Examine some of these local id tactics. Plus an interview lidate Socialist Unity ection alliance supported by lessons of Brixton. is the Socialist Workers Party in Swindon — and the the people themselves reserved areas.
IO NON TIM MeMAHON is a Labour Party candidate in the council elections in Brent North, London. He agrees with all Socialist Unity's policies, including opposition to all wage and immigration controls, and Socialist Unity supporters in the area decided to support him rather than running a separate campaign.
JUDE WOODWARD talked to MeMahon about the Labour Party and the coming elections. What do you think are the major The major single issue where 1 am think that the major overall issue is closed committees of the council or I think that councillors should be recallable and accountable. And they should try to hand over as much responsibility as possible to people in the community. For example, our manifesto includes a clear commitmeot to democratising the running of schools in Brent, to include school students not just parents, with no Being a councillor should not be one's only role, as some of them seem It b a point of political pressure, but it should go with work in TEM DIALE class, not as an alternative to them.
Socialist Unity calls for the return of the Labour Government, and it won t stand in marginal Labour seats. It doeso'1 sce itself as an organisational alternative to the Labour Party, But it hopes to be a political pole for those people who want to fight back against Party's the Goverament's Tory policies.
areas members couldn't get agreement to an election programme like yours. Lo you think thai Socialist Lnity can be usefal for cass struggle militanis in To a certain extent is may help and socialists within tbe YOU Labour Party because they can say: 'Look, if we'd been acting on OUT policies thicy wouldn't be outside the Labour Party:' see that some members of the Labour Party and trades union hureaucracy have denied their origins and their working class base, 1 still feci that all working class militants and socialists of whateve bue should be in the Labour Party.
It in the party of the working ches democratic proletarian parry, 1 think that party democracy is a major issue. Other Labour •Party fighting for chis with me. of the Labour Party woeld agroe with Bur Socialist Unity is a young and small groupiog, not a mass party. Nor t the Socialist Workers Party. In fac there isn't one. But we do have the It represents the interests of the working class, however inadeguately. We have to fight within it. Though I do welcome the support of Socialist Unity and all other socialists in the clections and in campaigns such as anti-raciser where ] wark with the Anti-Nazi League and Socialist Unity supporters.
I question wbether Socialist Unity is really a pole for the fightback. We are recruiting many neople to the LabouT Party in Brent at the moment. I think in general, class struggle muntants stil go to the Labour Party and fight What do you think of the Socialist Cnity manifesto?
I agree with all of the policies contained in it absolutely. But most of the policies of the Where I disagree 1s when it says it is fighting back against the Labour Party's bankrupt policies. 1 don't think that the policie TaTE bankrunt wilatever we may think of the Labour get the Labour Government to carry out Labour Party policy. That'swhy I think you should be fighting inside the сап help the Socialist Unity campaign in your area by leatleting, canvassing, and assisting with meetings Your local Socialist Challenge group, listed on the supplement, can put you in touch with Socialist Unity.