America on the fight for The capitalist views of the Socialist Workers Party, for example, lead them TUEC out the possibility of a socialist revolution underdeveloped country. The Communist Party stands for the establishment of 'democratic stage' whose results country after country have been bloody defeat - as we saw in Chile.
The question which is therefore posed for supporters of the Fourth whether we will be able to link up with the new generation of revolutionaries - and in the process of action and dialogue rub off whatever warts disfigure them.
Cde Phil's position was:
determined step back from that challenge Hackney I'M WRITING about Mike Leveson's letter about the Militant (SC 239). I found some of the opinions expressed and anguage used most disturbing, and as a SC supporter myself believe his approach to be dangerous.
The points Mike made about the political failings of Militant, and their own success in winning norters were tair enough guess; also his conclusions and filolcau the LPYS and unions outwards to mass action, taking up ine oppression of black people and women, and actively campaigning over international issues Yes, I think that's the way to convince the Militant group of our policies.
But listen to what else he says. Militant 'has to be politically confronted the won over, and organisation marginalised and if possible destroyed. Later he talks of 'the way to take up and break ' Mili The connection between 'winning over anc 'destroying' organisation eludes me!
Such talk evokes echoes of the Moscow Show trials, and the short leap, during the Civil War in Spain, Stalinists talking about politically eliminating destroying enough!) ine anarchists, me roum Trotskyists, and actually doing it, as they murdered Andres Nin and countless others.
Solidarnosc member Piotr Kozlowski meets Mick McAuley, convenor of Ferremti Measurements Oldham on a recent Our movement should have had • enough experience of being attacked, prevented from organising Slandered bv Stalinists and bureaucrats in many counte nave sensitivity on this question Let me restate a couple things Socialist Challenge stands for: the right of all currents in the workers movement to tree expression of their in any workers SLALC.
We are also against the use of violence within the workers' movement, and to my mind that includes verbal violence, which yet wav timidating someone from expressing their opinions.
Mike might reply that I'm nitpicking and that it was a mere turn of phrase. Nevertheless, it's a pretty insensitive, arrogant and sculallall Lull vl a time when Militant and of the left in the Labour Party are sufferin he brunt of a witch-hun aunched would very much like 'destroy' and 'break' all of paper we sell.
I would be pleased it the editorial board would print a disclaimer of those particular ideas I've men. tioned in Mike's letter.
DE PASSINGHAM Burnley