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look at Conservative and Labour policies on women. JUDE WOODWARD and VALERIE COULTAS explain why they think socialists and feminists should be organising to keep Thatcher out, lo buy their houses will subsidise mortgages with the revenue from highi rents. Luxuries like day-care aborlon units won't stand a chance.
The Unions. The unions are the one thing we can turn to when our rights are attacked workers and Thatcher would try to make the unions ven more undemocratic than some of them are now.
Women would find that the secret hallot would reduce their ion" in unions to voting fodder for right-wing leaders the popular press would ensure that.
We want womea's participation in anions to be encouraged, discouraged.
The Labour government has paved he way for these attacks on women. Its solicies on paper may sound different but its practice has been dreadful. However, it is decidedly not from the ranks of the Tory Party that a mass women's movement will be built.
We don't want the Tories in power because they can do nothing for women except attempt to demoralise and defeat us.
Were Tatourin power beense I's the best way women's novement can prove that reforms in he system are useless for women and struggle. Women are participating, but as individuals, in different election campaigns.
The images of women promoted by politicians shouldn't go by unchallenged by the movement, It's true that as housewives women are affected by rsing prices, hut we are not simply housewives today.
In recent years, 90 per cent of new recruits to unions have been women. Women have taken strike action for equal pay, for the right to join a union, to delend the health services, and in the recent public sector strike.
Wonien's domestic labour is stepped up when refuse collectors and water MATHITS LO DO SCINE OUR MISUSEL of strikers' wives usually support their husbands' action because they see the BOSS 95 understand that strike action will have Women do need higher child benefits but they also need the right to decide when or if they have children. Women with children need freely creches and nurseries. And legal and financial independence is part and parcel of any real freedom of choice about whether to marry or divorce.
The real problems of family life today — the violence and turmoil faced socialist and parties are in complete agreement the need to defend and re-assert the traditional values of the family. avallable the white fumily — not families of Immigrants who have land.
is raised in Purliament, Labour, Tories Socialist Unity runs.
liberation.
other Issues.
oppressed aims.
ON ONE Issue the Labour and Tory to build By the family, of course, they mean beg for admission to this green and pleasant When any Issue affecting the family and Liberals alike unite to talk shout Whether It's the Child Pornography campaigns. This kind of involvement is for NAC vital to the kind of campaign that positions.
The election allianoe doesn't jus Teraton Motion presente women's ernative to Labour's policies ism and immigration, Ireland, trade unlons and the Concordst, public expenditure and the cuts, and many All these affect women, as well as the other oppressed and exploited groups We need an organisation which can represent the interests and fight for policies that are needed by all the - women, blacks, youth, the working class as a whole Socialist Unity is not this political party. It has more limited electoral But weiting in this campaign can only belp in the long run such revolutionary organisation fighting for the liberation and rights of all the oppressed.
Fightback to win support for Our We will not be calling for support for specific candidates parties as we are a broad-based political campaign. We will be putting our demands lo all candidates at local election meetings We are proposing that local meetings should be arranged where candidates have to answer questions specifically relating to women; we should have pickets of MPs' surgeries; and use local press and radio. NAC is preparing its own clection leaflet ready to counteract SPUC's propaganda Many regions will be organising public meetings to launch the campaign around the law for abortion facilities. We are calling an amendment to the 1977 NHS Act for the mandatory provision of contraceptive facilities on the NHS to be extended to include abortion facilitie All MPs are being sent question aires calling for their support an ponsorship. NAC has drawn up mode resolutions for use in trade unions Labour parties, community health councils, as well as a national petition June in Manchester will discuss NAC'S future and further activities.
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Tories head on, defending its record on women's rights. Perhaps it feels this would be no easy proposition. Should women vote on 3 May? How should they vote? Below we and fighting for a socialist and feminist alternative.