SOCIALIST CHALLENGE has obtained a Richard Heller, parliamentary secretary, who is a state official paid for with your taxes.
It is addressed to nine right wing members of Labour's the Labour Party Young Socialists.
'Our first task,' it says 'is to kill the reprinting of the LPYS pamphlet on Northern Ireland.: The pamphlet, it seems, commits a terrible crime - it attacks the SDLP 'a fellow member of the Socialist Since Trish voters have also given the SDLP the thumbs down in two successive elections, perhaps these voters should also be suppressed.
Mr Heller's views on building a campaigning youth wing for the Labour Party are equally instructive: he thinks the budget (which has been £10,000) is a great improvement because there are 'no provisions for LPYS campaigns.
As for the newspaper: "Why have it at all?' The nine NEC members have some questions to answer:
Will they be applying to register? • If so, will their meetings be open to all party members as the register demands? • Will the source of their finances be revealed? • How do they /outh vote while destroying the youtr organisation?
Watch this space for next year's gripping instalment... campaigners will work with the new left wing 'Campaign' group of MPs which includes Tony Benn to fight the expulsion of Labour Party members.
A deputation from the Campaign group and Labour Against the Witch- which represents over 100 CLPs -has handed a letter to the NEC in support of Tony Benn's motion to CORSO AL ACTOR against groups of Labour Party members.
The two groups are now campaigning to. win trade port, following LAW's irst National Council on Sunday December. letter CHES been sent Socialist Challenge 17 December 1982 page 2 letter Denis Healey's NEC including cut by Young Socialists' propose to win the leading trade unionists asking them to oppose the witch-hunt, and fringe meetings are to LABOUR'S INDEPENDENT WEEKLYI Denis trales (i Socialist Interiational).
LEYS Campains, Richard Heller 6 Doc 1982 Annie Davir John Goldine KI rain task for this is to Will the reprinting of the LYS puphlet allachs and proposes to cangain agairst the SDIP, a fellor merber of Me Podget shons a welcome inprovement, since there is no provirion 1a the Pideet for Socialist Youth is halved. (but wig have it at all?) and there The poor LFYS now want £1500 for birthday cards! are some extra resources for hnlS.
Young Socialists: 'The budget shows a welcome improvement since there is no provisions for campaigns Shirley Surnerekill 19 ursell Duch Eric Vardey NP I'creover
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Healey, John Golding, Russell Tuck and Gwyneth Dunwoody. It gives explicit in- structions on how to put the boot into