have faded from memory in Foot's defence of the constitution.
The confusion and bitterness created by Foot's futile attempts to defend a "middle ground' were Martin Flannery MP which hunt!' Lambeth's public meeting.
witch-hunt. Differences are secondary.' Speaking at the September meeting against the Witch-hunt sponsored Norwood CAHOCTO Central and Vauxhall Labour Parties, Knight described the which followed the ban on Socialist Outlook in the 50s: a picture of unnamed ESCUSES. enquiries without witnesses, and the atmosphere of inquisition which led to the expulsion 180 members Norwood Labour Party.
Socialist Challenge 2 October 1982 The strength of rank and file opposition showed: in Pat Walls huge NEC vote of 103,000; the thousand strong audience at Labour Herald Monday night fringe meeting which 'THERE CAN be no compromise on the witchTed Knight summed up the mood at 'Once you allow it. he said, 'it will not stop at one group. There can be no question: we stand side by side with the comrades of Militant, and refuse to accept the If any doubt lingered among the 100 strong audience, it was dispelled by Jim Atkinson, Secretary of the South West London EETPU branch, who events in union. know what WITH-BUTE and registration means, he said, because those of us on the left in the union have been subject to them since 1961 when Chappell right wing won control.
Since then we have fought Only if the left defends both its policies and its rights, only if it treats each and every expulsion as a blow against the mass movement and a blow against a Labour victory - regardless of the effects on Michael Foot's standing - will we be able to win an unremitting battle. The action by Fleet Street electricians during the health workers dispute has done a grcal dea to redeem the name of the electricians union.
*If you get too much democracy, you can't control your membership, he said. The same *treacherous philosophy what's happening today in That was wny ne was proud he'd moved the EETPU motion against the register at his Battersea GC Resistance to the witch-hunt is part of the fight to kick out the Tories. are our Labour icaders doing about this Tory governPO Box 50, London N1 2XP Phone 359 8180 (Newsdesk). 359 8371 (distribution)