'TRADE union leaders like Duffy won't give full rights to apprentices anu yours workers because lty are scared about what we would do if we got the power.' That was the view of one of young workers attended the first national conference called by the socialist youth paper Revolution in mid-December.
Given success conference and the number of young workers at it, he was dead right. The conference was attended by 70 people from all over Britain representing a membership of IN Revolution groups. It was called to prepare the launch of Revolution as an independent revolutionary youth organisation in May 1980, The wide ranging HANHCSIARY showed Revolution had come a long way since its launch in 1978 by the IMG.
In opening the conference, Wandsworth explained: we're going to set up a revolutionary oroanisation we need to be crystall clear on the programme we want to base it on; the political perspectives we are fighting for; who we want to reach with our ideas; and how we are going to organise ourselves so we have a fully democratic organisation, and one which can strike together once we have decided on action.' That's exactly ference did deal with — building sa independent youth Workshops were held on the track unions; the National Students, the National Union School Students; imperialism; Ireland; youth oppres women's It was agreed that Revolution needed its own programme as a guide to action in the class struggle. Mark, #HELLE draft explained that in his view Revolution shoule be committed to bild a party for amite car caton for tim - and that this world be an important part of the leading up to the launch of the ner organisation.
No vote was taken on this at the conference because it was felt that such could meaningful once Revolution actually establishing itself independent HE HAILEDI such making its own decisions about its relations with other organisations on the basis of complete control over its own affairs.
The conference decided to begin moving from a federal structure to one based on the principle of unity in action and freedom of discussion RHODESIAN TROOPS were against Patriotic Front guerillas on Sunday. Unly InIs ume it was all because the Governor; Lord Soames.
The troops were instructed to patrol the border areas supposedly 'infiltration'. This followed a Rhodesian troops and a ZANU group on Saturday night in which killed, several injured, and ten captured. Here too the Rhodesian troops were acting under Soames' authority.
This bizarre use of one side in the ceasefire to monitor (and kill) the other was an utterly predictable outcome of the Lancaster House agreement. have a fair chance would be if Britain pulled out completely instead of giving 'legal' cover to the white regime's murder gangs.
The first victim of the ceasefire may well have been ZANU Tongogara ironically architects. Unless the car crash in Mozambique in which he died last week was the most absurd d historical coincidence, the likely culprits are to be found within the Rhodesian security forces.
Such a murder would be easily within the WAO of the local that Alix "If the organisation.
Union of of and • Fourth detente Revolution for single youth organisation, only was fusion. as and tion Committee conference demonstration 16 women and 14 men ordered in right, of course, the to DICYCIN clash between been two guerillas were The only way the guerillas would murdered -commander Josiah Vol its main The family is fundamental. Fareats can get amay with the right to beat kids, just like teachers do.
amited in approaching Rebel and the Socialist Youth League for discussions about The conference was a tremendous step towards the launching of a new proletarian socialist youth orgamissBritain. The National elected itself good of Revolution's working class youth to revolutionary politics: it has — 1 of then capabilities of the white regime, which puts aside considerable funds to finance right-wing oppositionists Mozambique. speaking whites have been reported at the scene of a series of atrocities against Mozambican civilian targets.
Tongogara's prestige among the guerillas and tie Landabwean peopie cotta Mardly Lave higher. He was probably nationalist leader whose reputation party lines. When he died he was on his way to Salisbury to call upon fighters in the bush to move to the ceaselite rendezvous points. Murder Tongogara's death makes this exercise all the more difficult. since many queriles wil draw the obvious conclusion — and that the ceasefire is therefore not worth the paper it was written on. This again points to Rhodesian responsibility: Now that the Patriotic Front has agreed to the Lancaster House compromise, forces have everything to gain if it drops out of the settlement. The would committed to 'supervising elections involving only the whites and Bishop Muzorewa. The press has enthusiastically picked up on years which political relations