Socialist Challenge No. 44, 4 May 1978
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No 44 4 May 1978 15p
Socialist Challenge
Build the Anti Nazi League
INSIDE: FRANCE: Althusser's Bombshell Pages 8 & 9
BOOK REVIEWS: John Fowles, David Edgar, Gregor Benton, Hilary Wainwright
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EDITORIAL
Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1.
Editorial 01-359 8180/9.
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Hats off to
the SWP
IT WAS FANTASTIC. That is the only way to describe last Sunday's carnival. After months of racist propaganda; after massive publicity for the fascists on television; after growing attacks on blacks, this was the best possible response. A new generation of anti-fascists showed their colours. What better way could there have been to celebrate the tenth anniversary of 1968.
The carnival did not fall out of the sky, It was organised. The Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism were the sparks that ignited the anti-fasciat fire. politics and culture was vital in offering an alternative to the tens of thousands of youth who carried ANL banners and placards on Sunday.
But a further point also needs to be stressed. Nazi League did not fall out of the sky either, it was an Initative undertaken and launched by the comrades of the Socialist Workers Party. They threw the resources and political weight of their organisation to build the League: and ensure the organisation necessary to carnival.
True, they were not the only force, but without them this event would not have taken place. sectarianism to try and underplay this fact.
The problem which now arises is how the ANL is going to bulld on the success of the carnival. It would be a tragedy If the enthusiasm of last Sunday were to be dissipated, An Important factor which ensured the success of the carnival
non-exclusive character and SWP should compare this to the narrow way in which they organised their Right to Work campaign.
Thia has to be institutionalised at every lovel of the ANL This means bullding the League as a broad, single-Issue organisation at the local as well as the national level. It also means allowing local groups a fair amount of autonomy in terms of activity and encouraging the affiliation of groups like the All London Teachers Against Racism and Fasciam instead of erecting organisational impediments.
It is now obvious that the ANL needs a conference of ita active We can share apprehensions of the SWP in relation to such a conference becoming a bear-garden and alienating League supponers because of sectarian bickering. A conference devoted to discussing whether or not the ANL Is a 'popular front or similar rubbish would, in our opinion, However, what does need to be discussed is what the central focus of the League should be.
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament had a clear focus. It sought to capture the Labour Party and fight in the
The Vietnam Solidarity Campaign. focus: The American embasny in Grosvenor Square
The ANL needs to discuss where it is going and now. Such a discussion will be of immonse practical importance in the coming months. What Iles ahead is probably the most vicious General Election in postwar British history. The Anti Nazi League has to organise its troops 1o intervene in this period throughout the country. At the same time it needs to organise cement the new alliance so brilliantly brought about by Rock Against Racism.
AUEW disaster
TERRY DUFFY is the new President of the AUEW. This represents workere. The fact that the union's rule book will now be unmitigated disaster 'Interpreted" by Brother Duffy is a fact that will please every right-winger in the labour movement. It will be greeted with hymns of praise by Bernard Levin and the Tory press, which
actively campaigned for Dully's victory
Dully will now use the precedent first established b
Carron and recently emulated by Scanion 1o cast the
million and a half votes he deems fit. Duffy's Law will probably be used to the
detriment of every militant in the Engineering Union.
Duffy's election represents a sharp drift to the right by one of the country's two most powerful unions, What now
becomes even more vital than ever before is a fighting
organisation within the AUEW
The leaders of the Broad Left should not waste too much
time in drying their tears. They
convene a conference of all those who supported Wright to
plan a campaign in the coming months.
on both the way forward for the Engineeripp
members and the fight for union democracy. Duffy's victory
shows that the two issues are closely related.
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SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 1978 page 2
Distribution and The fusion of
The Anti
bulld the
It would be crass
comrades some
disastrous.
too, had a
Tocal carnivals and discos to further *no fun.
angineering solution problem'.
of engineering workers in the way
should immedialal NUPE. This should centre Party
ANTI-RACIST NEWS
TOM ROBINSON addresses 1 IT WAS a day they will write songs about. We will look back on 30 April 1978 in years to come and say "Remember...."
Remember the day that 80,000 people stood up, danced, sang, marched and smiled defiance. Defiance not just at the Nazis, their politics of fear, ranting and
Defiance too at the establishment politicians, who, for the last six months, have been falling over each other to play the 'white card" as un election winner. Who have argued with each other, not really about each other's racialism, but ahout who is offering the best
to the 'Immigration
Their racialism was put to shame on Sunday. It was put to shame best of all by those who perhaps could be excused most for looking for black brown scapegoats. The young wbite underprivileged who made up the bulk of the carnival.
Of course the usuals were there as well. Union banners from
NALGO, COHSE; revolutionary left, Communist
and Labour Party contingents. Paper sellers, book
sellers, badge sellers.
But that was not what made it.
- Luton nate not
EEL PULSE
It was the punks, rockers, school kids and others who have never been to a political event in their life who made it special.
Some will say they and the majority of the 80,000 wouldn't have heen there but for Tom Robinson, The Clash and the sun. And they are probably right. But there is nothing wrong with using every weapon at our disposal to fight fascism.
Those who see demonstrations as at best a duty and at worst a chore could only have been exhilarated at the difference of 30 April; at the music, joy, and enthusiasm.
If many did come for the music how many went away wearing ANt or 'Fight Racism' badges?
Socialist Challenge supporters
sold 7,000 of the latter before the carnival was half over, and that sayS
Anti
something about the effect the carnival had.
Alright, we should not be swept away into thinking that 80,000 will turn out on a wet winter's afternoon to march against the Front in East London.
We should not pretead that the Front and racialism lost the war on Sunday; we should remember that the next day an estimated 1,500 members of the Front marched secretly through central London and that the Front could well get 100,000 votes in London in the local government elections on 4 May.
But having said that, what was seen on Sunday at the march and carnival was a glimpse of the Tutore.
Most of all, racism, which for months has become "respectable" through the mouthings of the establishment politicians, 1SP413 driven back into the gutter by 80,000 people.
And that is where i belongs.
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lazi League
BURY PORTE
Photo: ISLINGTON CON LENGE & May 1978 page 3
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HOME NEWS
by MART COLLINS and GEOFF BELL
policeman they like to make Hollywood.
the white Anglo-Saxon southern states of America.
But Anderton is nol figment of a movie mogul's imagination. Anderton is alive, Mancheste. ICAL running. the
force Greater
Of everything that is known about Anderton, this fact is the most amazing.
That someone with Anderton's opinions and record can rise to his position in good old liberal Britain is a significant
Anderton hit the headlines SAISE 18S1 week when sounded off 011 LEVISION against the European Court of Human Right's condemnation of the Isle of Man's practice of birching young lawbreakers.
i have long advocated a selective Corpora punishment for certain offenders', Anderton declared
ABSURD
Up until now it is Anderton's "anti-porn" campaign
has attracted most attention.
He mas taken to absurd
lengths. Recently his officers
confiscated
magazine produced by the Sun
featuring reproductions of its
pa ge three poses.
By the same criteria
Anderton could seize copies of
the Sun itself, and that is an
indication of just
dangerous his oensorship cam-
paign is.
But while Anderton deploys
his police force to enforce his
promises.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 197B page 4
Is this the Stateof things to come?
Anderton's law
JAMES ANDERTON is the type of eccentric
films about
A John Wayne character, believing in the old traditional values, sounding off against long haired hippies, keeping women in their place, the hireling of
establishment
morality on the citizens of Manchester, he believes other areas of police activity have been 'over-manned" month he said that he intended to cut down on the number of police on traffic duty.
PRIORITIES From now on Manchester police will only he on accident prevention duty at established high spots.
Despite this, chester's Chief Constable has warned: "The present disregard for human life and safety is such that I predict a growing emphasis on personal LECTIO Abother example of Ander-
is the tation be has acquired as the guard. There was October last year when in the course of one day Anderton and the Labour Government mounted a police which operation which cost £250,000. heleopters were deployed by Jeeps, squad cars, Anderton to ensure that in one area NF boss Martin Webste could march unmolested and in anocher arca a 300 strong fascist: demonstration could take place
how DEPRESSED The police were given little opportunity to display public order techniques on that
OUR NURSERY STAYS OK
ARMA
OXFORD NURSERY OCCUPATION
The seven weak old occupalion of South Oxford nursery came to
an abrupt end on 28 April when the city councli sent in the ballifis
lo evict the occuplers. Parents occupied the nursery in protest
against the council's plans to close il, and kept it running during
the whole perled of the occupation. Despite winning widespread
support the council chose to lanore all opposition and close I!
anyway. The avicied parents and their supporters are determined
to light on, They are continuing the nursery
in
some
Last
cccasion and perhaps that is already why Anderton
Amount a mock exercise of his socident
DoWD.
Greater Man- took place
depressed sier Collyhurst, where hundreds of police and soldiers invaded an estate one eveningmock machine-gun fire in the pro-
flats as armed soldiers enforced тери- There were road blocks, spot
and best body-
WEAPONRY Within the past few months his police force has quipped itself with an weaponry previously unheard
plies of Sterling sub-machin guns and the Armalite rifles together with a lazer-type rifle sight. "He would go a lot furtber if he had his forecast the identity cards and compulsory finger-printing for every ciltheir zen. He has gone on record to
demand LOU In Decenber apreement was negotiated and signed. It gave parity of wages skilled workers and registered dock workers. It was to take effect on 1 January. interim payment of €1.20 was to be paid cach week starling! January, 1975.
have the invidious position of having skilled working in unskilled dockers as labourers
less than Chern.
CONTAINER
container nearing start operation 1978.
there wat
get implemented.
CASIOTEE
remission decided parole for prisoners.
in the self-proclaimed city area of
Equality of life', There was
police and was kept 'good by a curtes. the nighiclubs
searches. duty to wage
which outlaw's
array same sex.
Anderton Manchester. focus for the 'Anderton's He has introduction of an evangelical
on 2 June.
abolition SOUTHAMPTON docks are at a standstill. workers stress that they have not withdrawn their labour or gone on strike, but they have prevented from carrying on normal working, thanks to the actions of management.
Below we print some of the comments made by a group of maintenance workers, all members of the Building Workers' Cnion, UCATI.
1974 an
maintenance January
the 1976. decided not to
was implemented.
We have still not achieved
with the dockers. We ULTIMATUM
shipwrights with
and taking home at least E15
unleas
Jevels
Towards the ent of 1977, a
berth completion, due 1o 10 January was Allough negotiations the
took place on manning levels,
agreement. negotiations did parity agreement
But the Dock Board turned
sub-machine gun.
of sentences and Gays,
Anderton likes to make a virtue of such suggestions. As ATECTION
good up- Police Activity. standing Christian he sees his Tameside
"the moral has already
For this cause he made sure that last Easter Good Friday
closing all city al midnight on the Thursday
He bus also scen it as his of the
campaign against gay clubs by prosecu- INQUIRY ting them under an uct of 1837
licentious June dancing'. 'Licentious" in this case means two people of the
It all adds up to a not ver Manchester." pretty picture and protests anc The demands for the sacking of pronouncements
are in Anderton The Immediate nough. opposition Law is the appearance of the man himself
rally THEE HAIL Manchester's Free Trade Hall
Inquiry.
Anderton will he spesking on the theme It's sour ate
Behind Sot'on docks closure
Containing parity
The
normal been man refused,
Toudspeakers
this down. The Board said it
was against the pay guidelnes and offered 10 per cent from l Wily?
providing
agreed to their manning levels
container COLEHS a mais meeting, we man 205
container berth until parity
On 9 March, we received an
ultimatum from management
in our wage packers threaten-
ing not to pay any increases
worked the
container bertb, the 206 berth
- according to their manning
by 14 March.
Chir annual agreement ex-
pired on 31 Dopember, 1977. It
bas been honoured by us.
management who agreement by
sending poople home. We have unanimously.
worked normally elsewhere in
the docks — until the lock our
- and were willing to continue | on the outstandine questions. I (shop steward, bricklayers). until a sertlement was reached Giles,
ment gotiate
reports Anderton and his weepons: the
[loft] and Sterling exocutive and labour movement activists are planning a picker under the banner
Out! Investigate DVEr staff Trades Council And Called TOL removal and on & May in the been Polytecbnic students union the Circater Manchester Committee of Anti-Fascist Groups tras called a meeting of all organisations who are for the sacking
Chief Constable.
The aims is to build for 2
lamich broades: possible campaigo for a labour movement inquiry into the role of the police in
public actions and James are worrying e What a full inquiry Ento his activities would reveal could be literally frightening Bar hetter to be frightened now
until, say... 1984
For information on the
Saud subrait evidence. contact: 3ed Moor 14
Manchester 1.
Alter the lock-out we approa ched management to return to
working
rescinded their order, for us to
206 berth. was the
Colike most disputes, management is offering us the
their hels and ta hold our
meetings. Normally they have to be held ourside the gates.
And although a major port
of this country is at a standstill it has hardly been mentioned in
the media. Why?
This dispute bas not been
made officlal. Why?
Management propose a 10
increase from
January, 1978, with parity on 1 August 1938, if the Govern-
ment permits. This is condir.
Jonal on our acceptance of
levels
on 206 berth. But this is a
worse position than helore!
UNANIMOUS
A mass meeting De 24 April consider management's
offer was turned down almost
L. Walkers (shop steward,
painters). M. Baxter. S. Hill
C. Brownine, A. Billows, F
B. Allen, A. Barnes,
Leeds:
hold
tight
please
TRANSPORT Union workers on the buses in the Leeds area began an indefinite strike following a branch hallot on 16 April. The action was taken because manage-
refused to nearound new revised service schedules.
GRAHAM WILLIAMS.
The Tory controlled Metro
bus services by 52 journeys a week, ated buses, to reduce lay
tame. and to re-deploy without negoriation. staggering 34 per cent incrense in lares — a figure which has
halved, thanks to concerted campaien by the TGWU and public transport consumer Hous The Tory West Yorkshire County Council has given its blessing to Metro's action by
its Five-year Structure Plan the intention to furlier rationalise bus services in West Leeds. The real issue 1s
LEAFLETS
Chances for a victory for the
crew are very good. Last year's
successful campaign linked up
with consumers. _und otte
Labour Cousty Councilior was
elected on a policy ol tota
opposition to service cuts or
fare increases
And public transport work
ers in South and West Leed
have refused to crois IGWU
picket lines om thie Leeds Cars
boundary. Thousands of leaf
jets aimed at bus users have
been distribured across the city
by bus crews
The Trades Council strikers
support
immediately, and helped to
publicise the issues involved.
The Labour Parly has been
slawer. It was not so keen to
publicise its opposition to cuts
when Labour's clection mani-
festo was being discussed.
OFFENSIVE
The TGWU needs to rally labour movement
defence of public services
which are under the Tory axe.
This isn't an casy job.
example, the full-time branch
secretary would not
unhappy if ACAS became
involved, so the whole dispute
could be called off.
Platform — a rank and file
group of transport workers
has a good record in the union.
Now should prest
policies winch can combine
winning the strike and pointing
the way forward beyond just a
defensire campaign.
SCHEDULES
in addition to ensuring that
the new schedules are with-
drawn, the right of the union
to vel all further schedules
must be Jocal
conference once this dispute is
settled could dran up new
schedules cod, if it involved labor hased
movement organisations and
public transport Consters.
This would lay the basis for
an alternative to future Tory
cuts and provide the sort of
constion aims that could unite
bus crews and bus users.
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The time to start
HOME NEWS
the war.
reced or phony op creagon scacmics
Secondly.
CHANELL Fashion Design Centre among others. expiam on tnt page.
Liverpool women
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production immediately*.
This workforce of 200
suddenly closed down.
similar situations.
The workers have mainTained a 24-bour sit-in at the factory, and are now getting
labour movement Merseyside. Financial help W essential — but more than just money will be needed to keep the workforce together. Only 50 wOmen
DETERMINED
The workers hope for a bayer but none has appeared. But the women are determined to continue the occupation. The Merseyside Women's Action group who are waging a campaign against Merseyside unemployment and specific etfects on women attended the last mass meeting.
PROBLEMS
They distributed a letter to the workers which raised some or that print the pee of the problems facing direction 11 might take. Socialist Unity has made the FD struggle part of sh electoral came as unemploy ment. FD workers have shared platforms with Socialist Unity speakers.
The women at FD have begun to fight back agains: closure and unemployment,
MATH CINCTTEMS Merseyside also face shu:downs. So what happens at FD
massive significance What are the
Closure, a buver, a workers' eep are toe tied and tested
But what experiences
OPTION
Closure: Vast numhers of
THE papers last week were proud to announce another drop in the unemployment figures. It is now 'only' 1.39 million - the highest for any April since
But there are two small catches. One is that these figures only refer to adull" unemployment. And they have beca artificially
unemployment le only measured among the because of sexist dole and social security laws and are not
The truth is that there has been no improvement. In an area le the North-west which 1s ny no means the worsti the bless have increased to 83,800 or 11.4 per cent. That bare figure can't express the hardship and humiliation of life on the dole.
And employers are making further moves to swell the Merseyside dole queues: at Leyland's Speke plant and at the
Bul, as our reporter: workers are resisting the threat redundancy, often in the face of sabotage from their own leaders.
demanding'
AN ADVERTISEMENT in a recent Liverpool Echo offered for sale an 'almost new garment factory with a willing and able workforce ready to commence
- nearly all women - has been occupying their factory since 20 March when the liquidators were called in after the factory
SANDY TOMKINS and MARY ROCHE report on the occupation of the Fashion Design Centre, and the options open to workers who find themselves in
its ол
WECAN beat unemployment. But it will take more than just pious words. We need a light for policies which say: we will not give up a single penny or a single joh to meet the cost of I USES CRISS
*35 hour week. When the of Ford workers put in their ciaim last year they estimaled that a
to 3741 hours would 100 new obs at Ford At hour week would mean 3,300
That extended to the
workers on Merseyside baue taken this option and some are
contemplating it as at Scan dards. No 2 plant.
Lyle, Plesseys, and Spillers.
SOLUTION
was workers find this a totally LAUL satisfactory solution, porary unemployment sidies maintain 110,466 workchi: the Job Creation Pro-
We can beat
the same princinie
workers.
employers-style
could whole
full pay, gramme
tion can only further.
original number of
Tate and
get re-employed.
apparent that PULL OUT
pull
again. For aulds, Fisher KME and Thornes.
of the firm.
Workers'
"Meredins,
the
in the USA
INJECTION
dilficulties,
ment in the long-term.
occupiers,
belp. cisgusted they a permanen: subsidy.
unemployment
*Work sharing with no loss of pay. This is an extension of
Siding scale so that the existing work is shared out among al
But I's not work sharing while
People ready in work should not pay
cost of the extra jobs.
There, should be no car in pay. rising at the
growing ment.
*Reduce Lhe retirement age for men and wonen to do no
away of 26,313 in the Wher these run out, the already- 1930s situa-
deteriorate branch
Buyer. Even when a buyer is
SOU on 9 May. government grants, there is no guarantee they will employ the
workers.
Where the workers have taker militant action to save jobs Union they can find that they don't
one-day
More often than not, bayers
grants cease. And the workers face the threat of closure once
example, Court- The Bendix/IPD/ spoke
By demanding to see the books workers can ensure at cast a knowledge of the state
individual co-ops. Sombe workers co-ops bave worked. Others face content prob competing on the market have
TOWELL. TO LUI and lay-off workers. who make Triumph motor bikes, have been successful but this co-op had resistance
privileged position of inheriting a guaranteed market
plan.
The injection of Govern- reports. ment moncy at first gets co-ops started. But then they are left to sink or swim when the money stops. Added to these Tity
wokers' co-ops 1500,000.
Bod it hard to get suppliers.
but none have proved ahle lo These are the tried options, the guarantee adequate employ
in their bellet lo the FO
Merseyside resulled Women's Action group wrole: *You have been to Wilson and the 16 Merseyside MPs for
They told you how are with the situation on Merseyside but 1 Maybe it is time onto stor have done nothing. asking, and to san demand. ing. I they were to guarantee sou government contract work
ice. school and nurses" unfoens, ete. — backed up by
they could ensure not only that you keep your jobs now, but that
are safe in the future. permanent government-backing and the instituting of workers control over production is the most progressive demand workers in this kind of situation can
showing the way forward for
of Merseyside
them. *Luunch u progrumme of
pullic works. Unemplosment anarchy: millions homeless or der
substandard accomodation
building workers are unemployed; unemployment in the public sector while our services suffer, class Sizes
same time as teacher unemployAnd so it continues, d plan for production to meet
with the dole queue.
Liverpool A MEETING of over 600 Liverpool members
the Government Workers Union, NALGO, rejected the recommendation of the
executive to support a one-day strike
This leaves the Triumph TR7 plant, Dunlops, and the Builders'
the only sections to support the
general stoppage agreed last month
Liverpool Trades Council's conference on unemployment. MARK TURNBULL reports.
main trade union officials who sponscred and
'the conference refused to put out the call for heir members to support th trike. So it's been left up t
workplaces and union branches to decide.
Witbout any political lead
London NUPE EDUCATION cuts in London are meeting the
of school keepers, who this week began a series of one-day strikes against management's "Rationalisation'
RAY VARNES
The Labour-controlled Inner London Education Autho-
has dreamt 3-1E0 an interesting way of saving
It is proposing to intensity
work-load school keepers, make 60 redundant, and add such duties as banking wages and fees, which last year
-in. several school keepers finding their skull al the business end of a cash.
The London school keepers
Entployce's union has other ideas
We are demanding negotia tions on our plan for a 35-hour
SAD MUSLICS. redundancies, and an increase in wallar levels.and we are backing thee demands with Hill. But this resistance has yet
One-day strikes at selected schools tbroughout the capital began on Tuesday, and no exception is being made for | beepers branch.
Suport the FASHION DESIGN CENTRE OCCUPATION
Donations and messages of solidarity to:
FD Centre [Liverpool], Randells Road,
Knowsley Industrial Estate, Knowsley
*Open the books companies threatening теdunduncies. The bosses claim We Can noT to keen I workers. Well, Set's see their accounts to Drove lll they're telling the truth, then we've got LUJULE LOU LLE work to do
If it's just a con, if they're trying 10 shift operations elsewhere, thai gives chance organise against
*Nutionalise all companies threatening redundancies un-
workers" control. By cutting back on their oper ations the bosses are showing there I no solution to the international cconomic crisis unless we take it our of their hands,
The only way we can
create jobs and useful products
well as providing the labour.
from the Trades Council, most actorie tenored the
proposed strike. All that has
been planned 1s a lobby or Parliament to which factoric: that are not on strike will send delegations
Sul many militants will question the value of
0O-mile round trip to see loca MPs Eric Heffer and Eddic Loyden yet again. The day of action could have won greater
support if a demonstration had been calied Liverpoo instead of 500 or trade unionists marching from En ton to Westminster.
Delegations could better use their tune by visiting other lactones around the country to
discuss solidarity, particularly
with British Leyland, GEC and Lucas many redun-
dancies are planned
The protest polities of the
Communist Party is gelling
trade unionises on Mersesside nowhere fass. And the time is running out for the thousands who face the dole queues, at end of May. Local supporters of the paper have argued that charanony mas De made now to occupy all factories LATERILL with especially Leyland's Speke
polling day the loca elections, when a number of
• роїв! stations will remain locked up.
keepers' jobs is linked to the
ILEA'S For school closures, by preparing the ground for amalgamating schools. The authority aims to defeal the ancillary workers before taking on the teachers
Before strike action in each school, meetings will be held
with teachers cleaners, anc kitchen staft to discuss the
support for the picker line
A petition is being organised in the schools and the community, It has also been
proposed that the Socialist
should produce a model leafler that could be run off in schools and
co out to students and parents
cing that the school will be shur.
relatively successfuly campaigns against school closures, such as those in Westminster and Lavender
to be built on an all-London basis.
RAY VARNES is a shop steward in the NUPE school SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 1978 page 5
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against
animal
keepers
Friday, reports FRANK ALLEN.
A court order barred the strikers from the park land, and limited picketing to a five foot wide scrip of grass verge.
During dispute, the workers have had to stand up to a barrace of legal and other action from the employers, who are determined
prevent strong organisation at the park.
GRIEVANCE
The dispute hegan last October when 28 animal keepers joined the Transport and General Workers Union.
Their basic weekly pay was 125, but the workers" grievance was the treatment of the anuals. The keepers say that sheep have been skinned alve, nons snot because unc) could not be sold, and food rations to animals severely cut.
Five days after joining the
including shop steward David park owners, Trident Tee park owners, Trident vision, whoalso own Yorkshite and Tynes TV.
Early last month the four
After
Claridges.
Garners
win!
Details of nickels n
What's Left, p 10.
Lewisham JOHN LOCKWOOD, presently serving a threemonth sentence Pentonville, will be met by a welcoming party when he is released on 12 May. reports RICHARD TISDELL.
Soilist Workers Party, Ins John, member of the charged with assaulting
cop during anti-fascist demo in Lewishamn Tast August, and convicied on the evidence of just one cap.
As with Flame cditor, Kun Gordon, availine appeal against his jall sentence. JOES CORVICEO CHIA TO way be connected with the leading part he played on the demo, or the fact chat he is an executive. meinher. al the Al London Anti-Racist and AntiFast commitle
The Jol Lockwood Defence Commitree hus active in the SE London lahour movement and community A
delegation TEONS
school where John
attended s pablic meeting last | the Front.
month, in hear NUT exocutive
meriber Dick North urge a no
cover" policy to enstre John is
TEITAS LU
vital that we
anti-fascists will
Courts join bosses
PLEASE
DON'T FEED
THE FIFTEEN striking animal keepers at Windsor Safari Park had their right to picket severely restricted on
were joined on strike by 1l other koopers and these too were prompely sacked.
OFFICIAL It was not until mid April that the strike was made official by the TGWU, but despite this many visitors to the park have been turned away. Others have preferred to cross the pickel including a coachload o Repare of chin the member oí the stall at tis Russian Embassy Nevertheless the picket has been effective enough Tridentto offer Dave Cartlidge alternative employment Canada or Scotland. The shop steward has rejected attempt 1o get him out of the *The attacks of the court on the right to picket make the dispute a serious matter for the entire labour movement.
SUPPORT Support would be especially welcome from the thousands of other employees of Trident TV whose manamne director has been quoted as saving: "Doesn't every company have the right to pay its employees as little as it can get away with. I bet British Week If i could, pay t10 per You can help to win chif
ANTI-RACIST NEWS
intimidaled by transe-ups.
Send a message to Jobn, via the detence committee, c/o The Civil Liberties Society. smiths College Students Union, Lewisham Way, London SE 14 in
reside Pentonville at 6,30 m on Friday, 12 May.
Cardiff THE NATIONAL Front candidate in council by-election held an the last week only polled a
dismal 91 votes out of 4,000 cast.
This tumiliation Front Tollowed anti-fascist campaigning in the Ely ward where the by-electiun was held Prominent io tus was the Cardit? Commutice Racism. to which many trade ation branches Pacty wards are affiliated, as weil as a local women's group. been the Communis Party and the
International Marxist Croup. The CCAR distributied over the 30,000 leaflets and set up public peacher stalls to expose the polities ol
The local Anti-Nazi Lengue. set up itree wocks ago. leafletted.
Workers Party, which controls show the ANt in Cardift, refused the
CCAR offer
BossES
Safari park
strike
dispure by joining the pickets at the Safari Park every weekend during the particularly on Whit Sunday, 28 May.
The park is located three miles south of junction 6 on the M4 DUSTYNY support is urgently neoded, to: Brotber Quentin TGWU, 36 Reading.
Peopie's and
for
this
POLICEspent £25,000 to stop the labour movement holding its May Day march Saturday.
FRIEDMAN reports.
Leeds Trades Council voted overwhelmingly last wock 10 go ahead with its march, in spite of the blanker ban on demonstraLions introduced to cover the NE's proposed march in the WILT Twenty
helped to mobilise support for the march, with declarations of support coming ford, and Halifax.
cumpaign. In so doing they
steering Gold- elected at a public meeting.
The defent for the Front gave the lie to the words bethe Labour Party candidate David the anti-racist only give publicity and sid to the Front.
Waltham Forest a Cardiff
THE ANTI-Nazi League has been Waltham London, times heated debate with for the members
established racist campaign, reports JOHN BOURNE.
The inaugurai meeting of the Against League un 24
attended by and Lahaur many from Walthanstow CAR
which was formed 18 months ago. It was agreed that the two eroups should liase as much as poisible, and formulate join activities raised during the debate particularly
also
League
20-S2D0E
join:
NF forge
election
papers
WILLIAMS, A front
ward.
Rhodes.
sunner, and
Financial papers.
Rose, c/0 Kings Road, 'infiltrator our party*.
Leeds: Police halt
MayDay march
Other
Leeds and MARTIN Yorkshite miners,
to
Leeds Trades Council
dispersed thousand leaflets the town bail
Trom trades march, leader committee
10s0 D000559m
activity would
Loughborough ASIANS borough launched in Forest. East use the after a somepaign is to them of the welllocal anti-
April was 0B:
hast. coloured popelation/ A number of concerns were
Line probiem duplicated efforts and the lack ol internal democracy m tre NE meeting: -
disapprove came three days later when a
11 33 outside an NE election meeting. mectings
THE NATIONAL Front in of participating in the local tion pupers, reports GRAHAM
supporter has admitted forging three signatures on the form for Audrey Rhodes, the Front's candidule in the City and Woodhouse
This first came to light when Lahour canvassers found that pledges of support from veters who had supposedly nominaled
The police Fraud Squad is now investigating.
The police are also checking the city, Peter Jackson. Seven of his ten naminees say ther were tricked into signing the
NF leader Martin Webster hus decided that Jackson is an
out to destroy
Hence.
broadsheet.
The
-labour CUTTLE! bodies in favour of defying the police ban included: the district committees of the Engincering
Unions, and the UCATT building warkers. democratic
Outhe day, 400 assembled - strangle
be contronted by 2,000 police, who promptly made targ arrests, including that of Beryl workers and policies in the Huttingley, the secretary of the
The column of marchers
and procoded to walk to the city centre. where
was picketed. 11am - 5pm They demanded the right to
and conderined the movement with the fascists.
In spite of a pledge troin the organisations.
of the local Labour council thal everyone would bo able to attend the Nt's "poblie
recting — held in a school -card carrying fascist 1o get in.
Providing most of the vocal opposition was a group of 50 well-organised school students.
abfamous in Loughhave every reason to wonder what
town's Inter- increasing Racial Solidarity Cam-
after
hearing the views of it president, John Cronin. rules
Loughborough's walk the Briston: addressed meeting of the campaien Tast
sock and offered his opinions
Lambeth The laws
have been administered with LAMBETH
HELMILY, Less
coloured immigration is in the
Britain's
Overseus student fees - These collusion
are a iit toe large, buttis a fact
of life that taeve students are
not British passpon Tribers:
'While 1 greatly of the National
Front, Lam against any ban on
the use of school halls for
• held
Socialist Challenge
Trade Union
Conference
Saturday, 1 July, 10.30 am
Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE is
have approached Socialist Voice and Bep Flame newspapers to jointly sponser from the conference on the basis of broad agreement with the perspective outlined in thi
conferente b designed to establish a new body in obnosition to other organisations of the left. It will
forun where militants can exchange experTences. Discussion will centre on how to fight for u uniled
organisation to against the class collahorutionist right wing for
interests for a union
GRUNWICK NATIONAL CONFERENCE The Lessons to be Learned Sunday 14 May Empire Way, Wemblay, Middlesax.
Credentials &1 from Trades and Labour Hall, 375 High Rd.,
Willesden, London NW10.
Anti-Nazi League - Cronir
ist of sponsors, saying it wa
tactically U0m190 Weary publicity to the
This Labour MP, who was speaking on the theme Race Relations in Britain Today' bainred a rosy molure of 182ia hannony in the town.
He Just forgot so mention the
strike, the growing number of
posters, lecters and a borah sent to local anti-racist militants, a0d the
harassinent of
Cronin's outragcous reason
SUREStINE that harmony in Loughhorough was that white people are atraid to
streets at night in
Trades
Council is to carry out an investigation into what it
describes as the apparent
between the police and the National
Front during the run up
to the Lambeth Central
by-election.
Ir has already demanded the such disbandment of the
leadersbip prepared to carry
Particular emphasis will be placed on druwing out lessons
the Grunwich and firefighters? strikes as to how IMINESE support und fight for socialist policies in the contest of such struggles.
We wil be discussing campaigns for socialist policies
defend living standard against rachen, Tor women's rights, and for democrscy in
And we will be discussing the general lessons thui can he drawn from developments in particular industries and anions for the fight for a class strugzle left-wing in the labour movement us a whole.
Wembley Conterence Centre, Patrol Group
The trades council has tssued
an the clection meeting held hy the NE in a local school on 15 April
notorious mounted palice, and a bebcopter were drafted into Brixton
On the night before the secting, police dogs occupied the school, teachers abandon scheonled meeting.
The trade council says that the small group of anti-fascists who attended the NE's public meeting were not giveu the
sume proloction by the potice as the fascists rootived
One merher, Lhe
community relations council
who altempted lo cuter
school was turned back by the
police on the prounds that he
was black And when the
Fascists physically attacked the
groupin the meeting, the posiec
hosted the anti-sascists cut.
arresting some.
Six black youths
swooped on in the sireet, ant
thie trades
that these acresis "were made to
stity the number of office ad the ensr." I wants the N
banned from holding meetings
in schools 'as the meetings are
not public".
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 1878 pege?
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Dissident Louis Althusser writes on party and class CRISIS IN THE FRENCH
THE FRENCH Communist Party [PCF] is in turmoil. A fierce debale has broken dut in the ranks on the reasons for the defeat of the Union of the Left in the March elections. The party leadership's ciaim that the PCF "bears responsibility" is widely chailenged.
Many militants think there must at least be something wrong strategy which leads to such a defent. Was their party not a bit to blame for the way in which the split with the Socialist Party took September : - a split which was only half-beartedly covered over on the eve of the second round of the elections?
A boroshell was dropped into this discussion last week A WAY OF FUNCTIONING
WHICH MUST
BE CHANGED
FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM
SRIDCOTS HEATSAC SAYIAH is ne longer possible to go on like this". and that it is moncary fo denounce and to change from top to bottom the mode of functioning of this "machine" which is the party.
CHISINI this themseives, for their freedom TBlaHEs. T0i 15, for (hecnuse the party is its militants), but for ihe mass of French workers, who
entout onc cr in tist ote ele.
who cannot conquer Comnrunist Party either. presently exists.
These same militants do nol want the party to he a 'party like the otbers. They know only too well what these
are, bourgoois parties, within which is exercised the
professionais. expens, tuals, closely linked to the upper levels of the State administration.
These same militants believe in the necessity for a revolutionary party of the class struggle of the exploited, they believe in the necessity for a lcadership and officials in this party. They belleve that democratic centralism must be retained rules are profoundly changed and more Importantly, its practice. This is not just a matter of formal rights. but of that which decides the fate of every formal right: the political life and practice of the party.
Now we are at the beart of the
problem: the party. What
party?
A PARTY MODELLED ON THE STATE
APPARATUS
AND THE MILITARY
APPARATUS
I use the word "machine" advisedly.
bocause it returns to the term of Marx
and Lenin for tbe State. On the face of
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 1978 page 8
philosopher Louss
LOUE articles
member since the days of the Oppositon.
Altbusser is able to
with a hands of the lendership. reçent stand
place proletariar*
bywell-known
someone to
if, in its structure and
This is the parlismentury
their cells and sections
ALTEIEI
serious (for the
They
SLTE for clections,
the
it
oligarchic
and intellec-
can ang provided that its
the
AlLussermember of the PCF for thirty years. In
publishod the newspaper Le Monde, totalling some 20,000 words in ail, he presented one of the mast scathing indictments of the operations of a mass workets party to
Open
speak with an intima e knowiedae ot the workines of the PCF. Often a nonconformist with resard to prevathne oamy dogia. CHL has on several oocasions suffered at the
was 1o oppose the dropping ol the "dictatorship of the
from the party's programnic at its 22nd Congress in 1976.
His Le Monde articles cerkre on rwo Key problems: the relationship hetween the party leadership and the hese, and
it, this is a startling statement for
make: party obviously ncu a State in the proper sense, but everything is carried on as
hierarchical functioning, it was closcly modelled both on the apparatus of the bourgcois Stale and on the maltary apparatus.
apect of the party. On the one hand there is the mass of militants, who freely discuss in
This is the "sovercign people': but it stops short
federal secretariats, led by full-time officials, is reached. The break is there, where the apparatus takes precedence over the base. There things start to become
leadership). popular will of the base expresses inself
ultcareactionary forms (majority ballor in three stages for the congresses) and DILaD under the ciose scrutiny of "nominating commissions", which are providen for in the statutes for the clection of
le 12 m275
3 E: 1000
Communiat Party leader Georges Marchi
Merchals washes his hands of all responsibility for the electoral deleat of the lelt.
the relationship between the party and
wotking class and oppresscd The scope of this cannot be adequately presented in the space available here, Wr YG. limited ourselves to two shorl excerpts highlighting these cestral concerns
ETEHISAIS AERBSSCIE others have met with a sharp responsc from the party leadershin.
POUICT
meeting af the PCF Ceritrad Commitice at the end af last week, general secretary Georges Marchais accused the dissidents of busybodies.. composins monologues al their desks apart from everyday life and any consultation with their comrades".
The Central Committee unanimousIy approved Marchais" report, which came down firmly against any concessions — such as the opening ug of a limited discussion in the parly press Bat as Althusser ourlines, the
"officials" but have been illegally extended to the election of congress delegates.
These election produce hierarchy of officinls: members of th cominis, feni, bureaus of the
and the Centra Committee, capped by ihe Ceutrall bureau and secretariat.
Comnmittee, elected by striety selected federation delegates, is supposed to be the sovercien organ of the party, its legislature and executive. In practic this sovereign organ exists more lo ratify and ensure the implementation of the leadership's decisions lian to
prapae a shin na: Wie caera
heardEL Committee had taken IEIL LEYE in reality the Commictee is more often the executive
of the leadership legislature: in this capacity it is u sort of peneral assembly of prefects seniop local goverument administrators ap
saka at pre-alaction meeting. He is also pletured right
Central accurate barometer of tecling inside oritiquc the PCF
In fact the criticiems have come nor
have only frou inseilectuals like Althusser
and the historian Tean Ellenstein, but also from party cadies
and PLP SELON UDTEUEEAEH COTHE
ces. editor million-selling Action has aiso resigned his post in protest at rhe continuation ol Stalinist practices laside the PCF.
being
Socialet Challenge considers that this denule holds important lessons for the left in Britain. inside the PCF continuc despile the ourcome of the Ceotral Committee future issues we will be publishine further encerpts from it analssing the fundamental questiura n srake
pointed by the centfal goverumest in France dispatchcs France to robierve
the control on the spot appoist the feder f secretarler, and
TO TABEIE GEUMILE COUHOES
The leadership bases iself bot oniy Central on the membe
Committee, but also on the locuidable power, Tunctionaries of all kind, fal im aften
officials and advisors af these knowns, recruited on the competence or connections, always-ly cooption Contral category
least And this is the militars aspeet of the Central party Fud be ine gite te e dha ma
mdd the uhwolule vestical matien, wisch ret slbed formn of the military hicraschy.
TERINSTE
Commitee is hardiy an
members of
tbe party's
•ITH ISIT BE weekly,
The discussion will undoubtedly
meeting, and in
as wel 1
sificials,
ed.] which the lendershir
cuanot,
Fi, 10 the federations
of the Central
DE Sit
the central mon ee bang ai basis aimilariry and specialist of cvory
erganisation and 1 heen
fundamental priociple
compar mentall as the
mils the compartment-
Avoid.
THE advantage: thai it can
this
leadership
In more relaxed mood
JEAN ELLEINSTEIN loads ANC
Compartmentnilsation has a rwo-fnlc cilcei, On the one hand, ir cnrioses cvery rank-and-fle militanl in harrow ascending cofamn, which rism fono their cell to the secrion, and beyond that, to the federation: ami
alte io doine b Hatia
wlio faithfully filler the contributions of the hase in he light of
ie decisions from the lon. On E
ther band, the runk and-file midiia
outaide section lederntion conterences dl thes sre a delegnte), enter into any rclationship with the milicinh of auy otber cell wrick belongs w anoticr ascendins bolamn. Every anempt to establich a horizontal relationship CUPET today, declared lo be Yactional"
Ope covid bebeve, in elfec, that we wete in a mililary formasion, wbere sulite obedience and secrecy, bu also a drastie comparmentalisation ol the units cogaeed in combuc
riothing igniominious abouf it, It tetalls the periods witen ths party bed to adopt military loris g
security defend itself and act: the clundestinits of the parly of Lente, of the parly during the Resistance. sic. Inasmuch
conditions Jatilied measunes of compartmentalisation, s0 the proient conditions TELUE themn
enachronistic, and sterile: not mhef and al te estene, for th DWILALS. of bicials tbemsehve
BOURGEOIS MODE OF POLITICAL FUNCTIONING
lila_ comlinng the murar model of comparimcntalsation wit) the model ol parliccrentors dempe
Ethe harts cannot hei
aungtiominu. From tie parhumentar
well-knowi the baurgcomie achieves the reprodocrion af lo Formi af political domination throueh the free "citizens', sn the party leadership achieves the reproduction of its form of domination through the militants And from the military model bl compartmentalisation it draws among ouners the lot insignilicant advanlage
dispuise ihe co-optins nfficials as tbeir election. As a result ol
combination otrains the reproduction noi only of the form ol tade pilip, trut ofeteser body ot the political
In effeer the narrow circles from wluch che lendership is drawn makes E practically impossable to dislodg: then, wharever their failures or even xometimes their political bankrupicy (for instance, the line of 'legalisution at all cosss in the antumn of 1940) Under these conditions, the 'game" of
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I COMMUNIST PARTY
democracy in the patty in the bourgeois State, in the miracie of transubstantiation popular will is transformed power of the ruling class, to the will of the party rank-and-fide into the power of the leadership.
Have they considered the following fact? The BCETIERINEL reproduces leadership and enables it 10 irremovable, through all its str and tactical turns mistakes mentagine, their commi rel militants.
lacement by 'new generations" wh
ave not known the struggles an hardships of five, ten or twenty years ago, and who in their tur are thrown into the Tray on the saigen ou
heories", slogans or promises, to be
uft up aller a lew years.
are there so many former Communists more than even the official membership of the party? Why
militants who have dropped out active invelvement? Why are #enerations ofutilitants who have been
Hed in struggle (the Resistance, War, Vietnam, Algeria, 1968,
completely absent from both from its activity and at any of leadership? The party, "State apparatus, has found the famous
"The people have lost ace in their leaders? There Is but to clect a new Periodically.
THE DECISIVE QUESTION: THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MASSES
One cantin leave is at the lo-clo the party, nor even at the character y it political practic. it in nocessary t discuss the polia al relationahip of ibi party to the broad music, therefore it
litical Line, and the decisive queiton
of political linel the question
The essens of a party and a line is
Marxist tradition considers that it is the action of the broad masses which is
workins chiss mult oc conceired in Ene
ighi. Te is from the broad masses that Have come He historica
the popular conquest of the Liberation Committees in 1944-45, the imamense surprise spit a party judges leel May
primarily by its ability to link up with the needs und initiatives of the popular mases.
On this absolutely decisive question of a close relationship with the masses, the party was able at one time to take a position. It is a lendency in ils historyBut there is also an which has continually reappeared and
become more
4E the
into the
i transformed
From the studen
of over them! In geneti
continual
should be ta listen to the masses Consciounes
its consciousness by lagging
of open entire characterised by
Cold conceived etc.) the
problem to of alliances.
All Mars Communist defended th The working from one
alone, its sit to the next, the
solo' (Mar:
another And here 1 But ther
But as LEACHE HE 4 tha
or all the
1968
an
which is not under the control of the
which can
amies becuuse it did not have contro
4 its instinctive
For us apparatus, meuns that it starts off a good way bebind
in advance, the truth about what is
ing to happer, when ib first task
Mats always The party leadership calauly this principle to the letter without suspecting its irony, it ensures
It is dear that, depending on the relationships which the party main tains with the musses living, attentive,
the other hand mistrist, deafness, and delay). so its political line will be
differenily: broad and Nexible while remaining correct, or, Ol
authortarian and rigid EVEN IS CITOO WELDeROSECUTE on the central question above',
OTTOO LOCITY TREETTI
Thai шессі»
le sould be a
Sure alliano and alaunco o conceptions limits comi Cich ober: Either 0n fiances In termos of
as proprietors" of their electorate, or che they are conceived in terms of a struggle led try the organised. section of the working class in order to
LOUIS ALTHUSSER
upgiving a juridical and in the first case, question of
Led with the contract "from above". in the second case, we are talking about a conception which, while respecting pluralism and allowing for a juridical contract from
plunges the party directly into the mass struggle to extend is audience nd win broader poutions above all
würking bourgeoisie. The question ole of primacy: contract, or primacy of struggle.
The
ared chat ME COD IS a SULLIE
correct sogan could leadership, cor
the mass, 10 give the Union a real basis, the leadership substituted the struggle between arganisations under
Propramme. replacing unitary clectoralism ('right opportunism') with cloctoralism, which claimed to pass off the domination of one party another as a real hegemony, a leading influence of the working class in the popular movement. electoralist -ever tunist. The leadership went so far as to
the drama of September ('Everything SCENES SUSPI at che l'Humanite fete), so far as to use this astounding first round of che clections into a egantic "national petition" for the updating Programme and Communists!'
LIVING IN A DREAM WORED
What were they dreaming of, when from 1972 to 1977 nothing had been done to stimulate or develop rank-and-file initiatives and forms of unity
manual workers. Indeed, any suggestion popular committees had been rebuffed hecause of the risks of manipulation petty And then. having basically faily ever to dot mane be of the finally appealed to the order to prevent "mamipulation" they ended up quite simply by manipulating WEBSESSEN. appeal of the party leadership, they wanted the masses sudony. to mobilise and transform their vote as citizens into a 'petition" to support the bartle led by the party inside the Union of the Left!
That is what happens when one opts for a conception of the Union as a contract between leaderships and when one tries desperasely to compensate for its chects by socksop to write in, at the
It this succeeded last moment,
sectarian increased over
struggle, SUE 1 W SUIL indeed, more so than
oppor-
Georges Marchais
Tormula: Make the could have
good Common support for the in workers" popular unity and intellectual The
broken where
which At the final desperate
years 1973-75.
what
drew
still remains, the heavens hold
Ligne juste
struggle Into the
worsened, and confusion Dy an appeal for the mobilisation of the masses who have previously been kept TRACE from
It would however have been perfectly possible to policy of the Union as a policy of mass monsation and struggle: as a bolic of popular unity, tying the contract
struggle at the base in which the party
extended its audience beyond the buffer This refers to the sable, but limited, proportion of the electorate who vote for the CP — cds!
thas case one would have Straightaway writlen the contract into the struggle and acted in such a way as to give priority to the unitary struggle of the masses. One would have had confidence in the masses to give short shrift to manocuvres and manipulal Sons, and stopped manipulating thei
object of a bourgeois practice — in order to create the conditions for a
and people's policy of deep-rooted, stubborn and thoroughgoing mistrust shown by the leadership towards the masses ruled out this liberaling choice for the party It fell hack on a policy of agreement
the Union was run *fron above'. The party literally did not wish to bear the slogan of 'popular unity
from massive contingents of workers in the
There was a fear of taking risks, disguised as a fear of adventurism, or, in tho last analysis, pure and simple routinism (who knows
apparatus would acknowledget) The leadership with
into old habits as into protective fortress, dragging the party in with it. The left has lost; the fortress SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 1978 page
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6,000 march for
IRELAND
Block, Long Kesh.
It was one of the largest demonstrations s0 far support or cyranteng political Republican prisoners,
For over two years Republican bessoners convicted of offences committed after 1 March 1976 have refused to
prison uniforms accept other regulations which scek to make out that they are 'criminal" rather than political
BLANKET
As a result over 330 prisoners are now on the blanket"
This means that they have only a blanket to wear. food, have no proper medical
NIES
Serene hone Oxford 435
we s-aeose Camder Town
WOMEN'S CHARTER
pring tent A WORKERS ANSWER to the Crisis
Beta
renT
Raids fail to stop protest
the prisoners
AN ESTIMATED 6,000 people marched in Belfast on Saturday in solidarity with Republican prisoners in H
treatment, and are olten put lo
have for their siand was show SIze ol Saturday demonstration.
REPRESSION In an attempt to forestall the and BROLL LILL British Govern ment launched a massive wave of repression last Friday and Saturday.
Catholic working class arcas were sealed off with barriers, and for the second time in four months the Army and RUC closed Republicun News, paper of Provisional Sinn Fein.
Anyone connected with the paper was the target for the arrests. These included FLATE with about Inclusive Нісити 142 BROADSIDE
Icing winter, an advar ice. W He: 5
Play. Acalam Hall Lunder the lly
FREES
member of Democratie and Labour Party.
In an attempt lo prevent details of the raids reaching the outside worid, press officer of Sinn Fein, was also arrested. He and at least 13 metal
Spurs Ground) London N17. down the news.
Islington, London NI.
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Bai a political organisation.
Singers from "The Men of no Property' — who made England's Vietnam — and friends in three benefit socials for the "Troops Out' paper.
Friday, 5 May with Belt & Braces Roadshow Band and The Resisters at St. Hilda's Community Centre, Club Row, London E2 (off Bethnal Green Rd).
Sunday, 7 May, organized by Tottenham Socialist Connection at Park Lane Community Centre (behind
Monday, 8 May with Hackney & Islington Music Workshop at Hemingford Arms, Hemingford Road,
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There is every possibdity that
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and the
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Jamaica lecies in tre Briti 30m5ay a Bar. The Students
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the name of Nail Kinnoc ar Bracker of the Hounals
alien Comminen will apsak or
Long Kesh
Letter
even SINCE my last letter a
happened in which has affected as both direcily and indirectly.
You will probably have read
Block bet base refused to
- They bave reruised to clean out their cells or empty their chamber pots. When the
are opened cach morning the contents of the chamber pots are thrown onlo
Al first the prison ashor
ordered young BOnpolitical prisoners to clean up the mess. When they refused confinement with the loss or were solitary
BETCHAE had to clean the coredors themseives
They now wear gas masks when they are doing the job
whole affair has caused frustration and friction
Anotber major embarrassment for the prison authoricies occured only a few days ago Bill McFarlande, Keown and Larry Marley
reached the front gate outside the perimeter of the prison
prison warders
WATERS AECACHC
security which wals carefilly papered over by the Northern Ireland Office who immediately issued a statement saying that a special enquiry would be initiated. This was a ploy to cool the reaction of the
wing Unionist
escapes so they cent pur pressure on the British Government to harass the prisoners more
By saying there will be an coqeiry the Government hopes the whole thing will be
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Not that the aurbor ties needl апу спошгадолве то harass as. With the mumber of "Special Category' or political prisoners decreasing the screws are doing all they can to make lie lives o those of us that remain even more miserable:
PASSES
in recent weeks they have refused to allow any handi sinted or painted on then Officially Long Kesh dossn'
with British imperialism in the eyes of the worli. So it's now officially known as Her Majesty Prison, Maze, aniL although its the same place as Long Kesh, prisoners cannot
send our letters which include the name Long Kesh"
They are also fiddling about
pusses visitors. Now all the names and which wasn't the case until
The alleged reasol for the change is that recently a South Moluccan and a USA
supposedly visited prisoners in Crumlin Road jail without the knowledge of the prison authoriries. How this was meant to affect security even the prison authorities can't explain.
There lave been more serious incidents. Tom Mc Feely, Сошцу Derry Republican, 'on the blanket' in H block was driven onto a had been continually suhjected to rule 42 of the prison code. This nicans he was in solitary confinement for an indefinite period. It's the most draconian teasure the authorities have at their disposal.
OFFICER
McFeely's life had been made a bell within a hell, he was the officer commanding of the Provissonals inside H block and although confined to his cell, McFeels still managed to control the actions of those
CHEERATIE disturbed the screws so much solitary confinement
After being in solitary for a Jenethy period MeFoely had only one alternative left -go on hunger and thirst strike until he wals granted guarantee that he wouldn't be subjected any mOrE victimisation. After seven days and near death the authoritics
intersention comrades protest. But like so many of the promises made by the authori ties ley have gone back br their word and he is again on solitary or to use prison slang ton the boards
One thing is corraio. His spirit will not be broken as ho is a most determined and strong-willed character. He typilies the politial commit ment and determination of
authorilies and Ray Masen would like us to believe are criminals*.
10UIS
Tofaudh Ar La
Prisoners Aid Committee
Public Meeting Trish Political Prisoners
Friday 7pm, 5 May NEFTO Hall, Jockeys Fields, Theobalds Road, London WC1. Tube: Holborn,
Prisoner of War status
Irish Poltical Prisoners!
Amnesty for all Irish POWs:
Brits out of Ireland!
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Our opinion poll findings
On the Gay News boycott
IMG in conference
Party, socialists.
to unity.
it was this tenture of the nupe which filled a real gap on the weekly basis. Though since our
are have emerged as we
The decision by the SWP 10 sublish a monthly Socialist Review, which carries articles by non-SW militants and encourages discussions, was a reflection that they, 100, understood the need for such a change.
We have been discussing the ways in which we can improve the paper and take it forward. Should we allow the fact that Big Flame and other organisa-
NO 2 MAY 1978
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2. No Equivocation!
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Socialist Challenge is a big step forward for us. The last far left paper to reach Smith's was Seven Days in the
A letter to ux from readers in Southampton a fortnight ago raised the question of Gay News. Why should we remain in Smith's when Gay News had just been barred?
We discussed this question at some length on our Editorial Board, The feeliog was that it
There was, question of
The outgoing leadership of the IMG presented based on Socialist Alternative" ment which was published in Socialist Challenge February.
These proposals, with some amendiments, were passed by a large majority, The conference agreed to deepen hegun with the launching of Socialist Challenge and Socialist Unity:
It was stressed time and again that Labour's
be workers in ten d
workers'
The old methods militancy WELL when it was Labour, backed by the TUC, which was administering heavy doses of capitalist medicine.
Communist Party
Socialist workers Party
rejected by delegates. The CP
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many other If
Tet us know DECISION of Smith to stock
early 70s. thought it was beller.
News being
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wilhout full Group, the British section of the Fourth Taternational. was held on 15-18 April. It centred on the political tacties of the IMG in the present period.
in addition, a lively debate on the 'women only" organisation. BRIAN GROGAN writes:
proposal The Ficht for exceptions, merely the union front of the SWP supple
on was the development
class which could
the work workers on
lives.
social and the Labour Party, while Labour was movement Hence Socialist Unity of ..more insufficient concerned,
every field possible and the were
class its tailposed.
enclose NI2PX
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If you have specific ideas on bow we can improse the paper, then write and send them to us.
your Socialist Challenge
would like a speaker from the Editorial Board to introduce a discussion, please was important that our paper | and those who will be affected
which supports the gay by the campaign. liberation movement — should get into Smith's so thai our views could reach people wild different scale. can't get the paper elsewhere.
magazines as
Was that better tore We Time
worse?
We are in favour of Gas the Ideas
allowed Smith's, as we are for other
papers. goscott should be launched whether
discussion a mongst all militants who have Spare Rib, defended Gay News in the past Out. THE CONFERENCE of the International Marxist against frontism'; for building
and the caucuses inside the
The SWP's Tank and file internal organisations were, with some
trade-
What we were in favour of
OT class struggle current oppose
collaboration and ubite revolutionary and now-revolutionary
the basis of a struggle for conson objec-
The political expression to the fightback had to be outside
in office. of
As far as building a unifiod differences revolutionary organisation was
insisted that this demanded a correct altitade to the SWP Whilst joint work had to b: presented more systematically pursued in minorities who
this was not enough. A political fight had to be conducted around the key questions posed by today's conferensoo class struggle: the outcome of per ccat of the this fight would decide whether unification of our forces was
For the united froot and
This is important because on a
STETTI siderations would apply to such
Spare Rib and Der. Women buying Spare Rib at WE Smiths many of them learning about
women's movement for the first time will be confronted by Gay News pickets for purchasing a maga zine which fully suppors th plight of lesbian women.
face.
We believe that for us, for
For even for Tine which as a Board a socialist alternative which wat not reducible to the programmatic clarily on the question of mass organsations
fight for workers" power; the autonomous character of movements such as the
103] democratic reginse, and for pluralism and socialist democracy at the level oi the stare takine coRrel steps toward the building of a revolutionary international.
CONSTRUCTION
The IMG had already made it the dear that agreement on these questions was vital for the
Vol a unified revolutionars organisation in Britain, Accordingly members of the IMG would argue for these political positions. At the
existing be allowed to hamper joint work in a number of important areas.
Analternatire resolution was
by the various united during the course of the conference
Their positions were publishes in SC during the week of the
They received 25 votes cast. A leadership of 45 was elected with 11 comrades representing the minorily. 16 women were clected to the new Central
co-ordinator disparate political and cultural meetings in London, to join in a general boycort would be completely counter-productive. WH Smiths of course would be BOLTO MOSE DATE S Interests that would suller.
We are quite ready to discuss other means of campaigning for the acoess of Gay News and other papers to national distribution networks. But a boycott would be a case of cutting off our nose to spite our
Socialist Challenge Ediforial Committee
The debate on worsen-only -caucuses discussion. 11 was dominated by rank-and-file comrades and it reflected the serious interest on the queslion. There were cal be pod one sain
one against.
However, within the former
WETE IWO distinct positions
The outgoing majority had one interpretation and the comrades who set tendency ob this question another. After a long debare the leadership was defeated on this question. The position of
consides opposed women's caucuses was overwhelmingly rejected.
There was a feeling on the part of many comrades that the central political dehate had been unnecessarily polarised between the minority and the majority This was stressed by Richard Kirkwood in his fraternal groctings from the Workers League
What was needed was a debate within the framework af the majorit tactics on how
these should he applie concretely in the light
experiences dillerent
branches, 1 became obvious that the next conference would
concentrate oll such discussion, unless there were dramalic political changes which necessitated a change of tactics.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 1978 page 11
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March for Soweto
"Truth is our atomic bomb'
18 June
The African Students Union [UK] has launched an appeal for a national solidarity demonstration
the second anniversary of the Soweto uprising.
•June 1976 deserves 10 20 down in the History of Africu
dule. edents of Soweto played an herole and historical none in going into struggle aguinst the tacist state of soulf Alrica
With their owa blood and their bare hands they faced alone one of the most powerful und ruthless regimes in the world today.
-By their action they put a stop to the cruel deceit DELETE ENHUETAITE and opened ap a new period of struggle against the apartheid regime.
African Students Union has pledged itself to
that the Sowete students will never have light alone. We will everything possible to guarantee that in their present und Tature struggles they will have
Put
the
boot
sport since the 1936
There are further compari-
sons with that event: 800 yards
from the River Plate football
Stadium in Buenos Aires, the
Marine School of Mechanics is
being cleaned up to provide
dressing TOOM SAnC
focilities for the footballers.
Its previous use could well
put them off their game, and
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INTERNATIONAL
| behind them the Africa, and the support of all those who oppose racism and imperialism around the world. *At a time when imperialism is franticully manoeuvring to prevent destruction of the white racist regime in Zimbabwe, essential that a demonstration of mass support liberation struggle in southern Africa should take place in London.
COMPLEMENTARY The demonstration is planned to take place weekend Unfortunately the Anti-Apar-
hacked the demonstration. But
Central Hall Westminster on
Socialist Challenge supports mis important impative. but we will also be arguing for local Anti-Apartheid groups to back the demonstration and encourage militants to stay in
do London after the rally,
These two solidarity events need not be opposed to each other, but should be conspic-
World cup in Argentina
into the junta
IN JUNE an estimated 350 million people will watch the World Cup televised from Argentina: and be subjected to one of the largest propaganda uses of
Olympics in Germany. one of the most sophisticated torture centres in the country.
monials of tortures inflicted at the Marine School sbow th practices of the leisure military to be as brutal and Reported from Chile, Uruguage horrific Brazil or Nazi
IMAGE The militacy are well aware of their interoational and are exploiting the World Cup to the full to bolster it la the words of World Cu organiser, General Merto: 1f were necessary to make some correction in the image
Cup will be just the occasion to shona the Argentine's real way of life.
The military are sparing no effort or expense: 5700 millior is the latest estimated cost ol the World Cup money well spent manage to deceive the world Their public relations agency Burson Marsieller York, obviously million dollar contract
whole mentary,
We endorse the ASU appeal for the widest-backing for the
*We call on all organisations CONCEDED WILD HE SECULE E the
it is
for the
the
June.
attacks Kimathi
African Writers Series.
They have the bombers They have machinegun fire
Weapons of propaganda.
Our children with the Argentine and is keen to make full use ot this unique convince the Argentina it abour wine pampas and foorball.
But wny is their internalional image so important? Do the generals must distke Argentine popularity? Or
THE SAME EL HOOLI
those other aspects
Germany. vised its clients that they need Burson
to convince foreign investors that Argentina is safe for their Investments.
The cost af the Warld Cup is
image being met out of the social
services budget wages eroded by 60° in 1977, with 130 of population argentinians will
which afford to go lo the matches Since the main targets will be
television viewers
La respectable journalists coming to Argen tina will be extremely restric ted For example, paly sports
will be if they And only visicors who
special temporary visus will be allowed into of New These visas will be issued
only to people who have the values its
whole series of match tickets
support this appeal.
The detention of Ngugi
NGUGI WA THIONG'O, Kenya's best-known and most talented writer, has been imprisoned without trial since 31 December last year.
The Kenya Government maintains that Ngugi is a "Public Security Risk'. The real reason for his arrest — as you can see from this extract — is his fearless
on continued imperialist domination Kenya and the complicity of the neo-colonial regime.
The Ngugi Defence Committee, which is backed by the African Students Union and the Pan African Association of Writers and Journalists, has called a picket of the Kenya Tourist Office on 5 May. It starts at 12.30 at 13 New Burlington Street, London WI.
For leaflets, petitions and further information ge in touch with the committee c/o 28/29 Southampton Street, London WC2 [01-240 0362]-
And support the picket if you can.
Below we reprint a speech by liberation
who was captured and shot by the British
from The Trial of Dedan co-authored by Ngugi and Micere Githae Mugo. Like other works by Ngugi it is available in Heinemann's
The enemies of our people are strong
Their striking power is awesome Why should I hide that from you?
They have greater and more efficient The radio, newspapers, schools, Their universities where they give
An education to enfeeble minds, Make them slaves, apes, parrols
games in
price. return air fares:
The Generals opportunity te WOTIC that and visa programme. and
their
of their
Marsceller has ad
With real
the working VERMOUSEU be able co
around the
MUSICILL country.
paren
southern Africa, all organisa Hons of the student, Tabou and socialist movement, and protest at all groups opposed to racist and imperiulist oppressions to silence
of fighter
Kemathi, a play
Shadows of the men and women they could have been.
But they are also weak, Very weak, the famed glant on mosquito legs.
Our love of freedom is our Bullet Our successes are our newspaper But Stronger than any machinegun fire Stronger than the Lincoln and Harvard bombers Mightier than their best generals Is our unity and discipline in struggle
Le. In buy a ticket you base
Many one of propaganda sages a an astona
They must also havg and
situation in Britain remains that only 50 Argentinians have been given visas and little pressure has been put on the Home Office to create a awareness
Therefore. it would seem
Apolitical football
THE Scottish Argentina Cam- their plane to the tournament
has Scottish Foothall Association congratuloting them on reachIne Argentina, printing out the
The and asking the scottish FA and the team to sien a peltion of
the junta's record observe minute's for those Argentinu before they board Brits arrest "terrorist suspect in 1950€
With unity, discipline Along correct lines People's line
The liberation of us who sweat and labour
legs and mammoth head
that the World Cop should be
firstly the that being distr huled by the Aman government, and to denounce ils noblical use al 1oo1dal
Secondly to use the attention
Argentina BULLIES 45 a means co ca ness in Britain of the reality of Argentina, and to channel that
ongoing campaign within
instigation
¡That's all!
They received the following reply from E Walker, secretary of the Scolish FA:
Scottish international team has nothing to do with DONS. HE travelling lo Argentina to play at football and the Associaton will me carry out your proposal.
With unity and discipline In our total commitment to
We can move mountains We can yet cut off the giant's
Truth is our atomie bomb But Discipline is our hydrogen bomb
La Matement of condemnation by the British government of the sitiation in Argentina, and an end to the arms crade and promotion pf trade betweca Britain and Argentina.
This is a shortened version of an article which First appeared in Links. the journal of Third World First, one of the sponsors of the Bricisi Argentina Campaign
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Lukacs, in ail his phases, slood tor thereoresays ihe man to bcar. His conservative faults, his orissions. bis self-contradictions are mercilessly exposed here especially by Adorno, wao purs on a per lomance that, in the termis of my
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Lukass an cephanr at one point, but the intaphor holds in ways he did aor mcal LosHes Is ciurs: he can bu pain tully dome denice l gre
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Wbat is the vital question? Il is this: can a trily socialist artist emplos modernist techniques and theories of
For. Adoree the SUISWEL M25 (passionately) 3e. For him
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Only
form-breking, however nihilistic the
content, could adequately reflect the
alicnation of modern man.
Adorno argues persuasively that art
philosophical or political assertion but in that of subjective expression which ailows him to find a socialist Justification in the work of such mulikely writers as Proust and Beckett (both anabema Intelcctually convincing: yet somehos one feels his mental acrobatics, fall though they are of clever insights into all the arts,
BODE IA TUE stratosphere of his own mind, URLSI GSSRTO TUN'I sumanity. For all lis pouderousncss SELASS contact with thar vague, but very real,
Ir is the same with Brecht and Sartre, both of whom Adorno would BRECHT: cul lo shreds prove to he, alang with "committed" art in general, self-defeating contradictions. characterisbc aside
triuro Li to shreds, he berate Chaplin for "absorne" becausc he allowed n Jewish girl in The Great Dictator to hit a line of storm troopers over the head with a pan without being torn to pieces b
¿becu'. This, be claims, destroys ta satirical force
Obe wonders where the satire is in watching Jewish girl being toch to pieces: what comody, in allowing an atrociousl victimised race al least one little STOO O TETERIE socialism SnEuS LIBOU!
abounds) differs all that much from a
MULT older heresy,
puranism thinker, thinkers, nor without an ugly Streak of the prig as well
Ithe faut of the Germanic mind is its implacable need to doematise and piscontit cots hirt tor establishing principle. Aestheties and Politics constitutes, in effect, enormousty rich discussion not only
of the duries of 20th century art, but UTHE SECEELOSAAC TEILENMVTS E..
desensions and problems.
tank ol a setter book co pur tn an: young artist', hands, a clearer guide
io the sort of choices he or she will
have to face if they meat to be serious
ADDIT TAAIE ROTER
(knos many British socialists of all
persuasions have anr anciear — and to
my mind stupid and insular — belier
that contemporary "high' art and its
Theories are profoundly irrelevant to
actual political necde and priorities
They are the ostriches who really niced
to Tead books
Craig' recent Pelican, Marxista +n1
Literature
Kalka or Thomas
of Lukac's
SALLIEIT
tough I dan't suppose they will
Adorno relis a pertinent anecdole
DOrre TRe SeTTER CACUrauUl D
France, » Nazi officer found himself
front Ticissso5
Picasso was there. turned to him. "Did you pain this?
No. said Picasso. the Ar.. however
modernist,
THOT ULM ISETTAIT
society — and at its hest. a hetter ong
tham science has ser invented. Only
frols could think this subtle
prolonged Europcan Marxist analyses
el hos that mirror functioas.
should function, is irrelevant to a sune
praxis.
the business of scientific.
A
to Lukacs). can very
WELLILSE ar a described
ITOII
'organising
OXI WOrK
МІГКІПЕ
bundles CIn A while cutting LOLLETE
triviality is so dreadful, in a
and whether production so withoul a restige of
(hough saracasm
that implications of Adorno is a brilhant but like so manis brillant
Hungarian
thirs claimed, an work'
I caubot
makine mone!
dupe but the
Ref change:
like this (or David
which commins Franz
Munn.. a key position),
-LlCTMIS3. and the Nazi
You did. acknowledging CIsterteE and however subjective and artisan ,
mirror of
secrelly and
and crealve Hork
Homer's
Odyssey
RECENTLY-PUBLISHED Pensuin deas aich TC expericnce of workers on VALLEIEU. .LUBLI many evocative descriptions of the experience, such as the following: 1 ain ou piece-rates. And that changes everythone. Labour is turned into its opposite. Every possibility is turned And chis: "Al work, 1 dou't lase time to check the piece-rate, because l am on one.. In the cad, the only way oul is to become a machine mese? of course, this: "In a way. SUC BUN feel that our union official is really par. pf'a trade-union apparator at al the union is our paid enemy
Il won't be surprising for the reader to learo that this book is written by a Ma US, DOL, Lors C presen aad even Isrically written, hy a poet. What may be a shock is that the lactory
in the book is in the People's Republic ol Hungary, and that its author received a suspended prison sentence for writing it.
Miklos Haraszti, twice expelled
Budapest University for suspected "Maoist' activities fon the second occasion he was accused of Soteris of Lenins winis wibaut InCEL, accompanying comments -l, based A Worker In a Workers" Stale on bis
experience. depressing book, because there is,
SULCIS however critical they may be of the Fascern European regimes, a kind of instinct that the socialisation of the meus ol brocu han, whether In a deformed, degenerated or even state
TAOUC must have SiAme effect on the relations of workers to thoir product, Haraszli dispells chis sentimental illusion. As he writes:
"He who sells his mime, his strength his abuites for wages, whether bit by bir for piece-rates transparent, total forci, knows thar he does not work for binself. He has sold everything.. Anyone who worke in a factory know. without nood of statistics, that for those who work to norms, complex arguments about Whether ar not they own the meuns of
are nothing but
Ir is thic insight into the political
work-systeins tha makes Harascti's book more than i documentar wiia Is and a good one) of factory work, in the Fas or che West. Early on, he guntes a
"Management science expert who claimed that payment br results was the ideal farin for socialis wager". It was, the comrade expert
*the embodiment DE prineiple "from cach according to his capacity, to cach accordine to his
Haraszt Does bot beed to linger or that breahtakiog al oa taisn The Implications are all oo clear. worker's work-life under piece ra.es it dominated by an absesion about
Thie obsession wath carines servesto disguise the realit ol Jus or her soreation: When he has a
The helieves, trom the bottom of his heart, that he is not the
Finails. course, the workers" experience dulls even the amareness uf ihe possibility
*We accept the tact of competirion and in spirit, and so we cannot even pose the question of waether it could be replaced by oo-operation in life or in work, or why compertion has come ts dominate our condisons of life
The only activity of meaning left t0 the worker, an activity which Haraszli describes with ambivalent affection, is the creation O naUcrs SITSE domestic objects made on the firm machines with their materials Whe
the element "nostalgis for-he dassof the domestic
Haasti affires the negeisity of homers and their power
The humble trile homer, made seele, wit no sterier motie lt •30U through
Here the pascon is for notting other than work, work as an end in irschf
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It is this continued faith in the creative (and cooperative) potential ol work proceses that keeps Htarasz! from pessimism. It i the chapte about homers in particular — and th general perception and charm of the atuine — that turns tne suntsary o. Haraszti" trial (appended to the book) from a tragedy to a kind of macabre farce.
As be told the prosecution bases its casc on a fiction, on the myth of a society without LOriCS The proceedings against Miklos Haraszti for sandenng tc ansaunons ot lc Hungarian Peoples" Republic read bke s kind comparedn ls le abstraction, compared Eirdy concreteoees of the reality of wage-labour, in Hungary or, indeed, TACIC
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alternative. It does se in a mumber or creating such management s sratogies df incorporation: their close connection to the drive for greater profit in periods of crisis; their usc of a particular social division of labour; their harmons
limited objectives traditional trade unionism, and their
'Incorporation' is a word flung around a lot on the left, mostly to describe the trade union leadership.
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