ington's social democrats' (2 April) casts the left wing in the same bureaucratic mould as the right, leaving working class militants at a loss lo know this struggle was about.
The only reference to the programmatic basis of this struggle was the 'accusation' and 'alleged' fail O'Halloran to implement local vall on the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Otherwise the impression 1s one or a bureaucratic power struggle between rival factions which these elements base their operations would normallv onlv be known to management or the state It is not only in Britain and the USA WRP carries out such anti-working class activity.
In Iran its agents have attempted discredit militants of the FI as imThis ocrials charge has been taken up by elements in the regime playing on the fact that a number of leading Trotskyists had returned to Iran the United States and Britain.
Similar slanders have been Laker up the Stalinists inside the FSLN in Nicaragua.
This charge was given a credibility because of the criminal acuvales Simon Bolivar Brigade, which engaged in series of adventures against the revolutionary forces, under the banner of TrotSAYISIII.
The WRP must be aware that only the Stalinists and pro. capitalist forces gain by such activity.
Socialists should support the decision by Sean Matgamna the ecitor a Socialist Organiser, to detend his article against the intimidatory threats of the WRP. The newspaper wants a labour movement inquiry to investigate the charges in Matgamna's articles, an approach which bearing no relation whatsoever to the pressing pro •blems faced workin people, either in Islington or elsewhere The left social demoin the party Cals seasoned practitioners of 'takeover' politics.
Instead of a classpolicy and the SULLIC education of the membership political they preoccupy themselves with getting the 'right peo ple into the right positions' and building electoral machine within the party as well as outside The danger with Geoff Bell's article was that it could easily miseducate is a far cry the bourgeois methods of the WRP If, as seems likely, the WRP rejects this proposal, Socialist Organiser has to be supported and allowed to defend itself in court by raising the necessary funds.
The WRP has become an instrument of disruption against class struggle and inside the labour movement. would be responsible not _ Io do everything possibly to expose this sad development. Socialist Challenge sup porters to being sucked into the bureaucratic methods which have long been and left leadership of the Dally Moreover, as the arti cle stated, the 'left's takeover' is now being used to launch i a witch-hunt against the lett Presenting the struggle as the article did in terms of a 'take over' which 'has led to the present splits in the local party, can only Taculat SUCCeSS such a witch-hunt.
Sheffield Tony Benn Dennis Skinner, Reg Race and Ernie are among over 100 signato demning the WRP's use of the courts against the movement press.
seno donations Jonathan Hammona (Hor Court, London NI 2SY. Che- Treasurer), LI C Sicker cues payable Labou Movement Press Defenc Fund'.