THE among revolutionaries the over some is Loo i portant to be put in tne and insult swapcategory. feel one useful conTOULON Socialist Challende could make to reprint the late Joseph Hansen's last article on peared Us Milltant Task ASO. someone Brian Grogan the questions Kerevan what he thinks stopped Johnson 'bombing • Viet. nam back into the Stone I fear that the Soviet deterent was a very ical aid for inat revolton. Also, how would George now advise the Fourth International respotided to the Cuble missie Crisiss Howard De Selby, London LEONORA Lloyd's article on the history of the British women's movement Nov) was useful. As former LuId National Joint Costed TOT Equal Rights general committee I feel there is much to learn from the campaign's brief but vital role LITC Prom 1963 the Labour Parti undertook research on equal pay;
report was prepared ir was never published Lee ColLEC was tormed in scotlana to tigni tor equal pay. and local groups sprang around in the formation of NJACCWER.
Active In 1968 the TUC broke with 100 inactivity and voted to give active support to industrial action in sup port of equal pay.
followin Labour year barbara Castle, the minister which had the desired effect of neading out •Ene women workers and letting their leaders' off the hook.
Despite the drawbacks of this decisiation mere wore lose Cam •retende That the man Women's NJACCWER had and by 1970 folded. women's 18 months?
The one and only democratic, decision-making campaign 1965 but Umons. sisted of very experienced male lIminating Voly unionists, no older orcanisatullo, Because the any union many terent shopfloor, branches against • for government by thoroughgoing discussion and The campaign organised financial, physical aim been achieved ConCreTe mobilise around. campaign Finally / did it collapse after only responsible nao to de wower pressed have the the House of Com their oppression. Te caperson counci con Reliance union officials inexperienced but militant wonder two politica but cly union T8880 the and a couple of women women's period; terference fight was on so levels on the Movement , in the political parties, For the it could only grow allowed should hard moral, and taken in futherance of its aims, demonstrations and support for to provide an understandable and people people for thi it is almost a Tusm to sto that omy the struggle against people within different which had Shown they wanted wanted movement to the traditional methods of the labour on reliance on the PLP Pm a vear or existence, Wun WER did not set out any rule were participate despite organisations were doing for the campaign.
women's liberation EWER branches were disenfran- and action-based NJAC Militancy • Or could not defeat the misleader.
Communist Party trade union LaDoul bureaucracy and LOse action perspective lacked a real base in the labour movement and were boweross Over 10 years later, the ideas ot teminism nave gone into une labour movement, an Tamine members of trades unions and the class-struggle tendency acuve on questons women's liberation The focus of the fight has un.
changed from pay to affirmative action, but the remain of SOCON that depends female oppression labour bureaucracy that will no mobilise women in Our task is to build a move.
the ideas 01 the autonomous power of the labour movement -not a small job.
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