conference. This creates a major problem of tactics for the Social Democrats themselves - is the SDP to be a genuin Could party like the French Giscardians, or is it to be explicitly a party left, whịch attempts TeDlace the Labour Partv and destroy it as the major eft wing force?
The Economist had no doubts on this score. . In a 'ent editoral in its 24 it calls example in Islington), attacking Consituency Labour Parties by and making a grab for the Labour presenting itself as the halulai contualion the 'old' Labour Party.
The 1casull the Economist should prefer this variant is not too difunscover. avowedly Tory journa with major support in ruling class circies, which has backed Thatcher to the as the major alternative to the Tories without at the same time the Conservative Party.
Thus its call to the SDP to place itself on the left, the SDP amounts to saving. Please smash up the Labour Partv and the bourge • expiicit The SDP for them represents an opportunity io make the major party of Tories, is not just Bennite radicalism, but the combination of powerful organic links the the SDP 1=:= adopt this siraieg! would play the same as the short-lived ! 051 in!
keep Labour the party has a strong array of machine politicians and career bureacurats who have previously based themselves on the organised workers' movement have no case Which way the SDP SDP picking up working First, and by no means least important, is the present social compisition of 66,000 people who signed up for the SDP beautiful radicals are in small minority.
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Victory to the Hunger Strikers!
Assemble 1pm, Sat 17 October Brixton Library, ColdharMarch to Embankment for rally Speakers include: Ken Livingstone Called by South London Hunger Strike Action Committee OUR new quarterly fund drive begins this week with a target of £16,500. received £1,705. We have to reach our new target by Xmas, especially as over the previous three months we fell over £5,000 short.
Last quarter we asked for a total of £16,500 as follows:
• £1, 900 for Lour campaigns around women's liberation • £3,800 for the fight, for policies in the unions •£950 for our fight for socialist policies in the • £950 for our anti-missile work • t2. 400 tor oulen campaigns • £6,500 lo subsidise the On what did we spend the money we raised?
Well, despite Roy Hattersley's tutalills clected. Buit the best testi- didn't Benn mony to our contribution was the fact that every second delegate to the was wearing our 'Benn for Deputy' badge.
Socialist Challenge has
been up front in fighting for Benn - and we're the one paper on the left that has been taking the democracy and policy fight into We spent £300 at the alone. That allowed us to put daily electrostencilled bulletin into the conference hall, 1o build activity around a woman's non to work, lo promole the Labour Movement Conference une CND demonstration, to support ine Polish workers advertised by one of our T-shirts on So far we've already Eric Heffer's ample chest and 150-person strong meeting "IN SUDDOrt workers, now in their sixth month of struggle.
We played a central role in building the highly successful Northern Carnival against the Missiles August. This interven tion alone cost us f220.
Ireland has been high on ine list our camAt the ree speech organised Belfast councillors, on the initiative of the comrades from Peoples Democracy, we spent over £200 in helpcillors over from Britain. including one wno was ar rested for her support to the Irish struggle.
Youth We helped Revolution Youth produce a special broadsheet in reaction to the youth rebellion, which over 5,000 copies hit the streets within days of the outbreak to explain the Tories' responsibility for the crisis and to mobilise for the defence of police victims, costing £150.
This quarter we want o do ai much and more.
per resources to supporing the Polish and Central American workers struggle, and plan to cosponsor a big rally for their defence in December, with Revolution Youth on the occasion of their second conference.
We will need £16,500 in all: •£1,900 for our work in support of women's rights for socialist. policies In the unions and Labour Part 01900 to build action against the missiles • f2,450 for our work on re ano. and Central America @t6,500 lo subsidise the production of the paper That's £5,500 each month. start £1,705. Send uS your start pianning your fund raising events now!
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