THE INTERNATIONAL Socialists of biting Deen noloine a senes preparation launching of the Socialist Workers Party early in the new year the last two meetings, Paul Foot has spoken on 'The Decline oi me cabour rany ane neromm ano bironal History of the International Soc The central theme o speaKers Hds Deel IS/SWP on the upsurge'.
This rather simple view world was evident in Paul Foot's Jane LOUIK OT WAICE was a witty and clear exposure of the bankrupt record of reformist However he used this and correct criticism to crawine conclusion unar ase consequence oT ine witnering away of the economic basis fo the Labour Party was essentially in a state of permanent OUCHEE The British insularity of the IS was evident when comrace -oo was asked how he explained that organisations in France and Italy the mass reformist parties of the workine class nao undercone no a decine out a massive growin -75,000 people joining the French Socialist Party in the last 93,000 joining French Communist Party in 1975 Unfortunately Foot failed eve to try to analyse these develop For consider similar ones take place in Britain. His only that this proved that revolutionary sociaiists naoto work narder or, more specifically, members o the IS/SWP had to Foot proclaiming was a wasle or time lo doopr all onientanon to me cabour ramy. l came as ratner a surorise that a the following meeting lan Birchall socialists the Labour Party than in IS. This appeared STO ratnel ConTUS! members present, but the rest of Birchall's speech aimed to reassure mem Spotted history which included the rather peculiar state ments inet no noreans Touont Il the Korean War and 'no workers in his summing up on the is vien Trontano is view or me mend recime or the pary untonunate there was a lack of clarity in what he said On the one hand he recalled the IS of 1968 when they made a big Unt aDDeal ane sale mnat the was what they must do again with of the SWP. But faile whether this meant is Don do tu would mane a similar appedi lo otner groups to join the SWP ant if they did would such groups be given tendency rights.
POLICY His comment on the internal worrying. sought to defend the many series oI expulsions IS leadership carneo ouT Salt only 'temporary factions' would be permitted comrade did not spel out. LUCEREHE within Is is three assential ine imoression tu emerge from both these meeting: claiming' of the , the Jack o on how -LU orientate to Labour rary mutants. me narsa ness orine interna reaime. and most of all the repeated view tha IS is and will be the only pole t which militants can relate lamilar ne the old sec Tananism wnien nas bedevniee tne British revolutionary left for so is only to be hoped that the IS/SWP draw back from this.path unal orrensivE which the SWP does launch. ifi does. will not simply be a re cruitment manoeuvre.