I taeguay of suresponse of the surprised eft press over the past few weeks to the actions of the House o Loros. FIrst ne coras over-ruled the Government and the courts in pehensive scheme in that area.
LoTus Have svstematica v carveo uo ne rew scraps of progressive legislation which the duced. Quite understandably this nas provokee a nerce cebate in ne mecia and a nealiny теастоп against the Lords in the labour This is because these demonstrate very cicary now une InStitutIons or Colsa Genocacy are designed to block any develJack Jones's plea for the workers exchange tor a lew crumos progressive legislation in Parliament willing to legislate socialist measures would be tripped and judges. In other words, we rev on rantament or wait for c eit Labour covernment me ony factor which finally decides is the strength and determination of the an on me streets lu sweep away stand in the way etc.)
The debate around the Lords is however, also instructive in res pect to me monros orthe presen Government ane me lers. inside and ourside me babine These people have they lack the courage to mobilise the workers hind the paltry crumbs of legis lation inev nave introouceu alone on issues ke ne cuis ane They fear the consequences of to detene inel sacree cows. fear that such a mobilisation of measures ano leaders or ine ores Cent covernment the House of Lords oT socIalist Matter a massive electora, cereal DOLE call ane demano or me lens m • snown tha Parnamen anonetrace unions Lores must De met Tor a cenera elecuon Ines ACTI Can MaKInG No. they Standing Order Authority Benn make his Lords. believe A/C to be debited champion Payee with the call Tne Sorting Code No.
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socialist A man's a man beer is bee Germany Biermann came from there to here You did not want to drink' (Reiner Kunze)
21 NOVEMBER, STUTTGART. A short 1. See yes tea with a heavy moustache and a jacket large. walks onto the stage of the SchwabenlandBefore a packed audience, wot semant speeches debates with his audience for more than three hours Republic his wenty years calsicl Kunze tells us, Biermann left this Germany to live in
Marxist appraisal:
*And an envoi for Comrade Dubcek who nas gone cown ine turkisn orair and who should rather have gone and politica capitalis friend RED WEEKLY 22 December 1976 9 struggles against the bureaucracy. Biermann com oines supoon tor me opposition wild Clid Ans that's wow sing orine neanv vooisnnes. of those cast down in the face of all reaction in the face of the counter-revolution of 21 August.
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giving the go-ahead to the Tame- Tories to dismantle the com-
Yet it is ironical that about the can't Party could now even come near a clear-cut call for the abolition of
prefer to wait till the Treasury and leadership of the Labour Party
Our Constituency Labour Party is already fighting for the abolition of the House of
even be- Any future sabotage from the
Labour Party pledged to get nd or this putrid British' once and