WRP week the workers' Revolutionary Party announced that it is standing 60 candidates the general cection. number of candidates that a group describing itself Trotskyist and revolutionary has ever stood in a British proeral election.
There are two criteria on which revolutionaries should decide to cast their votes in the поо us, и Enc-party concerned draws mass support from the working class; scoond, I the party actively fights for policies to tackle the central mues in the class struggle. On both counts the WRP fails.
The terms "Trotskyist" and "revolutionary are self-styled and bear little resemblance to mality. On every single vital issue of the class struggle the WRP has failed the test to build waited class action.
Furthermore, this sect bitterly denounce the autonomous women's movement, the Anti Nazi Leaglie and organisations Movement, and presents its own bizarre brand of sectarianim as the only way forward.
Like all sectarians the WRP i not averse to the worst forms of opportunism, especially Fi comes to their friend and Idi Amin's former friend, Colonel Caddali. Its election manifesto hails the 'conquests led by the PLO, the Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party of Irag. the Socialist People's Libyan Arab -Jamahirivan. pood measure throws in the as campaign.
Interview by Geoffrey Sheridan The demands In your election amaress chess correspond to those of Socialist Unity, which Sighting for will not be won in that the policies Parliament but by the working taking action workplaces and the communities.
Your policies, though, come across in a somewhat alstruct way. The election address does Out not suggest what's necessary for their implementation.
How the party and I see the attainment of what's outlined in the clection through Parliament and the local authority, The question of wages and working hours, for example, is one that concerns the government because it employs million people, so a Labour ERNIE ROBERTS. recently retired as assistant| conference after the election? general secretary of the Engineering Union, and a leading member of the ANL, is standing as Labour candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington.
With a 10,000 majority to defend, he is virtually certain to become the most left-wing MP. Socialist Chailenge asked him about his policies and election government has to have a policy which is in line with trade union aspirations.
We do see our issues which can be attained through Parliament, larly on the question of public ownership finance houses, and indeed for the planned cconomy.
That needs government decision to take over as much of the economy as they need in order to interests of the people.
Although your election address Is an implicit indictment of the record of the Labour governaddress ment, does not criticise the Labour leadership.
Surely fightback. challenging the supporters of the Concordat, with a recall Labour criticisms of prices and profits. policies as particufighting, if you like, of banks and Labour government.
control it in the way.
openly particular this hampers a that it aims Doesn't it mean campaign to for example, Party divil The party at this stage has made up its mind to be positive in its demands, as well as making cuts in social, health, and welfare services.
We've demanded full employment, jobs for all, the 35-hour week without loss of pay, an end lo wage controls and low pay, and control of We haven't thought it would be a good thing to go into this Labour is with its back to the wall by fighting the We want to convince people that it's necessary to return a Labour government and to fight for socialist policies on the returo of a Labour government, It can only be done in this as the basis poin about Socialist Unity's Intervention Is help the fightback, by using the clection build activities against the NF, in support of servants" strike, North Hackney & Stoke Newington Ernie Roberts * Labour *