IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

'Drop witch-hunt'

Socialist Challenge No. 271, 26 November 1982 · p. 2 of the scan · 278 words

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Labour Against the Witch-hun I1 Wilderton Road 19 November 1982 To The National Executive Committee Dear Comrades, terms.

stand Peter Tatchell, its democratically member, John Golding, onjoo and wat une target the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.

Mortimer, the NEC to mobilise the Party to defeat the Tories Signed, K. Lichmar Labour Against the Witch-hunt On behalf of hundreds of Constituency Labour Parties we ask Ne tee De as vou to cease a Organ sanOnal measuE gainst Party members and Constitueney Labour Parties, whic members to organise and present their views to the Party, to tho hoice and to a long and destructive legal wrangle in the Part We ask the NEC to proceed no further with expulsions under it The decision to deny Bermondsey Labour Party the right to selected candidate, only orchestrated campaign against the local Party. We will work fla out for a Labour victory in Bermondsey and request the NEC en dorse Peter Tatchell and drop all proposals for an imposed short: risks cripplin and respecte acrem coroyn wall navetnem cecoenmais as cancroares canca in case se request e tira the real a Finally, we are appalled by the public declarations by a lcadin , that the Maiant report 1s a onc of future expulsion attempts will be This stands in flat contradiction to the promises given by Jin would not initiate a witch-hunt and that individuals would not b Labour Party vitory and warn the NEC that the uicidal coors of expulsions, disaffiliations and threats to legitimate candidate:

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