Legal The decision to move ahead on the signais the danger that management will try even more quickly to impose Drivet Oneration other productivity measures: Ihe grades con ference which includes zuarus wuuse ODS stand to disappear with ing over policies, ship of the union for the next few years.
Ihis of course pul: tremendous pressure on the Broad Left to build a mass based organisation, rooted in the work places and the branches in order to mount a teht-back toI socialist policies ighi-back CPSA. This will have to be waged, not only against the right ving, but also against th ightist BL 84. The Broa depense no ilien the porters Socialist Workers and the Socias! • Caucs group. The Socialist Caucus (which HICIUUC supporters of Socialist Action) has been in existence since 1978. It has always been a constituent part the CPSA Broad Left, but also has support in other Civil Service unions.
The political objectives ot the Caucus have been to mobilise the rank and file to challenge the full time coterie that controls the leadership, raise political issues inside the unions, such as Ireland racism, rights, rights interna tional questions. As part of these objectives, the Socialist Caucus has been the fore-front of the fight _ LO extend democracy, accountability TELL. ofticers positive discrimination ir favour of women. tull sup port for members taking industrial action and tota opposition to witch hunts against other socialists. Thus when the BL group makes continual sectarian attacks on Militant supporters in particular, the Caucus will stand with although we have major political differences.
irithe ne ce ce thes policies Caucur THE SPLIT in the largest Broad Left organisation in the country, that of the CPSA, has produced the expected result: the re-capture of the National Executive Committee by the right-wing in this years elections. Because of the divisions between the 'old Broad Left and the breakaway Broad Left 84 grouppolitics and candidates, which were highlighted at this years conference, there appears to be no chance of re-unification and a distinct probability that the right will remain in the leaderhave a major role to play to re-build the Broad Left Even the Militant, which has in the past relied upon capturing the leadership of the union rather than raisLILE sociats politic! amongst the membership and creating mass support for left policies, has realis. ed that the Broad Left has to go back to the member. ship and develop the fight against the right wing and the renegades Finally the internal divisions in the CPSA cannot be regarded in isolain the rest of the movement. The split in the Parliamentary Campaign Group, the witchunting of Militant inside the Labour the dominance of the Marxism Today trend inside the Communist Parly ana lne growin of in 'new realist' eft with thei concept without Benn' and virtually uncritical support for Neil Kinnock, proves there is a rightist trend The • only problem that the 'new left avc h wual uev are cose tially elitist. The socialis left by basing their politics on the needs and aspirations of the working class can expose the movement towards the centre and develop the growth of socialist policies throughou LNE Jabou movement. This is the task of the socialist Caucus in the CPSA, to struggle fo the left to win back powe in the coming period. • The Socialist Caucus National Meeting takes place on Saturday 15th at the 'Cock Phoenix Road, NWI .NT Euston Stn) starting at 1lam. All Socialist Actior supporters in the CPS4 PS etc should attend