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will become more could achieve policies? Wouldn't we just, tions'?
WHAT IS the argument in favour of a coalition? week Aaronovitch in Marxism day, where he argues that The nature of Thatcherism is such that I'm prepared to construct an alliance with all kinds of forces who are challenge what Thatcherism is about.' He went on to argue that the policies the Alliance is putting forward, though contain certainly be in advance of the situation we've got and, massive crisis, couldn't fail to bring about limited kinds of revival.
The case is that we would be able, mand, demands. So let's ask two ques tions: first, what demands would we have to tone down -would be the price of a coalition? And second, WeSTED even ameliorate the crisis; would we be better off?
You can't answer these questions by looking at the SDP's manifesto. What any government achieves is not decided by its paper policy but by the material forces at work in the country and how it mobilises them. Callaghan policies the Treasury, Bank of England and big multinationals because they refused to mobilise working people for any alternative.
In 1974, however, when working class militancy was still high, Wilson granted many working class demands which he was only able to retrieve The SDP is absolutely mobilising working people. So coalition only makes sense if you think Socialist Challenge 21 January 1883 LAST WEEK Socialist Challenge showed that the Communist Party and the 'soft left' of the Labour Party are beginning to call for a coalition with the Social Democratic Party to keep As the election gets nearer this argument popular. Thatcher is dangerous, it is said, that anything would be better. And by linking up with the SDP we moderate progress on the sort of radical social reforms to which the SDP seems to be committed. After all, isn't the SDP only putting forward Labour's old right wing as John says he wants, go 'back to Labour's old tradiALAN FREEMAN looks at the arguments.
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when Labour's right wing and the SP leaders say they want to return to Labour's traditions, they are either fooling themselves or What they mean by 'Labour's traditions' is the tradition of peaceful