The administration of both factories and the state should be taken over by workers" councils, and by workers' representatives who are elected and subject to recall, and paid no more than the average wage.
The truth is very clear. It is private enterprise which is to blame. It is the profits of the rich that stand in the way of adequate social services.
The workers cannot, and should not accept that they must pay for the crisis. The message to the Tories and the bosses should be clear: you can't run the economy to meet our needs -we're going to fight to run ourselves. 30,000 WORKERS in Merseyside will be given the day off, with pay, attend the demonstration against the cuts in London on 28 November, if the Council get their way. The proposal Labour group to give all council workers the day off has already Personnel co been council's which is Labour dominated, though it is less likely the meeting on Wednesday 7 November will endorse the proposal as Labour is cent all round cut in services.
Delg unable to admissions this winter.
Through the building for Lambeth on 7 unions for 26 November. •in a minority.
If the workers day without pay.
At conference Liverpool would be Illica.
the Committee, form include the tul council NALGO, UCATT, outpatient appointments; and a 15 per It is predicted that the f2 million Dlanned tor Tower Hamlets will mean the hospitals being make any emergency Trades Council number of initiatives are being built by the anti-cuts campaigns. As well as the demonstration November, Labour Party demonstration on 28 November, a lobby of the full council meeting will be held on the evening of 28 November. A meeting is planned of all stewards from the public sector and is win proposal carried employees. Liverpool will join Sheffield council which has already voted to give it's though Council, organised by Corby Merseyside Anti-cuts Committee last weekend, 250 delegates voted to see that a 550 seat train booked to take people to the London demonstration Incy also volca lO support the lobby of the Liverpool council on Wednesday 7 November, sode fort day heatrial takinn action G&MWU, NATFHE, Liverpool city council shop stewards ano start representanves commitice THETORY VAMPIRE is shaping up to take education by the jugular.
SUNL area Avon redundancies threatened, ALC Local Education The new Education Bill proposes to end legislation authorities to provide school meals.
Comprehensive schooling is coming under attack.
Faced with the gravest chailenge to education tor years, response leadership National Union of Teachers has been pathetic. So the Socialist Alliance and Rank and File Teacher are organising a joint conference to organise for action amongst the union membership and demand & fighting lead from the union executive. broad race of issues raised by the conference will Tory attacks comprehensives, nursery and primary education, ideological assumptions of Toryism tell as anti-sexist teaching other issues. On the second day we will be concentrating on discussing campaigns around these issues.
An important aspect conference will be a speaker from the teachers in circe. our of ridical teachers in rrance.
interest will be their work in putting practice alternative, educational objectives.
This conference is an important sten in the - co-operanon two main opposition groupings teachers Although we in the Socialist Teachers Alliance still have differences with the comrades of Rank and File, greater unity ultimately common organisation are possible on the basis of a clear socialist platform internal democracy. At conference itself we will be launching an appeal for a unified opposition of socialist teachers The major proposal the STA will be putting forward at the conference the call for a national labour movement conference in defence of education. This would be a delegate conference, which we would aim to Associations initially, hoping to win support on the basis of that.
Be at the conference.
— which represents the 30,000 council Amonest the speakers at conference were Tony Benn MP, BOWeI Sheffield City and John Cowling of the Action Committee who threatened that they might be dumping steel ingots in the streets of Corby as part of their stepped up campaign to save the steelworks.
Also contained in the declaration passed by the conference was a call for building links with similar campaigns around the country with a possible view to a joint national conference on fighting the cuts. I nIS Is needed — it is the Tory government which must finally be confronted if the cuts are to be halted.
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Scouse turnout on 28 November