Tariq Ali—a revolutionary candidate

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TARIO ALI will be standing in European elections on 7 June as the candidate of the International Marxist Group, British section of the Fourth International, in the West London constituency The Fourth International is revolutionar campaign in all nine countries where the elections are being held. Its main slogan can be summarised as Against the capitalist EEC Europ'.

Strict election laws has But apart from All's candidature, the FLis running complete siates in Belgium and LuxembourgIn France the hourth International's LCR, Is putting forward a joint slate with another revolutionary organisation, Lutte OurSocialist United States of rière (Workers"

Forty-one of its 81 candidates are women, and the slate will be headed by Arletle Laguiller (LO) and ILCR].

campaign will be a conference of worker militants in Antwerp on 2-3 June. section, the 01 an alternative Europe to the EEC in struggles already taking place today NICO Struggle]. motor industry.

Alain Krivine and the kind of A major event in the FT's It is possible to sow the seeds workers' strugele for instance, in steel or the The Antwerp conference will discuss how such struggles can be coordinated across Europe, demands — such as the 35-hour week without loss of pay which can help to unify them.

Another important theme of the FI's campaige will be the against racism and datore will in particular be used to highlight the demands of Immigrant workers for full rights as workers and citizens.

The contrast between the supposedly democrutic mature of the EEC and the actual repression it sanctions will he taken ap with special reference to the war in Ireland.

For Turther details of all these initiatives write lo: IMG PO Box 50, London N1 2XP.

UNSTA opted for austericy and national union to save Iralian cupitalism, it is lining up behind the consomeanen or curope as ar indispensable conplement to this salvage operation.

The French CP has taken up a very different banner defence of the "French nation". Here the unparalleled depths of chanvinism.

policy s spreading nationalist poison in the WOTKINg CASS stimulating divisions and opening the way to racism. Vre are already seeing Communist coming out m Tavour the immigrant workers in their towns.

This position fulfik several obiectives for the CP li can use its chauvinist campaign to hide its acceptance capitalism and the capitalist (non-enlarged) Common Harket and IES inabilily provide any

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