FIGHT RACISM T-shirts from the Socialist Challenge stall at the Carival are still available for E2 plus 16p [påp, from 328 Upper Street, London N1. Cheques! POs payable to J Wilson, REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST PAPERS Theoretical Journal of the Revolutionary Communist The entire issue of Revolutionary Communist Papers No 2 is devoted to an examination of the Irish question.
RCP No 2 provides the first Marxist analysis of the impact of the world recession on the Irish economy -North and South, It looks at the contemporary form that che British domination of Ireland takes today and examines the political strategy pursued by the Labour Goverment in the Six Counties. Througl a materialisc analysis of the changing conditions in Ireland the signifi1. British Imperialism and the Irish Crisis Mary Masters and Phil Murphy Price 50p + 15p postage. Available from BM RCT 54 Make cheques and postal orders payable to RCT There was, question of The outgoing leadership of the IMG presented based on Socialist Alternative" ment which was published in Socialist Challenge February.
These proposals, with some amendiments, were passed by a large majority, The conference agreed to deepen hegun with the launching of Socialist Challenge and Socialist Unity:
It was stressed time and again that be workers in ten d workers' The old methods militancy WELL when it was Labour, backed by the TUC, which was administering heavy doses of capitalist medicine.
Communist Party Socialist workers Party rejected by delegates. The CP politics were those ending of Labour and trade anion lefts had paralysed its tacties of the IMG in the present period.
in addition, a lively debate on the 'women only" organisation. BRIAN GROGAN writes:
proposal exceptions, merely the The Ficht for union front of the SWP supple on was the development class which could the work workers on lives.
and while Labour was movement Hence Socialist Unity of ..more insufficient concerned, every field possible and the were class tailposed.
caucuses inside the The SWP's Tank and file internal organisations were, with some tradeWhat we were in favour of OT class struggle current oppose and ubite revolutionary and now-revolutionary the basis of a struggle for conson objecThe political expression to the fightback had to be outside in office. of As far as building a unifiod differences revolutionary organisation was insisted that this demanded a correct altitade to the SWP Whilst joint work had to b: presented more systematically pursued in minorities who this was not enough. A political fight had to be conducted around the key questions posed by today's conferensoo class struggle: the outcome of per ccat of the this fight would decide whether unification of our forces was For the united froot and a socialist alternative which wat not reducible to the programmatic clarily on the question of mass organsations fight for workers" power; the autonomous character of movements such as the 103] democratic reginse, and for pluralism and socialist democracy at the level oi the stare takine coRrel steps toward the building of a revolutionary international.
the dear that agreement on these questions was vital for the Vol a unified revolutionars organisation in Britain, Accordingly members of the IMG would argue for these political positions. At the existing be allowed to hamper joint work in a number of important areas.
Analternatire resolution was by the various united during the course of the conference Their positions were publishes in SC during the week of the They received 25 votes cast. A leadership of 45 was elected with 11 comrades representing the minorily. 16 women were clected to the new Central The debate on worsen-only -caucuses discussion. 11 was dominated by rank-and-file comrades and it reflected the serious interest on the queslion. There were cal be pod one sain one against.
However, within the former WETE IWO distinct positions The outgoing majority had one interpretation comrades who set tendency ob this question another. After a long debare the leadership was defeated on this question. The position of consides opposed women's caucuses was overwhelmingly rejected.
There was a feeling on the part of many comrades that the central political dehate had been unnecessarily polarised between the minority and the majority This was stressed by Richard Kirkwood in his fraternal groctings from the Workers League What was needed was a debate within the framework af the majorit tactics on how these should he applie concretely in the light experiences dillerent branches, 1 became obvious that the next conference would concentrate oll such discussion, unless there were dramalic political changes which necessitated a change of tactics.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 4 May 1978 page 11
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Group, the British section of the Fourth Taternational. was held on 15-18 April. It centred on the political
CONSTRUCTION The IMG had already made it