STEVE POTTER, ING movement.
of ballots and incomes policy being the latest example. But even the left MPs have not been prominent in building activities like the Day of Action, and Tony Benn manifesto he issued when he refused a place in the Shadow Cabinet, by limiting his efforts such as they are - to building a parliamentary opposition.
The stalemate in the class struggle has been reflected in the Labour Party, and this is a direct result of the situation in the trade unions. It is dramatically shown in the shift to the right in the Engineering Union.
Some people obviously think there has been a shift to the left in some TGWU. The Communist Party is trying hard to consummate an alliance with Moss Evans; an effort which is sharpened by the failure so far of their attempts in the AUEW to reverse the trend started by Terry Duffy's accession presidency.
It was the TGWU which initiated the proBosal ay, a so tal is pentacle important and this is a potentially and development if the conference were used to plan the fightback against the Tories' attacks.
But this 'swing to the left' seemed to have been sharply arrested when Moss Evans sold out the thousands of Leyland workers who went out on strike, with their union behind them, against the Slaves Charter of Michael Edwardes. The CP has treated this episode as a victory for the Leyland workers; with, it appears, the sole aim of covering up for Evans' role in the affair.
I think there is a way out of the stalemate in the fight against the Tories and the stalemate inside the labour movement. Unfortunately it will not be a rapid process, given the stakes that the Tories are playing for.
As the big defensive struggles against the government restart after 14 leaders at every level of the movement will increasingly be drawing political lessons about the way forward. Right now the number engaged in remained true to the unions, such as the to the important and that's dangerous May, workers' in tne 9 March demonstration: marchers show their anger with Len Murray - but will he be allowed t combine play. Communist Party; a member of the Interr central committee.
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How successful have the Tories been in their Socialist Challenge spoke to ERIC HEFFER