FRED Kingdom September) raises an important point concerning democratic rights socialist parties in a society run by workers. Can 1 reter him tc the resolutions of World Congress of the Fourth International - for once the FI is not only clear on this issue, but 110 per cent right as well.
The resolution distinction berweer ideologically opposed workers power, and those actively sabotaging it. To quote:
"Without such unrestrained by while restrictions, there can be no genuine, democratically elected workers councis. 'lhus restric. tions of that freedom are not restrictions of the rights of the class enemy but restrictions of the rights of the proletariat...
quotes AOS tenOr. LIC workcIs state defends itself by repression. Against policies and ideas, it defends itself by political (11 ideological struggles.' answers about fascist parties. Genuine of anul- fascists, I would hope, will get themselves arrested defending capitalism and their the 1979 misguided aside by the flowering of ideas political emerging workers represent. makes UIOSC positions of the FI on this issue to reflect, in my view, a fear that the working class is unable to mauk devouuoldy colfreedom, ideological the Polish workers have in fact.
Only the views expressed by the FI resolution can stop this and ponuical other revolutions from embracpolitical ing social-democratic or righttises of revolutionary Marxreactionary and MIKE HOLBROOK, Durham For killed followers strength the Slalc - the best defence What the FI has in theory more than Britain TO judge by the US presidential election, bourgeois politicians in America submerge their policies in cascades of razzamatazz and populist bull-shit to such an extent that you have to be a cipher expert to work out what they stand for. It's a welcome relief that there is at least one left-wing candidate who is for President putting forward clear socialist bul your coverage of the Socialist Workers Party candidate, Andrew Pulley (18 September), would suggest that there are differences between the SWP campaign and socialist election campaigns in Pat Kane ends his article: 'Andrew Pulley won't be the next president of, the United States. But it would be a better world to live in if he was.' The implication of this, that Pulley can solve the problems of the American working class, is reinforced by the election material you illustraditional party-building exercise but an attempt to draw together all those seeking a socialist alternative in a united election campaign. Since one of the main planks of the SWP programme, quite correctly, is for the formation of a labour party, perhaps your future coverage of the presidential elections could include any practical moves the SWP is making in the campaign for a labour party; how the SWP is using the election .to build struggles; and mention of other left-wing election campaigns HENRY FELIX, London N16
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