IMGpapers 1980–83

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

10 Oct: make the Tories - tremble

Socialist Challenge No. 166, 3 October 1980 · p. 10 of the scan · 636 words

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policies.

There's no doubt On Friday ill October The Friday Sheffield jobless will be linkyouth from around the coun try who will have marched from South Wales to strike a blow against the Tories. Miners And that's not all.

Miners' Union South Wales has agreed to sponsor the day of protest. At a mass meeting involving several pits, they also decided Or cause cozened miners from South Wales to Brighton.

Workers Birmingham's Rover and Longbridge BL plants, who are on shorttime wolking, will also coming to Brighton by coach.

across une country Transport Union members, carworkers, civil servants, fire fighters will all be going to the protest outpay the fares of any Sheffield jobless who want to that side the Tory Party ference.

The The official backing for the protest opens the way to approaching shop stewards and rank and file members locally to raise In tell and organise transport Brighton.

There will be contingents The from Scotland and from the North of Ireland, from LiverDOOR South Wales and gham, ana from many otner areas. Thousands take unionists WOK short-time and jobless be in Brighton to give expres. sion to the growing mood of anger against policies.

De Fed up Thousands will be there because they are fed up. up policies that slash away the executive branches to Newcastle, Birmtrade on will jobs while protecting Fed up with living standards and have no effect inflation.

cops the right to harass Imprison workers who struggle against these make them pay for the crisis.

But they won't just be fed economic up, they'll be determined.

Determined that Thatcher protits.

• policies that cut the trade unlon!

Hed up movement laws that will give divisive and class programme. efforts to firm resistance; will not succeed in breaking up the organised strength o class labour through her anti-working The picket and lobby on will show Thatcher that she is going to meet that policies like those of this government Will provoke increasing confile frontation with the working movement, until ine Tories are finally kicked out.

So the protestors will have a thing of two to say leaders, too. If the union leaders who are anxious to chat to Thatcher think they can back down in the face of Tories' the thousands in Brighton will be there to remind them that if will find others who will.

Moss Evans has supported the day of protest in Brighton, but he didn't place himself at the head of a militant fight against Edwardes lory plans for the run dowr of BL. He had better do mor in tuture lalking to the Tories won't stop workers fighting against job loss, and cuts in real wages.

The 8. Wing movement against the Tories needs policies that can answer Thatcher's offensive. That's why Socialist porters on the protest will be Challenge calling on the trade union and leaderships to back a struggle for a reduction in the working week.

Shorter reduction in pay, mean more jobs for everyone. We need a campaign of action for the. 35-hour week, already passed by the TUC, and full support trom the lUC to all struggle against redundancy.

The next step after 10 October the Labour Coordinating Committee's trade union conference November, rank and members of the trade amons an labour farty wil have a chance to get together and discuss the way to take forward a struggle against the force them to lead a real figh on jobs.

The protest in Brighton on 10 October is a big opportunity to show the Tories that we mean business , As one Right Work marcher has put it: 'If Thatcher doesn't watch out she'll find herself pushed off Brighton pier.

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go to Brighton on 10 October to tell Thatcher what they think about her government's unemployment

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