movement for its own uses.
by appointing a Minister to presch the virtues of marriage.
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that they will fight Callaghan ull the way.
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Socialist Challenge 24 August 1976 Page 2 deflect it towards truditional bourgeois polities, a number of capitalist states have uppointed advisers or ministers on Womens Affairs'. The American ruling class has probably been the most demagogic in trying to harness the energies of the womens In Britain the social crisis is so advanced that the ruling class cannot afford such laxuries us a token nod in favour of womens rights. Accordingly the Labour Government is attempting to combat the impact of the social crisis and the wens movement In a number of speeches Callaghan has placed a stress on the importance of the family as a unit which could resist the shocks of a crisis-ridden society. The Government is reportedly extremely worried by the growing number of divorces, single-parent fumilies and the growing refusal of increasing numbers of young women to be legally tied and subordinated to men. It is also worried by the continuing alienation of youth from ail forms of traditional This reactionary offensive by Labour is un altempt to curry favour with the forces mobilised by the Festival of Light and the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. It is an electoral demonstrate that Labour is every bit as Meanwalle the victims of Laboar's offensive will be women. It is they who are expected to pay for the crisis of the system by continuing to he domestic slaves, with a little help from Vullium if There are many feminists in the Labour Party. A number of them are even Members of Parliament. They must muke it clear an independent campaign for a Labour Government, promot ing policies it its own interests, inslead of backing the class collaboration of the minority Lahour Government NUPE's suggestions for a Labour manifesto are unobjectionable — as far as they go. But more worrying is the silence on unemployment and incomes policy. These are the issues which will the Congress, yet NUPE isn't making any proposals for these issues to be included in a new APEX, the Clerical Workers Union, goes all the way in backing the Government's incomes policy, Its motion to TUC recognises the value to the trade union movement of the reduction in inflation' and argues these trends need to he continued by further policies SHOCESE reducing inflation'. More of the same Most rank and file union members don't welcome such brazen support for wage curs so the motion from the G&MWE