IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Loyalists

Socialist Challenge No. 158, 31 July 1980 · p. 2 of the scan · 349 words

The scan: sc-n158-jul-31-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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DON SOCIALISTS Ireland the Lastly, the Northern Loyalist-dominated party leader MPs Labour had been won. the ability Action of issues put without do. Very few party to Tories from office A simple with the big Blue Labou This Then there is the cretinous economism •Militant tenancy recognises inal Inere exists in Northern objective basis forging unity based on the problems sharea oy une working class or boln com wages, the crisis worsens so Loyalist workers have become increasingly determined to protect their limited privileges in jobs and housing from Catholic encroachment _Labour loyalism of the Campaign for Labour Representation it whic the Northern trade unions to build a Northern irelanc LaDour Far Never mine anis Wolf line up the Labour Party organisationall behind the artificial partition of Ireland.

forward motions on the election of the all of which want it taken out of the hands of the PLP. • iCe are only three motions on the reselection of It would scem that most parties who made submissions on these issues to the Party commission inquiry They have underestimated of the right wing and the trade 'union block vote to take back the gain. made so far, and to stop further • steps towards accountability.

Despite the radical content of many of the motions on the agenda and the breadth forward for debate, almost CACCO! i they are proposals for what a future Labour government should address themselves to the problem of how to deal with the present Tory government, or seek to commit the an immediate campaign of mass action with lue trade umons to dave une strategy of winning party programme for the next Labour government is not enough. If the Tories are able to last their full term, the scale of defeat and demoralisaton in tne working clas could be such that Labour would have no guarantee of being elected active role with the rest of the labour movement in building action to defeat the lory altacks. is a ov marms recuure ment is not reflected more widely in the resolutions for the annual conference.

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