IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Statement by in NALGO

Socialist Challenge No. 41, 13 April 1978 · pp. 5-6 of the scan · 495 words

The scan: sc-n41-apr-13-1978.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 5 of the scan

IT IS nearly a year since the first issue of Socialist Challenge went on sale at Communist Parts Teft Bureanerats Besion that aign against settling July DISORGANISED Covenunent's the Socialist dominated Group crats: sabotage NAIGO'S overtime ban apainst frozen posts.

•Tern beti in alliance with the union's conference fostered the the threatened support and third nhase of may restrain! could be fought later in the year conferetice.

Phase Two means that yeater tetel meters wich allowed the lef postpone belatedly trying to get a special burcaucrats conference called to reject the leadership's obvious intention quietly for Coverament-imposed 10 Cent mater hase Three per London The sectarian orientation of Workers Party- have NALGO has disorganised the manouevres chorts of genuine midlants 10 build a broad-basod revolutionPOSSERL opposition of the left bureausetting When the reformist Broad Left in London NALGO tried claiming to set itself up as a rival to the

page 6 of the scan

THE BROAD Left leaders were Broad Left had received a serious battering.

reportsdespondent at the end of the annual conference of the National Union of Students in Blackpool last week.

As nearly a thousand delegates debated racism, cuts in education, Ireland and other issues, it became clear that the alliance between the Tory students and the COLINTALBOT, a member of the NU'S executive, The conference was characicosco Dya numoer important decisions. First, = majority in lavour of denying racists and fascists a platform.

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This represents an important step forward. surped diate tory average vote for the "top eight" execulive positions was only 96. and their presidential candidate received only 74 votes. Only Tory. rcachod the executive, with a block of 50 Broad Left votes Sue Slipmian and her friends preferred executive In Marxisks!

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Bayliss, DEFEATS Tory the SNO BON LU OO THIMIE Tuesday future quotas and previous week The Broad Left believes that strike against said1he shows the This envisages an ties, the Church and the State The problem is that it is the State which has imposed quolas and the college authorities that are implementing-them.

Tar ict prevented a serious fight on this question. Unless il does take place the "No Platform' vate could turn out to be a bollow suppor: lor The debate on student union autonomy was sterile - all the more so because the executive clearly knew about, and did nat report to conference, important Department of Education proposals on autonomy and Solidarity JOHN Despite the defeats suffered by the Tories, there was much contiiion on the left abon Unity. what these defears represented The Broad Left was showing

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