HERE'S A PROMISE. WE'LL FIGHT FOR A SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE AND KEI A TWIN-TASK now faces the labour and progressive movement following che election living standarde Tend living standards democratic rights, and at the same time, to create the conditions for the election of a Labour government of a new type, committed to the policies of This will involve struggle over a wide spectrum issues mobilisation of millions. In this way, a broad democratic alliance needs to be built up, with the organised labour movement as both the kernel and the leading force.
Naturally, this will involve un Intensification of the battle of Ideas. This ideological battle needs to be rooted in the people's daily strugeles. For it is in the course of struggle on the Immediate issues that people can be won to understand the need for more far-reaching changes opening the road to socialism.
In this sense, the struggle which mast be developed cannot be restricted to a defensive struggle against the Tory altacks vital as that Is. The movemen! needs to go over to the offensive to win commitment from a future Labour government to fandamental changes in policy, and where necessary, changes in Is leading personael.
Central to this is the need to learn the nsons of the past five years. it is the policies of the right-wing Labour leaders which created the conditions for on 3 May.
In this, the social contract played a major part. Right from the beginning the Morning Star and the Commanut Party characterised the cial contract as a con trick - • BOTEL! for imposing wage restraint in return for yugue promises of progressive In reality, altbough under the impact of the mass movement certain progressive measures, for exarple, the repeal of the Tory Industrial Relutions Act, were carried through, most of the JULE THE ROUSER:
Mor In the main, government policies simply uggravated enemployment and Fulled to open up a solution to the crisis in the interests of the working people.
To have done this would have meant bringing about a fundamental shift in the balance of wealth and power in favour of the working class, and at the expense of big business.
But right-wing policies were based on class collaboration. This was essence of the social contract. All that hes to be changed, Progress has been made in this direction. A festure of the recent period his been the acceptance of policies at Labour Party, TUC, und trade union conferences more in line with the policies advocated by the left.
But the right-wing Labour leaders BUYE DCTSISECONIS TEEMSCO LO CHECY COUL conference decisions. This raises the boler movement democretler the labour conference decisions, re-selection of MPs, the clection of the leader or whatever.
Important here also is the question of bans and proscriptions. In particular, l would greatly strengthen the left's fight if trude unions were able to send any of their members withoot discrimination to Labour Party conferences and other bodies, so long as they paid the political levy. This particular fundumentally undemocratic. poses limits on the rights of trade unioes when it comes to selecting their from this, The return of the Tories is a setback for the working people of Britain. Butt is not a reason for defentism, forces exist which can throw back ibe Tory onslught and win a Labour very government of a new type.
The issue is to mobilise those forces over the whole range of issues — jole, WeeN, the 35-bour week. brices. defence of the unions, women's rights. opposition to raciam, defence expansion of the social services, for public ownership, and so on and so on.
The struggle may not be easy. It was not easy against the Heath government. BOTE WASTICOROOSTOCO, SHOE CAN DE victorious again — well before 1984, and at a higher polltical level.
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