THE WITCH-HUNT in the Labour Party is directed against the socialist policies conquered by the left since Thatcher came to office.
formed Labour Committee for fight that has to be waged in the labour movement against Foot's treacherous urge all our resolutions in their Labour Party branches supporting the committee's aims and affiliating to it.
cle printed in London Labour Briefing, ALAN FREEMAN explains the need for a fresh look at foreign policy by the Labour left.
THE FALKLANDS/ MALVINAS crisis has proved thing: foreign policy is Labour's blind spot.
The adventure has unpleasant lessons for the left; but we may yet emerge stronger it we take them to heart.
It is time to question the myth that satest strategy is to centrate on domestic issues like unemployment at the expense of 'cranky' foreign policy issues.
This unwritten canvasser's rule deeply engraved in Labour thinking. Foreign policy is CORMAC'S VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE bRISH LADOOK YARIY IS AT ITS LOVELIEST DURI a vital component of the readers to pass trade union and In these extracts from a longer artimoralistic The anything practical.
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33 MrS nave made a promising start by voting govern ment's war effort. Foot's important which is that the so-called 'hard left' have açfrom their Faulds feeling is with union those opposed the front bench in the Conference resolutions But positive front withdrawal trom South renunciation of any backing 101 the Argentithe idea that socialists promote their aims deploying capitalist forces abroad.
• • WALLOW I THE HYSTERA OF 'our boys' protecting free is shallow supported by In twenty-year war has Vicious MPs the French and emergency atrocities committed, foreign Investicul about order the vestors.
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small against But who is The Cuban and dictators were freedom the and next in line.
In the last ...•I ADORE BEING PATRONISED BY SIOUX LOLLY ON two months they have been engaged in naval exercises the USA which involved 4u sips. 80 aircraft, a mock invasion of Grenada and a landing on Cuba.
If Thatcher establishes a precedent by intervening successfully in the Malvinas, Reagan will have a green light to go into E Salvador Thatcher's blessing and the backing of 'our boys' in Belize.
The alternative is more cost-effective, and works: bring the home and give their guns to the guerrillas.
Dy ith Age principles apply in only preposterous when the Tories say they will station 10,000 troops in the South Atlantic to oppose dictatorship: it is a The Argentinian peo ple will revolt against junta; in the streets they shout Maivinas. ves: Junta, no But they won't find the British troops on their side; nor will they win support from American, West German or United Such forces will obstruct socialism and thereby obstruct the road to the only really free future for the Falkland islanders, which is to live with - and associate — a free, socialist Argentina.
The alternative is very simple: get Britain out of the islands now, and start giving real internationalist those who can get rid of the junta -the Argentinian working class.
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Area West London East London Brent Birmingham & West Midlands Manchester and N.W South Wales South West Oxford Scotland North East Yorkshire East Midlands Individuals Total THE right wing of the labour movement is summoning its courage tor an attack on the gains of the whole labour movement over the Instead of using its power to tackle the Foot and Healey are choosing to attack those who have fought for the socialist policies which have gained such wide support in the trade unions and consti. tuency parties - policies like unilateral disar , an end to incomes policies and for the reduction of the working week to give work to the jobless.
Socialist Chillenge has toss overhese the most outstanding fighter in the Labour Party for a principled in against imperialism's adventure in the South Atlantic For this we and the rest of the left of the Labour Party are under threat from the right It is not just the far left - Militant, Socialist Organiser and ourselves - under threat, but the whole of the left wing in a desperate attempt to make the Labour Party again a party defend the capitalist order from the rank The right wing do not choose to attack us for the policies which we have fought for in. stead they attack us on such questions as the This is an open secret indeed. Every week in this column we tell our readers of our finan resources of the Fleet Street press with their millionaire backer who bail them out with the The only support that we get is from you, our readers, through our regular fund drive US cannot understand this They fail to understand that our readers, unionists Labour Party members are willing to make considerable sacritices to supoor a paper that keeps allve the voice of the international working class This 'great con gratulations' for Thatcher's slaughter in the will never understand bocich lie at the basis of such commitment. lack the political principles our readers to defend Socialist Challenge against the right. Not ju by encouraging the whole left in the Labour Party to buy and demonstratively sell the left support in the other battle Last week 674.00 674.00 533.01 583.00 465.00 465.00 400.00 530.00 1140.00 1140.00 637.00 647.00 907.55 1247.55 .00 6.00 217.00 .00 . OC 270.00 7664.85
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