I'M GLAD reported September) the scandalous attacks on the Right marchers at the TUC. what the popular press would have us believe. the march represented the whole spectrum unempioyment in Britain. 1 talked to school-leavers who had never had a job, to unemployed graduates, and to a 55-year-old ex-miner — all wanting the right to work.
The basis has now been laid for a mass youth unemployment campaign which links up with the labour movement on a political programme and answers the capitalists BIOTACHL IDCUNEV. TO OO LaEs 1M to come to grips with the problem of buncing a cnnle uniled cameaien But unfortunately the talk of unity on this march was overshadowed by séctarianism from the comrades the SWP. I took part in the march, nd 1 had to put up with anti-IMC ongs even while we were marching. was systematically excluded from any Not only is such behaviour ver demoralising for comrades outside the SWP, bur it is also not the way to sinemployrent. Political debate we build a united front WELOIL Manchester we arrangod debate. But such pelty sectarianism shows nothing cacept a lack anderstanding on how to advance the Such a campaign should be based OsaCS OuTOAa DY0 Cliff in a recent Socialise Worker articie: tive davs work or tove days pay: 35-baur week withour loss of pay: sationalisation without compensation of all firms threatening losare or redundancies; occupations of all firms threatening closute or redundancies.
Se Denni Hr DaS ura real united front with a strategy for bakis up wintac sabour bovca and forcing it to fight with the GRAHAM HINDLE (Manchester)
Work Contrary to definitely blinkered and expressed in All's article.
most committed lo of dents.
because 1 and opportunism.
Others of committed enough to our i tact ve in lace such a baven't got the Lime.
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HEIL TECLIEES DG DInA B0 TONY HARRIS (Leeds) political activities. 1 am not 'against organisation". What I'm against is the arrogant thinking Politics, strategies, theories are not the sole preserve of organisations. At BEAITAESEECS DDOLUE ZELIIS independents. To pose the question of the way lorward for revolutionaries and of unity, as simply a debate between organisations is lo deny the tremendous contribution of indepenSome of us are not in organisations because their structures are seen as patriarchal, and the human needs and Teclings of the members denied. Some of 'us are not in organisations because combine melare expencco misniparaca US arg oreanisabons because thew arc not particular campaign, There are a whole variety of ather reasons. Some people simply Poople remain independents because of the failings of ofganisations, because BITS sychological failings on the part o CENCEr TENDETS TrACA TLU L SOnNE consistently put the movement before the party, then many more people will be altracted to them. But it will take both time and corsistency for trust to quite the 1 FEEL thal Martio Mereyard's argument aganst & campaign to eptember) contains serious flaw: of the World Cupiens of a boycatt pranoses ire crueny Besame as bosS - with demerd:
Tor no limitacions on reporting, for the richt or tres movement, anEsD dn.
inerfective against will be equally camrade Mecevard aski what th effect of a boycotr campaign would be. A Thatcher/NAFF-backed cam WALTHAM FOREST:
sell. Sociallsi Bocalisi Cholenge supooters wel come.
SOCINI ept: Bpm al Candin Neghtourtoc TUH paien may have little impact on the regime, bur a Tabour movernent campaign against CHOsCON hureaucracy could pire for democratic rights.
campaign against Moscow would alsa be a sethack to the regime's astempts to increase its presel thety urod in inevitably surround its Olympic elfort, and this could weil serve as a spur to the repressed nationalities lighting for self-deler mination in states of the USSR such as Lithuania and the Ukraine.
Of course we should not support ampaigr forces.
backed by We sbould labour MOCaCH campaign to boycott the Olympics merciess hypocrisy of the right wing — thei fallure to campaign for a boscon ol the World Cup. their support for Britain's violations of human rights in WEISBL SHU SM If we fail to do this, we are open 1o the same accusations of usins double standards, It is not good enough to say that Argentinian "dissidents murdered whercas Russian dissidents are oily semt to torosd inbour camp oe psychiatric hospitals. We cannot start playing a sort of numbers ganse with represted peoples — saving that the USSR is not the mumber one culprit, so we should not campaicn Vigorously violations of human righis as we would against Argentina's.
Comrade Meteyard imalies in his article that we should bot support u scott campan bocause such a mpaign would help Cold Warri 'lo whip up fecling against the Sovic •..and added against IT WAS really good to soo the article Moscow Seplember). However, the way that Martin Meteyard posed the question I BISCHOHIS Surely the crucial question ls the class nature of the Soviet Union.
ou 'argue (as Socialist Challenge an e IMCide) that the Soviet Union is workers stale that bas degeneraled with the rise of burcaucracy, our answer should be clear, Marlin Meleyard got this right WNETREMSE campaigi would His solution, decidedly weak. Yes, is is important ro protest against the specific conditions of repression, but we must go further than this. In resuriected Cold Warriors, we mesc say that we are willing to support a campaign in favour ot participation in the 198D Moscow Olympics.
Such u campaign would allow us to reach into every nook and cranny in a protes againat the hypocriss of tbc rating class when il comes to haman riehts.
MIKE BARR (SE London] the ENEIES VIN TEAT workers E10 a stamps, Olympics private the Stalinist TERACS BOYCUH only henefit though, was April response the However. The excuse given for tese redunCHOCH enough work. This was rubbish. The number of subcontractors on the site.
A 'company" calling itaelf Hartrose construction roceives E25 a day per Mavern and pays day no boliday cic. :11 ther WEEC fiddling the dole it would still add up to less than our members are getting Our strike is for the reinstatement of the workers made redundant, and also the removal of all "lamp labour from the site. The contract is for Camden Council who have a clause inciuded in all their contracts with CHCITI specifying thut warkers on the job should be directly emploved by the maSE contraCla except in the case of specialised The article published contained a number of factual errors. The whole of the original workforce has nol been laid off. There las not been onc hendred per cent anion membership since April last year. Ir was only in this year that started organising, it was anh achieved in July this year around the time of the natolal pay awang.
the Feature of the article was the Coull. Whal meterence to Dave possible espianation could thete be fora spocilic cottosm ot hla Night 0 aberrion! The eltect of ths reicrens could obly dampen support for aur strugele. To quate the article: Dave Coull, who happens to have strong anti-abortion views"
The accusation is noc absolutely
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