IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

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Socialist Challenge No. 107, 2 August 1979 · p. 2 of the scan · 220 words

The scan: sc-n107-aug-02-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 2 of the scan

— if the left decides to fight.

If the left really wants to take power, in the Labour Party, it will have to find a way of breaking the of the union bureaucrats. Callaghan will use the union bloc vote defeat them the Conference in October. The left can do this only by appealing for support to the union rank and file over the heads of the union chiefs.

As well as denouncing the Tories in Parliament and taking their stand on party democracy, the lefts will have to promote mass struggles by unionists against government. This will take Basnett and his cronies in the rear. And the will have to defend democratic rights of these trade unionists when the union bureaucrats carve up their members for taking action against the Tories.

What Benn and the NEC are doing could take on tremendous importance for the class struggle.

Many workers will say:

used our strength to get rid of Heath, but we let the right stay in charge of the Labour Party. We shouldn't make the same mistake twice.' We don't believe that the political programme of Benn and the NEC is Party Tory the 'In anywhere near hundreds believe that Benn and the NEC stand thousands for a fight against the Tories and for a socialist government.

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