substitute for active involvement in Militänt counterposes, in a secbreak out - partial and for limited demands — with the historic tasks of united, titude is seen in their assessment of tarianism Out Movement. Militant has never movements because they were not initiated by the 'labour movement'. What they really mean is that they were not initiated by the labour bureaucracy. In effect this leads to tail-ending the reformists and abstaining from the struggle to win demands, like 'For a woman's right to choose', is somehow opportunist! So, like all sectarians, they stand on soapdemanding that the masses fall behind them after some process of religious Their sectariaism has an obverse side: economism. They adapt to what Socialits, which Militant leads, has a worse record on the struggles of the oppressed than the Young Liberals! The 'problem' of women's emancipation is relegated to the future socialist society - Militant has denounced the women's movement as a force that is Militant has almost nothing to say about Britain's imperialist past, and the benefits that the British working class reaped from the rape of the colcritique of the chautinism and patriotism that permeates the labour bureaucracy — they certainly neither organisation is simply seen as divisive socialism. Only the trade unions, the Labour Party, and Militant organised WHAT'S LEFT Money 19 May Som May, spa VOLVERHAMPTON: ursday to Frida Inion Friday 12-2pm and Mander Centre, nea RATES For ads ber col. inch. Deadlin bat. prior to pul RES. PoSe CELEBRATE liberation %6 Dalston Lane Afrodisco, bar/food, cI.
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Its economism is especially visible in its treatment of the Irish question It behaves as though the Protestant and Catholic working class of Ireland and argues for mutual struggle for higher analls unemployment and so on. It tries to avoid the real historical roots of sec.
— partition, the status of the Catholic minority in the Six Counties, British imperialism - to argue that the struggle for a united Ireland is a diversion from the class struggle (i.e. the economic struggle).
Miltant does not give unconditional support to the anti-imperialist struggle of the Irish people, nor to the republican movement; it tends to concentrate its fire against 'sectarians' British imperialism Labour Party and trade union lefts have failed to produce policies that begin to organise the fightback, the far left remains very weak. In these where the working class has to force its leaders to actually lant a lead, a great responsibility is placed on the door of currents like the Milibureaucrats the far left has to concentrate on building a left opposition inThis is not to say that trade union Labour Party. On the contrary, this class struggle opposition has to be Party. But the reformist leaders of the party have to be forced to break from their parliamentarist perspective and put the emphasis on building mass action - starting with action against Militant tendency does not achieve decisive blows against the Tories now, nor will it achieve decisive blows against capitalism in the future. That is why we have to reject the methods The RCL - an illegal organisation under Water Road. Ortord Te 2 COUNTERACT socialist Clerkenwell Close, London ECIR OATT.:
Report and analysis; major review of Harr conterence Inal Inis could be zu pe cent in I some mining communities following an NCB plan announced last week to call in zi purs for un As a rest ine conterence voter without dissent to give the 'strongest possible support to the dav of ' on 14 May ane pledges itself to work within Wales subsequent action which the TUC success of reels is necessarv After this decision the delega tions from NALGO, NUPE and UCATT sent a letter to local authorities informing them that their IC DC would be requested to stay away from work on 14 May. The miners reported that they would be recommenaing strike action at a specia conference next weekend Action Explaining the mood of the delegates. George Wright. Genera Secretary of the Wales demanded more action from the But we have heard all this before from George Wright. In March this year, at his request, the General Council of the WTUC call. ed off Welsh strike action planned for 10 March, leaving miners and steelworkers isolated in their jobs fight.
Some delegates reminded the conterence or tnis recora. colwyl Williams, a delegate from Swansea trades council, explained that 'call ne acuons on ana or acmoralise. people. speeches. become paper resolutions reflecting a paper eddersimo.
However, despite these contributions, the General Council and yeorge hook With obvious reference to the 10 March sell-out, the NUM resoludon deplored the fact that many unions hide behind British union constitu mons to avoid nickent o decisions of the WTUC.
Vith accusations from Geor Wright that this resolution woul disrupt the unity for 14 May, the NUM withdrew, leaving any challenge to his leadership without a focus So it was with some relief that Wright was able to sum up the con Terence with tie doseranone un. has been a quieter conference than usual. Indeed there has been no rea •evale or dissent at ali.
Many crucial issues were lef unresolved by the conference and stroncer caa will nave lo be round in the fight for jobs.
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