La real force within the workers movement.
Britain. present development of the productive forces.
Politics in Spain is a far more geographical business than is possible for quite a large organisation to be almost birely recionally based, witn very little national presence.
The OIC is a perfect example, Tears Datient WorK neve established a thorough working class implantation Vatadord. severa which has bardis any national political impact. But the OIC is worthy of discussion, because it is the largost revolurIOnArY Proun in Spain ouide The Fourth International.
It is also one of the youngest of the taE left formally established in 1974, the DIC grew our of a series of CLOUDS the political counterpart. the Com minist Warker's Nuclei Tomas Echave, an OIC leader explains how tie OIC still retains its councilist orientation: "We are The Organisation of the Communist Left [OIC] is top of the second division of the Spanish far left. Substantially smaller than the three organisatons we have discussed in previous weeks and the Trotskyist LCR, It is nevertheless RICHARD CARYER looks at the organisation which has fraternal links with the Socialist Workers Party in TOMAS ECHAVE The Did puts farward a councillet poiley as the application of Leninist principles to the Marxist-Leninists of a councilist character. I'll explait. The OIC as the application of Leninist principles lo the present developDient of the produclive forces. that is, the proletariat of the Spanish scate.
The original 'council DEn munists" were the ultra-leftiats of early Communist Internat cised by Lenin councilism means the formation basis Theoretically, they substitule for trade unions, as well as for the neod for united action wild me recorust partes ano their supporters.
Leninists see workers councils, state, as things which develop in pre-revolutionary and of the united action working clasi, not tied particular party or revolutionary The OiC's conception councils tied to a revolutionary position is anly development or th sitions of Avanguardia Operaia im Traly.
And it micrors exacdy the lime oftbe PRP (BR) in Portugal who et up "councils" tied to the party OIC estimation of the strengch of the warking class that has now pass ed into history with the defeat af 25 November 1975. day-to-day But the OIC is 1eore Mexible than its Portugwese conterparts and less sectorian than its Italian and British co-thinkers. In prac lice it has found if impossible lo avoid working in поль.
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the LCR. emhly?. probiers to such a extreme WOMEN mis Tride ation wor the trade raising the ian, but no Workin eached on the trade it has been foron (FUT) went into the day-to-day weakness the good influence of the SWP, DATE CUTERED COS ELAIN though the OIC has yet to make the bocessary theoretical ajustDuring the election campaign the OJC was prepared to run a NIL SHIC WIND LOC STOCKYISS BE DESECI though the halance beet of chal experience was far was needed was not movement of Popular Unity' of of turning Movement (MC), but a Italist unity" propaganda campaign around un action programme of demands for the struggle of the working class in the coming mooths.
Constituent Assembles in Co nationalities, Instend they argued for a "Soviet Constituent AssThis was a refusal to admit the possibility of the working class winning furtbe demcerane riahre under sanitalisen. It denses that there is any specific oppression of the nations poning any resolution of thei time ured among the working cinss.
Theit position on women's oppression was similar. From the pres on out of earl society they draw the conclusion that there is no need for any of the labour movement itself And of course there were big differcises on the question o Finally the OIC was prepared to endorse the LCR's position ou unions. So the Front for Workers Unity WEENS BABE BILE iot. This was to prove a late Other problems arose too. The bizarre electoral pretensions which had engulfed most of the TOSE DEEDS THE DUEL DID BaBCI pited at least four deputies from their party alone, and their in Vitoria became Echaveto Madrid"
Then, at the end of tbe campain, cure the final irony The OIC announced its intention the FUT So, sure enough The Breakdown of the « German Model» NEW ISSUE (No 12, now series)
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Socialist Challenge THIS LETTER ls an attempt to start a discussion amonget suppaper. This is a crucial task If we Mewe WrEUe Matmee Ios leveloping -contradiction veen the two stated alma of th "Bulld a Socialiat Opposl and For a Unified Moo ELonu C Canauo We have a paper that la bott Tion and class struggie. Whils Ina PouDa om usoo rejaction of a narow amphasis on 'point-of-production' potitics, neorrect revision of the relationrevolutlonary ship belween party and claas values the cruclal role bet- 'outaide" Injaction of a acientific struggle as a whole. As a rosuit, nOir Cvnca Wono okE ability to break down the barriera of sectional lad tham COSOITaI constantiy Vol ar bl tha and conditions have a clear perapective aa to DOW TER THINIHS SO CHA QUEIR O2 OBuLonr orGAniRATIOn TOF -TUVOIU HOMS NOL WH BrONS 35-0 o Cass-wido rat Drgan sation DOJKA DOWN SoCiorOl IRLarOaLa and creates the most favourable dare wo say It — a cerlain lack of pontra lem in their organisation TiL moJa nar oOR DaNonEHs and locally the IMG has consis tently failed to intervone in distincthe fashion in strugglee ab ney Dobul tis, mon, nad MOWNO INH DOSSIDHEY 01 HIT This also heips to explain the existing revolutionary laft. Big Flame at lesat do see unity a BOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 September, 1977 page 14 and in the absence in Our Policies of anu other way a lemarcating curaebes from th CP, thia Is bound to be the cas For example, much mora spece A AARAAS OE KART HOHICHI unites the ditlerent stranda o the CP and use what ingreasn demacracy there wan an the space in which to do it.
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