our own (no platform for fascists'), we sbould be demanding that the authorities implement Relations Act, which the NF contravenes cvery time it opens its mouth.
Why aren't the police implementing the law, for which they sapposed to be responsible? This is the point we should be making. If the police were seen as defending those they should be prosecuting, then the responsibility for riots would fall on the police, and it would be understood why anti-racists sometimes take the ww intotheir own hands'.
In reality the law-breakers, yet we permit them to appear as well-intentioned umpires between two groups of extremists who come along to 'smash' each other up.
Aise, by Ignoring the Act, needlessly declare ourselves of free speech'. What the NF say is already proscribed by the law itself This is not to argue against mass action or self-defence. thing to depend on the law, quite another to foolishly disregard snore i, ot refuse to approach it рознісану.
The state will intervene against the NF in one way or another. But the way the Front it attacked is even more Important than the the suppression of this puny group. At the end of the day, how will the police ppear? How will the let ppear? How many new laws will t on the statute book? These are the questions we should consider.
The time has come for the far left to drop its mindless hostility to the Race Relations Act and, from now on campaign actively for it to be used against the Front.
DAVE BAILEY (London)
Deer Hunter' stinks MY complaint about The Hunter was not so much the film itself, CALVERTEL publicity which preceded it. We were told that this was going to 'tell the real truth, show the American popula tion the reality of US foreign policy heavy promises indeed, dragged myself and many other people into the cinemas of the world.
But did we get the real McCoy?
NORTH WEST OSS SIDE Socialist Challeng e paper a Most Side Cere, Saturday. 11 MANCHESTER SC Centre has been closed lamage, bur will be reopening nil enquiries should meanwhile be ORE SAADLICH Socalse Challenge wake!
evelanil Centre. Also available from Newsfare Socialist Challenge Bo Fur duane pontace Costages, Low Pictington, Durham Road an Sperixr Hall i ocialist Challenge 14 June 1979 page 14 Race non-starter, The most are guy with his Coincidence? conclusions.
Hunter stinks! police are the Problem of 'enemies I WAS Interested to follow But it is one the last few months. One convocation Asseinbly. the ¡hegemony working class and Deer pre and strength of the That is the only guarantee...
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HIRMINGHAM STINGHAM, reade pchcole Si LEANINGTE YORKSHIRE HEDDERSFIES D Socialist Cha mecis Fortnighelebn Thur Trades Clute on Saturny merings in Wistrace at the Government corruption? No. Instead we get nasty Orientals forcing our all-while hoys to undergo the terror of Russian roulette. No, the film was a tuent frightening thing happened in the intermission. While having a pint in the bar, I noticed a pointing his finger like a gun. His mates and he was target: a Chinese guy who happened to be at the other end of the bar.
Draw TOLE own Like the Merseyside air, The Deer LENNY KEIGHT (Merseyside)
Constituent Assembly YOur stimulating reports and analyses of the unfolding Iranian revolution over problem, however, arises which does central whole not appear to have been dealt with adequately within the pages of your Lately.
Dave Frankel (18 January), for anstance, argues that the main task of the prator sage i to cal fire Constituent While I think that the slogan for the immediate convocation of a Constituent Assembly is correct it is at the same time insufficient. Why? Because of the structural limitations of a Constituent Assembly — it is. after all, an institution par excellence of bourgeois democracy guaranteeing and continuity bourgeois rule — in representing the facilitating its Lenin, in an article written in April 1917 answering the question Should vened??, answered: "Yes, as soon as be possihie. But there is only one way to assure its convocation and success, and that is by increasing the number Soviets and arming the working class masses.
*While demanding the convocation of a Constituent Assembly, revoluhas ever since the beginning of the Revolution I of 1917 repeatedly emphasised that a orangement 1221 745F). Wide range of Fourt HAMILTON supporters sell Socialist Challeng every Saturday in the Hamilton shappens center. Fer details of local beivities LINEURCH Socialist Chaliense Doe Soout nin 24 sule oulside Baots fcorner of Reform Mushroom, Bos Fi che tree Nothumberland S DEWSBURY Sirialisc Challenge suks regularly democracy than the bourpenis republic with a ConstiAssembly! (emphasis original).
Needless to say. I have no quarrel with Trotsky'sartick on China, The Slogan of a National Assembly in China' (2 April 1930), which Dave Frankel quotes extensively.
insurgent iranian working class must nevertheless form organs of its own power that is, workers"
soldiers* councils which it can utilise effectively when the inevitable snowdowil - the Constituent Assembly occurs.
The focus for forming soviets can through for Constituent Assembly stressing the importance of workplace and neighbourhood working organisation and no trist and other questions which are of paramount importance to the Irantan proletariat.
Anything short of that denies the perspective permanent revolution. And unless the work fo such a perspective begins immediand not by any stages, it will spell the bloody defeat of the Iranian working class JOHN EBEL (Melbourne, Australis LENGTH of printed will be kept down to 400 words in order to encourage as wide a range of contributions as possible. All letters may thi Editor's discretion.
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11m COMMUNIST UMIVERSITY OF LONDON 7-15 JULY - UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNION The top theoretical evant in the Marxiet alendar ofiors de weakend and one day pelt on rail in Antherity: vening courses; a Crech music, film Further delalla from CUL 1 6 King Bareet, London WC Westinser Bank. 12.30-2.00p LEEDS Socialist Challeng SOUTH WEST IF WIGHT res Ye Sucha Ring Bar 20298 for further derails, "DIALOGUE, should be the watchword of Socialist Challenee at a time when socialists are confronted with new political tusks.
That was the view expressed by editor The Tariq All in a contribution to a meeting of the papers Policy Committee a fortnight ago. and The NºC is the body elected by the Socialist Challenge conference in May 1978 to guide the broad editorial direction of the paper.
Dodie Weppler from the Editorial Board argued framework had been established by that is, the paper with its Insistence on the seed for a global political alternative class to the left of wecial democraey and the in the Commanist Party, It was this which presented the paper from succumbing to a 'crude anti-Toryisn', as Theresu Coaway from Manchester pot it Within ENTE Kenevan from Edinburgh maintuined that the reul lest will be whether the paper can organise its readers and sapporters think ure on the agenda begin to occur. But this Involves the staff getting out of the offices much more.
The Ford strike was covered well in tackled haw to improve our anion coveruge', said Kerevan. Ers net just a question of muking the articles shorter. For instance, wish the milltant from British Oxygen who spoke al the Socialist Challenge trade union conference had taken more space to explain to the puper's readers in detall exacily how they have developed strong organisation; what political prospects there are in the union in the fight for a socialist alternutive; and so on.* Steven Marks, a member Socialist agreed with this, could ensure that the paper reaches out heyond the organised left.
Socialist Chuliage also link up with the debate inside the labour mosenient centred on why election, Steve Potter argued that this is especially important now that Henn b making a few when he wasin the Cabinet.
Finally, Jude Woodward from the Precine: sales SOUTH EAST NORWICH Anglia COLCHESTER SC For derais phose Save an Wyminee ally Tuesdays:
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TOWER Challenge sales IRROW Socialist Chi FATH Editorial Boand presented proposuls to step up the yourh coverage in the paper during the summer months.
The much-debated issue of the Under Keview page wastackled hy the NPC for the first time. All comrades noted a tremendous improvement in the page, It is more accessible and is no longer dominaled by one point of It still remains a bit vugue as to what appears on this page — and that will probably continue in the view of Sheridan, who edits the within this Paul Highfleld from and others greed on more consistent television NPC noted the resignation SAITOR The paper's international editor, Richard Carver.
He will continue to be a regular contributor, but will be replace as editer by Martin One of the more important reports the paper's linance offices. Because of the failure to reach the t2.50 fund drive target for severai quarters hinning, the crunch For this reason, it is impossible do Pacer during the summer continue the publication of a 16-page BERNIEIS. therefore currently considering a cutback to 12 pages for Joly and August. Readers have been alerted for some time that this would occur if the financial sitution was not Furthermore, although sales went up by an average of 25 percent or during the election, they яге In light of these facts, it was agreed that the next NPC world plan an items on the fund drive this also informed the approach of the NPC to the proposal for a national Socialist Challenge in Most comrades on the NPC favoured a working conference on how to build the paper al every level: its sales. writing for it, organising supporters eular desall or Ros 50, Lencon Ni2 Thur evening:
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