tions of Central America and Poland.
cerned more with support here in Britain. for three vears now the workers and peasants in Central America ana the Caribbean, led by youth, have been challenging the inignulest military power on earth: US imperialism. Yet readers of the Militant can be excused for not have taken place in the tiny Landec Grenada, or in Nicaragua.
The guerrilla struggle in El Salvador unites some 90 per cent of the June Revolutionary Democratic Front (PDR) and the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front. THE LABOUR PARTY YOUNG SOCIALISTS conference this Easter will discuss the revoluRichard Rozanski argues that the approach of the LPYS leadership - supporters of Militant — is conpassing resolutions which have a 'pure line' for the revolutions in these countries than with building urgently needed Ronald Reagan's government understands that this threatens the entire system of imperialist domination in the region, as the guerstruggle extenas Guatemala and Honduras.
ror months now the US imperialists have been hlevention to prop up the reaclullary dictatorships, yet this finds no place in the pages of the Militant.
The 19 February 1982 issue finally sees whole page article on El Salvador. Yet never once does it menuon une rok or ine At the end of the article Militant explains: 'Only Ine overtArow ol capitalism and landlordism, with workers' control and management and a democratically decided socialist plan of production, can creale a Dasis Ior solvine the problems of the working people.
Chis is exactly what the stands for, yet Militant chooses to ignore these revolutionary fighters. And the fails DutO support the struggle. No mention made of the E Salvador solidarity demonstration taking place in London on 28 March.
Militant's attitude
Solidarnosc in Poland is characterised by the same approach. Throughout the autumn of Militant systematically criticised Solidarity's leadership for workers: 'The Solidarity icaders ao everytning Ic weaken the self confidence workers and misuse their willingness to struggle. More and more they adopt the govern ment's Sept 1981).
When the min ary crackdown callic December, Militant was able to beat its chest, having exposed the inability of Solidarity's leadership ucCisively the bureaucracy. Criticising from the sidelines, while Solidarity, nothing to help the Polish workers learn this lesson. A mass solidarity movement has arisen in Europe France gets a mention in Militant but nothing is saic growing solidarity movement Britain For the LPYS vcculic aulass callluairil ing youth organisation
PAT HICKEY looks at Tebbit's attempt to turn