common basis for dialogue.......
Let me say at the outset - and not just for polemical purposes - that I think that it ls unfortunate that neither the IMG nor any other group which claims allegiance to the ideas of Trotsky has yet produced for us anything remotely resembling a long-term programme selting out their strategy for Britain All We have from the Tronskyists, and I will contents later, is this document drawn up By These ine fast mee ramme the Fourth national.
And it would he belpful as a basis for the dialogue which Robin genuinely desires and our dy desire if instead of only putting criticisms from the sideTinies, they themselves attempe to plot — not as a blue print; we don't try to do that but to set out in positive, constructive terms, the kind of programme which we are at present dacussing around the draft of the British Road, I don't think any regard this an perfect or finished and that's why we are having as everybody who reads the Morming Star or Comr- a very big discussion, here at the University, as well as in our branches throughout the country which we invite all parts of the Isbour movement, including our Trolskvist comrades The whole emphasis of the British Roar to Socinlism la predisely on mass struggle - both through the traditional organs and organisstions of the working I AM IN A SLIGHT DIFFICULTY because it is clear that Robin Blackburn bas understood the title differently from me. The title is actually * Trotsky and Revolutionary Strategy in Europe', Robin has re-entitled it as * Trotskyism and the British Road to Socialism*. However we will try to find some class in this country, as well as through grass roots organisations which are coming into existence.
That is why, for instance, we say on line 1405 chat especially important would be the campaigning HE local level through the Trades Councils and other democratic organisations and movements for iew forms of popular organisa giving united expression to the demands of the people will also undoubtedly develop and should these organs set up in opposition to the existing representarive institutions in the same way as the soviets in Russia were set up, in opposition to such institutions and ultimately in opposicion to the Constituent Assembly, that was finally dissolved in January 1916.
But in fact historical experience shows that it is a mistake to imitate forms which have been successful in one country. The conditions existing in Western Europe have not in fact led, as the movement expected, to a victory of sower power. Frankly, there does not appear to be any likeli hood of that particular scenario although nothing can be exclud ed and we wouldn't be dogmatic. But we certalaly would not share the Trotskylst point of view which is essentially a dogmatic one, that this is the way in which ' will take place.
We consider far more likely the possibility of a combination of the use Df cristing representative capitalist state machine Wing class, communist that as forward But narlinibentary road to socialism prevent the means what the Labour Party en. visager — namely that vou elect a Government through Parliament which takes over the running of the capitalist conomy and the firstly, that it is a question of a combination of all matters of will he strugzie — including mass strug gie hased on the industrial worl We have the perspec boolis, • in the first instance - •of the election of a left-wing Labour because WIE prefer a left-wing Labour Gov ernment to a Bolshevik Govern- EVERLIST something eise, but because under the existing condi tions in our country we regard the realistic nest stage we see a left Labour Government which will be pashed forward under the pressure of the working class and its allies pressure from below in order to tsure that it carried out meas interests of the advance towards socialisme, this field of action will be United. We are not going to lull anyone to say it won't be On the contrary, we waru that it will try. But i is up to us to create a situation which makes it as diffiLOANS CO SWISS SETT confronced with the full population not only in polling but the armed heroentry andich armed forces TACISCICS belp make a kind of opposition by a minority Empossible Once a socialist gavernment is in power, it will make a turbing back of the wheel of history that this country to know it Also the mistake of seeing events through the prises of the October revoluLion, instead of making the kind of analysis that the Communist Incernational was beginning to TEAL ALL SEVERANUTEST press in 1995, that has heen carried further by Commucis Parlies in receRt years. Gramsei's ideas base played a stimulate pur rhought, this is rejected basically by tbe Trotskyist organisations, in favour or a atrategy which, for all the sophisticated Rohin Hackhura ha is basicall