WHEN I HEAR TALK ABOUT TENDENCY | IMGpapers 1976

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AT LEAST RIGHTS I REACH FOR These elements reply with no more ward a line of struggle for that proship in the workers movement which Our indispensable weapon for this task is the Transitional Programme, which embodies the practical method struggle for socialism. To carry out this task in practice, it is necessary to reject the positions advanced by the leadership of the. IMG and the United Secretariat (USFI).

3. The only policy to defend living standards against rising prices and wage control is for a sliding scale of wages. To defend jobs, for work-sharing with full pay. To defend public services, for a sliding scale of public expenditure.

It is a central part of the Trotskyist line to fight for and to help the advanced workers develop the means by which such policies can be taken up and put into practice. Without this, such policies are reduced to empty slogans. Thus, the fight for workers inquiries into the operation of different firms and branches of the economy is a central part of the Trotskyist programme and struggle for the coming months 4. The struggle against British