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Dear Cde. in organising against the deportations. As a participant, I was impressed by the turnout of Filipino workers, part- reality. icularly given the social and political Several union banners were also (Bolton) in welcome evidence, although the unions will have to do a lot more if the fight is going to be won. Because a victory on this issue would be a setback for the Tories and a gain for all workers, hopefully the labour movement will swing more into action.
Rut what was noticeabiv absent was the major British socialist groups. The League for Socialist Action (LSA) and several small anti-racist groups were represented with banners, but there was no sign of the Militant tendency or of the Sociulist Workers' Party. The International Marxist Group also declined to support the The complete lack of support for the struggles of migrant workers by the (very British) British left reflects real national chauvinism on their part. Just what will it take for such groups to begin living up to their responsibilities? I hope many of their members will be asking this question too.
Pleste ind enclosed a sub for one there was a mass sentiment for one. Hopes should not be interpreted as Jane Whitmore Cde Whitmore should read the article more closely. SA did not say there wasn't a shift right in US ruling class opinion. What it did say was that, whether Carter or Reagan was elected, both would have been forced to abide by the needs of the ruling class and, in this sense, there was no real difference between them.
Secondly, the facts are that this was the lowest poll for 30 years, with only 2 out of 4 workers bothering to vote and only 1 out of 4 voting for Reagan (26.5%). Even those few workers who did vote Reagan didn't so much vote for his policies as against Carter's.
Finally, SA didn't say that a labour party was "on the cards". What we said was that there are trends for growing numbers of US workers to look for an alternative to the two big business parties. -Ed.
Dear Cde, As I read the last edition of your paper I was glad to see a British paper condemr.• ing the British H-Block and Special Air Services (SAS) atrocities carried out against H-Block campaigners by Britismorder squads