Socialist Press no. 117

Mass meeting votes for £27 claim

COWLEY WORKERS

Weekly paper of the Workers Socialist League

CHALLENGE

PHASE 4

In a dual challenge to the head of Phase 4 of wage control and out the working to attempts by whole. management and union leaders end to plant bargaining in British local Leyland, are breaking out a mass meet- claims, grading ing of manual workers Leyland's Cowley 1 csis lance •LO at 'strings" Assembly Plant last Ford claim week voted almost unanimously to submit This £27 management are to present pay claim for their response their November demand for a 25% increase.

review. And, under Also em bodied from their in the claim, which offers a lead to leaders of nearly 1.5 million other Leyland local authority every factory, are demands for a workers ale cost of living clause to give claims for a 33% full including a call for a £60 against protechon inflation, a 35-hour week minimum wage. of pay and unilateral improved sick pay, holidays limit decreed and pensions. Chancellor The massive support for hangs by this claim the factory tenuous thread-the ability 1n of TUC leaders to prevent reflects not only the partic- ular their grievances the militant Cowley workforce but also engaging in

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* 20 September 1978 * 15p No. 117 pressure on to win their justified pay wages building up through- demands. class as a But three years'

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bitter experience of varied Already up and down the bureaucratic strategies of succession of betrayal, and with such a strikes and struggles unacceptable consolelev ceiling imposed by on pay pay claims Healey, the stemming of the pay tide will prove no mean productivity task. It has been made even harder by the complete failure of AUEW leaders to Thursday Ford carry through their threat to expel 32 rebel striking tool- to a union makers Leyland's Carburettors plant. pressure They have found them- membership, selves unable to brow beat or drive manual out this of section workers-and this tabling defeat

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strengthen increase, WIll every militant section of workers take action in defence of their living stan- 5% pay in July by dards. Denis Healey Hell-bent increasingly But rather than bow to this feeling within the work- members class, the Callaghan ing all-out struggle cabinet is hell-bent on en- forcing the 5% limit, come "what may. Already they are working on cobbling together some form of backstairs Parlia- which they mentary deal those Labour hope will enable them to

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ride the coming storm of Callaghan pay battles. Political fight The fight for action to the TUC's win wage claims big enough Isolation to regain lost living standards and linked to cost 3 must be learned. of living clauses to defend them against inflation must broken, now be combined by all of sections of workers with a action now on their claims, Setback for corporate bargaining plot

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ADOPTION of the necotiations which were accent Cowley far- ed in a ballot vote last October, claim also carries reaching implications for other which workers in British Leyland.

Right ments should continue on wages wind ano Stalinist convenors throughout BL cars until parity have been holding back on sub- November 1979" mitting claims for the Novem.

ber review hoping to worm in by vote at Cowley, the back door claim took only one hour to retreat that would effectively introduce from this stand and to agree to national level pay bargaining a meet the year earlier than planned.

committee this week The Company, overjoyed at this prospect of abolishing piant bargaining and negotiating only the with national officials who ale and convenors answerable to shop floor loyally serve them, and ensure workers. that plant level went as tar as suggest. ing that it would not negotiate regain and detend their livin at plant level in Cowley.

standards are drawn up at once This would have been tanta submitted mount to tearing up the Com- November 1 review. pany's own proposals on pay Dockers strike against "terror" laW BACK PAGE Sheep in Wolf's Clothing..

p.9 Irish Perspectives. p.8 Interview with Polisario leader .. p.3 Callaghan backs Shah

LETTER

from Labour leader Callaghan to the butcher Shah of Iran which "sym- capressed pathy" for the "loss of life" in the recent vicious suppres- sion of f peaceful demonstra- tons nas been opposed by Tribunites Frank Allaun and Stan Newens. But there is no sign that futher unese

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and take the correct step of campaigning this Issue througnout te Labour party for the removal of Callaghan the party leadership. TrOm must ouch

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throughout the taken up Party and Callaghan's veroa CriTICS must be called upon to put their words into practical action in solidarity with the iranian masses. Owen on Iran-see page 5. reject the inevitable political fight in the Labour and Party for the removal of the moves by their union Callaghan-Healey leadership.

leaders to delay, isolate or Such a fight will sharply sell out their struggles.

expose the real positions of Central to this fight is "lefts' who the construction of a revol- as opponents of the utionary leadership capable leadership while of exposing the role of the lifting not a finger to fight labour bureaucracy independent asserting une strength of the working Meanwhile the lessons of Class deliberate The Workers Socialist of the firemen's League, with its principled bitter struggle against Phase record of struggle against all forms of wage control The 5% pay limit can be a programme ana lor to the answer the maximum needs of the workers take working class is fighting to build such a leadership. Report specified that arrange- necotiatina achieved But after the mass meeting management negotiating Leyland carworkers in other on this setback plans of the Compan WhO Plotter: Derek Robinson claims to pay attempt to take power from the stewards at plant level into the control of officials or for the convenors, who nave been sucked right into management There must be a fight against through 'worker participation!.

Armed seige brings brief = pause in Peru miners Page 2

- INTERNATIONAL

insurrectional I ne near situation created by copper miners' month-long strike has been brought to an end-but almost certainly for no more than a few struggle weeks at the most. And this break only came after the reaime had been torced declare law martia ano threaten to shoot all ne Strikers uedu. Toaue ne workers at te were the first to para return to work. The regime is also facing.

strength but or desperation.

the face of increasing By September 4 the Peruvian mounting challenges trom otner and mobilisations had, Throulon charmed ally literally starved these 6 all public omic disaster the regime has no siege, On september political support. workers into submission service workers went on one-udy It rests on two things-armed The other strikers held out protest against the political days of similar to for four more promise reoression. and cover ched treachery Tne Headers to throw 30.000 of them Treatment

APRA,

the petty bourgeois out of work. work on the clear understand.

which ing that the strike would begin nationalis The regime replied movelers gained most votes in the con adain on September 30 it their gassing machine gunning ano stituent Assembly elections in demands were not met. them off the streets. There seems to be no possib- June due to their opportunistic The latest group of workers all that the government anti-government rhetoric.

ility bank the Last week the APRA leaders, companies will Ene minine workers who. started a suike on the blocking debate in for the regist September 8 demanding a wage by •demand-which Assembly, reinstatement of 320 increase of $88 a month miners strike TEne sacked showed that if it becomes leaders government's pared choice between dicta- mi. tary during other strikes since last otter ot so ano ine restate July. ment 68 sacked militants. torshio. capitalism and the IMr changed the The regime has on the one side and workers In government na: the other, the fuelled the mineworkers Inest controntations APRA leaders will duly do their determination compared making The with its concessions insulting offer to buy off the the striking teachers duty against the working class.

With APRA's help the the dismissed workers. and by weeks doo has just survived the 50 more The new, more aggressive, regime OT at least leaders of the latest strike.

the result not of posture Castro-mouthpiece of Kremlin diplomacy Premier Fidel throw of Somoza in Nicaragua.

Cuban swittly tollowea Dy an excep- warm welcome But he dismissed Somoza's Castro has over the last two

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"reformed" Francoist claims of a "threat of commun- Spain's weeks been giving a virtuoso premier, Acoito suarez sm as nonsense. display of Stalinist foreign men, was He should know, since two reported, were from the start on has in recent years groomed the policy. Front First of all he made a series Tirst name terms sandinisu Liberdlion And Castro inok concoration Gestures CO' wooed the Francoist regime by their route to the overthrow existence towards the United step the Nicaraguan dictatorship.

States. of US citizens previous outer or compelisation number for Spanish property expropri- embraced his old genocida detained CuDa nave been ated after the revolution.

friend President Mengistu and allowed to return home. 1,000 his support tor the right wing politica! Oil deal Ted tel •Territorial intedrity •risoners are to de releasea anu two men also signed a Ethiopia"'-a euphemism for the The allowed to go to the US. and the of deal Venezuela destruction LANK uneer soviet entred. going Cuba will Cuban and Soviet soldiers are And a bunch of what the diverted to Spain while an equal taking part. Cuban press used to can foul has stopped calling) "worms" amount of Venezuelan oil now All these events show the going to Spain will be diverted importance of Castro's enthus- volun- -counter-revolutionary iastically adopted role as the left to Cuba tary exiles from Cuba-nave flew off been welcomed back. •of Stalinist world polici Castro Ther Tace Ethiopia. Before leaving he did under the complete direction of with enemies neconculatiort make a token call for the over- the Soviet Union. the mexican

NEW TURN IN PEKING?

a great strengthening of Will the Chinese Com- mean For economic growth. they Party rewrite its lenes position. must nave closer links with the munist But it would be (almost) industrialised states. history? impossible 'China's their In parallel with the signs of a 'allies' Liu) to respec. pursuit reactionary kruschev 'rightist' shift in economic tability the against the Union, they without axino policy-towards differentials legend of Mao's infallibility.

part of sabotaged a huge have include: poster and incentives for bureaucrats in Other the support To! nina anond industry, and emphasising the masses imperialist attacks on wien me Mave interests of peasants of Peking and an opportunist 'material world. own land-the the 'left' the It may be that the split with Tarting the Soviet Union up Cninese press nas carriea expio sive political hints in the last ten the 'gang of four'; the public reconsideration. days. those who An Mien All point to a probable purge Tien demonstrated in Another the purged Square Chou ot toures most directy associa- atter al s ted with Mao Tse-tung, and to a rumours of April 1976; and eroers whose Tendoutaton was cult of death of Mao's subtly hinted at was defence major assault on the the Peng Teh-huai, ousted minister widow. Chiand China. leade Mao. Most important the gang four and Is tne The of a play attacked Maoist 'left' in Cultural within the leadership over the exoneration the forward in 1974 by the 'gang of four' for 'great leap and allegedly defending Liu-Shao; These attacks on Teng's old growing military with chi. foes undoubtedly also threaten Moscow Kruschev is known Liu, veteran Party member to have Hua. who arrived where he is by supportic fe Ving of four: State

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Suo to rene carins Made Cultural Revolution's top victim 'gang of One of the charges against when he was disgraced in 1967.

Liu Shao-chi was his they appeared Mao's despotic handling of ascenocol. Survivor The political thrusts implicit in press artiçles go beyond the And it was against the play individual containing. a defence Along Mao also leaders with him drove eut Teno Hsiao-pina. the ane their cHenes Peng 80ainst Mao g (Hai Jui Dismissed from Office most resilient survivor among Chinese Stalinism's 'right' of the top leadership, in one country' is hemmed luckless vice-mayor ism Peking, Wu Han) that Mao chose and now the number two by problems Vidi after Hua Kuo-feng. created by nationalist to launch his Cultural novolu The rehabilitation of Liu will tion attack on Party leaders.

latest crisis. But the fact that the APRA needed leaders show have Their true colours so carvin une process of "controlled democra- tisation" ' means that the regime Castro behind butcher Mengistu The Somoza regime has barely survived a week of what the Sandinist National Liberation Front now calls an insurrectional war. Fighting has continued most of the main to wes and, in SOlTe contuste seems clear by the signif- icant urban and rural areas.

Fears on the mart of his old Jimmy Carter sponsor 10 81 be overthrown Somoza might revolt under left. Dy a popular wing' leadership has stirred the US administration into action Non-provocative i ney are searching Tor a non provocative way of asserting the political dominance of imperial- Ism in ine country. The US' local potențial allies the bourgeois to seem paralysed ant the Department turned to the possibility from elsewhere intervention Lall Amenco the efforts the government of Rica neighbouring Costa mediate to replace the rebels, seeking SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 20 September, 1978 Copper miners storm into Lima on August 14 Is in event greater danger at In next which controntation cannot be long delayed. Somoza clings on Tank in the streets of Managua somoza nimselt as resident ly "acceptable another member or nis tamily When this plan predictably hit the rocks the US switched its support venezueidi Crisis - sharpens in Portugal "Reluctance" the was week's keynote of the Portuguese debate in the parliament about the fate of the non-parliamentary of Nobre government da Costa. He and his chosen capitalist "reluctant" ministers take on the reins of bower bu felt it was their duty. Socialists the and Christian Donoral "reluctant to bring down thi open government period of political uncertainty- but in the end they did And Communist Party "reluctant" any Word Thine at al. reflects is all proto underin o What couragos rule in cortueal bourgeoisie and political parties are indeed reluc tant to face the consequences of The anuworkin • Class Douce they need to impose. And the leaders of the main workers' just reucant to out memsaves in a position where they could come under pressure to represent the interests of their rank and file.

So it was clinging together in fear of what lay ahead that the and Christian Demo. Socialist crats jointly and somewha brought the two old Costa week Nobre government down last week Now the bourgeoisie its search stable government before the mass of actiol The workine cas take against the only too real anti policies working class Porturals onantom covemine in civil war proposal to call an emergency meeting of the imperialist front of American States to discuss how to "settle" the Nicaraguan crisis.

Exclusive interview with Polisario leader SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 20 September, 1978

INTERNATIONAL

THE BITTER

WAR IN THE

SAHARA

This is the first of a two-part Socialist Press interview with a leading member of the Polisaric Front and spokesman of the government of the Democratic Arab Repulse the . second part of the interview with comment by Socialist Press will follow next week. How did the independence Western struggle Sahara begin? We should go back a little in the Polisario history. wher Front formed in 1973 the of a long crowning reality, the struccle or the sanarout •eom e we embar kee against Spanish colonialism.

struggle May, armed 1973. struggle, which dates from Depending colonialism in the conning.

dennines has resources. unis struccle develod taken various ed both politically and militar- of the struggle culminating phases great political of the Saharoui people and military

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never came to have Tories-with the VISIT OT THe GN the political Commission and the report they issued which consciousness necessary once again set out survive ine onsauonts oi colon- une selt-overn. ialism and its helpers. ment for the Saharoui people.

What happened was that the In that report the military and political leadership of the Polisario Front was founded in Polisario Front is clearly recog It has a just position and a nised. correct analysis of the reality of What was the reaction of the The sizuatIon от tne people. It adopted the armed struggle against the Spanish.

Spain, which was under It also took into tremendous pressure from account une United resolutions the Hoeration Nations dating from people, decided to indulge the yea 1966 favour of the manoeuvres without self having success determinatior and ever inoesen- dence tor me sanars 030D e TImes attemotec to The neighbour.ag at times it including Morocco and fa.- tania, were among me cove which voted in == = resolutions on various accasions.

making no stag the Saharoui peopie a concrete se ences - 5= Saharoui people betore the UN and the Organisation of African Unity, after having promised Spanish betrayed the the sale of a whole people Wiel Inev lived like a herd of cattle. Faithful to its principles and the examples of its martvrs. the people had no alternative but to continue armed struggle against the new adoressors-ine regimes or Morocco and Mauri.

tania. In spite of having the advan- tage arms ane mer ano and soonisticater material destructive methods napalm against our camps in the berated zones. *he Moroccar managed to army never wipe out the resistance Saharoui ceoole vas ence was reorgar 53977:00 even -== Me-scar 302 - and Mauritanian regimes This war been located the to story Sahara western _ITSe T have taken the battlefield into haritanie northern area SoUt Morocco were two attacks on the Mauritanian capital in June the attacks on Souerrate, where the Mauritanian iron ore mines are. as weas Ayun, occupied by Morocco on various occasions and a number •T •mer towns What was the outcome of these attacks? This general offensive had a oreat deal ot success. kv the end 1977 Mauritania had been effectively neutralised-militar- destroyed economicall without any funds to pay for the war and with an unbearable political and social crisis.

What happened then was that a third force intervened in the struggle-a force that has always intervened-and that was France. sehind tripartite Cano 5.00z 3=s to Morocco and Ma--=- 3. *age and other pianes aerial photographs of the region enemies to eatina bee in order them aron Army. What is the differance in forces in the war between you and the We think that the number of soldiers and material at their •soosa doesn t cetermine strength of an army-unfortun.

ately for some, but luckily for Us. The number of soldiers in the Mauritanian and Moroccan _ is tar greater than the alities santarout army The Moroccans have mor 30,000 than soldiers the Sahara, equipped with the bes available arms, both in the air and on the ground. Page 3 Captured American-made lorries in use by Polisario Front fighters The Mauritanian army can't conflict. really be called an army. It ha The Moroccans have never been organised in the middle of had policy towards Afric: a war just to wage this war.

African countries. sympathy from the • But all this force not been when this coup d'etat Ine TATE of the army of national libera. came it had repercussions at the tion of the Sahara Republic regional level. because fight . the TOr cause, Why did you declare a cease will, the motivation, the fighting spirit are lost. fire with Mauritania? Since surence

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Polisario Front is not suprem. declared from the first moment acy. in numbers or in that the war arms but was the not in interests wil. aetermin fighting spirit, motivation that it had been and faith the revolutionary imposed on them, we declared struggle unilateral and lacr the Mauritanian solders Tole cease nut enemy who don't know what territory. they a to bur num. Not the new regime it he numbers, all we the regime if it can say is mat our whole deodie genuinely wants peace are fighting; the whole people, Also to respect the wishes of both the Mauritanian people, which is and have arms in their hands. erennent

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new position of the Mauritanian What is the vour attitude to Third, show that the French intervention? Polisario sufficiently This intervention has only mature to take initiative OUt! towards

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people continue with the That's why national liberation struggle.

we have declared the cease-fire The Saharoui people. in Mauritania. has often been distinguished by We hope that this initiative its generosity and its respect for receives a corresponding reply human dignity, has We also hope Mauri

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many Spanish and French prisoners.

tanian the wal Josis But treated pressure from Morocco them the best possible way Of course it is not in the and has always liberated them interests of Morocco that Maur- We freed Spanish fishermen, withdraws fron soldiers and

CONTICT

treed a Dutch prisoner who wa cooperating with Mauritania; we freed two French in So the cease-fire doosn't apply 1976; and in 1977 we freed the to Morocco? eight French prisoners who were the rest of the war, militarily cooperating with the inside Maurita rigo territory me cease-fire is : operative only Mauritanian regime acts Shametusy These nave multiplied military opera have not been replied to in kind tions against Morocco. Instead Jaguar aircraft were sent And, result of this to attack our combatants increase have obtained the latest enormous i nis •rovocation nas not nar the effects desired either on the successes-such as the attack or morale our people, 21 August as a reply to Hassan' militarily said he speeci these wouldn't accept a regime with a political and military defeats for different ideology betwen nam the enemy, with the recognition Arab The August 21 operation Republic of the Sahara by many took place 15 kilometres away countries which are increasing in El-Ayun. Two Moroccan

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number all the time, the recog- companies were completely nition of the Polisario Front by liquidated. And inspite • OU the majority African ciosenes *i-Ayun no help and of progressive and came for the Moroccans. countries left parties in Europe, and the The othe operation was on general sympathy 26 for and 27

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struggle of the Saharoui peoole moroccan ternitory has meant that our enemies have The Moroccans rave said been isolated. that it the was Aigeriars attacked them That's every time they important is the defeated they

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recent coup d'etat in Mauritania?

reality in order • to disquise fron and military we own cove ve ren i successes of the Saharoui people our army, and to convince the the Moroccan people that it and superiority Polisario Front connected have been a strong regular army are the coup d'etat in which defeated them. WitH Mauritania. Morocco is going through a very It was the result of the wa economto crisis against the Saharoui people Among the military there is The people ol Mauritania complete demoralisation with have little will always and have always been against completely envronmen it. It was imposed on them.

hostile hosticult for them to cope with them. Morocco la Ken advantage of the general sym- a long lasting war other African telt states towards Mauritania, drawing the Mauritanians possible into the Much

BEHIND ABC FARCE-

DEMOGRATIC RIGHTS

Page 4 The restrictions on information imposed by the Official Secrets Act exposed the were to level of near farce last of cloak and dagger secrecy, week in the Aubrey/ the "Sec- true Berry/Campbell rets" the Old trial at continued to emerge. Bailey. was virtually all 52 UK and US While the judge-an ex- Signals Corps Staff Officer- . communications that the judge ruled could has upheld prosecution be attempts to create an aura Unliy «KbC

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PHOTO. Mark Campbell, Aubrey and Berry with supporting pickets.

Anti pigeons by putting forward the correct call for trade union action to black out possible party political broadcasts by the National Front.

Expansion for The Socialist Youth League. which supports the political programme of the Workers Socialist MacDonald takes a big step League, Press: forward this week with "The of its the expansion monthly Red radicalisation taking paper, Youth. youth The four page has met with an paper against response since low it was launched in June and need for their own paper.

the circulation Suas mole than doubled in that time.

Newspaper size these This now makes possible the expansion of the paper existing from its present magazine size, size newspaper allowing more coverage and amongst giving greater scope presenting lay-out and design. Editor Andrew were already well- numbers absurdity of the known, had been featurer in numerous news reports, approach were listed in the phone book, had been toured by that revealed hiking school expeditions, or were used as pasture land centen for sheep with no security referred clearance. Dy Wing Commander Donald Evans, head of the Orford Ness radar Geranci station told the court that attempts to create the an around this air of mystery base • "absolutely was idiotic" Treasure hunt And on Thursday it was that a team of revealed from Ample- schoolboys forth College had engaged in "microwave treasure hunt" "top-secret" trom "top-secret" station station along the East Coast of Scotland! told Lord Hutchinson the court that "microwave

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Nazi

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Platform of the ANL meeting that last week put the cat among the Tory and Liberal Red Youth that told Socialist youth movement fights to train youth as part of Red of revolutionary success new, Youth shows that there is a leaRed Youth Red has a vital place this work of young people role to play in the Socialist Youth League There's no doubt that youth want to fight against racism, which is why it is important to take unemplovment and that are able wages and they see the this step forward in expand- ing the paper. The new look Red Youth Programme 20 published today September) with issue "Red Youth takes up all number 4, and will continue questions and fights to sell for Sp a copy. for a Trotskyist programme.

Any reader of Socialist We refuse to adapt to the Press consciousness of would like to subscribe to Red Youth vouth but aim to bulld on sending by the movement taking place cheque/P.O for £1.50 young peopic with if they already subscribe to them Socialist Press, for £0.60.

serious political analysis and

UNDER ATTACK

collecting information that tower spotting is no more "may be, harm than train spotting.

ectly, usetul to an enemy.'

The farce was heightened Defence QC Jeremy Yet, as Hutchinson pointed out these well-known bases, the vast majority that one microwave tower mation is publicly available "rose high above Tottenham Road", but that he Court was not allowed to mention sources. it in court. to known Nothing secret' enemy of British capitalism.

The people And Squadron Leader nothing Oakes Stephen are when cross-examined on the working class. Campbell, West Drayton joint military air traffic control John Berry and civil centre that "There it's Aubrey, charges under nothing secret QC Secrets Act, though prosecuting which continued Leonard object to it being named in court. from Behind the farce and the ment absurdity however is plans, military deadly serious allack democratic rights. capitalist state Duncan Campbell infringing the accused ot Official Act by Secrets David Steel, leader of charged with the Liberal Party wound criminal offence up his party conference with a speech in which gation of homosexuality he declared the Liberals

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to be "bloody but un- bowed" and made a the bitter attack on press morals-that flames. coverage. Behind hardly been affirmations possible to read anything im the capitalist papers of what plans and policies the junior capitalist party had to stem its likely political anihila-

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The whole Instead, the Southport of conference had been turned Coverare into a circus in which the events ring masters of the press had baited and lashed taunted, the participants. next to him The hounding of Thorpe day has of course nothing to do with • his pro-capitalist policies lor his succes. was not there! securing a formal repudia- Their socialism trom tion ol not leaders of the Labour Party Thorpe When he was implicated in the collapse of a fringe bank, he received the usual editorials member telling him how unwise he Meinhof group before the Fleet had been, Germany Street editors retreated res- The icing pectfully behind the heavy was again curtain of business secrets.

homosexuality. Now, when he had been The charged, but not convicted, reported: of conspiracy to murder and "People incitation murder, pack is on his heels with unrestrained hysteria. run of normal she things it would not matter was a SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 20 September, 1978 directly, or indir- of in the Case of this infor- or derived from published All of it would be well Ssssh !! It's top any external secret! who know with resolutions demanding of these about these bases tane charges and action to imple- of course the British ment Labour's manifesto along to repeal the Act with pledge and Crispin itself. The ABC Defence Cam- tact Official paign, which now faces its the trial the in trial, major lest unfolds, must also take the conscious the attempt to intimidate journ- initiative, jointly alists and the labour move-

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which is officially probing the supporting campaign, The a labour call and move- movement. allu of the ment delegate conference to apparatus broadest suppor fight against the It is essential that Labour for their of Parties and union branches victimisation Aubrey, Berry and Campbell bombard the Labour leaders

PRESS GANG

Flea circus ends was so much if Thorpe had been lesbian There serious speculation that her cover What lies blown by a scorned girlfriend." behind this case is the alle- The Telegraph called her: "a -as was evident masculine type woman said to have lesbian by the headlining given to tendencies." the police investigation into National Liberal Club The Sunday Express pay John Junior every week to fuels the a column of reac- tionary filth. This week his the pompous column turned its attention of principle Maureen Colquhoun in hides the most blatant and words which are unattrac- virulent anti-gay campaign.

tive enough not to want to Thorpe timetable reprint. Again there is no mention of politics, merely sexuality of approach the should be reserved which Thursday's for the psychiatrist's couch.

centred around the It was interesting that in timetable of when Thorpe the week where the press.

arrived, how he looked, how radio and TV had all united walked and who stood to black out all mention of The following politics to concentrate on Thorpe had left inhibition, the the conference the coverage sexua Tne Anti Nazi League was being centred on the fact that he witch-hunted for wanting to the the sexual hounding pull plugs on National Front broadcasts for reserved The Sunday Express On Friday Astrid Proll asked: was arrested in a London "If the Anti Nazi League, garage, accused of being a now dominated by militant Baader- left wingers, does succeed in West preventing the National Front broadcast, whom will on the cake Mr Hain and his friends be 'pulling the plug' on next?

of allegations The Tories? The Liberals?"

Express Daily In the the case be Liberals there would who worked little need to do so. The the with her in London said she txoress and was a women's libber and friends and neighbours in had no boyfriends. In fact the Fleet Street gutters have self confessed already achieved that.

Owen - from obscurity to obscenity LABOUR SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 20 September, 1978 The behaviour of Carter David Owen, the ambit- wagon, ious British Foreign better than Secretary, whom James Callaghan promoted book called from well-deserved obscurity year ago, less fighter for such rights.

the epitomises hypo- Needless to say, crisy and reaction of the nothing in of the leadership «Labour" government. rights in his own country.

has carried his owen opportunism from the the record internal politics of the government in Labour Party into his glam- VuLOUS

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job. socialist programme One side effect of the certain 'election that never was' including some fake-'Trotskyist' has come out in tendency. Newham North East meeting Labour Party. General Management Com- Thinking the hour of to reckoning had finally come address came on September the local Executive Com- 12 and was presented with the completed abortion. mittee realised that it would need an election address.

Contusion Mr James Dickens, pros- pective Parliamentary candi- The fact for the Constituency document could be treated CaTe following the defection of seriously at all reflects the Prentice, and a member of enormous "left' the Tribune group, confusion that is the promptly foward put mark proposals for its contents.

democracy. Currying favour nationalisations and social-

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Having already been failed MP once, he Investment in ing industry. obviously desperately keen curry favour with the Callaghan leadership rapidly as possible before controls. onslaught oI old age makes his political insipidity contradictions it noted the even more obvious. 'positive' (!) aspects of the Callaghan government. result, what ne offered election it was now clear that there address was so far removed from socialism that even the was no election and there- most degenerate Tribune fore less urgency. Newham felt HacKs to win a move not to discuss uneasy. Consequently the Execu tive Committee accepted should Jumping eagerly onto the 'human rights' band- impression that he is a tire- there is hundreds of political Owen's. prisoners in Northern mentally tedious and hypo- Irish jails, about the expul critical book about human sion of Philip Agee on charges he wasn't I here was notning about even permitted to know let of his own alone detend himself against introducing or about press censorship the Prevention of Terrorism through Secrets torture now being used in the

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Northern Ireland, about the scandalous

ABC

trial London. Other countries No, Owen, (tor human rights are things they don't have in other countries- and ot course.

LUDLES

the Soviet Union and othe workers' states; because tne underlying of motive Owen's book and of all his reactionary policies is anti- communism. And in the last week he, has made it clear that he doesn't give damn for rights -his main interests o i careerism the interests of cabilas imperialism, however tactically best be done. PHOTO: Derek Speirs, IFL That has been clear for a long time Southern Africa where, behind a mask been the leading ag he hos been the leading agent imperialism's plan for compromise engineered between the white racists the black nationalists. But in the last week on the question of Iran the truth has

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more plainly. owen, seems, rOll 'human rights only matter countries that are the Owen Tribune, Militant offer no However a serious blow amendments, from the at the develop- was sluck Militant ment of a manifesto which the basic answeree the facing questions the working class with socialist approve policies when a resolution was accepted declaring that all proposals must be within the confines of Labour Party Conference policy. A supporter of Socialist that such Press on the General Management Committee spoke against this, pointing theoretical out that this meant a fight hall- hands with tied behind British social one's back. Callaghan's election cam- The document called for • paign would not be based Conterence poncy and the government had ignored It also called for greater completely even those pro- manufactur- gressive measures that were advocated by conference. It opposed racialism. But Not abstract import On top of this mess of It was not an abstract of who question policies, decided Tate method of arriving Fortunately for Dickens policies was the most "democratic'-Labour Parti Conference hardly being the of height workers His supporters managed cracy anyway. what was at stake the fight for policies which meaniesto that night. were the correct ones of what he enemies calls 'the West' (i.e. imperialism) "Friends West of the trample 'human can on rights as they wish. TAKe earan for example. A good friend He is the kingpin of the imperialist military alliance in the Middle East, CENTO.

He has given aid to the British suppressing the national liberation struggle in Dhofar. He has given economic aid to the British campaigner government in its hour of need. And he is one of the best customers in the world for tyrants. British sold him But no, there directly by his friend, Labour Defence Minister less Owen Fred Mulley. pletely These arms he then uses 'communism' against and vision. against the struggle of Iranian workers and instead shamed into peasants for freedom. For 20 years the Shah ly defended him. He said: has headed a regime which "I have denies every basic demo- clear that cratic right. Trade unions take account and political parties are illegal, 100,000 Cresti there political prisoners. believe All resistance is met by perspective. the Shah's army and police with a brutality unsurpassed in the world today. Last ly friendly week 3,000 anti-government with demonstrator were shot good relations and a down in cold blood in the ing partnership streets. You would think, tell gold what moderate. that a much wouldn't you, on human

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meant that rights by that valiant little shown rights there prospectus what the over the last Iran, other things like that. "It is criticise the that has operated there; differences Iran whole

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Shahanshah history." The only 'human rights' in Iran which this 'socialist' has is that the Shah's repression should not provoke an upheaval which would threaten the interests of world capitalism. Prentice It is clear that Dickens in no way solves the problems that caused Newham North East to fight Prentice. remains the task genuine socialists the Labour Party to expose his ilk and consistently explain that the fight for socialist policies and even for those policies favoured by Confer- ence and the NEC in words, involves the ousting of the traitors right wing in the Labour Party and the build- ing new principled

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. for justice, He has now carried his David Owen, would have a concern for the survival of word or two to say about reaction in the area into an one of the world's bloodiest international campaign. Last Thursday found this Is not a busy, little imperialist agent word on the Shah. Nonethe- in Bonn for a meeting of the couldn't EEC Foreign Ministers. Cull back out of saying Financial amendine eo the something about Iran when he was challenged about it sed concern that a con- by an interviewer on tele ținuation of political unrest in Iran could lead to instab- being ility developing neigh- attacking the bouring Pakistan, Countries and in butcher Shah, Owen brazen- Owen added that "the made it fairly Nine faced sensitive Shah must the problem defining their 1n of the attitude to the Iranian situa- human rights in fran. Butl made tion. Most « Europeat govern- out it in ments disapproved of some vou are of internal government, what you say policies, but they also had a publicly about a particular- strong interest in the preser- like country! vation of stability which you have region. work-

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'Liberalisation' to be some- It was important that European "I don't think that has should have the nOU concern for human Iranian authorities to pursue their But you have liberalisation to judge it against the broad programme (sic!) and not you look at more repressive Shak which has done policies could 20 years in aggravate political unrest'.

and the general trend Well what terrible has been very much towards dilemma for the poor breaking down some of the rights campaigner. nund very large landholdings, and Who said that hypocrisy and opportunism were easy? fashionable to solidarity the Shah. Some of Iran, oppressed masses But bravely struggling you must also recognise that against the bloody regime of there is merit in the regime David Owen's friend, we say that Owen should put recognise the out of his misery. culture and recognise that the He should be thrown out the leadership of the Labour rooter Party along with Fred Mulley, arms salesman worry about dictators, and the the whole reactionary Labour leadership who have practice shown themselves to be the enemies of demo- cranic rigals, in britain.

Iran and around the world • lives in Iran

SOCIALIST PRESS, Wednesday 20 September, 1978 improve allempl how dients of spent on co-caled ductivity had a very on The has of the industrial the Thats absolutely the books Lactures malnutrition. Tens of world competitors. thousands of workers al t off laid slightest al in the downturn markel, hundreds year known car and inside Luters. with only minimum the dark medical U1l force. on getting amount effort

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the poor while All this on Ford Henry alone gets from the year cial are nol come off they would badly make profits. They monopolies In the spheres: many. "loss" and they recorded. were busmess made taken away, the profit £56 million. Whose account this side end the stock- The tion, the Lucas. country to another, In 1951 one selling subsidaries British inflated at to give countries of protit 'empire Tase all jealously and loss, six ine guarded of the countries. how much is the how they the

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manufac- the work- suppliers to the 1n that they Year in, component from certain diver- com- there have the motor 51% of all well the British 10% to market the up empire rapidly-to in to example continent Much not just to ponents producers suppliers problems. as Jusl the insensitive around effects the Lucas tumes factory. spelts. children School tests during blood. with opinions' ting facilities. TOld rust profit motive for factories. Like the Great King up the where they Street T0х0 crumbs from measures based lubri- pick up the cating oil The macin aid the shop profits by misleading for sale capitalist selling-out skin cancer Worker must it. and sackings. the management committees car ilke to leave ownership, to • Calle skin cancer, but they are ttees the down and than they but normally only outside Leyland. using this The for profits Once nationalised information raIse the motor workers' industry rest with labour force bureaucrats militancy the take of oath of further introduction tation down and costs of elected The facing committees starting car working shoulders the all Iactor, class kind delegates this leadership, and which with and level from Such local and the control thi governments. the help sympathetic technicians, accountants class union they What required vote until any offer the labour the themselves struggles their and which Workers' living and working would their actions. be the intro- Pollution industrial measures diseases, hundreds necessary solve their deaths each year car all brushed 1960's, . the revolutionary - TV declined Elected socialist are the committees 17% would be for 1974-whilst price keeping Common spending The story can Such the misery, ot work available be assessed that suttering death details by prepared

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about the the out labour pIouuu and make there some are so endins The of people the labour the of syslell the whole simply been according and sales private near to tell. and profits of Of but also to therefore removal being done impossible build U stops car try. other The industry would to become of fully planned parl

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intensive When within the motor many

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uncaring •taken consideration of kinds of goods, the transport public available and enviromental factors.

Leyland Over-capacity Because of over-capacity PHOTO: Andrew it is likely that some motor daily • lives, factories may switch to pro- ducing other products, but within this only 1S suffer from planned context that all the advances of mankind, scien- in the tific and otherwise, can be • Wiard, Report штоаисе шо produchon without a detrimental effect on the working class. While the daily struggles of the working class must go protect living stan- and dizzy dards and working con- ditions, it is only after the socialist revolution that the attend Leys motor maustry can be trans backs onto formed Irom today-an industry producing commodities for the benefit of a minority of society-into opposite an industry beneficial to the whole society and contri- 'expert planned outing to economy. be other Chrysler workers protest at sackings

'To imagine that social revolution is conceivable without revolts by small nations in the colonies and in Europe, without revolutionary outburts by a section of the petty bourgeoisie with all its prejudices, without a move- ment of the politically non-conscious proletarian semi-proletarian masses against oppression by the owners, the church and the monarchy, against national oppression, etc-to imagine all this is to repudiate social revolution... The socialist revolution in Europe cannot be anything other than an outburst of mass struggle on the part of all and sundry oppressed and discontented elements.

Inevitably, sections of the petty bourgeoisie and of the backward workers will participate in it- participation, mass struggle is impossible, without it no revolution is possible-and just as inevitably will they bring into the movement their prejudices, their reactionary fantasies, their weaknesses and errors.

But objectively they will attack capital, and the class revolution, vanguard of the conscious proletariat, expressing this objective truth of a variegated and discordant, motley and outwardly struggle, will be able to unite and direct it, capture power, expropriate the trusts seize Danks, different (though for reasons!) and introduce dictatorial measures which in their totality will amount to the overtarow or te bourgeoisie ana lue socialism, which however will by no means immediately 'purge' itself of petty-bourgeois slag.

Critical Remarks Lenin, on written in July 1916. P.146-7 thorny question of the national struggle in Ireland, Britain in solidarity with the Irish liberation fight.

We must reaffirm at the very outset the obvious fact vicious repressive measures.

that from emerges through extended study of the hold Britain still exerts over the history of the Irish struggle bourgeois [SP73-83] -that has ensured the basic measures against the nationalist problem for revolutionaries Torces nave been in Ireland is the the police and pleted national revolution Southern state. that was aborted by both Political independence the British imperialists and Irish bourgeoisie with the and government partition of the island. macoendence Thus neither the North class in the soutn, workers are in fact fighting the native agents British imperialism been thrown of British off. tronting Ene Part of the for this problems of the national revol- i casur ution. the possibilities 1919-21 to down de be orance on national this the crisis working class British imperialism. ot leadership. StriKind it was this uneven develop- own TheIr ment that allowed the breathing national space for the native bourgeoisie workers and to establish its whole apparatus ano consoltcate lasting alliance with the British bour- imperialism-opening geoisie. britamn ITSelT Completion Europe. The struggle for social revol- aries UTIOn rel and cannot nanional strudo e. separated from the within it for the leading role of of this completion the organised revolution arouna a socialist programme.

The oppression and exploi- against which the Irish tation proletardl. tocerner With Thre must be mobil- Dublin-stil less independently from We merely cannot develooment Ireland by TrOM TOr the British bourgeoisie's age-old divisions enforced on Ireland by imperialist exploitation the British and Irish bourgeoisie.

melane. Nor can we This is expressed openly in gramme to the North through direct British present undoubtedly pro-imper- and land- without such the advanced fragmented, mass which all hate other of victory the National Question

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This week we begin publication in three instalments of the perspectives document on Ireland adopted on September 10 by a national meeting of the Workers Socialist League. The document takes up the and the necessity to fight for a Trotskyist party within that struggle, and concludes on the tasks to be undertaken by the Workers Socialist League in military rule brazenly enforcing ialist state of consciousness of Ine rrotestant workine class n the North-any more than our south it is exoressed the economic strangle- programme unem. racial discrimin- covernment. which ation in britain begins trom the that repressive prejudices and nationalist illusions of backward workers.

i ne ConTICt invorved army of the tea isa stronal be en nationalities tant workers in the summer of 1977 clearly demonstrated their In fighting against the Lynch for political rerusai to c to tenetus o with severing oirect ink of the WorKinG Britain when they refused back Paisley's reactionary strike imperialism, and con- The conflict is in realit' unresorved between those fighting for an end to imperialist exploitation It would be entirely wrong freland anto Torces- South-that NortO and stand opposed to that fight.

struggle against Self determination blow adainst exploitation and For this reason we continue oppression, Irish farmers the right weakenine. The British up new possibilities renolous backwardness but from the throughout ane objective of the farmers The obligation of revolution- and small and resolved planneu working class inteerated _economy programmatic Divisions •emanes course struggles begin the a solution. accepting the a pro also tor th vanguard constructor The which assert tator our pro appealing to the,

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ensure the success of the com- •ТОГ than and social revolution Britair the made. This is Permanent Revolution and the Transitional Programme. and. i former variety enable replaced from devA onAd show the path from the present the period of confused state of consciousness latter type ot the cathole and Protestant workers to the necessary all-out break the struggle against British democratic imperialist strated by ca• talism exploitation and the fight for Paisley's reactionary the farmers government. establishment of a workers' year Naturally no progress can be made in the insistence ith alt absolute insistence Doints on Ene necessity tor al British troops to be withdrawn amorcuous out neverteless from the island bourgeoisie-maintaining were sent in by Wilson in 1909 to torestall any Hiccasil possibility of militant struggles lican movement democratic and and within the South itself.

demands by Catholic minority in the North spilling into more widespread and evel struggles conscous Issue involving chronic mass unem- 'amnesty' for ployment and the impoverish- ment That was useo to cisruot delicate Catholic workers, and galvanis- ing the working class and political leaders movement in the south ne southern Occupation tied as they strings of the Continuing fear of the forces the

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anie that could be unleashed if the _remain noti Catholic minority seemed to willing to further the cause liberation Have won concessions nas torced successive governments blow

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mising to maintain full-scale military for the last eight occupatio years Then Protestant Meanwhile politicians have divided into two matched camos unose prepared to neco repubnican forces memselves tiate compromise cea wIth the British government and the military actions petty bourgeois Catholic lalism and even sectarian attacks ano Those wno nave on protestant THOI: Mark Rusher, d'u Sinn Fein demonstration against internment Ale made it clear they would prefer combined with the most aovs- mal reformist demands see a compete oreak wit any concessions The have completely abandoned the fight A whole succession. of the of British TAe witherawal troops, and simply call for them have neen the right during to be withdrawn from working army occupation Class call stalinist for troops to be proceeding "withdrawn to barracks" traditional ties with demon. Dropped call the failure of The strike last their provisionals part have called tor the army to Repression "united Ireland" favou In the South, Prime Minister agitation Federal "Nine County Uster" Lynch has extended a somewhat And in the meantime both real hand of assistance to the British organisations concentrate on and campaige. police- evorms. walch while Inev must supported, are completely mitary reoression ot ine reouo.

at the border inadequate for • a long-term per spective tor ene irish struggies recognising that their sam! time continues sounding off verbally fight is objectively in conflict about the possibility of a future with capital Catcase port the nationalists struggle republican against and imperialism political prisoners in a speech C•m talks between the Lib-Lab gove munity against loyalist attacks.

the We unconditionally defend Loyalist them against police-military bourgeoisie- repression are to the apron the border, but we must also be : British imperialists clear that the forward the Irish liberation monoone. struct impotent and un involves of both the bankrupt programme (clearly recog- equally bankrupt of the petty political method deal to imperialism internation- bourgeois nationalists. ally and the problems it would Such a break can only be achieved by buildind a Trotsky as a capitalisi is a The olitate nee ist party that will establish the that leading role of the working class in the national struggle.

Individual and conspiratorial against imper- Continued next week areas have been

IMG leader poses as Marxist

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Readers of the Pablo- ite weekly journal Inter- continental Press will in- have witnessed an congruous spectacle in the August 28 issue. Notorious of Marxism Alan Jones-a lead- ing member Marxist Group- national donned a ludicrous disguise ana posed as a detender of Marxist philosophy, in a ten page attack on the positions of Gerry Healy, leader of the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP). Unfortunately for Jones, Tne oscuse us or lo e and tit, spirit a poor mne gum on his Karl Marx beard works loose in the course of his tortured and repetitive alcula. Political answer Jones' objective-to present a political answer to - fought for vanguard party Lenin the sustained, hysterical Jones completely unable to behind developments in the camnaien almed bv

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Foseph grasp the political basis of struggle, and contin- the against attempting to jump Hansen and George Novack, unose acis. or ne conta-

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onto bandwagons only after leading members the dictions beneath the surtace Pabloite US Socialist that contained the they have gathered pace. possib Workers Party-is a worthy ility such sudden, Such an approach is not explosive development. one to construct a Leninist one. vanguard party give Rut lones is unaualitied the working to undertake the task he has Pessimism leadership but to piece himself-elaborating cass the Marxist But not only together a constantly defence of was Lull Jones method of dialectical mater- fused support group who rook nis vew he lent the pretence gamely against Healy's Rather Jones however and abandon- of a "theoretical" content takes up the struggle to perversion to the prevailing defend his viewpoint and at ment of that method. mood of fails within the ranks attack Jones himself to pessimism the same time of the IMG, who had to all comprehend the essence of Healy's revisionist positions, (which for factional reasons materialism, intents and purposes aban- application to political doned perspective of which we will not examine in this article, he traces back track analysis. HiW

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sururrico ardilol record on this is appalling.

trols and against the union to 1963). drifted and vedi Durcauciacy, Justification produced a two-part article into focussing their atten- tion protest action in the same interconnnentai on His whole Press (February 28, March argument against the social service hinges ón a justification of 1977 arguing on „ine Culo the "theory" starting from basis of the changes in strike The analysis in this "facts" of the class struggle instance, as is customary in statistics that there was a "downturn" Healy's view the IMG the class ana ine wnole or Socialist "United" expressed ir the struggle. the Pabloite League document Fourth Secretariat of the Role of officials Opportunism and Empiric- International of which the ism. IMG is the British section, This account left out any A series of SLL quotes flowed from the most super- serious analysis of the role from that docu- of ficial the de om ment to make Healy's rejec- of the trade union bureau- "facts" of the situation, and the restricting cidey not trom an anavsis of the number of disputes. be a rejection of all forms of forces at work beneath the But more conspicuousiv. practical experience in the surface events of the class it was actually published at class struggle struggle. "As we shall see", Jones the very point where, after a claims, "the Healyites' rejec.

New Year's wave of strikes 'Realistic' against the 4½% pay limit, tion of the position that proceeds from In this way the IMG attempts to end the Leyland facts leads them to reject leaders are able to persuade strike by the foundation of dialectical Their ardev nexoenenced all 3,000 materialism."

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mem bersmp inat inells is a led "realistic" Jones then proceeds to spontaneously policy, based on SIrikers the 'actual' requirements of parade un- io a virtual nanonal sunke a sequence or but surprising movement the working class at a partic- equally ular moment. partial quotations from

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Working simply on the Trotsky, from Lenin, Marx But in fact the policy is basis of the "facts" of the always a one-sided response Engels, showing that and decline in strike figures left trailing along none of these revolutonary events leaders disregarded facts.

porredore supposed conclude, Healy's position was simply rejecting ¡liballe ally connection with the real Lily gilded attempts to Jones gild the lily declaring by that the clerence perween empiricism and Marxism that em piricism latches on facts in isolation and fixed way, while Marxism: "demands a study of all the facts, its and prover positions and theories the basis of them. . In short, empiric- ism bases itself not on the real facts but impres- sions and mere resemblances of to facts and aspects reality. Jones should know. This last quote is little more than of the method a sumilal)

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of the leadership when launched a turn towards guerrilla warfare in Latin America in 1969. 100% empiricism To judge from the later, self-critical the words leaders themselves, their approach at that time was 100% that of empiric- ism: "We plete and correct view "we "we overestimated" ... thought" "our hopes were very much exagerated" "led to an evolution hopes for opposite the one we "our esti- false" mation was of appreciation of "errors reality". (Self-Criticism Latin Uri America) These "errors of appreci- of reality" did ation

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flow trom leaders ignoring the "facts" as they saw them They flowed from failure the to analyse processes the class within struggle that gave rise tc those "facts". Product The USFI did not start by seeing the facts as the contradictory product of a of class conflict opposed forces, in which the key was not to adapt to issue the existing state of affairs but to prepare to mobilise the mass movement of the working class in the revol- utionary struggle tor socialism. The method dialectical materialism consists not in simply com- "facts" piling huge lists of and being aware that such tacts change in the course ot the struggle, but in probing itself, Lenin points out that: "The solitting of a single whole and the cognition of its contradictory parts is the essence of dialectics.. The condition for the knowledge of all processes of the world their "self-movement" their spontaneous devel opment, in their real life, is the knowledge of them as a unity of opposites. Develop ment is the "struggle" of opposites." (CW Vol. 38 p.359-60) Development for the USFI leaders and for Jones is not so much the struggle of opposites as a succession varying "facts" For 01 them historv is reduced to "one damn Henry Ford's thing after another" at the conclusion that Trotskyists need only fuse with Castroite groups to carry out revolution.

Healy in 1963 attempted to challenge this approach, quoting postuma opportunists who "worship the accomplished fact" Centring on SWP leader Cannon's letter which justi- fied the Kremlin climbdown in the Cuban missiles crisis, the SLL pointed out that: "it nonsense to pose Cuban the problem Cannon poses it-'What else could he have done under circumstances?' the Taken to its logical conclusion, this type argument used to justify anything."

It stresses that "the given circumstances" them- selves the product of process of class struggle in the of which treachery Stalinism and reformism has played a key role. And it makes the point that: "All this argument that "the facts" objec- the Trotsky-opposed worship of the accomplished fact.

tive reality and that we must 'start from here' is a preparation • to justify policies adaptatiot non-working class leader- ships' In taking up such a fight in 1963 Healy was correcti defending Marxism analis opportunist adaptation Castro Method not applied But in himself refusing to grips COnt actual processes and struggle of opposite forces that had deformed rise workers state in Cuba. failed to apply the Marxist method to under- this crucial develop- Stall ment in the real world. And, in proceeding from 1960s onwards the late further distort and then to USFI interpreted the facts' of the Cuban revolution to arrive pervert application of Marxist philosophy, utilising bludgeon it as a factional against inner-party oppos Healy turned dialec- ition, tical materialism from.. revolutionary weapon into a of mystifying the means WRP and its membership. The only movement to have analysed this theoret- ical degeneration and fought Healy's revisionism from the dialectical of materialism is the Workers Socialist League. For Jones cite past polemics in socialist tress for his authority lame as and partial attack on Healy more than the tals

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Which way for the Green? A significant struggle over policy has begun to Green Hospital. Already the casualty and operating theatres have been well closed as many wards but occupation has prevented the removal of specialised equipment, thus obstructing management

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plans to transform certain sectors into a geriatric care

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Empty wards have been

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ing new equipment turned away by pickets. Break picket now clear that management will attempt to forcibly break the picket bring builders and decorators to carry out alterations. Aș a result of this a sixty- Ennals-cutting hospitals everywhere, not just the East End.

strong trade union delegate called questions posed by the conterence Tower Hamlets Health setbacks suffered in the Joint Bethnal District Shop fight to defend Stewards Green Committee under its present September 14 decided to leadership. picketing and the

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UL East end mobilise building workers unions in particular for this purpose. defend Green as But the main resolution put the conference offered no way forward the crisis the health whatever. Supported by an for amalgam of forces including the followers of 'Militant Workers anone socialist Party it called for a local half-day strike, stronger "Don't let East End picketing and union executives to act. Ian chairman of speakers echoed the Joint Stewards this kind of approach, speaking the *bombard Parliament with telegrams' and organise sup- port from the community at the unael large. the discussion became clear that every would kind of phrase be used to avoid the political to set struggle the now against in Council- favour talk for about the need workers 'socialism' But attempts tc need for a postpone claim

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1.4 who of the gates, millior public manual need for workers are now being drawn up health trade by leaders of NUPE, TGWU and the unions at and divisional, And there has been the usual flurry of 'left' talk from negotia- levels.

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Wnosi o done betrayals on pay is second to Strike action in the trade union move. none There was concern that 'left the trade unions be General Secretary Alan Fisher committed to specific strike sat on his hands and allowed the action and not vague Fire Brigades Union to battle or pledges of support. against the alone government's 10% pay limits, It was clear that many quietly ditching NUPE's while delegates understood far own pay demands in a sell-out than their "leaders' better deal. that the mobilisation of the This year again

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has strength of the organised launched a fanfare of nublicity working class was first a for a £60 minimum wage-citing step on the road to defend- TUC policy as backing. ing the health service. Council workers should have no illusions in such talk. Pay One speaker took up the claims regain and defen need for the London-wide living standards must coordination of hospital submited-and must be tougni and representa- struggies, for in the teeth of opposition tives were present from the actions that had taken place Guor at the Elizabeth Garrett

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Photo. seren Anderson Hospita Service Emergency Beds and the Hounslow, Whipps Cross and St. Nicholas Hos pitals as well as from several health areas. This was despite attempts to restrict the "local' to conterence organisations. A resolution (which the chairman bureaucratically refused to take as an amend- ment to the main motion) calling on the health unions to organise immediately for all out strike action to force the reopening of the closed Bethnal Green sections at was moved by a trade union delegate and member of the Workers Socialist League.

defeated Socialist 'Militant' supporters that it resolution Stewards organise all-London of meeting shop ly passed fight and for and policies leadership and politics.

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weanesaur Lu septempery/r Ennals shows his Tory colours of Secretary Labour's State for Health and Social David Ennals, Security, visited Oxford last Wednes.

day to see how best he can Health help the Area Authority give the kiss of death to Cowley Road Hos- pital. The closure plan will mean a •rastic raaucron in we nune: geriatric beds available patients in area and will the and day hospital Guitart rehabilitation facilities for the elderly. • closure plans have already led to widespread nubli protest, much of which surfaced public meeting a • a tew days when 400 packed into the Co-op Hall to let the AHA know strength of the to the closure. Members of the Oxford City Campaign raised Nursery

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the hospital if the closure goos ahead. When Ennals arrived at the hospital last Wednesday he was mot by a lobby of local trade unionists and members of

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Later in the evening Ennal: at a public meeting callec by the local Labour Party.

Ennals devoted most of his speech ritual Tory bashing though it became clear that the differences between him and Keith Joseph are far narrowe the gap between his shus Than the health service genuins maliged omiss most clearly when a delegate to the Oxfom to boring bin party Labour • Party GMC tried to record over the last four years and attackec him on the struggles aroun Hounslow Hospital, Bethna Green are B Cised Garren Anderson Hospital. The chairman tried to silence the speaker when it was revealed that the Labour government has continued the infamous 3 Barbar last adminis cuts of the Tory of f900 Tune million in the last four years.

private medicine he said On with money had the right to berlevel decide how to spend it. On nationalisation he saic that he welcomed private com panies milking huge profits from the state sectol "provided that their prices are not too extor- tionate"! He also passed off the start and focal on the hate local people. staff and danderator question of Cowley Road it was clear that he propared to was

AHA

back the the hilt. The fiaht must now be stepped up both ir the public sector unions and ir une Labour rarty In Oxfordshire the level of militancy amongst workers in healt. demonstrated at Longworth Hospital, where

COHSE

has 100%

LONELI

over the last three months since closure plans were announced.

PRESS

This weekend thousands of workers young and people will throng the of London and

SLICELS

Brockwell Park in another mass "Anti-Nazi" Carnival.

ine tormua is wen tied. celebrities, popular music and a exclude any call on the labour minimum of politics. movement to organise But who s ir al mednt ro impress? Conde fascists off the streets.

The fascists of the National they Instead rront, inev arenoy know Inau at present they are an insignif- lusions that Relations or Public Order legis- icant minority. lation could are counting on BuT. They continued Labour attacks living and vague prévailed upon attacks. pacifist protests at their vicious The brutal доси соско о cow mem ad scope to develop and grow.

activity WEs Perhaps is to impress the recently when Asian youths harassed were oppressed immi- grant community! all sontences Tor But the Carnival offers these defending themselves against a workers and youth no way for- gang of racists. Waro in fascist violence. The ANL leaders expressly forcing them PHOTO: Laurence Sparham (IFL) Benn with his friends: his speech will not worry Callaghan.

SU strikers to stay In yet a further rebuff to right wing AUEW Presi- dent-elect Terry Duffy and the union's Executive, the 32 at striking toolmakers Leyland's SU Carburettor plant voted on Monday to stay out on strike. Referring bitterness the earlier threats by the Exec utive. to Them Trom union, the toolmakers decided they would stay that convinca take demand for parity with Rover toolmakers. This decision reflects the confidence of the SU men that.

committee has inflicted a sub- inel siano ano une sono suodori stantial they have received from, bureaucracy. Leyland's unofficial toolroom

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september now behind received £193.85. This is clearly a long way short of our target of £600. There is a lot of ground to be made up in the next week if we are to get back on target.

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SOCIALIST

LESSON OF THE

CARNIVAL

racist immigration The working laws attacks on that have spawned the to «rive class fascist threat? peddled have use Not disturbed Race hold back No, Callaghan is cortainly not going to be disturbed at a curb NF rally listening former left Cabinet Benn. reality of police and every right wing policy.

«em onstrater one four East End The Workers Socialist given savage every mobilisation against the fascists of the National Front. that such

MOSEST

1s tne carnva intended Labour leaders, drop

NO EXTRADITION!

The threat of extra- dition hanging over Astrid Proll demands an immediate response from the labour move- ment here in Britain. Proll, who was arrested on Friday by police heavies from "anti-terrorist" the squad has expressed clearly justified fears that if she is

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they are any nearer to actually achieving per increase necessary to equal the winning nove ґате- ет atone this demand for the other 3,000 toolmakers adhering to the tool.

To Committee meanwhte too room Roy Fraser still shows no sign submitting claim for his a pa! skified ano unskuce members th Leyland's Cowley Body Plant despite the clear lead from the TGWU membership in the Body Duffy Plant or in the nearby Assembly Plant, both which nave lodged £27 pay claims. SU leader Regan nas ever But there is no hint that declared support for the 5% pay limit! Toolmakers must now take the opportunity sotarhead plant level demands throughout Leyland, combining their. Curiell delves witn for the Tormulating claims November review, ment hoW aeveroping inrough out the working class. take this

WORKERS SOCIALIST

LEAGUE

Public Meeting "Strike to Break Phase 4"' Tuesday 26 September 7.30 p.m Shackleton Hall, Southall mobilisations be directed towards the fight for practical action to set up workers defence squads wherever the community or the labour move.

ment is under fascist attack, and political action to drive out the Labour and TUC traitors whose policies open the door to the The ANL, as a popular front grouping capitalist politic Platform 'left' Scargill bureaucrats ians, labour and bourgeois petty for home. the real iob will still Colonices cannot and will not undertake such a task, Socialist So, after the Carnival is over, and as the demonstrators head the fight to do it.

FREE ASTRID PROLL!

returned to Germany she will die in prison. This is certainly true. Her trial in West Germany was originally postponed because of her Labour serious ill health, caused by two years deporting Irish workers and in solitary confinement in a forcing Philip sound proofed all-white cell, lit 24 hours a day country If she is extradited she him of the charges against will almost be him, confirm certainly detained in these same bar- immediate baric conditions. labour movement can force the government to act and Murder prevent Proll being returned into the hands of her would.

If that does not reduce be torturers and murderers.

her health to the point of support death then she runs the very political risk the serious of being to petty murdered by the West "terror' methods of the Red German state. Faction. Army Already two members of Proll has the Red Army Faction, crime against Andreas Baader and Ulrike

LUVOLCHE

Meinhof have been murdered, followed by the trade union and labour crude attempt on the part movement to take up th of the West German author- fight against her extradition.

ities to make the assassin- Party branches The Labour Home Secre- immediately tary, Merlyn Rees has no resolutions demanding that intention of the acute

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prevent the extradition of drop extradition ings and Indeed the record of the asylum —Picket defends Brazil- L men. Socialists A 50-strong including 20 WSL mem- bers and supporters out- the point side the Brazilian still. Embassy in London on 25 leaders Monday added the voice organisations were originally by of British socialists to dictatorship-21 the international cam- members of the paign for the release of 'Socialist Convergence' eleven socialist political Two other leading detainees being held by members Argentinian the Geisel regime pathising section Brazil. Pabloite 'United' delegation from the jat) are now rumoured to be A picket went in being flown out Belfast docks hit by PTA strike A major strike by Belfast dockers last week highlight- ed the necessity • for the trade union and labour movement to fight for the repeal of the reactionary so- called "Prevention of Terrorism'" Act. The strike began when Liver- Special poo! Branch members of the Irish

TGWU-

who had travelled to Britain for a routine trainine coursernrel previously name. by their union March On Tuesday, dockers marched through Beltast city centre to City Hall demanding the release ot all three victim: ot Britist two were reocession released, leaving only Paddy Kelly under detention Bu defusing the fight this apparent concessio only heightened militancy. On Wednesday a maior stoppade o work took place as dockers laid for two hours to British outpost at Stor the vastle •locked entrance to Belfast harbour, and sealed off roads into the city.

Kelly-who had at one point need to be done. The Workers been interned in the Long Kes!

League invites youth concentration camp-was even- tually released only under and trade unionists to nelp us in exclusion order under the Terro Act, barring him from entry to Britain. Innocent This intimidation is in line with the whole method of the Prevention Terrorism Act, which aims to create condition thousands victimis innocent Irish republicans militants • against whom no rega! audrees can de lare detention Belfast under

PTA

the cutter Fein paper Provisione Republican News The whole British labour movement must join with the in Irish trade fighting this vicious legislation. A maio ex-CIA agent it and the mobilisation against of whole apparatus Britist without informing repression scheduled for Barnslev (Rov Mason's constit that uency) on October 7 in a march only organised by the United Troop action by the Out Movement Socialist Press gives no whatever bourgeois But Astrid committed the workers It is the responsibility of Trade union and Labou should pass government SDLP faker Gerry Fitt backed political calls for Kelly's release grant on Tuesday to Venezuela! while several Socialist Con- vergence have ment Del more forcibly been freed But latest reports ot workers' indicate that nine members of the Socialist Convergence Brazilian Geisel's in jails of them Brazilian We call on Labour MPs,! officials and labour detainees, novel en of the their the weight to PST (a campaign for their immed- of the iate release in good health Secretar- and the dropping of all charges against them. Brazil