Socialist Challenge No. 8, 28 July 1977

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Socialist Challenge BUILD A SOCIALIST OPPOSITION FOR A UNIFIED REVOLUTIONARY ORGANISATION GRUNWICK D-DAYAUG8 "One final almighty push and we will win the most important victory for our movement since the miners' strike." - Grunwick Strike Committee

1. 11 tha davil had used all

his ingenuity to damn

Ireland, could he have

devastating trinity that

ne Roman Catholic

murch the Protesten! hurch and the English

Houses of Parliament?

2 Why is it possible lo

wihdraw from India.

Kenya and Aden but

Impossible to withdraw

Question Time in Ireland

Adrian Mitchell

3 Did Jesus say: Blessed are the poor, for they shall out? Blessed are the rich for they shall watch ine det shall place bets on the gutcome?

What's wrong with torture in a 900d cause so song as lerevision? 5, What is the answer to the English question?

Pat Arrowsmith and Adrian Mitchell with more on Ireland p.4

Robertson's

STRAWBERRT WA Strawberries of Wrath p.3

Dracula is in Rhodesia

28 July 1977 No. 8 We expose racist propaganda p.3

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Editorial

Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1.

Editorial 01-359 8188

case of

WaB, WrO were Down roguced to tears. tae police

this country.

what has happened to

first and most obvious defences repressive apparatus of the British state.

merely an ordinary arm

(of all complexions)

to 'suspect" persons and organisations.

Even

have a right-wing record.

Apee-Hosenball case recalved top security a Tory retum.

That is why

for him.

Capitalion & i cisis. The leaders of th

Labour Party and ine trues unions offer

sebacione that are la the laterests, not of the

workers, hat of the capitalist cass.

Socialist Challenge believes it the cro desi:

News 01-359 8180 Distribution 01-359 8301

The strange

Comrade Jones

MAURICE JONES and his family returned to Labour's Britain last Sunday, The year was 1977 though Jones could be forgiven for thinking it was 1984. Hounded out by the Special Branch, he returned accompanied by miners* leader Arthur Scargill. Waiting for him was a reception committee consisting of five Special Branch operatives and a snatch squad of police toughs. The latter refused to let him talk to his lawyer. They manhandled him in front of his young daughter and behaved in this tashion quite deliberately, thus symbolising the contempt of the state for the militant wing of the trade union movement. They chose to publicly Insult the best-known militant trade-union leader in

Jones' case is not that unusual. What is remarkable is the police's choice of victim. Because for Irish men and women as well as for black people in this country,

Jones is an everyday occurrence. The barriers at Britain's frontiers are the

erected by the

British intelligence and the Special Branch are not

repression. They Ideclogically motivated and trained. Their enemy is the working class movement and especially the Marxists

active within Telephone tapping, Job discrimination, Special Branch files on a broad layer of individuals (including left MPs and trade union leaders such as Jack Jones), and the regular opening of mail exists on a wide scale. In London alone there are seven area offices for opening mail addressed

anti-Labour current exists within British Intelligence. Prospective applicants for Jobs in the Intelligence organisations can be pretty sure of employment if they

Michael Foot. as Depuly Prime Minister, was not allowed to see the files on the

because he himsell had not clearance. That is why no left 1l1:m0cras lawRe to aname over sensitive Ministries (Foreign Office, Home Office and Defence).

As the social crisis deepens and as the Labour Government totters along on its last legs, the Special Branch and allied organisations become even more brazen. They and their bosses are eagerly preparing for

MPs concerned at these developments must not be pressured into silence. They should demand to see the relevant files. They should subject Rees to regular and merciless harassment in parliament. To put it briefly, they should make life hell

The strange case of Maurice Jones has still to be unravelled. We would not be unduly surprised if it were subsequently revealed that he was being blackmalled by the Special Branch because of some 'indiscretion" in the past. We hope that Arthur Scargill and the miners' union will not be satisfied with a whitewash, but will continue to press with all means at their disposal for a full enquiry. Some good could yet come out of all this.

OUR POLICIES

GEOFF BELL reports.

That is the new date which the Crumwick strike committee bai tamed as a day of mass action when it is calling on our entire movement to use its full power to compel a spendy and victorious the Cale bar been chosen, tor two reasons, Firstly, the Scarman inquiry is expected to publish its findings on 5 August. There is widespread optimism among the

committee thar Scarman

I that bappens, said strike committee member Jack Dromes last Friday, We will give George Ward 48 hours to make up his mind to accept the recommendn CorS

The second reason is that the following week is Wakes Week' in Yorkshire. So the mass pickel was brought forward from August as a way of securing tbe TUTECT BOSSIUTE from the Yorkshire miners.

SUPPORT

As well the miners, already committed 1o a mass mobasson, are Londol printworkers, the

of Councils, the Soutb-cast Region al Council of the TUC, and a

large number of delegations from

are expected to follow suit.

Grunwick

many towns and cities throughout the country

Birmingham, Nottingham, Covenry, Bristol, are some of the

most prominent. having been brought forward a

week, soch actay nceus to Dr

duplicated and accelerated.

The measure of support for 8

August is one indication of its

importance. Another is to look at

those who are opposing

staying silent about the picket.

The leadership of the TUC has

maintained

honed Congress House to ob

ain the official TUC altitud

were told: That's a poser... We

haven't got a view on it*

POMPOUS

But the TUC is likely to follow

APEX General Secrerary Roy

Grantham, who within hours of

the strike committee's statement

bureaucras

committee that there

mass picket on that date.

cannot get a mass picket on that he bosses with that of other oper

This socialism con only be ac new organs of pireer and detes necessary means the power of the capitalis

All out for Grunwick

8 August

the real thing

GRUNWICK is the most important struggle so far in the life of this Labour Government. And 8 August is the most crucial day so far in the course of this long struggle.

date without my authority and no authority will be given.

considering the latest role Gran TAM BAN COUCHE

Bce wracks on the picket.

TROUBLEMAKERS

the APEX newspaper, Granchan

first day of the mass picker by saying:

of pickets in London for 40 years.

the 'untortunate. 'encouraged mobilisation There need makers" in cheir thousands on 8

Yorkshire workers and about the right to belong to & traDe Greater LonTrades in apposton to cne tactics cl collaboration.

uding on the

SIT THE BAL BE CIL solidarity commit established in Manchester, TEAL WARE Labour

With the date are saying that

For

banned any SOGAT

picket line.

Grunmick

being taken in

announced. " shall the strike have been WILL They at Welding Indesto.

concilable on

an as international scale. This asily will in the mperialist regimes se the West and the brat RAIDE Airies and Asia diate withdrawal of Britch Iroups From Ireland In BIBE HE and letting the Irish prople determine their nar

4525

This attitade is not surprising

Wrising in the latest edition of

The police in London had no

BADUHEL mast

picket as an misjudgement' trouble-

trouble

August co pur such crawlers in

Because noW the exploitation of Asian and women

union. ll is about working people organisin hemselves and fighting for right

For three years trade unionists have suffered loss of wages, high unemployment, and cuts in social

It has not, and now the revolt against such misleaders is show-

ditber side.

COCCULE after union conference. But the

Government

TUC are not finished yet. They observe the "12 month rule on

Grunwick snapshots

* Union seab of the week is Hill

Keys, general secretary of the

priet union SOGAT. He has

banner

from appearing on the Grunwich

* According to omc of the

drivers SACHEL SESH

week by George Ward for going

Memary, 4.30am.

working for Grenwick who were

ian Hall.

employed when the stake ocial

* The type of solidarity action 4.00asn

Bostol is

example of whut cun be done hroughout the coumtry. There

collections there at

Number 4 shop Rells Royce and

• denianding the imm

pro-Moscer

Parties are more neees Conditions today an we the perceding three parties can wely he built by seeing interna

The Grunwick picket has a rea connection with all this Just a over the Social Contract, so they have been drawn over 8 August; THE HOOG HOTECT TACTICE LIL

forces are involved on

The latest nose of the Labour Government on Grunwick is to supply the strike-breaking police

helmets The TUC says the mass picker is a 'poser". The trade union leader-

Printworkers at the Derek Robinson Group [Malago] plant have refused to shift a million evelopes ordered by Ward. And a solidarity committee arranged a successfal factory tour by a member of the strike committee. * COACHES for the mass picket on 8 August:

BIRMINGHAM: Leaves Hall of BRISTOL: Leaves Christadelph-

Cheltenham Rond.

MANCHESTER: Leaves from Ayloan Street, midnight Sunday.

NOTINGHAM: Contuct Verson Gapper (Assistant Secretary.

Trades Council], 218 Mansfield

WANT TO KNOW MORE? If sun sance with these principles are want to te Involved in sevilles 5x Socielse Cbailmer sup portersio socranes fil in the form below and send it (o us: 1 in hoteresed in mure infarmacion, sbout serkilies in nus drun. 1 Montake additond lifecature and foclose sen in cover en (elele if not applephie)

ADDRESS

London S1

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 21 July 1977 p.2 ship in the shape of Gransham Moderation, moderation, and in the same gutless tones as it was spewed out over the Social Conmouths

But those who have led the LunwIck swiKe nave no cine Ic all chat, In calling for a mass picket on 8 August the strike committee draws lesson:

'It was miss action that got w where we are today. It will b tant wme determined actine thur will win this historic strike.

Furthermore, in calling for an all-day picket on 8 August, SUSCES BEG TAKING TE COST LOVES will be no repeal of 11 July when the mass picket was trooped off

TUC march strength between rank and ie So 8 August is a LOSE trade unionists, and those who wish to limit their right to picker mE breanise between those 1t the workers moorenot who are committed to class struggle policies and bose who seek to polo the working class in the interests of their rulers.

Commenting on the 11 Jul

picket, Socialist Challenge SHE MAN SITE TECH On & August the curcain goes of on the real thing. Be there.

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The foreman was armed with a shotgun...'

Wild

R&JM PLACE LTD is one of the largest fruit growers in East Anglie, They supply all the large canning companies

Smedleys, Robertson, Birds Eye. Their main farm complex is at Church Farm, Tunstead in Norfoik. Earlier this month a strike took place ar the farm. Socialist Challenge has just recrived this report from one of the strikers involved. His story is one of strike-breakInE. shotguns, and attempts to run strikers down with tractors.

It is a story of explotiation many think doesn't exis in Labour's Britain. It does.

was late. The main picking didn' start until Monday 4 July. Some ing at the site at Castle Farm

Wing for the rop to ripen. The stall ano of picking on the previo

paid at ep per pound, but the

Myou picked 1w0-0 pound balked ta go. paid 25p for every two baskets. For a full day's back breaking work most Dooble carned lour oi five pounds.

FOREMAN

The next day the buses took us to the same field near Brandall on the other side of Norwich. foreman changed all the baskets from 2.5tb, ones to silb, baskets, PIECE weighing each avoid being run into

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basket you were pald 24p. There had been a 20 per cent cut in our

Everybody started to get angry

first to shout that they had had bough. They walked off the

away and everybody walking off, cheering each other.

CONCA TO CHICKS students, the travellers, even tbe ocal people came off — about 150 in all. We cathered around the weighing scales where there was a short-wave radio used to coordinate the picking

from the central farm

was to go back to the old rate.

The reply was soon radioed back - No

We were all resolved to keep

ur stand going but we bad thre

In Prems, De Wa mone With only one day's picking behind us most people only ha

on. A second problem was our

from the

tion from the foreign workers at The tractor moves towards pickets — only because pickets dragged nach other out of the way did pecale

strawberries

their camp in Tunstead.

So we mohilised every available vehicle we could get bold of We were able to transport about 50 ME USELESS MISS HE was both the central office and the foreign workers camp When we arrived we spread th started ent fields and areas of the camp ard of our strike in the diffe

explain, bur once they stood there was always an erup something was being done

ORGANISED

Japanese, Polish and Turkish corkers immediatel A meeting was held in an open

Used. Our first purpose was explain our reasons for striking to all the different groups o Toreign students, everything had to be repeated in many dinterent languages. There were students from France, Italy. Holland, Scandinavia, Poland, Japan,

Each paid 18.80 a week in rest, with yet they slept in dormitories, with

20 mecal They received breakfast but Do other meal. The only shop in the area to buy food was owned by the company, the only bar was a

I TAKE SCARE BaD OLL ages back over the bar and sho

The next day ahout 50 pickets from Castle Farm were central transported over to Tunstead at

find about 300 people on the

Ciroled is a foreman: strike breaking 1977 style — with a shotgun.

picket in the Church Farm.

the head of the firm SC.

from the

give way to a strike.

underGeld about

through an had arrived and

the Field.

became more organi ricket then

field. bich mean CLUTCHICH

Clements.

Turkey

Malaysia as

rates had ed for them as it had for other grievances

picket. Only to a dormitory Tago can oe

into.

armed with a shotgun.

Intimidation

their tents

drawn out

10-1.10 1C4

ABANDON

especially

thestrike.

OLEE STI

smashed the strike.

black and wile.

law action,

main yard of The stoppage was

During the morning Mr. Place,

agreed to delegation of The only suggestion which came

management was that they"d rather let the crop rot than

the picket, news came that in a

country up DOOR OTTO RAOUT TeMe

agency in Norwich as the were picking.

The picket moved in a column to

-100 people, largely housewives and unemployed from Norwich, were

Attempts to persuade the people to stop work failed. Thi

picker tear both ends of the

broke out botween pickers and

wardents and the farm manager, Norman

DRAGGED

A tractor stopped at the picket.

Clements climbed into the driver: sent and drove it towards the

because pickets out of the way did people avoid being run

behind moe and saw a foreman

тио гора нео шле аш псоріс dived far cover. Someone warted taking pictures of the gunman

sun into a car. Tbere was a lot of car and disarganisation by cbis time, but the picker was reformed and a decision was taken to move the picker hack to the farm offices, and to call the police

continued. Stri that if they didn't return to wor

and belongings would be dragged out of the camp.

Is was obvious by now that th world."

would mean that only a long

strike could succeed the -This would be impossible for thi loreigo workers who made upthe majority of the strikers. After a

migrant workers said that were at a point where they had to move

WITH that Plac knew this, and only had to wait.

At Tunstead, three strikers who discussion had been in the morning's dele Tram tbe camp. Foreign seederes had all been removed

on visas, were now too scared to be see having to pay their way that was theirreason for having to abandon

soldiers.

it was decided that only a total strike could have any effect - for ATHENOT ENCE BEINC strength, The pickers ar Castle Farm began to find work on

Two wecks later the police still had laid no charges against Clen ris, the cunan, or any pin others who bad so barbarously

News

nowhere

NF recruiter

A racist Rhodesian propaganda THE Is Deny some commercial! in Britain, Based on the book Whispering Death by the white

been shown in London under th title Death in the Sun, Its theme is the pursuit by a white nasa of a

"errorist" who has raped

murdered the white man's

The film glorifies this lynch-

which results in the deaths — some under torture -of some twenty Africans, Believe it or not, the film is implicitly very critical of the Smith regime for being "solt' on the terrorists.

Ir was made with the assistance 0l the Rhodesira Coveramsent, which provided various facilitie inctuding mailitary equi

Christopber Lee (taking time off from being Dracula to be a Rbodesian police commander); Trevor Howard as

SITE and won't give it up without a fight': Sybil Dannin raped wife: and James Faulkner

will HE HIS DECIAL BESOE

Death in the Sum that it would not be surprising if the National LUCICTO recruiting film.

We are confronted with racist propaganda posturing as

I mavie as we do nor tolerate National Fron meetings, neither should we tal crate the showing of this film. WHET BORE SWORE CHEC ive form of propaganda

Challenge readers bould watch lie um adverts 1o see if this racist filth is going to be hawked in their town. Once

to be shown, you should demand that the manager takes it off and,

This tim is not an isolated incident. News has come through That Richard Burton is so star in a HE DESCE ON SHOULEE Daniel Curney. The Wild Geese Take lare be done mere- technica. advisor will be

ryl Other stars will he Robe

LAUL, SOPLE MOUSE DUDE Bayd, Trevor Howard and David Niven, so it's obvlously intended to be a big budget movie prob SENTIN RENE SEDAT

The Wild Geese will have a

ned-colonialist approach The tilm's producer, Ewan Llayd has said: "This film will be ver worthwhile to South Africa's relationship with the rost of the

If the anti-racisc policies o Equity, the actors union, and of

Association of Cinemato graph and Television Technicians

are to be more than paper pieries

he making of this film demand

Martial law in Willesden?

A LABOUR Part merober re

cencly met a -from an army camp in the Midlands. The

veered around to the Grunwick strike. The soldier saic

categorically that he was on 'Red

Alert' to move into Grunwick. It

involve soldiers being based at the nearest army camp in North London who would move in from there in wagons, each of which could contain 40

The soldier claimed that he'd been given training in riot contro and dealing with civilians

outside would have a

vil palice officer commandir tech ane be suoject 1o cava Jaw The "Red Alert" period was due to last for three months.

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 26 July 1977 B.3

from

Party itember a description the hest was to deal with the picketa: "First you'd drench then with warmt water ta open thei

into the skin, and finally col

La few pie farmoured carst in and tha would be that!'

security correspondent writes: The information sounds authentic enough. The Govern ment could act brough the Civil Contingencies Committee, first set up by Heath to deal with th miners strike of 1973-74. The committee is authorised not by Parliament (bough) to use th

deal with terrorism. disasters (such as Flixborough). or to provide sullitary aid to the civil power

pory that the army could be used in Grunwick. The composition of THE BICE IS RESPO bul Muley and Home Secretary Freed both Defence Minister SiE On it. * Those *ty the National Front havent WHO wondering

be Interested in the following.

sales of she Nationa Association for Freedom paper Free Nation, have heen reported it over the cownry in Can brider two men selline in the market place were apprached br

Socialis Workers Party

The conrades recognised one of the sellers is a Natiomer Fron member who had participared in assaulting an SWP member lest

The Free Nation sellers when confronted -Ліза argaressive, then defensive WIR THE MAM BE NEAREM

Ler's hope Robert Moss NAPPY director, con be relied MW TRADERS DRUE ERU of subversion within his ranks. Another mistaken identity FOOT - the the crowd

THE POLICE Federation Jour

nal's boob ont Paul Foot

'dentifying' him in a picture of

the Grunwick dassic example of hora careless

the police are when it comes to

identifying people, as Peter Hain and George Davis know to their CoSt

What is even more galling h

that the person they mis-identi

Fied is none other

Grist, a militans of APEX (the

which has called the picket), a member of the Inter. mation porter ou and an ardens supporter Socialist CRETEVIER

are told Ried From Nowhere:

McLean vs MacDonald

THE LETTER WE

Melen

STONES THE ATE N Hungary by our East Earopean

correspondent Oliver

What Ms Maclean ones t

mention is maut we discovere

INALIS

works for the press departmen

of the Hungurium Embesy i LONDONE IS LINSU entitle her to stale her views in

our paper, merely that it was a

bit naughty to conceal the fact.

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TUC must reject backdoor Phase3

THE TUC-Government drive to overturn union conference decisions and impose the 12-month rule por into top gear last week. Callaghan trotted out the argument that has been used to get through Phase 1 and 2 of the Sociai Contract —ло 12-month rule, no Labour Covernment.

The TUC leaders needed little prompting. Only Jour days after Healey's speech the TUC Economic Committee corne oar neate nc dccoom of the majority of trade won aa as coamr or declaring their support forthis socidi-contract-by-the-backdoor' For thar is what the 12-month rule is,

JOHN ROSS explains.

JACK JONES was the first trade union leader to rish to frustrate the policy of his own

The transport workers' Isie of Man conference had voted decisively for a return to unfettered collective bargaining from 1 August.

Within a fortnight Jones has Nown in the face of that decision Dy scung oul a circular Irom Transport House declaring: *We

line

their holidays.

THE PLANS for strike achon un Leyland result direcily from the success of the unholy alliance of engineering union officials, Ley

and management and the Labou Government in forcing toolmakers back to work after their spring Hoppage. They were promiseu a

negotiated settlement

Now the Toolroom Committee

ad Roy Frazer, the leadership o

E SMOL MINO DANSURISA SR was an empty promise. No prog: ress at all has bees made. ManagemCUE CIT CRaI-CEC Borams ue

Taiaing their grievancer properly.

In the time since the last strike the Tootroom Commitlee has contoled ters in Leyiand are beine inued to ibeet. called all over the country calling for the one day sroppage to permit

ont for migre mones again

Ildy to be. Oe reaciun te the

Iniest claihe nf 57300% Poes esr

worlers foe fitieen per

sys the (trudarden ou their

acgotadna dacomeei..

But seup al: the: policins

incuded in cie cinim can he

fonght Tor anil sindersiqed

thramgbout the worlipg-diess

and lake Fard porkers 1o 2

sestlersent bearer in treniy

Beides:

BTC IELECIH

Afteca per ceat nise ne hasic

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are still bound by TUC decisions WITEUWTE TAT4RC cent) formula to apply for the full 12 month neriod.

Hugh Scanlon, Presdent of the отеск sa, mas not gout telomed by tie Cui outdone. In a SCEL SurmOEOTLICmODa rule on the basis that 'a bargain made is a bargain kept"

Scanlon's and the TUC's talk: about "bonouring bargaina" rubbish. No-one with any cight to CU TICMS NC A OaC kader would think chat it B u 'bargain" to be honoured whes UNC MEC INC BOCETR CIRSS IUR received a 7 per cent cut in living standards and the employers, has gained a 30 per cent increase in profits.

CONTROLS

The employers and the Government never could have and never did intend to deliver anyway. Healey sold the wage controls on the promise that price rises would be down to 10 per cent Dy ine cho Dl 1950. How, cycn sD rimming at over 17 per cemt. What that, they

Wheusted at t ie Mr ai Hhe

discussed URCOT COASE COA TIC ARSE BER

Now this has occurred. Tha

Car workers

in the front

by JOHN GRAHAM

THE MONTH OF AUGUST will see the beginning of a vital battle in the car industry between skilled workers and bosses. Plans are going ahead for a one day stoppage of Leyland toolmakers on 8 August. While after a strike of 1,200 toolmakers in the Lucas Combine Birmingham factories, 7,500 workers face a lock-out when they return from

Leyland strikeaction

ROY FRAZER: anor Toplwancr Chu uas/bug Birmingham August. Toolrooms in Birmingham will be levicc lõ nay toi Thẻ transport of toolmakers Oxford to Biriciogham.

Ford claim goes in

urnings che ciuim vise inciu ded-a cost of ling compenworking weck lo tor und o half waf. hour willusi loas uf gus.

Another ispect of the peck age is the demand for eighty por ceni loriotf pas/ the deEATUTUALRAETODDOOC ştrike uelion in Fotd plante tist

Mase Eraos

the- -within the perins of (paley's satetent, and as chairpersos

figure could calculated on the basis of knowlodge that inflation wouldn't fall to anything remotely resembling S CECCIE Metion wil now proe dosa Scanton Onpe again this s a straightforward lie which neither he nor any employer believes. The inflaential stockbrokers Phillips and Drew have inflation will still be running at 15 per cent next vear.

Social Contract it was spid ta the

movement and in mans cases by conscious arendOn ov Movermenr BTE union leaders. Having lied and cheated the labour movement into aTeLa DOSIC sandards it is pure hypocrisy for these same leaders to stand up and call the working class to honour what wai justly their side bargain but a Contrick

Given the real figures on inflation there must be no ilesion shout what the 12 month rule wal: mean for living standards. With 5

eF CENE DAY FiBS Mnder FRSe celt, teal buying power of wages

nasses. Loaccepl a 12 month dea will mean wage cuts nearing 1D per cent. For this rcason alone the 12 month rule must be thrown out. on 8 AugusT.

Lucas

lock out

THE LOLA DUE BE LUCAM

Birmingham which is due to start oil E Augusl ts the culmination ol a

campaiga of provocation carried

ou hs manasement. Toolmakers

in the company's planis are in trom dispule over n bonus system.

of thi trade pniem side of the Natieanl Solot Negntiglion Commhțec he will be doing tis ICrEI OTI C SUE 1 10

The beginnings of the

which cume op the sreme to the last atrike wase in Fords wat Tave so deownu:

re Füll cirim. Ne Junking of

hie cost bE tivin Reduce motking withodi lois of pay- fir w LSAEE TCCS PAES

ouly have.

under Phase 3

already stated that

ONCEL!

through lies.

SCANLY welcomed by the CBl

called not a

powerful

with every day that employers

CTLCaI London.

TULINE Tuar TAC

Phase 2.

ASILACLS

E8 ranke

CRUCE-DEE DR

saleguard.

Hepk

Tory

take any achon DOCTORS

situation in speech was

ncedco In le

But in addition to its direct effect in wage cutting, the 12 month rule is also a deadly weapon to divide the stroggle of the working class.

The wages policy, the restriction onthe money sucalv, and the cas Enits in the publis sector are

weapons to he used

Shape to use. them against isolated groups of workers WI HEE COTE OOUEEOOL L whale power of the ruling class by themselves. That was how the Tooimaters ar one of their nationai meetings called during their dispute earlier this year. Now they ment again

'he deal was concluded prior t

9TS and has been approved by th

CO BIOJICUE HE But management have rS TASTET saruied to at he separe oi

- UCDaREI

Employmen io Birmingham has nationa backing ruied that the claim is outside

August

A work to rule in support of the CN eL TO THAN CLOL SUSECId ing all bonas payments for toal

Workers found their wage packets short by up to

sumuner.

Unite for Action

Both these struggles challenge Phase 2 directly. By forming an Indestry-wide block, the Leyland toolroom workers are following the same tactics as the dockers, uniting workers who would otherwise be split from each other, some making claims under Plese 3, others under Phase 2. But there are dangers as well.

The car industry promises to be the first place where the bosses following the CBl directive to hold the line are going to stand firm. The wave of disputes in the engineering Industry in the spring and the clear signs of a repcat performance in the autama point to the need for a national lead for all engineering workers.

The first step would be the calling of a National Broad Lefl conference, organised on a democratie basis, with the sim of uniting all those in the union pledged to a fight against the twelre month rule aed theten per cent norm.

government deleated the DOS DES AEK MOSMIRI POrECT. while the TUC sot by. talkine abour "solidarity" * but refusing ta

This employers policy can he defialed butit boeds utiled action to do it,

The 2momb nule breaksue and stops united struggles even within, let alone between, different sections of workers.

Take, for example, merely the

the healtb service Doctors will be nutting in claiits cow. But under the 12 manth rule ancillary workers can't light until December. Meanwhile health maintenance workers BOUlen come úp for a claim until Januury and nurses, midwives and admin

April. The united fight urgently

health service is prevented by the 12 month rule demanded by the TUC

Simularly in the mocor industry the claims ate strung our under the

1 month rule herween OctoDe for Fords, Noveraber for British

for Frirsh Leylard Cowley, an Leyland Longbeid escn late s0 00. The 12 month rule is direct necesary soldariy sodeied TUC sabotags strupele in all soctors

What is more, the TUC

A strike of the 1,200 workers was declared from 4 July and has heer declared afficial by Birmingham

LATINCE COT LI Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers. But so far there is no

The tim teis holidars on i turi from their bolidays

promises to Lucas bosses are confident thai they can bold out, despite the Dependence DI me Ct Iauss 0 Luces products, because of the sow-down in production in the

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 28 July 1977 D.4 asrempe to impose the 12 manth

open strike breaking. Many groups of workers have claime that would breach the 12 montl rule. The TUC position world meae direct atracks s on the miner: BL OMLE OUAS UI MOTACLA SOO calis to the labour movement to

Faoed with the sabolage of Joncs, Scanlon, Murray and Co. there is no doubt Lha against the 12 month rule is goinp to beascriousand bitter onc. lehas

That means puttiog in wige claims from 1 August. If micans a missive lohby bf the TUC Monday S September lo demand The TRECuOIDE with Healy; no 12 month rule wage claims protected by cost of Ivine increams o compensat felly for falls in living scandards under Phases I and 2, and Juil SHaDOC LUETOEHIC working class going into strugele

Rank

and file

reject

Jones

circular

RANK AND FILE members or

Geoarat

raged CEHULMIE WHRmO O maDe-me aca Isions af their Biennia/ Con-

Among the first t

MOT MOS the

Shop of the Centrel Londor

oo/lar section of the union. The

section and

matlon at its augus. mecang

This branch dep loree the recent statement from Brother SDUR NOTOC. TEHe OTHE BSLUUTFEE issued in whith

SRAHS D OENUE MIE SCOIELOI carried by averwhalming majority ai this year's Biennla Delegate Conference lar return to untatlered collectw barga ning trom 1 August 1977

The clalma made in thi

still bound by TUC decisions which reçulre the E2.50-E4/5 per can formula ta apply for the full 12

nOe 8, FIo9s E Irscn wu.

stringent conditione which Phasa HIDROIO never adhered to by the Gov by the WHE WOT

omment.

The aranch therefore: Comanere 'Calle apon the Regional

To issue siatement to all Branches, and shop stewands 110000 3949 Commena sna coHle ors E pudiating the executive's statement, and setiing r forti accurately the policy UNIOT decided by the BDC COn this question Bs

calle the regiona

committee to demanc lha: the

executive repudiates the ment both publioly, and in the CALIMRS ARO HErOTE SC Ine tortn the correst policy of the Union on thie question, ss decided by the BDC

The branch itself will: 1. send a stalement immedi ately to the Record repudiating

SS AnATO CAN suppor the fomm of

among other branches and member gener

There war an error on last week s front poge. The Lahour Goremment Aus eur E3.5 billion froy publir spending (aor E3 5mM)

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Hospital occupations

HOM

TWO CHALLENGES to the crisis in the National Health Service are currently on display.

One is that being offered by the doctors of the British Medical Association. week in Glasgow the BMA's conference voted to threaten one-day strike action in sup port of an interim 15 per cent

Second are the current ocupations of the Elizabeth Carrett Hounslow and the Plaistow Maternity bospitals London.

The doctors call for strike ation descres the stinoon at the atire labour movement They re challenging the 12-month rule

aor hospital doctors in parti-

ar are over-worked and under-

OCCUPATIONS

Those occupying the London

JANETMAGUIRE, a member of

the South-east London Medicul

branca or me Associaon

Salaried, Technical and Man-

Guys Hospital, espluins why she

has got her trade union branch lo

call a conference on women's

Photo: ANGELA PHILLIPS (IFL)

A number of the women

workers in my department have

become aware of the obstacies

which prevent an effective fight

on women's issues, The Social

Contract, the cuts in public

expenditure and galloping infla-

tion all hit the workforce. But

they have a particularty harsh

effect on working women.

Women de not work for pin

money. They take jobs because

they and their families need the

money.

after a day's work they go home

bousework, Most of their lusch-

time gers used up shoppine. lf

they have a young Tamily, they

have to pet up earls and take the

children to the muriery — if they

are lucky enough to have one.

UNEMPLOYMENT

Because of the high

ployment they are made to feel

that they are taking jobs from

encouraged by some male trace

the public sector, where a sery

high proportion of the workers

are women 70 per cent in the

Nabona Heatl Service - then

are in the front line of the attack

O TODA E COS

Tbe Equal Pay Act has made

socie diftercoce bur women still

average only 57 per pent of men's

NEWS

Doctors challenge pay rule

defy health cuts

in hospitals offer so such threat. EGA began, links were sought with the local labour movement. are being followed. work-in has continued to provide ferent unions and organisations

Women & the Unions

may as the great maiocaly or coem

are will working in Jobs seen as means women's pay!

Or course, ibost unions are all

women's equality. their constitutions provide for women's advisory council al district and even national level But how effective are such bodies?

Mare often than not they are

under the control of the malewhose permission they have to. Ect cicic they can unch ans campaigns. Generally they Enci 100s to service the trade union hureaucracy to women's issues rathor tbal

providing a fighting leadership.

They never have adequate union finances at their disposal which

maker sure that issues they see as important car acly be taken ap with permission of the executive.

It was the awareness of these kind of obscacies which stop a proper fight for a woman's right to a job, and deny an effective struggle against low

adequase nursery facilities which

Medical Branch of ASTMS 1o

this altumn on these matters,

we hone that the conterence

will discuss not only these problems, but will get down to dis-

cussing and working out bow we

inside the unions. We do not see

momen's caucuses simply

groups of woiben who just talk about the lack of nurseries and

the problemis of Jow want them to be bodies which

will involve women in the trade

unions, and that will encournge

theis to speak op for their rights

WORK

responded. The task is now ta build for the mass demonstration August has been scheduled by the area There the health authority.

WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE

of the Planilow work-in. As with

from 12 dil-

The 150 mursei, doctors and

Self-

and that

Often

are in regard

Janer Macgeire

and sand for positions in the unions.

CAUCUSES Right now the trade citions are dominated at every level by male trade unionists. If we want to change the role that women have traditionally played, nursery, but thar is not some have to sas -85 Ling that women alone fight for caucuses could discuss and decpay. ide how best to make sure a hipht

is started inside their union so that the union as a whole rakes up that strugale.

Trico, Orinwick, the Weir,

NAT

Brea the date when closure available.

conie, Insofar as

Hugh and has a well equipped they have reached today.

organisation

is the aim!

ward by another step.

then the seteing

union unity.

Janet ment,

STR WORK-M

OK:

TALH ancillary staff are resisting the attempt lo close the hospital, and are demanding that it stay open

The participation of doctors in such work-ins ts especially wel

willing to put their skills at the Che best portante that the NHE

Faded and extended both tha the colmmunity are and that wages am conditions of all bealth workers rise from the miserable depths

pert of a Stadents.

itlee. As

Imposed. from

gandu private Elizabeth Garret Anderson and Houniow hospitals bave showa waiben's ability and determinabuild wrong unions. This couference will, E hope, take the sruggle of women workers for-

Thope that it will help initiare a movement inside the unions for

-up of women's caucuses at the base. That is the cond rowards equality and trade

battle).

For details of the conference, to be held in October, contact undant

Maguire. ECG Depart.

Gily 5 Hospera, bandon SE1. Tel. 01-407-7600, est. 3162.

And forgive those

who trespass...

DE IRDE HEPPERS -The Criminal toBilli corplete its tarinade ciarse of

parlamentare schute this Wide Sust

when it reoriver ruya) esot :

wish is sirirpes teeth Intaet,

The Bui Mansfocins Sho chi insonis wiih, ah offensive wesp

affense of frescas inta is ormi-

mal offende Puise

arres without wiesnita in case of tend lo inove inte opration to

Espas — draconies

(net the Prescution of Terpoc

tar Alt and the Misse of Drugs

Souters will he one af the fict

targets for seap measures.

workers, studencs, and apmmu

nath groupe as pocupution ot an

the pocker bie me siso open to

The deavy band, of the State.

When the law n plentes,

may public honsng hodies

bowsing acociation or councili

certifiose of injenning ocoupa erment have whe

Glory ocompations are Jus as spending t bis perpetrates

Students expelled

•FIVE STUDENTS have been their part in two occupations of the stadent union last year.

The occupations were in protest atthe Labour Governenent's plans to increase tuition fees, and wete started by the National Uaion of

Altogether 73 Essex students were charged with vanioos discip linary offences, and of these 67 have been found guilly by the university's disciplinary comm

well as the five expul sions, 10 students have been

d fines totalling (2,000 we

It is important chese students

....

The way to blunt

council building axe

BUILDING WORKER ONLY MASS direct action ca ave direct works. We've all see ganda er federais tinha sell their lies, We've beard the Labour cancis threatenis 110 lecimate departmeats from Gla The act is the newly-elected Tor Grenter London Council.

The last GI.C Housing Polics Coministes saud the ping GLC tenders for contract cvery site cubring at che moment, with the intention of puttin ublicished work out to tender by

and local authorities. They are prepared to Jose 19 maillion scrapping 19 millions worth of party-boile estates!

Oh yes, and put rebts up. 1o face of this unhals alliance we

Tight hard: there is strike action - - Wear Valley and Soub Tyne - is coough But the nest caimple 15 Inc 300.c35F0 wo-week strike on Sandwell where they stopped bonus curs Calways the opening shot in the

the closed shop, removal of the lump, and rein salement of drivers made red-

One day strikes are important willingness to fight for the principle, as well as to make ocher

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 28 July 1977 p.S Didiss. All Chat is necessary fo polive to neve tu and arre -Despinh f claim 1h curity guard has been intin

And F this due sộc open thi dobr Side moush, a new offeno

oi. Polipe who are unable are gisen ara pasecurin Baerg co pies Intimitapem will Seve a Ire

with, an. bifenive weapone Ald this Jucaris That a mather bodina a spaginte voald provide the nicesty seidenue!

surpetins the clam bus striaze internationsib aro als

such

Pokce will now haye grounde le arren sinfone in erhossic Fuil to leuve win told to da so The numereus. chuces, which are not left isnlated. Solidarias action In 1974 conbled two other Essex Universils students 1o be re-inscated after they had been politically victinised. The NUS

ensarethespine happens this tim

Last week two of the expelied students, Boh Finlay and Pete

allowed to visit the student unior between 2pm and 5pm until 20

the students to collect evidenoe

for their appeal asainst expul sion. But both students had to

Interlake not 1o causo 8a)

"disturbanos"

workers amare of the threat

which will aflisct them But

answer: all-out indelinite action

as in Sandweil is whar we have to

Separate days for the -tWO

strikes just underlines the lack of

link-ups for solidarity. This is an

issue wlich has to be taken to

orilies and to renants" associabots.

Io London, the GlC Co

ordinating Comitlee is calling

for action, noc anly by building

morrers to derenc their own

jobs, but by all OLC workers

against education curs and cuts in

inked building workers to bealtl

markers In Manchester the

Direct: Works Action Campaigr

linked tenants, trade unionises and socialists

They have taken the important

step of cading a Natiobal Dele

gare Conference of Direct Works

Kenesentativei to be bell on z

August in Holdsworth Hall,

Manchester.

Works Credencials From

Manchester And

Dave Murphy, 368 Kings Road

Sirettord, Manchester

Orders for the Balsing Worker

runk and fle baner 19. Red

Post Hill, London SE24. Price

5p plus postage.

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THE NEW COMM

Britain (CPGB].

organisation.

The rhetoric utilised by many members of the NCP Is indeed leftist. Some of their contributions in Comment before they left the CPGB contain attacks on the New Draft of the British Road to Socialism for being "social-democratic" for being *too short on coercion and too free with liberalism' and so on. Sid French stands up public meetings and defends the "dictatorship of the proletariat".

However if we examine the positions of NCPleaders and contrast them with

The 1977 draft preserves a certain clementary continuity from its 1951 parent on most questions including the possibility of a gradual, son-violent transfer of power. Where there is a shift of emphasis, naturally unstated, is in what actually lay behind the 1951 draft - the USSR and the Red Army.

It was the veteran CP historian, James Klugman, who gave the game away in a discussion text in Comment when be explained that the model for

PARTY

THE NEW COMMUNIST PARTY [NCP] led by Sid French has sought to present itself as a left wing breakaway from the Communist Party of Great

BRIAN GROGAN examines the politics of the NCP and the extent of its differences with its parent

those of the present CPB leadership, we do not find that wide a gulf on fundamental questions of principle, Where there are important differences liberation democratic rights in the USSR and Eastern Europe - the NCP is to the right of the CPGB.

The NCP defends the 'revolutionary' draft of 1951 against the 'reformist" draft of 1973. But the difference between the 1951 and 1977 drafts cannot be counterposed as being between reform and revolution.

THE BRITISH ROAD TO SOCIALISM -[1951 versus 1977]

the 1951 programme was the "people's democracies' of Eastern Europe. In other words the model was a bureaucratic seizure of power hacked ultimarely by the military strength of the Soviet Union. Naturally this could not be stated in so many words, but was generally understood within the party (after all the take-over in Czechoslovakia in 1948 was not preceded by a civil war!).

For French and the NCP

of tr by the people revolution Thas there exists

development of "Eurocommunism" the growing attacks on the USSR and the explicit reformism in the pro grammes of the "Euro' CPs implies that they have rejected the Czech model.

For the CPCB the implicit abandonment of that model impeis them to move closer and closer to left socialand democratic positions thus bringing into question the independent existence of a small communist party.

What both French and the CPGB ignore is the struggle for soviets -popular councils of workers and other layers of the population whose very existence challenges the structures of bourgeois domination. For the CPGB the struggle for soviet-type institutions implies an 'insurrectional" approach modelled on October 1917 since it assumes not merely a show of strength, but a test of strength at some stage. They reject such an approach and in so doing embrace a new spocies of reformism.

French's alternative remains the model of the 'people's democracies', a bureaucratic monolithic model which sees soviets as supertious because they impinge on the role of the party. For French, socialism equals the party plus Soviet military power. That is why the link with Moscow is vital for the the NCP. It is not merely a question of

In 1947...

without af the proletariat .... toda lities of advance fo Socialism in Britaia also, sew ways in which power can be removed from the hands of the capitalist class .... HARRY POLLIT Looking Abend, 1947, (pp88-89)

ideology or nostalgin.

On Violence

The critique of the CPB's "pacifism' gives the NCP its most left-sounding phraseology. They say: !... a penceful road is infinitely more prejerable to a violent road and must be striven for, bur cap road should project the concept of coercion to force through the chonge ...' Bur this misses the basic POJEE

The real question is the following: how can we create the most favourable conditions to minimise the amount of bloodshed and loss of life? It is primarily by arming the masses politicall so that they are capable of resisting by force when the need arises. This necessitates the struggle lor с wine are seen py c was i their organs of power.

In other words the NCP constantly underestimates the independent political capacity of the working class. From this flows the bureaucratic and semiputchist logic of its positions. The idea that the 1951 draft bad intrinsically better positions than the 1977 drail is a nonsense as can be seen in the quotations from it winch we reproduce elsewhere on these pages,

On Immediate and Transitional Demands

On the immediate tasks facing the working class in Britain, the supporters of the NCP are, at least so far. silent. Despite all their talk of interconnecting of the struggle for democracy with the struggle for socialism' they fail to provide any explanation of how the struggle for immediate demands con be linked to the strugale for socialism and workers power. Thus they will find it difficult to discinguish

porats retical. the article expintand the

socialist forces new possibilities those followed to see bow the further 3293

66 soviet-type Peopl 01

people The of ain parlia polic

well

themselves fr bines general r

day basis

On Internati

The NCP mak ing the ideal nationalism'. providing just and turns of They will Jig wherever ана

The July 10th

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co the New Tirls puse ou Surdase.

Carrior 30e Pride aide marked a iem

madside as being direcred explicitle ar the Isen and unrestruined anti-Sover capt paign of Carrillo. Icelainnet that it did no cosinaie an alrack ou the aptith of awy Spares the purpose of is test 10

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Rhodesia elections announced. British alternative: A sliding scale of bribery

A bankrupt, paranoic clique

British 'puckage sufficient safeguards to whites.

presented by British

keeping® force to

proposals.

che er nette peripheril tor

neither peripheral no

didental. They have a crucia antion in an imperialisi stratmerests and indirect politica to maintsin its economic control in a past-colnis

The projected sum for the Zimbabwe Dewelonment Fund (2DF) cow stands at between 1.5 and 2 billion dollars. Although

- WANT FOOD:

G UNS "retur to civilian rule" in 1979.

explains.

AFTER over five years of incompetent military tule the everworsening economic situation has reached crisis point. Inflation 1s more tan ou per cool Bane foodstufts and essentials are cither unobtainable or priced above the means bi the majoricy of the people

Products such as cinned fish and cocoa, which are produced in Ghana, are nowhere ta be tound, while across the border in Ivory Coast and Togo they are sold inflated on the black macket in return for forne long

London Guardion has famine in families bave reduced to only one meal every two days. In

mineral and agricultural wealth the sight of small children with is not uncommon, while many more are dying from malnutri BOD-ICIRLOO DISCISC

But the ruling military clique has still seized the opportunity to protie from the

he masses. Farmers and traders nave coco forced to seil cneir

prices, only for such produce 1o be passed au to the

wives of top army officers wbe sell it themselves at an exorbicant

Maize, for example, is bought

INTERNATIONAI

Rhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith last week called a general election to give himself a mandate to redraw the constitution. This is based on a rejection of the latest

on the grounds that it does

His aim is to cling on to a white government, but the plan

Foreign Minister David Owen proposes financial guarantees for whites and a "peace-

police the 'interim AINSLEY DENTIN takes a doser look at the British

viously being kept under tight wraps, it is known to include tens of millions of dollars to buy off sertlement involving black rule by ensoring their pensions ments and Dropcry values if and when they decide lo leave the couniry.

The longer they stay to help mailitain the services and administration, the mote will De lhel NOT THE 5,000 OLITKAL

DE TAINE ES

+ 399 Ghanalana in London picketed the Ghane High Commission on Sunday in solidarity with the strike of professional workers againer the mustary

Ghana's military rulers:

A 19-day political strike by professionais in Ghana was called off lest week after un assurance from militar dictator Ignatius Acheampong that the country would

The facade created for external consumption is of an orderly return to democracy. The reality is rather different. as the NATIONAL UNION OF GHANAIANS (UK)

for 580 a bag from the farmers and resold in the ope intimidation by the armed forces. tarmers no codice lo the market to seli thas creating even greater food shortages. power at Supreme Military Council (SMC responded to the people's criticisms by advocating the settingup of a 'Union Government'. mis, tney say, would bo a one party system, comprising repres entatives from all social, religi aus anu moal groupings wren freed from the opportunism and would lend the country in th

Acheampong, head of the SMC jovernment • prosperie and sure hat thi prosperly etament would be

UNSUBTLE of In reality the proposai is an allempt to make concessions to other members of the culing classes (who have recently en grumbling about their lac bolding on tight to the reins of political power The Ghanaian peuple

compensation sliding scale of bribery.

The Lund 3 aso known De include provisions for un expansion of small black business and not give bourgoois social base for black ruling class is meeded appose TAC workers and poor peasants.

Al the same tome government'. of the vacillating leaders of the liberation movement, the proviso of course being that they call off the gucrilla strugale

Anobe and pay tised, to compensate them Sosses Incurred hecause of UDI

cconomsic hold in these countrie too, as well as to buy their ap quiesence to the setileinent plan as a wisole.

Zambia and Mozambique are of vital strategie importance to the guerilla forces. drive to ger the signatu Presidents Kaunda and Mache

tion of the guerilla war, le is essential that the neo-colonialis

atmosphere of

beasetire the disarmine DE lc Rhodesian forces and the guerilla armies and the

country for an 'interim' period

Commonwealth

Ghana, Jamaica and Nigeria have

essed an interest in the plan

Such a force would oversee and

(21)

peaceful operation of the nomic awate that, for the SMC and ils marke tronies, the interests nation' are synonomous wich the

interests of a smail minority of bring their corrupt.

eds and aspirations of th

Ghanaian people.

Responding to tbe SMCs in ruling vitation to 'openly express" their views on the Union Government,

markers students and ancelect

als made no attempt to hide beir

cynicism, and atized the opportu-

nEw lo call on the 3Ni0

back to the barracks and hand

over pOWEr to a

peopie'5 government.

The response of the military

clique was to increase its repres-

sion and to stile the tew deme

cratic rights char had survived

under its dictatorship. were est au creuse to make DE ploited or atlemared

large-scale arrest

dared to criticise Lhe SMC open allowed to ty, wlule many other potentially

subversive

al all.

On he sous ton ho

streets in penceful demonstra

Lions against the deteriorating

SONORE SUSH BIE SI TUIL

their rejection of the Union Gov

ernment proposal.

OLE BOES LES TORIC DY TOIR

ers, schoolchildren and

bulookers.

an it were, R

the

aspirations althe

hence the

plan

peace' and 'stabproposal for a

policing of the

'peace. sufficiently advanced,

India, pacified', Zimbabwe

and it will cosure the

SPEAKOU

of the

profiteeriog parasites

hospitals

INJURIES

10 20 provisional of

Rumours to

of those who

elements have been

man were killed

strations all

They

other

Woman liberation fighter in maining. course, the terms of the ZDF. Presumably, once the process is

and the opposition to il is sufficiently

security Zimbabweans, will pass hands of the present hlack batlalions of the Rhodesian army currently fighting against The payment of bribes to white

olanals or black servants and parasites of imperialism is an ob-

ing and strugeles of the workers bundreds of soldiers and police on the woaraiea Ceatonstrators enD were caren up win cucu

aied beutality. Masy are still in

throughout Shina Sudents les dership have National Union of bot forced to go into hiding

lemonstrato injuries Amone noAn cases there are

spinal injuries, cracked skull, braken limbs one

tumour and another still in a coisa one week after the demon-

lo Kumasi those arrested were

their underclothes public

nd had their heads shaved wit pieces of brocen bottle. Reports the campus. af student deatls are conflicting. 1011 1001 1250 SOUN ICI least one soudent and one police

Immediately after the demon

tbree universities

dere ordered to he closed dows

and ar the Universiry of Scieno and Technology (Kumasi), studems were given just 20 minutes la collal leir booopines and vacate che campus. A call was later suade for scodents co be sent

and in was only as a result of

and poor pensants of Zimbabwe. Those funds that are made avail-

conditions, by Zambabwcans, for

делоіде

tion and oppression

and

integral part of their, rights te GENERAL IGNATIUS ACHEAMPONG: chats about prosperity end stability as famine swaeps the country

protest that they were

eventually alowcd to return te

show DE intimidation the issued a decree on 3 June which makes the publication en orfene punishabit Tous, within the space on a fet Toute the te has et ve within th put an end to freedom of speech

and assembly.

There is no doubt that further repression and denial of basic democratie rights will be the loc ol le Chamaian masses as the paranoia of the bankrupt mili-

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 29 July 1977 p.10

Death

threat to

Soweto

leader

-UN MONDAY 1

prosécution of

These are the most sericus accumutiens Sel levelled against dany wilk cheir commutes, and

picket oulsife

on the opening day of the trial. • Picker Sout Africa House Trafalgar Square): tary clique increases

The straation in Ghans cannot and should net be seen in isc lanon from events which maril. Faced with

attacks and detests on all frous, Western imperius, alcok win as aine

is making desperare attempt to postpone ils

Ar the same time, tbe Sovier Lion capicalise

masses with a false offer of "liberation'. Ai the struggle inPenseries une neca tor vigolancr has never boto greater.

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by RICHARD CARVER LAST Friday was the 25th anniversary — the silver jubilee — of the coup which gave power in Egypt to Gamal Abdul Nasser and his group of radical nationalin officers, And it war las Friday which saw the last few shots of the latest border clas between the two Arab leaders who contest Nasser's mantle — Anwor Sudar of Egopt and Muammar Gadaffi of Libya.

The fighting staried, it seemed when a Libyan armoured fore

MEDITERRANE

TOBRUK

LIBYA EGYPT CLAIMS LIBYAN TANKS ADVANCED INTO EGYPT & WERE REPULSED annexation.

The annexation was carried

our under the pretext or tho US-Spanish war (in which Puerto sere the set of here SINCELL government

The commander of the invad-

Ing are B0cho0 02 0rgg

the 'advantages and blessings of

colightened

spanish language and Puerto suppression N1 111

an agriculturally diversified eco-

nomy and its replacement with US big business.

Within two decades the Puerto

of landless workers and their

country had become

dependent upon the United

States.

The political responses

new imperialism vaned berween

tbose who welcomed the

SUCCHAS and argued

METCHO TWO SCIE COL

ernmene and the explicitly nat-

ionalist or independence parties.

INTERNATIONAL

After failure of Egypt-Libya union

If you can't join

'em, beat 'em!

made a border raid around alloum i These comines ani oings are not unusual, but th spoed and ferocity of the Egyp tian response was. As expocted the better-armed, . more ous and battle-seasoned Egyp tians had little trouble in pushing counter-raid several miles into Libyi, to Musa'ed The apparent resson for this egressive reaction was the acti Egypr. Sadat claims, quite plasly, that the extreme Muslim Al Takfeer Wal Hijra group was part of a Libyan plot to overthrow his Government.

Musaid a Sollum

HALFAYA FASS EGYPT

Puerto Rico: 79

yrs a US colony

On 25 July 1898, 1,600 US troops landed in Puerto Rico to confe D5 12s percen high seize it, as the New York Times put it, for all time'. PAUL HUNTER looks at US imperialism's colony 79 years after some degree on food stamps and

fronted with US companies, has always had a spontaneous tendency to nationalism. But during ship grew close to the AFL union in the IS and Favoured Puerto Rican statehood. And the Com munist Party, formed in 1934, was little better. mic struggles distinct from the "political issue' of colonialism So the workers turned to nationnists to lead the general strike but they had many similar faults. Within two year -ICH enough to move against the ionalists in a reign of brutal rep It was not until after the war when Puerto Rico was turned nto a Us investors flow total from all corporate what waK called to this Bootstrap, that the nationalist LOVELIE DEL LO DOODLE US plicitly a socialist The population of Puerto Rico is 3 million, of wbom 40 per cent are unemplayed and 20 per Four Puerto Rican natonalists under ameet after they had burst into the US Congress on 1 March 1954.

Second from the right is Lolita Lebron, leader of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico In the US. 23 years

sur more importantly he wa atling his scimitar in the class manner to divert alicelioo trom internal opposition.

This comes from two quarters Firstly the growth of mass oppo sition to the Sadat regime, mos dramatically expressed food demonstrations which para

nsade for the Arab bourgeois Sadat moves farther into line with American diplomatic initia tive towards Israel the threat of open class as provoked the opposition o dearly shown in the terrorist killings of reoent weeks SIDI - A briel military confrontatio

comed a happy way out of both : BARRANI

these prot But Sadar har also tried to afbet criticism of his sofress" towards Israel and Western cuat-

Contest with Libyu, and Pakittan to see display the most brutally bigoted adherence to Islam.

In the same week that Pakistan cent lower. 70 percent rely to

other state benefits. And 40 pet cent of Puerto Ricans have emi

It is no longer even conceivable to separate from the "political issue Or colonialist The final blow came with the discovery of oll aff the northnational, Puerto Rican and US It kept 'econo-

law, Puerto Rico has sole juris-

the similating Puerto Rico into the It la only 1934

Ls that American imneria ism can avoid the embarrassment of ripping over these legal hurdle Bat-

President Ford's call Tast year for Puerto Rico to become the 5ist SHE DECOD But the other side of the coin is the strengthening of the natexemption

pendence parties DCIDUCED 'Operation осласпес гатту апо сос текош

Tionary Puerto Party — can now easily demonmovement

an independent Puerta Rico.

For

Rican Independence, London WCIF 6XX.

in the Libye's Colonel Gedatti.

Duced still

entering a gruesome

Sawdi Arabia who can

firmly enshrined in law.

and wages 33 p

struggles

place in the South Asinn DEnL

CAL CROCTS

sea-bed re power. totally

ialists", they ruling class parties. he socin Puerto Rican Jade

Rican Socialist

The United

further wormanen con-

BM-C the possibility of a CommunisH resolution on

Olaf. Single

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PdUP: Critical conscience of the

revolution in the fields

NÉLLA FAĞR

LOTTA

iL CO

organisation's patron saint.

Italian far left. it seems that PAUP leader Lucio Magri has taken to heart

TCHAIHCAI TOr mula of the Great Helmsman.

On 27 February he decided to set in motion a soltin his party'

Central Committee by virtually expelling a minority group with no appo, a spis mal was tadfied without consulting the membership.

This says a great deal about the leadership's methods, which were confirmed by the publication of thc Document of 62' thar

Whats Left

Ser ray bet ie publicatio

Canton S Bat peet Pard. Road

BESHERATELT ПоссоPCR In fiat for two IMG comrades in

andon (prolerably South) fram eginning of August. Phone 36 371 and leave message with

Cach. Thia is urgent! tra une ihe eulie i. Tremelo i, Abstracta Bulletin. Out nom.

INTERNATIONAL

Communist Party

R01

The itaian far left

and "the crisis)

•Without destruction, there can be no construction. This quotation from Mao Tse-tung hangs in the place of honour on the wall of the Rome headquarters of the PdUP (Party of Proletarian Unity), under a full-length portrait of the

ANNA LIBERA continues her series on the crisis of the

constituted the political basis for the split. Tils document

Committee and 30 members of the Central Committee of Avanguardia Operaia (Workers Vanwithout informing the rest of the two organisations.

In fact tbe split took place along the lines of the two components tbat came together form the PdUP in February 1976 the old Manifesto which had come

BESA TEO

EUNE ETER

Shor im on oie teln a eria atin American Society of Londo

MASSE

Communist Party (PCD) chl-Biton onE (Italian Socialist Party of Proletanan Emits)

phà ngh ng hai ar whoe.

represents the the working class as a including ils vanguard: il conrains the seeds HOLSET CAILY revolutionaries is to serve as an wals external pole of attraction to aid in the developient of the pany' SWERT WIR S WHI COd programme of Il Manifesto, and io win the party as a whole to the TEana Dr sac c wing

RHYTHM

The polst is to work towands a reconstitation of the werkers moveren:

3,400,000 leet march to the rby-

the PUP's leaders, puts it.

TOC TOE BILE Fosc netad e pary s trade formeriy

Maid an alternative to the PCi

This allernative must be SSCH InDrOEI

point for union left, and it muse be built by uiting

The Foa wi

rentiare itsel by CHRIS O'BRIEN

singularh

hat the Socialist Party in the Portuguese Parliameot last week should have borne the name of 'land refonn". It was che most

portant victory in the precar: our life of the HOSCH HECH counter-revolution in the helis

Sport rihe ilhe wing

democrats" (tormerly the PPD].

ist Party last year, the sole far left member and three Socialist Party backbenchers, including the sackod Agriculture Minister, Lopes Cardoso, NW1, Spo he new law goes even funne

han the nroposal Soares a year ago in his government plan. Now even larger estates

are to be returned to their former owners; landowners not entitled

Organised b DILE BAOU landlards will have six years to

quest ot powera The Party's

into stewards in

the podium.

missoitrecisceris. ederation). ample

the anion leadership.

Io the

old PSIUP

historic

of the revolu 50 the task of

programme

Used an

sary to build an

ECHEN or to 'make the PCT's left,

LUTE S Rossanda, anolier of

Sed by Antonie of the PSIUP.

Jornt,

conLESLEYL

the trade

parasitic reflection does nor diffroi Magri's

lion will be nald

ту віл рав

after the attempted

mobilised 10

Mario Saare dictatorship -UTILLLT WU LEAL

to winl the

LINTVELE OIE

MUTUELE

made by burr it was nod

headway.

gradualist strategy for the con SERA -lack of homo bas led to a lack of uniformity in coe ai us Tounamg congres ies practice. Rossana Rossanda, speaking of the PaUp's inter-

La niceting ol stop Kome, described this way: "There was one Ene al

Panther one in the hall, and still a tlird one on th At thie podium were the PaUP anion leaders who defend tbe line DF ioc amon barcaucracy

secretary of the FLM (metalworkers union) and Gio vanhi, secretary of the CGIL

PCI-dominated union Giovanni, for esvoted to unnrove thi ecent decree to undermine thi system of automatic pay tises "so as not to disrune the un ty o.

Thali were the union CNOTE uTO AE TUS TH ULCe differences: with the orientation of the leaderstips. On the buses arriving from the Milan indes trial areas were the shop stewards who wanted to express the opposition of the working class van guard sectors to the austerity in the context of the PCl upport for the austerity palic bese differences could only in rensify, For Maçri the linie of retorsing the PCI is more valid Io view of the bankrupecy of

the renee conde te Fier the

going to deepen, strengiaening the chances of winning it over to making a left turn. Therefore it i imporant oot lo do anything thar might injure this prospect. lt b necessaty for the PCI and Social ist Party lo present an emergency Dreams Wich te le win Christian

masimalis. In his repor co the Central Committee mee ng where the split took plac Magri argued that It was nece

orpanisation *capable of proposing and im-

unity of the entire and of pushing the tradi tional organisations to make a

'Ir, on the other hand, a force ar a grouping of forees forms ti he left of the PCI which secks ti

xpress ilself by riding the wave of anger and protest in a direc

using them outside any strategic context as a weapor gainst the "political cadre" an thus opening up a frontal breach inside the workers movenscat, a maximalist force acting as the more being

and guilty spain, conscience of social extremism such a force would nor only be

Portugal: Counter-

reclaim land; and full compensa

Widespread land seizures started Brentral Spinola in March 1975 coup Like the urban workers, pensants

gains MHOE TY LEC ISH DENC LEEuEK

and they dide'l

ADVANCE

Particulariy in the Aleiejo and Ribareis in the south, they laok over the old latendo estates Thes dion comacopte and. ou nor, for the most part, was there a

collectivisation BeenDems The Exous Orin! old landlords was a massive

The right-wing artack on the

antil after the Alentejo on suppression or tne ao rosemoe 1975uprising chat it made any real "guerillas".

Troops From the Amadora comt-

school regularly visited the occupied estates, supposedly in search

Proletaridi tul

1 Paesi

inadequate in relation to present taskc, hut in the name af the most just causes, could act as an ohjective nily of the class enery. PAISLENOS TOD SILOSHE BEKE WOISCE iaea One would be at ainte ітраст Beringder of the PCl arsagril" WORTEI

SPLINTER

The fact that only 400 Avan guardia Operaia members split ir support of the Document of 62

eans that the Magri splinter of mere beig calle Marient is more

will thus be preserve mainly as a current of opinion. Tu dally paper is fairly well ol aribs caches and "subversie MANTECOTS EHL OrIOLES

commandos were sent lo

manoeuvre

AGRI-BUSINESS

The present law, which extends tar hevond the Governmebl:

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 20 July 1977 p.12

UNITE VIS

distribuled (selling from 30,000 copies) and widely read b mbemhers of the traditional let organisations and trade union In the aftermath of the split the PCF's attitude towards it chane od instantly: favourable article

and so oit

It is clear that, in the context o the diffieul phase the PC going through, and the questions

hate y or eo il be td

heyand this. freeze on agrarian reform and the OL CLUT OOS TOV BETEE R September, is not primarily aimed at brigiog back the old feudal

cd 15 ine 'agri-business' large, mass prophe!g copians Turus

But a law In Parliamen is oce thing Actually taking the land RACA IS OOIe SaNDEr

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8,9, 10&11 September The dates toremember MARXIST SYMPOSIUM

BATTLE OF IDEAS

for the first

the floor.

Registration....

Aims and objectives of Symposium: 12.00-1.00pm [Plenary]

Everyday Life: "Women in the Third World':

Bourgeois Democracy: Dual Power and the

proletariat

Reporter: Robin Blackburn

theory and practice.

The Marxist Symposium has been organised to justity a Leninist political and theoretical altemative to the theory and practice of "Eurocommunism'. What is intended is not a parrot-like repetition of quotes from Lenin, Trotsky or Gramsci, but a battle of Ideas, a controntation between counterposed strategles for socialism. For that reason a number of supporters of 'Eurocommunism' have been invited to formally participate in the symposium. Many others have indicated that they will attend and participate from

DAY ONE

THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER THEME: FEMINISM AND MARXISM

LUNCH

WOMEN AND THE FAMILY/THE FAMILY AND CAPITALISM

Panel: Branka Magas, Hilary Wainwright, Margaret Coulson

DINNER

Seminars on 'Patriarchy, Ideology and Psycho-analysis", 'Problems of

DAY TWO

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

THEME: EUROCOMMUNISM, TROTSKYISM

AND REVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY Dictatorship 10.00-1.00pm [Plenary)

LUNCH TROTSKYISM AND REVOLUTION Geoff Roberts (CP), Geoff Hodgson (LP), Paul Thompson (Big Flame) have been invited to question and debate with Ernest Mandel on Trotskyist

DINNER

10.00-12.00 7рm-10pm.

later]

of the

NAME

ADDRESS

DEBATE ON SOCIALIST STRATEGY FOR W. EUROPE Ernest Mandel (Fourth International] Monty Johnstone [Representing the Executive Committee of the Communist Party ] This debate will be held in the Sr. Pancras Assembly Rooms, Participants in the Symposium will be able to attend without extra cost. Non-participants will be required to pay 75p. 7.30pm

DAY THREE

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER THEME: THE CAPITALIST CRISIS "Late Capitalism" and its critics David Yaffe, Simon Mohen, Ian Gough, Bob Rowthorne Reply by Ernest Mandel

LUNCH Gramsci and Eurocommunism Reporter: Quinton Hoare Film (to he announced later) at The Other Cinema

DAY FOUR

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

THEME: THE LENINIST THEORY OF THE PARTY Lenin, Trotsky and the Party

LUNCH

SEMINARS:

Gramsci and the Party

Luxemburg, Spontaneity and the Party

Women and the Party

Socialist Challenge benefit [groups to be announced

Dingwalls, Camden Lock. [Nearest tube: Chalk Farm I wish to register for the Marxist Symposium to be held at the LSE, Houghton Street, London WC1 between 8-11 September.

Amount enciosed

Rates: Registration before 25 August is E4.00, after that date £5.00. The rate per day is E1.50 Post to: Symposium, Upper Street, London N1.

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 28 July 1977 p.13

10.00am-1.00pm

2pm-5pm (Plenaryl

6.45pm.

Norman Geras

Quintin Hoare Norman Geras Dodie Weppler

7.30pm-midnight c/o Socialist Challenge, 328

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COMMENT

Grunwick:

a reply to

infantile leftism

Socialist

Challenge

EVENTS SCOTLAND

or information on Soclallat Cha

nge contac

now or Fi publications.

YORKSHIRE

CHITECET NORTH WEST more grin the Mates a boa

MANCHESTER. Series of education

adday 4 August. The Crisis iri the

suraday 1 September

at the Manchester Soclalist Ch

ge Cantre at 7.30g

MIDLANDS

detals or activilles.

Street. Bemingham. (027-643 8208) NOLVERHAMPTON the cau nation and Hotel, Broed Street, Welverhampion •B Auguat LONDON

HOME COUNTIES

Road, Fadinina 7Sopm, in E

SOUTHAMPTON Read

August The Working Septamber "Save the 1 Bona: 7 son

DURCORRESPONDENTS leave July we had the minest deman-

country since the day Saltley Iraffic. It was camonstrated that mass picketing could close the

gates at Grunwic the sale cares here To cont what was the response o

scab bus tinally getting in — and then to deal with this

trike committee paid the APEX

in TUC buresucracles to kee: their mouths shut on the mass picket before it happened) but in purely technical terme.

Karen Margolls suggests you

class vanguard and the bureaud

recou cary

Wether the one h

sughable); and Carl Gardner squad which stayed outside

Grantone sir atten tor

not only far th miners but the strike commitiee

would aiso add for comrad

fargolis' benafit that the idea o cheware toning to ng revalutionary

Join sne wemonsiration is ins best way to generate planned rumours which are a feature of military paycholagical

псе д ресите сіва 1n8: 10е strike comm/tine had done a deal with •APEX TUC Hucracy-

he miners and everyone should nave followed. For the scab bu

to out have born prit t

wanted and paratap the police

The job of revolutionaries was

to tail on this teet

inside demonstration to raise slogans

vould have got a gon workers throughout the country

feelinge were strated by the universal hostilit

• the TUC and APEX speake

park without an organised intervention from thi Tar left. By contrast rank and file postal workers and Bill Freemar from NATSOPA who got up and

sion were enthusiastically re ceived, Such was the pressure that Jack Dromey commitled the strike committee A Your corespondent tou

correspondents aave walking on water to Arth Icargill and get their feet bac ties. Politics in command.

Mick Gosling [London]

Neutron

bomb

MARX WOULD HAVE relished the irony. Lenin might have used

SCROUET bizarre fashion, capitalism promises to avoid its own contra

We can almost hear the sales 1alk: The neutron bomb! A means of destruction designed to rid the means of production of those troublesome beings/*

ПОАнні інон со н Wст

ig class for the use of the rulin clins, we can be sure that way Inch comerted maint IRAN EN tought that at last the bour

Jeols economists will be forced

o distinguish between constan and variable capital and, all 100

Kalth Hassell (Shefflald]

THE APPERRANGE In SOCIalS!

Challenge of Fred

place on Zionism and

In an area of discussion where simplifications abound on

proach 10 or members of the

Me To her any ne tits le

recommends SAMIRE platform to Zionists and to ban

the

Jewish and Israeli societles on a

Front is to display other grievous arrors of political

those

Brary one at Land of Hose and

who played

Chaucer was a cians-trailer Shakespeare bated the mot Donne sold out a bit tater Sidnay was a nob preferable to

Marlowe was an elitist Ban Johnaon wan much

Wyden played the gan These's a BalL of reaction.

About Alexaricat Poos m Johosen was a Ti a Walter Sport was a doi out to

But William Blake was a par Soclalist Challenge has consistently pointed out the scabbing AND TE ole played by Uncle Tom Jack

Tion in the Grunwick strike. would like to point out how he has now been joined by anothe section of the bureaucracy, the Standing Orders Committee of the Labour Party

ag Been East Leat

from sending to

wicks and Racism which not and Backra debuted supports the mase

naid to tinh streets as wall as in the labour movement.

Calling immigration laws, LaDOUR COUnCE DET 1050818

TOM

and

human

'one

particular

WIlh

comrade

E Zionism & Racism

ignoring_

Halliday's to a Jewish member raciam 14 July) 1

issue Britain ars, oppressor: discussion,

amongat

The ballad of

English literature

Dickens was a tetormist Disrae Laus mostly pissed Mitton, Blake and Shaloy

Milion, Blakcand Sheltey

Terry Engleton

How the bureaucracy operates

policy at atime. states that any

Grun 3 years. mention

9191005179

exploit immigrant labou for the repeal of all Tight againg demanding the

supporter

domination

judgement, that 'callousness', 2

tolerad to by Frod Hallidas: ol

genocide against European Jewry and the

memories and feelings which are lousness is especialien arent

MG who does not count himsel

amonget those Jews on the lett also rerarred to by Halicay wnc napige in gorous aracks gl Jewish foolings. It is terrifying enough to have to obeene that In Israell prisans today Jewish Torturers, by their existence, de

But these are policemen, Jail-

torturers. For Marxist revolutionaries to make

How it has come about that Trotskyist militants should have participated in this wrong camDaion. whetner it co duo to in comet dacisions within the IMG or simply a lach of adequate

I do not know. But that thay have done so is a blat on the tinest anti-ascist traul-

ment, and it should be expunged by a pubiic repudiation or correction on the part of the organi- since thay

people And dashind chat Tollope sic

wus crie

o Es plucked from thie diam

8. Thin la Jusr in casu s

distortions the use of council property

Let the ahd of back penple to

on strike organise thamseives, this resolution is soon by

amendment ralroad trougn more than one

The undemocratic 3 year tuie paign

Labour Party,

hes been discussed within tha time can not again be raised for

MOANS COAT AN Women and the EEC is against Ireland Banned from Centerence. Ale and Easi CLP] Separation is Doing ison Dol ween the Grunwick bosses who

racism.

TUC

THE SOCIALIST CHALLENGE

SalAAHON on

collapsedbecauseof ou inabilly

particular

We would the to make if clea extein porary position of the INC. Indeed icis Blackburn,

Western

in the country

IN HIS ARTICLE on Zionism ant

Cut he did so lor thẻ wớng TANDS ANCH CHIDE MINSHI the point of how Zionlam and

Tola DEDIT But sausa racist practice of the Zionist stale in Israol; a slate whose laws discriminate against Pales tinian Arabs on racist grounde

The Law of Retum givee the

Jaws regardless of residence in

Para given various privileges such as interest-free OCE a Cure Cowardod

territories who live and work in Israel (and pay the taxes) have no such rights. In various areas where here Is B

no they for born it

born in the pro-'BT borders POTHODOT

but also

ferior seable And if all this is not bed enough larsel is the only atate which has open amicable

McLean

Macdonald

AS A LIFE-LONG socialist and one who knows Hungary at firs Пер, та 0nT29820 your reporter Oliver MacDonal nas so uncritarly taken over the

of capitalist press in his place about affairs with betraying the Asian workars racist platform and

Brent East CLP has resub

resalution with rejecting bu rogucralia margeuvre. Vie call on all CLPs to support our car-

for democracy enabling ou movement to light for the pain-

to lurn back the racist tide: All Filar IE.C.. member, Brent

innaccuracy

IN THE VERY FAIR report of my speech in the debate with Robin Б SCOTH HIDE MAKE ME reder to the Russian Constituent

Instead January 1918, Further, due to a compression of reply 00350 Robin my

, I appear to be saying that the Russian soviete were

existing

In fact, of course. when they

there were no

NO THe COASTE ES BAL the most representative bodles

Monty Johnstone (London]

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 28 July 1977 p.14

relations with South Africa and supports apartheld by selling Tams.

But having said this. I car-

"no platiorm for Zionists"

performs any useful function.

ne which lumps Zionism on th

same side of the fence togeth

crous. SOMAERIA.

fascist work and are a potential ally which should not bo alinnat.

SOCIALISE represent the

left-wing or progressive aspec ot Zionism and see themselve

LET SCAR CODDIE JAN HE VO over. Now that israel is movin

to the right this should be easie but a platform" position Turtner BITCHCRUD Zionism, Via should remembe That 001 50 1009 890 11 w88 00 uncommon to ding strong sym pathiners of israel on the roug lutionary laft. Such people were

iner пона or puonc ехогиваю but through political discussion.

position on Zionista is highly COUSO L CO DO SCARE HE AS anti-Semitia, Zionism thrives or anti-Semitism, It could not exis without it. Anti-Semitism gives justification to the existenco of the Isrgeli state and in the eyes of many allowa i to methods which are condemned

"no platform lo Zionists position, tar trom aid.

self in fighting Zionism, gives a positive filio to Zioniam.

[Ms] Tai Machover [South London Big Flamel In that abuntry 154 Julyl. article from the Hungarian daily Néoszabadság, which he refers

Naw dispute with Santiago Carrilo and there is nothing batwoon Budapest and Mosow

Hungarian Socialist Workers Party Pushed on 30 June 1o mart lative - the article was in fact meeting

indeed strese ernal parties to make 'independ

democratic transformation and for the bullding of a i sociarist saciety

2a6 1 so aoints out that at the present lima It is 'the solidarih 01 democraise and pance lovin forces wnien nas become the tanget bourgeols ganda; their wespon

-ani-Savie Tem" (my Italice). Indeed much fact that the Westem capita

trying to create divi Sions in the international work. ing cless movement in an altempt to hold back sociallal ad vanc In Weat European countries.

This misreading of the

takar bastions af 'sociallar as the Sunday Talegraph

peddled that particular story o 3 July), sets the tane for Olive MacDonsid's SPECULIONS SN really makes thei worthless so tar as an Informed and socialle trends in Hungary is concerned unfortunate as they appear run directiy counter to

your lourn to bulld a united socialiat move ment in this country. Capitals misinformation about the Eas compan sooner counts 1s af no help towards thin goal

Ursula McLean (South London] See News from Nowhereon p.a.-

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CS gas is thrown into London restaurant FASCISTS PLAN MASS DEMO FOR 13 AUG

Rees

wants

him

out

28-year-old Asian militant. He is active in the Tower Hamke Movement against Racism and Fascism and on the National Co-ordiniline Commitler

Asa student of the NE London Polytechnic he edited the fint sumber of Oversear Student and the poly students" newspaper. He

Union of Journalists, He writes for Socialist Challenge (es you

this page)

Al these facts are Important because Muhanned has served with a deportation order on the grownde that his marriage mariagE of convenience. Mer lyn Rees is convinced of this fact. we say Kees is a lur

Muhammad B unemployed because his record as a militan and his support for the Cam

5o09 Hou won aPPyu

- in spite of

orking as • joomalist befa leaving Ban adesh in 197.

Hi wife, beabe, Is a stodent who lives is a women's hostel That coupled with famil prob

perents are orthodos Mastims, hers are racists) meant that thes have kept thele marriage secret. Rees minions are aware of all these facts. They are victimising Mshammad because of his politice record.

ISE TUITHE Mubammad's entire family is in this countr and that his parents are British bice mane tim particular deportation even mure of an atrocious Faece. The Home Office must withdraw the depor-

order Immedintely:

Muhammad is going to stay.

Kill the dragon

Some of your are no doubt going

off on holiday to sunnier climes Don't forger ws in the meanime Follow the exampie of the veteran militant who sent as this lenter last week.

In 1838 | participated in the

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LAST APRIL the unity of the anti-fascist forces saw the National Front humiliated and demoralised in North London. Their reply is scheduled for Lewisham in South London on 13 August. This is an area where the fascists received 45 per cent of the vote in a local by-election several months ago.

Front, National Party and the British Movement have united to ensure that it will be a large fascist This means that a united anti-fascist response is more vital than ever before.

In recent months the fascists.

Jadowing Ine aasice or lieu co-gangsters in Europe, decided on a scrategy of tension. have grown in intensity this

CS GAS ATTACK

attacked. The form of attack wa lovel: a caniner of CS gas wa A child of 4 and her parents (all Bengalisy narrowly escapod denth Ihrahim Khan told Challenge that his windows bad neen smasned twice netore over the precoding six months lord police had Corber, in charge of the investication told us in connection with the is ens arrack: 'It cold he o soldier who may have brought the gas home and maybe his 14-year tending poure Berational.

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few dayspreviousto the CS lack a young Bengali had bo stabbed in broad daylight by three white youths in Whitechapel

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A few days: attacked sellersof Socialin Work er and Socialist CHollenge.

The week following these attacks

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The activities of the police in South London make an effecie posessity. The police bave gone or

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We have information which uggests that some fascist group are preparing large-scale attacks on black people the night before

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Last Saturday's demonstration in defence of the Lewisham 21.

UPW leaders

help Ward

TOM JACKSON might ba on holiday but there are plenty of othars in the leadership of the postal workers' union prepared to carry on his role of strike breaking

The UPW bureaucracy has always been hostile to the solidarity aclion of the Cricklewood sorters. Time and again 'Uncle Tom Jackson demanded his union

But each time the Cricklewood workers rejected this boot-licking of the courts

On Saturday afternoon the UPW leadership's scabbing reached a new low. Thay fully co-operated with the Post Oflice and with Grunwick management. in reiding the Cricklewood sorting office and driving out with George Ward's mail.

There can only be the utmost contempt for such action, which incidentally broke the same Post Office regulations the NAFF and the UPW bureaucracy have often

It is one more powerful reason to build the mass picket on B August.

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