does show chat
highest echelons of British soc-
in orland Yard's investigations
into the Torri case have revealed a E1,750 million fraud, apparent-
The original charges
Torri and friends related
Aircraft Co. of a ligbt plane by
paying 51.5 million of post-dated
plane indicates that this was to be
used for a drugs run — Torri's
DU BUSIESS
Labour in Africa
Delegates in Brighton next week will face a familiar spectacle: another year of brazen Government defiance of Labour Party policy on southern Africa. CHRIS
discuss the cancellation of the
and industrial action by workers
FRAUD
Even Lahour ministers admil that Britain does not need any Rossing uranium within the next ten yeurs and mar assume that we want a British nuclear programme. So why is the Gowernment determined to buy Namibian uranium?
Benn says it is in the long term interests of Namibial We prefer to see it as yet another example of a Labour Government playing messenger boy for nterests in southern Afric he crowning glory of Lal our's foreign policy Anto to many rue a TOOR TO BURTOILE
site simply, the plan is a trau tead of the right to imin diate elections to a Constituent ssembly with one person, or transitional regime, over by Lord Carver, a man with Jons extericnee of counter-insurency operations 4 Con Cenya, and a public champion of
STACE AILS BEMS DEALL
SUC subject.
The transition is to be policed by a force which includes sections of the lan Smith army. Last week we printed an eye witness account of the murders 80g tortures carried out by these very people who are meant to be th particular Huaranors of malory rule.
report published last week by the Catholic Commission for Peace Govern-
RACIST JUDGES
the
The racist judiciary remain intact; the same judgea who pass death sentences freedom funters are 1o 0e trusted with giving power to the
Fascists behind jail
Strange, then, that the British press should have omitted to mention a [13 million heroin haul in London a month lalet Those arrested were Marco Chi uri, an associate of Vallanzasca, he Italian fascist bandis, Ermar Alosi and Federico Gicard Il three were members of ti "Agnolo gang involved in th Halian van bold-up. sources indicate a direct connec tion with the Cessna light aeroplane.
At the moment this must remain speculative, but it comes Roberto as no surprise after the discovery
of a clear link berween d'Agnolo, Loyola and Torri. one have or bed tom sions First, with which all tbose concerned save been bailed for astrono be mical sums. Zarpinelli, the ship
geting his hands on the E60,0l
TWIC nesded to bail d'Agnolo, Loyala
and Scalamandra. to offer E150,000 for Torri Bod his associates wner appeared House of Lords perhaps, or ot of his high society friends, again?
Zarpinelli hitself provides Cessne anotbet connections in the affAir. chie to
Italian souros claims that il was he who put up Sandro Saccuoci, the Italian fascist MP arrested in London Last year for the murder of a
imperialist
- confirms this view
presided
including in
black majority!
Clause 5
Crist,
them. implicated in the
re-election as
immunity.
. Апопутош
was picked up
Wing no emerged from my
sentence banging over him. ease
LOTU trouble POSTCARD
• benefactor was able
underground
Toer's triend in the
LIUISESH mysterious Zarpinelli On Sunday,
political An
the bail for
left meant.
ETAIS UN:S
D AMIRIQUE
Imperialiam that calls the tune.
of the proposed constitution includes a provision
vation of property. That means shinterime.
example, the grossly inequitable system of land tenure
altered, unless the white landlords choose to up and go. If they do, the Owen-Young
pande and to clipenin
compensate Lace of larger in the mind of Labour's Foreign Secretary than hlack leve nothing. livelese developments are the pertect answer to those on the winger. Sacpucei, who had been
"Tora-Tora attempt at a fascist coup in 1970, Ted hy Prince Valerio Borghese,
bicky this time. He saved from extradition by
an MP which
Another feature of the Saccu
conclusion. Saccucci was able to lie low in Britain for several days, desnite having Interno and Scol land Yard on his tail, until he
in a bouse Comic Stree. Hipomshury. Torri similarly has had little trouble getting in and oat of Italy by undereround foure, despile nai
passport and
Italy with no passport or identity
There is an extremely efficient
between London and Italy, possibly the SHIDE TOLL CAR THAT and Papalia are travelling at this
Scotland Yard claimed to have a postcard from Torn posted near FrankurE LA Monday they speculated that be may still be in Britain. Maybe the police could take a look at the building in Copric Street which houses the offices of quite a well-
PIER LUIGA known person, They know who!
ANDREW YOUNG, American UN ambassador, has atayed in the background during recent taiks. But it is shif US
left of the Lahour Party who bave called on the Government to carry out its colonial responsibilities against the "illegal
Itshows that Britain has no progressive role to
in southern Africa. The weakness of every • COINCID resolucion and pious declaration in the past has been a failure co recognise this simple tact. In the
overtly pro-imperialist policies from the Lahour Gov ernment polite requests can ach
If British companies are to stop arming the racist regimes, if
TORA/ and MARISA MELL in 7970.
SACCUCCI: Italian lescist who used the British underground netwont.
SOCIALISTCHALLENGE 29 September1977 Page 12 Britain is to canoel the RTZ contract and if Labour is 10 recognise tbe sight of Zimbahwe to self determination, conference resolutions will need to be back propaganda and action in th abour movernent as a whole. A
Parties for the trade union week of action planned for
If delegates leave Brighton to fight for their local parbes to ThE MeDIC TUES SCHR voted for, for once the resalution passing may not have been in
Inaer] SANDRO
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SURPLUS VALUE
n the mid-1950s there was emerging in
South Africa a group of angry young
Black men who were beginning to
uniqueness" and who were cager to define who they were and what. These were the clements who were disgruntied with the direction imposed on the African National Congress by the told guard" within its leadership.
These young men were questioning a number of things, among which was the "go slow" attitude 4e Peoples Cher 1 han those run by Black
adopted in Kliptown in 1955 was evidence of this. In a sense one can say that these were the first real signs that the Blacks in South Africa were beginning to realise the need to go it alone and to evolve a philosophy pasca on, and decica Dy, backs in oler words, Black consciousness was slowly manifestTs may be said that, on the broader palitical Irant, Blacks in souto ninca nave not sabwn any overt signs of new thinking since the banning cl леи родиси дагоск, пог were Enc signs os disgrunilement with the White world ever given a
Cance o estas ma posi approach. Black students, on the other hand, began to rethink their position in Black-White coalitions. The emergence of the South African Sodeot Organisation and Is tough nolicy o! non-involvement with the White world set people's minds thinking along new lines. This was a challenge to the age-old tradition in South Africa that opposition to apartbeid was enough to qualify Whites for acceptance by the Black WOCID:
WESHALL LEADOURSELVES
Despite protest and charges of racialism from liberal-minded White students, the Black stodenis stood firm in their rejection of the principle of unholy alliances between Blacks and Whites. A spokesman of the new right-of-middie group. NAFSAS, was treated to a dose of the new thinking when a Black student told him that "we shall lead ourselves, be it to the sea, to the mountain or to the desert; we shall have nothing to do with the White students'.
The call for Black consciousness is the most positive call to come from any group in the Black world for a long time. It is more than just a reactionary rejection of Whites by Blacks. The quintessence of it is the realisation by the Blacks that, in order to feature well in this game of power polities, they have to use the concept of group power and to build a strons foundation for this. Being an historically, politically, socially and economically diinherited and dispossessed group, they have the strongest foundation fron which to operate. The philosophy of Black consciousnem, therefore, expresses group pride and the determination by the Blacks to rise and
Al the heart of this kind of thinking is the realisation by the Hlacks that the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind effectively manipulated and controlled by the oppressor as to make the oppressed believe that he is a liahility to the White man, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do that will really scare the powerful masters. Hence thinking slong liner of Black consciousness makes the Black man see himself as a being. entire in hinelt and not as an extension ol a bom or additional leverage to some machine. At the end of it all, he cannot tolerate altempts by anybody to dwarl the significance of his manbood. Once this happers, we shall know that the real man in the Black person is beginning to shine through.
Of course it is not surprising to us that Whites are not very much amare of these developing forces since suca consciostess 15 essenna y an inward-looking process. It has bocome common practice in this country for people to consult their papers to ser what is said by Black lenders
by which they underscand the leaders of the various apartheid institutions, these What's LEWISHAM Anb-fascistand@riston
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Vorster's police regarded him as dangerous. So they killed him. We print an extract from an article by STEVE BIKO.
Naiki Biko andherchildren after Jearning of Steve's death
by Steve
bodies are often exploited by individuals in them for candid talking, they certainly cannor be taken seriously ai yardsticks by which to measure Black feeling on any topic National consciousness and its sprend in South Africa has to work agninst a number of factors.
First there are the traditional complexes, then the emptiness of the native's past and lastly the question of Hlack-White dependency. The traditional inferior-superior Black-White complexes are deliberate creations of the colonialist.
Through the wock of missionaries and the style ol education adopted, the Blacks were made to fect that the White man was some kind of God whose word could not be doubled.
The atitude of some rural African folk who are against education is ollen misunderstood, not least by the African intellectual. Yer the reasons put forward by these people carry with them the realisation of their inberent dignity and worth.
They the quickest way bl destroying the substance of the African culture.
They complain bitterly of the disruption in the life pattern, non-observation of customs, and constant derision Trom the whenever any of them go through school.
Lack of respect for the elders is, in the African tradition, an unforgivable nod cardinal sin, Yel how can one prevent the loss of respect of child
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NATIONAL conference or 15 Oct detence of Gay Newk ane of gays genera ly agaimat the banidash, To be nero at Bing
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for father when the child is actively taught by his know all White tutors to discogard his family's teachings? How can an African avoid losing respect for his tradition when in school his whole cultural background is summed up in one word barbarism"
To add 1o the White-oriented education received, the whole history of Black people is presented as a long lamentation of repoated derears. Strangely enough, everybody has come to accept that the history of South Africa starts 10 0321O often-told lie that Blacks arrived in this country
of attention has to be paid to our history it' me as Blacks want to aid each other in our coming into constipusness,
We have to rowrite our history and describe in it the heroes that formod the core of resistance to the White invaders. More has to be revealed and stress has to be laid on the successfil nation-
SELEIS by people like Shaka, Moshoeshoe and Hinesa
Our culture must be defined in concrete teres We mist relate the past lo the present and demonstrate an historical evolution of the modern African. We must reit the atlempts Dy the powers that he to project an arresced image
-inliset
apeakers and discuss on
Saotamber ar Paddy
1. commencing 7.45pm
atre's play about the struggle of the
Portuguesa peopla açainat fasciso
Power of the Winda: Theatro Tech-
nis, 9 York Way. London N7. 101 267
0439) Sat 8 Dei, 3pm. Forowed by
discussion. Tickela 21 (Students
CAPa 50c)
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 29 September 1977 Page 13
of our culture. This is not the sum total of our
They have deliberately arrested our culture as the tribal sage to perpetuate the myth African people were bear-cannibals, bad no real ambitions in life, and were preocupied with sex and drink. In fact the wide-spread vice offen found in the African lownships is n result of the interference of the White man in the natural evolution of the true native culture. "Wherever colonisation is a lact, the indigenous culture begins to o and amond the ruins something begins to be boen which if condemned to exist on the margin allowed it by the European culture: It is through the evolution of our genuine culture that our identity can be fully rediscovered.
We neuse seck to restore to the Black people a value of human relationships; to highlight the fact that in the pre Van Riebecck days we had a high regard for people, their property and for life in general; to reduce the hold of technology aver man and to reduce the materialistic element that is slowly creeping into the African character.
BUY BLACK
It goes without saying that the Black peopie of South Alica, in ordei to make the Docessa scrides in the new direction they are thinking of have to take a long look at how they can use their
econonic poser to their advantage. Al the situation stands today, money from the Black world tends to take a uni-directional flow to the
White society. Blacks huy from White super markets, White greengrocers, White bottle
mores, White chemists, and, to crown it all, those
who can, bank at White-owned banks. Noedless to say, they travel to work in government-pened trains or White-owned bases
If then we wish to make use of the little we have to improve our lot, it can only lead to greater
awareness of the power we wield as a group. The
'Buy Black' campaign that is being waged by
some people in the Johanneshurg anea must not
It is often claimed that the advocates of Black
consciousness are hemming themiselves in into a
closed world, chousing to weep oo cach orber's
shoulders and thereby cutting out wsetal dialogue
with the rest of the world Yer I feel that the
Black people of the world, in choosing lo reject the legacy of colonialism and White domination
and to buikd around thomscives their own values,
sandards and outlook to life, have at last
established a solld base for meaningiul co-
operation amongst themselves in the larger battle.
of the Third Warld against the rich nations.
As Fanon puts it, "the consciousness of the self
is not the closing of a door to communication....
National consciousness, which is not nationae-
ism. is the only thing that will give us an
internacional dimension. This is an encouraging
alen, for there is no doubt that the Black-White
power struggle DUO THIES
microcosm of the global confronation between
Ine taira word and the rich waite nations al
the world which & manifesting itself in an ever
more real manner as the years go by.
Thus, in this age and day, one cannot but
welcome the evolution of a positive outlook in
the Black world. The wounds that have beo
inflicted on the Black world and the accumulated
insults of oppression over the years were bound
to provoke reaction from the Black people. Now
we cao sit and laugh at the inhumanity of our
powerfil masters, knowing only too well tha
they destroy themselves and not us with their
Insolent cynicism. Naw we can listen to the
Baroet Potters concluding will apparent glee
and with a sense of sadistic cumph that the
fault with the Black man is to be found in his
genes, and we can watch the rest of White society
echoing "amen", and stall not be moved to the
reacting type of anger.
We have in us the will to live through thew
ring times; over the year se have atrained
moral superiority over the white man; we sha
watch as Tume destroys bis now chat all chese little prac Paper cascles an
vere but franti
atterupts of frightened lidle people to convince
each other that they can concrol the minds and
bodies of indigenous peoples DE Africa
indefinitely.
VIOLENCE egainst women Work- WANT A GAY TIME? Mary White public ca cu saspeckson Freedor|Heckne
Town HAI 7.14 27 Sept. Gay New buck, Tobenhum Cl Rid, 29 Sept 8pm B.asoners ner in put opposto MERSEYSIDE Vioriei Action sup
HULL Traces Council anti-selet Gnest speaker Seu ommittee open meating 1o mol Woonesday o for 8 c Aul and Tamenta
Doyle a Ba The Tritan, Faradise St., Liverpool
COVENTRYS Labour movement. slemaros and politic aber. Detalls frem WEA, 81 Berko-
WOMEN in Eastem Euroce. Meetint FIGHT racisml Stop the Nael Front to discuss bourgoois-feminist i emania and ouriant debatla abai
10.30a Contral LPYS and Anti-lasciat Dolence Campaigi
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the fascists Two views
COMMENT
Fighting
1
ANTHONY BARNOT Lawisnam
writing an- the (Secialiat Challenge No.13) nakes some pertiner of the actions and political DOSIOnS SaNOn DY InO Tor OrE Ir i s intorventon in, ano горогюо of the events of 13 August.
We hope that in the future he HELHU Do nen CHC SinG nu recton wnee in our yeetey are certainly more needed. L.e.,
the diy and ih Morming Siboar
Wa fully
Worou LEtomd Cmissions wce moce inina reports about the role of various
f the ralher naive posturings o
organisation pleeda organisation played
mainh he real preparations betorehand among me Te Cos C ne 12 01 270 THE
nti-fascist vançuard, which le
We agroo aiso that the use of SUDIRTONE IOM CU Or COREUATIC justify particular actions or posi-
2
I WOULD LIKE to be able to congratulate WHO nOVO
calling for a NF march ban an at last the Tameside march
Socialist
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Ш nOL nO TOBIO bullding of a mass worcing olass uniled front against the fascists. Equally to use the bons, savinc on ine one nand TART THRY SIO IncomooL DUT DI the other, that there are other raasons for stopping the Front, without saying what they are, or how they should De sopped iB 8 Curous omesionSaHE dealing with the Lesaona of LWe belleve the record so tar
it is thosn in iho CP and th labour and trade union move mient who argue for thair 'slter-
the fasciate
lorms of the 'respectebilit: MEB OTOT BHe Wn CUTOH WHEC SCHON OA IHR ARSIS OT nO platform for tascists, who need
to re-leam the lessons of how to fight the lascists, Whatever the
1e11. i canainly cannot in Ene main, be criticised for playing e divisive role in the anti-fascis OVUIaunE As mambers of the IMG in
Lewisham,
Communtst Lea gualde bone ty
Heciam & FAseT (PALCARAP) Lewisham
Comsin 2r eenss Came
sod reetine has base tantee wouice Tko say anti-tascist movement has beer
done a service, but am unable
place ina. tm sure
garded as a success by man)
1 fact though the Inciplent mas anti-fascist movement may. been badiy damaged. The 20,000
anti-tascist trade unionists due
NORTH WEST
or detalls of actiicies in 1
Challene e i
Manchester
WARRINGTON
LONDON
FaER
HOME COUNTIES
BASINGSTONE Chuich S
Chai rata rening. 7-0, %, 5
MIDLANDS
pebic realing Senilat Unilem
blic meeling.
aign, set up by the SWP, for the broscest possibie unity in actior
Hon hom n noa ced opali.
same quotasupporters in ALCARAF TaJEn Trom trO DuIsE To wOt Tnel Campaion basis as apposed to their "lighting fasciam in one approach because they wantec to control the campaion through ALGAMAF, 0П 8 1008 088I8; the greateat unity. it ops re th In thie we arqued that to bulid ALCARAF demonstration
targe contingents fram the far
Jaft and anti-fascist bodies havIng the "no platform' ine ALCARAF and ita followera to 200 5 40429591 Bust on tha ttebion nor
darity with the black and Asist
community and against the NF THTCI
While it is true that cerlain of
he SV owmo ana bocis!
et Worker ignored the noed tr argue for their positions, except
Smaine Young sectarian way, and downplayed
SWP mer ers togning ay
nond, fought alongaide the IMG and othere in ALCARAF and the labour movement to achieve this
Contrast this with the pos-
Clam have plao beln baniied march peacetull that SnesiTor
miserable few hundred Fronters
Make no mistake, It is not the Front who will bear the brunt o the ban, It is the left. The chance
to build a mass movement t
raclalism
back, while the Front appears to
"dembcretic wheress the left i. BICUIIT.
Frayed as a bunch of hoa
hs. We must not disrogard th
the
that one agrees that a bourgeol!
goverment should
right to ban marches. It Is givin;
met ta oe en ogie
NTA CIHSN ENECS
broken, It Is time wo took stock
If the bourgeoisie usas a ban at
excuse siate then it is a heavy price to
The way forward is to ligh
political Interference by the stat
and to bulld
mavement against racism in the
WorKinE HaNS fight the NF. Campaign for thi
Labour Party to fight, build loca
unions, build bases in the black
inadequate
MANY COMRADES on the revolu-
tionary left in this area have been
aurprisad
o ho hagh nay
having
in tet hie
DUDDOE5S
Iself did not have the impact on
a11rect a grea
from rank and file workers, strike
JIA P0IS1E
•TO CHE Un s TaBUr
and supportere to heip build the
narch right from the start, rather
inan belatedly paying it lukewarm
PETE
Soclallst Warkers
KEN MATHESON [West Londor
international Marxiat Group]
Sadauu
Campaign ALCARAI CONDNUOIH
1am 21 Campaign, SOUTILUE
TOO DCTONS WOrE O SISINE support would bolised by a CP
position, st
local SWP.
called "luantic lefl".
LILIHSIEAUIC ALM L and hear such arguments
AnG TAALPnRa
IMG]
solve this sake COT them. and CUTEHI
set the atate on th
forces both have their potentil
outloak
between
strengthen the
againat the NF CCOH
AUPLTEUIC Involve the
Totally WATIONAL RICHT T0 WÜ
and alarmed al the
that the RTW Ilgn Is the only cred|bia atlan bullding among the
present your toteily in-
Although the
no ent that pr
communwhich It passed clalms 10 , Why than
SLOMAN [Weet Midd:
Parlyl
tions taken by the Lewisham C
«Goni lore
SUDDOM LEWIETET ET SETDa BRG SE! to nrEwien sHaH" MhE sH to allow representatives from the
into extended CHuC neuSe OS ICHnU AH COUIH IHESO HnU
statements attacking the Lewis
demonstration
Snon Hisa. on 1e sa 1na 1
ZNE alienate white working sleward whe UTe EO nU ITa SorES7H Do not sccapt ne ponce telung us whare to march, you should rollary to these capitulations can OH SHHN IN THA IMoO20 W TA LDOr Bon roHCo Low snan Councli on the use of halla b
This puts Inti practice the scandalous position Voiceo wy Ic Laoou mayorg equating the fasciate with the so
Th Sircele,
It la when we see such actions
we really wonder whothor the CP
MALCOLM KITSON [SE London
communities. Only the masses
guestion with nadership. taking the NF. nollon and tha siale on In thi stroets ourselves is pure adventurism as well as being apolitical
contaxt of a mass cam
paign. We have to use our force in a way to involve hundreda o nasonca Dr wDiLHs oman It Is nat revolutionary to encour-
age black youth to go and fight
adventuriam and the state win. It is essential to bulld our
HUERCHI
politically in order to fully utilis
WI MESSCO DI MONO ToI hr sios Dw s HAss moremCHl
I insiet that the line drawn is
ald elass Independence Ve bourgeois
ShouD DE OmAIs DoDosco to any
popular front style agreements
between the left and the atale
Workers' United Front
AAR NT COC Sm HiU CosGIm
Against all State Intervention
For a Mass-movement Outlao
Against Sectarian and Ultraleft
PAUL ANDREWS |S.E. London]
САМРАСЯ
Ukraine-
the Workers which
wishful
thinking
on the
Carnival
UNTIC Iw Weeks egoi Spoahat he see ich Cngigna hac nething ar an to sav on Pile yeats nonps Hin Gainival 1 sas 1hirelors g-aimag to sou the frat viewpaint to be. ie most cperasnod tayate, t expressed inrough acho the som of coverans tha - THeo Te couneoe prua
Daue Shling aw' leher oon. pising corents lke; D was ansare for a white person tp walk as lach of eraciive self-organEurodadedang muoged oir my ay-foie cata tis rodetietis in ganisatico "to ceal with, foees the, same comp as thone who-do oreb emp Wlt te baged plasn not Cisingp she batwoen smai, aisgorstiop of the apriahics netfe olespockalling, ele and wnich besps rogglestnroeruc sialent cema The arindina 9 amracuen-le leipmf Srirgre ana blacke llberatien Mbioki
youths who soit to perty erime simply to sunwve to not orlg wrong, bal nat s the ons to which wa hav down-aht recint
Warsa lo cop n i siumion SHEILA MALONE IN. Londor mersly & throst to whiteg on te MGl Stresls fs te lomn thg toal asek sh irs taad, 1 tha pumnade wa: aprurfest to tipe pittie ant white Joeling al Cemira
t Seant-s per oi teo 1 mnjo iei selves ep thair awn com shopic soa te cink y-Hte rustans, to particuia his asa et decae baut atiet jou ne brache ate oon po
In saying this, wo do not at wl identity with ine Socialiat Wigrk Uchoic is Justified, dess rooled Vouth and HkE i ar noi, ta going to defetate@ prane on cannor. uh Face котя ant-wnhe rantests
is etiobto hare atanaa Supy, rupi carisat tn the Tite! prpet-isetce THE TWO recent articies Ukrainian nationaliem are guilty of somelhing that we must
- WISNULRINKINO
How good It would be if then
was In fact ar explosive poll
cal situation in the Ukraine' an ' growing unrest in the Ukraine in
CeNdNICATTH UKFRER HI and Peasants; • Union WaS about a dozen people who were HAT HIINSTHE SEYURLOERYOD
The level of aciivity among interlectual dissidents. . Includ ing those who raise the national
uestion, is comparable lo th ErICEN INEE, RIETO LR ENE Inner-party manosuvring of self
bunsaucrat Shelest as evidence of wide
the possibly new significanice of such questions as nationality In the context of a workers' state CeTE o ored GTIC necessarily right to condemn es
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 29 September 1977 Page 14
de unio thobe sina anh
stic int lew abont andt
intamalg Vouh-hos
scorneu by te alask sopirtatie
dayahot as the lesher leces
Dprlajee Ricet srewentina Horouw sleclan, tuim the pon manty atidn atampt.lo draw, in
ou? papoo ine fouths, themasieas accessery at thó Celnlvs sutatgacisalsnet ana rifitarislie
golütione shoud pol 1s-aug
myani war. Jsahon witin the deamsnines
Toe nanpesgry tara-eim of
on a propien no tor black atra
Ts mi slenden hich in abaeet Pam
the pagea of ine ledt al presen
icicalod Spclanet Dodden
lo soprees dursénes
L200010
hmse eilarar whie tharp orglac
We sre Astans atia: wan
present at the Carival, We was
sursalvas jostled ans ectusily
saw. an Amn CEUTOE Doin
Naturlig tha tacl 10a1-1h
-youln th bis bose ard black
giyas the phanomenon sn adued
dimengion. All thie mate reaseu
CCCnOIIC
drawal of roubles from the
Ukraine ,when many of them an
used to relleve poverly
develop industry in the backwand
WETAI ASIRA THIUDICRE1SI
necossarily right to scoff at the
Idea af nations gradually draw-
ing closer together?
The crucial issue is. of course.
undersland and consent to these consent.
Sociaiist Chellenge het
COCL OWO On BOHHERU CHU
total lack of democracy in the Soviet Union. As to hou Ukrainian peaple understand th CO-IOm IRC INC Unocr, ar wid ZNCHSSEI TECNnI their com mitment to it — we just dont know. Which makes it al the mone тропап со влазає do nave conily and objactivaly as possBARBARA BROWN [North WWTOH
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Sci-fi: The alternative to
TV's fears for 1990- too much
LENTON reports.
What first becomes obvious when looking at science fiction is hat it can he broadly divided into two calevorics, The tust 15 bed byche with worst and
Smith at its worst and Isane Asimov at us best, El 1S characterised by its complete failure to go beyond the confines
bilities inherent assume that capital fors of social organisation are all chat is possible. This shows up in a number of ways The story 1s set HOUSEWIVES
This sart of literature is par ATS CACHUTE BE CUL of the position of wome ally they are port them to their limit.
It was this side that came to the by JONATHAN ROSENHEAD
someone else had already used the title.
This is the scenario. Britain lies impoverished in the grip of TOMEONE WUNCHUrICT whose tentacles reach out to the smallest details of personal life. lors of Culture throttle the flow of unwanted ideas. HMSO prints
UNDER REVIEW
space operas
Socialists are often drawn into speculative conversations which start with the phrase After the revolulion...' We all know that things will be different. But how different?
To see how our own views hold up and how much we are able to break from the present reality it is worth examining that other group whose bread and butter is a different future — science fiction writers. ALAN
fore during the McCarthy period in thems scare sause an
savage satires abour the logical
America by selline taçir stories in the future.
The classie story in this genre is The Space Merchants, by Fred
'socialism'
The only reason 1990, the eight-part thriller just started on Mondays on BBC-2 wasn't called "1984" is because that would be a little too close for comfort. Oh yes, and
everything down to uplifting tales for Lots Bully boys from the Control Department Home Office track down parnsites, the work-shy, malingerers.
Seemingly everyone wants to ger out to America
erick Pohl and C.M. Korbluth, which describes an attempt by an American multi-national to sell e
sort of writing still internalised a dol of the norms of hourReDis society. considerable step Forward from
n recent years, mainly und he Impact of th of science fiction another step forward. TACO TOM & DULLIE CELESHIN of capitalist society to a positive experimentation with new social
In Le Guin's books the plot
[sident artists and writeis an
couraged to do just that. Bu not doctors and scientists, wis
ave to siga away 10 yean s
heir life before they can b trained
Mepal emigrants are puni enemy number two one are the dissidents who don't want to leave.
DEFEATING THEBUGS
So far, so had. But this picture oF 1987 Public political control. True, TAL TOE UNCLES. have the drugged dart-guns to immabilise Heeing
day to day living of
bear children
Venus. Although thi
it was nonetboless a
that begins
contradiction. made SCHILIP ha experience
from its confines.
LEV NUSSBERG » Construction 1'[1062), from Unofficiel Art from the Sovlet Afl, publisbed by Secker & Warburg
location
numbe (et's compromise) is
But now we there in 1
suspects, publicity)
Job.
ICE spisodes
Many cheap thriler.
misleading. we are. interested in these
- LIT
interference, 100 SHOOTECIS
merely becomes a device around which she hangs the implications of her main theme. Thus in Left the Implications on the level of
heie the same see and ate 10
In The Digpassensed Le Guin poses Be problems or schang u an anarchist community using modern technology, how to fight cuacarcy, and even how to swear
fiction has a make peuple question their assumptions abour Science fiction is grounded in a
Albough it is opportunity.
The of science ariters is formed in the present,
SULLES this is no depends on their ability to break MULERITE • Those authors who unastanely or otherwise fail to transcend 0571. the ronic veil the and din
Labou centres
arie treatment ye porti
aare the tail and to te
elite.
ills as a cost-effective way t
duce prison congestion by it tensifying the unpleasantness.
Everyone who is anyone assumes s/be is being bugeed though our heroes Kyle and Lomas dents counter-technology to defeat the toge ve got this far without Tal Trac
is a mock-raking Joumalist cr one of the teg remaining indep endent dailies. Delly Lomas (Barbara Kellerman) is the suave deputy controller of the Public
He ambivalent feelings about her hecause be is heiping to smuggle interests. out illegal emigrants, but fancies her. She (according to the BBC:
torn between her regard for Kyle and her bebel in Continue to spar for the remals-
STATE SNOOPERS
This could be the story line fo
Wbere th cicalive energy has gone into constructing a possable picture of a technology-based Strong State, and here the series (devised by Wilfred Greatares) is grimly compelling. It is also dangerously
after all, primarily science-fact/fiction epics not for
tell us about th future, but for what they reven about the present, And the perils about are of too much State
many State
these bounds are doomed 1
reflections of capitalist society That such stories are acceptabl to the status guo in indicated by the way in which, for example Asimov's writing now features in English Literature courses.
Fo the extent that writers do manage to overcome these ab stacies, bowever, sacy produc works which directly confront
ideology. and this work should be supported and encouraged by socialists. Science
tremendous polen-
ideas about what we are fighting for. It is to be regretted
ALAN LENTON is manager of The Other Bookshop which lan
accident] has TETTLE fiction iterature — at 328 Uppe Street, London NI. Tel 0i-22t
The Government I clearly Labring and hiding pold wain! vainly
signs to avoid the wealth tax; bu control has gravitated to 'hoolipan bureaucrats'. Civil servants
are the new (and rich) power
In other words, the Strong State has come about because of 1950 took very rich lie Rustin much "socialism'. Britain 1977, The underground dissirevolutionary series or mill are portrayed, not
TITORISS
rough hewn individualists seekThe threat to liberty is shown as bourgeois civil liberties. coming from power-bung
ureaucrats, not from the co parate bosses WEDS CIC they serve. Ultimarely, although 1990 acutely describes Lhe contro potential of available technology, it accompanying distor
JONATHAN ROSENHEAD I Joint author With Carol Ackrowd
Karen Margolis and Tim Shailice of The Technology of Polit Scal Control, published COTINY this wear by Penguin or E1.25.
FINE OTHER CMEMA
25 Tottenham Street, London WI. Tel: 637 9308
GRUNWICK FILM Benefin for Grumwick Strikers, First public showing of
By the Poster Film collective. One showing only, Sat. 1 Celober, 8 30pe
conomla disruption.
PIERROT LE FOU. A revyal of Jase-Lun Godard's much loved and most
ascessible film, a dazzi
we day a pm. staring demeal Belmond ed Anna Karina.
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ALMIGENT
Challenge
to
imperialism
by TOM WILSON
'Challenge to Imperialiser i the title of a series of nine films to be shown on Friday nights at the Nottingham Flim • Theatre begi MEIE 30 September Antonio Das Mortes.
The series inclades Third World films which переветі a political and cultural resistance to imperialism, such as The Gar from Brazil, and Emital an films made from within imperial The the third is fet Chile (che
sompleted) are included as p of the linest political realist filen yet made.
series for the attended Friday group. also arranged publicity, and a 96-pag of background
wear wars mal discussion after the
Traps Out Movemen Solidarity to follo related to these st
InC SELLES Christmas with formal and pol
more closely. Li
Women's G arrange a Fridi
There are
the British Film there are independer and college him societies might be encouraged to shon programmes similar Many of these films are rarel shown outside London
For further information on th
Nortingham Juim series, or in
tries regarding as organ
Tel: 0602 622593.
rons, is available from the nan
address, price 50p inc. pomeg
The Friday films at 7,30pmt are a
The Nottingham Film Thrame
Broad Streer, Nottinghan da. 3d aptember to Thur Coober al 3 46pm.
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Fascists behind London jail break
Don'tletitdrag on! IN THE fight to help Trotsky
LURE COUT ASS dragoa, a Canadian supporter
Used blow for 450 Along with the cheque were the
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That ISO was matched by : milar cheque from our New wastle supporters, and from athas throudom the world over E180 came in to the fighting fund a lavek. Our regular son, who give in a donation through a bankers order, added a unher C130. That brings week's contribution 10 E317.38.
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Prom Thame
From T in Stepnes Laigi Torr particularly took th Fancy, with his 1 actress wife and society connect
fact Torrl Is at the front of an beefil operation involving the Matis on
two continents, heroin smuggling, and fiscist terrorism. CHRIS and polite O'BRIEN reports.
The story starts inauspiciousl enough, with the • regulat Companies Act 1976, Clause 31,
which came into force in April this year, is designed to an anomaly in the British bank in the no. social, will be the so-called fringe there- There
banks, registered in will be Anguilla or St Vincene for about a
previously required to break or shareholders Portu
very fly-by-night who needed a
sinister operation.
Trade Secretary Edmand Dell was hardly aware of the bornets DEsi new legislation MiT. Quickly the extent of fraudulent business control of
plen the the new or and
into 10 CUTE. enlisted the help of the Seriou Crimes Squad
g00 BACKGAMMON
One of the first banks to Fall was the Universal Banking Corp bration of 250 Crawford Street near Haker Street. Lase Decen ber, aeven popo
1000 tion of a false balance sheet as ar
inducement to purchase. Among
was aise charged with possession
DOLL forged banknotes,
Loyola Chanding forged chec and Gino Scalamandra, orld-class backgammon playe Agnolo was already know to Italian the armed robber bi sai
Nevertheless bail was provided at €20,000 cach from
Polo jumped bail, country,
So far a simple story of police laxness, but the thing the (scanty!
British press TEALS
mention was that a number of those arrested had known conn ections with the terrorist far right in Italy,
TIP-OFF
Sources in Italy and Spain Universal Banking Corporatior as involved in distributing mo ta named accounts of know the Banuo de Bibao in London, fascists througbout Europe: the Banco Espanel the main office of the Hanco de Alicante, the Banco Meridional and tbe Madrid and another unidentified bank in Malaga.
The information is from re liable sources and two other fact
Septand are their tor the
judge Pier Luigi Vigna, who wa investigating the murder of Jud ge Villoco Occorso tw fascist SEL SAIT.
Secondly, the brother of the
on malti-millior charges escaper
Magistrates Cou last Thursday. P
good looks, I
• lovable villain. But in
massing of th
eliminate
- the tertiary sector
bank: of small places bike
were пОс register
ELIO MASSAGRANDE quickiv ROBERTO LOYOLA DI WaSTESSE UDO arrested with PIER LLIGI TORRI (abow fraudulenty obtaining по якісо япи
Concutelli, and 1 have beeo unahle
SEWER
did bod To the French
seems th
Brussels, Gaulle in literally!
de Granada in
Wing them lo the account
ner of the
Chiaic and Saluatore
man universally hellesed to be lettists.
Accorsio's murderer, Pier Lui;
visited London i
November Inst year, only week
recore the Scoland Yard arrest He was followed by Italinn secret police agents who saw bim ente a bank. They refuse to revenl thr Rey
ame, but we have good resso Madrid
o believe that it was the LEk
CATACI
Anther piece of Information which
we have received, if true, cor firms the fascist connection sil TarDs my 1900AJ0enс
peggiari and some accompli
shed the Societe Cleveral Metaux Precieux in Nice
mey and precious metal to!
e at least 40 million francs: was atele To prevain, are 80 even ione member of the OAS, the far right TASCISE formier terrorist organisation pledged 1o part of the opposition 1o Algerian indepen-
des calle in is had deer..
Wedefinitely know where soun
o' the booty ended up. Elio Massa PLAYBOY 20800, 80 8080 050050 100 connections in Greece and Spai cook theee Societe Generale gold bars from Haly to Spain, deposit film produce
of Jase Luis Clemente Antonio, the own
puntamen
zza bouse in Madrid, who b pravided succour 1o Stefano delle bome.
Francia, two Italian fascists directly implicated in the murder of Spanish
Exclusive
ALBERTO SPAGGIARI Sociale Ganeral a ate
Uretel Barking Car oration: (UBC 920030000
Cristo Rey. Accomalic CONCUTELLI
Members of DAGNO LOs gang amented i heroin linkee
Massgrande and Fraticia were arrested in Marchafter the discovery of all arins factory Mudrid Nat owned by Mariano
Sanchez Covisa, the loader of the
Cristo Cartridges found in the aTins factory exactly mack Those lound on Pie Luigi Concutelli when he was arrested in Italy a few weeks
They also malcbed the bullets
killed five Commenist
Jaguary. Afler Judge Vigna ha released further informtion link ing Conculeill to Sanchez
mast drew Concutell WaS the Tralian Link with the CBC in Londo
However, our sources tell us of
direct Link with Spaggiari and the Nice robber: We are informed that the UBC was a clearing house for a large pottery. which formed the ble proceeds of the money distributed to the fascist bank accouses.
This is where Pier Luigi Torri
im producer married no tie
married actress Marisa Mell, is warted by
posee on crus charges. He also has a four yea iail stretch waiting for him back
He too has long-time far right connections in Italy, which dk not seem to worry the clients al
PORATION LICHE
PIER LUIGI CONCUTELL implicated in Mad
SANCHEZ COUSA
alone with
This aeroplare
his Maritime Bank (registered it
enguilla again) nor la the
ternational Contiberce Ba noT Jose Manuei da Silva of Lisbon. who received regula
account,
BEAR
Jattes Maude, the owber Bear Securities, which acted fo the ICB, categorically denied What Torri was among the ICE's direcrors or sharebolders, but che beauty of fring e banking is tha Ibere is no legal record of whe those directors and shareholders BIC.
Thi police koew differently On 6 May the Torni after a dawn raid on the ICB whose name becoming increasingly linked wich the now *Continned no page 12
OUR NEW MASTHEAD
We hope our readers like the Chelenge man end Senile design of Socialist had a number of letters asking whether our drapping of th two slogans For untiler revolutionary organistion' and *For a Socialist Opposition represents a change in editorial policy. answer No.
We continue to stand by our policy of standing for a building a new, non-sectarian revo lutionary organisation in Brit
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