Foreign policy Americans in Vietnam.
- Kinnock, Litterick, craven support for the development since Americans in Vietnam.
outside Parliament. When Parliament he should be in Iran.
Shah or against should be a priority.
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Socialist Challenge 2 November 1978 page 2 IT IS a sign of the times that left-wing Labour MPs have not mounted a campaign to demand that Dr Owen be instantly sacked.
issues have not caused much dispute amongst since the rows over Wilson's support for the In the past there was a tendency for left-wing Labour MPs to go along with Soviet foreign policy. Today's new wave of left-wingers Skinner, etc simply don't seem to be interested in foreign policy issues. It is time they woke up. Owen's Shah of Iran is the most scandalous grovelling A campaign against Owen needs to be mounted inside and the noble doctor visits university campuses nis recoro snowo be subjectea to serous scrawlyhounded till he either withdraws his justifications for the murders currently taking place Labour activists and socialists outside the Labour Party have tended to neglect the need to develop a socialist foreign policy. The result of this is clearly to be seen on demonstrations against the The mobilisation of the labour movement or the larger groups of the far left has been little short of pathetic. A campaign against Owen and Labour's foreign policy Socialist British labour movement. for one reason or another, has been The militant left movement has buried its nose in the factory. obscured by a sort of supe syndicalism, the left wing has not known what the right was doing.
Meanwhile the right wing ably represented by the present Labour government — has been uptoall manner of nasty things.
The Prevention of Terrorism Act is a case in point. The failure of the bulk of the left to defend revolution resigns defenceless against legislation According to official figures 3,375 people have been detained under the PTA in its four year historv: 132 have been served with exclusion orders; only a handful have been charged with any offence.
And still only a tiny minority between Ministers outlook *terrorism'.
tise deal with it.
the number of to political offences pressuring Dublin suit.
exposed.
Capitalism is in crisis. The leaders of the Labour Party and the trades unions as us bas use Droole of the Suppression of Terrorism an agreement European Interior for combattle The British state is a world leader in 'anti-terrorist' experand technology. Anyone who hasa problem with internal opposition calls on the Brits to Even the highly expert West Germans hired the SAS to deal with a plane hijacking last year.
It is typical, theretore, that British Act actually goes between ABC further than the Convention in cases? denying the right to asylum. A COLLIES have refused to apply the agreement Not so Simply, good old Britain, which is now to follow Call Dals!
Our third example, the ABC trial, has been more thoroughly The whole dropped last week, leaving only those under Section 2 of the Officia Secrets Act (which the Labour government, incidentally, is pledged to repeal!).
The publicity around the case allows us to show the complicity of the entire Labour leadership in these anti-democratic moves.
For example, who would have thought that the nice Dr Owen had anything to do with ABC?
But as nominal head of Britain's overseas spy network it was he aDIC who approved the prosecution.
•Terence and the other an CAMPAIGN AB and C have them substantial some of them journalists (who are always good people to have on your side), but more importantly many of them within the labour Our socialism will be infinitely more democratic than what esists "
socialism in the Look and tastern Europe nave onercaned stars in the eyes of the millions of workers throughout the world. We are opposed to them and will offer full support to all those fighting for socialist democracy example, who may be the first victim of the Suppression of Terrorism Act or persons unknowns one defence campaign for a groupof anarchists on bomb charges. concerned are some of them to remain unknown that thev onl surface to launch physical STRACK potentia supporters!
Their caution in the face of state harassment is understandattentions of Special Branch will not be avoided by going 'underground"
Each of these campaigns has irrefutable case. Every reason, then, to take the issues out into the labour movement.
That is the only way we are Shit to can persuade too can persuade movement that these political questions, far being irrelevant, are central to its interests.
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