TWO ALLIANCES will confront each other in next week's Labour Party conference.
two, is symbolised inside the party by Kinnock and Willis — and their bloc with Hattersley and the TUC Labour Party to far wider forces. In particular it is a SOMELY by makes of that The first step declaration leader withdrawa economic tionalise industries privatised • nuener The next Hatrecreating exchange controls by policies tha features the brought about by Thatcher On the Kinnock 1984 Acts were consciously modelled Prior, King the policies pursued by right wing Ine AUEW designed smash the the grip of the right wing bureaucracy them, which is not inconsistent with weakening the unions overall and trying to really smash trade unionism in certail Dares or lie pllvale and public sector.
The aim of the antic union laws was to offer the trade union bureaucracy a definite, lower grade, posiuniverse The condition Was the practice of the EETPU and AUEW ed throughout the trade This is exactly the proWillisear's d°C congress.
Willis council did 'compromise with capitulated to the AUEW leadership. The first alliance, very much the stronger of the But in reality that bloc extends outside the Owen Thatcher.
logical next step in his manews deared on t think there anything wrong, provided that there are real safeguards against loss of independence, with state finance.' ins the real safeguards against loss dependence' is completely pious what Kinnock really states that he supports the AUEW right wing in its fight with the genera condon moupled with the abandonment pledge to repeal all the Tories trade laws this means that Kinnock/ Willis are now moving openly to accept that not only will „sne eccent1 eccent? economic structure of be maintained but so also will its new framework of trade union law.
poncene data consequences cher's economic and social policies inevitably mean constantly increasing attacks on democratic rights, repression, in Britain itsel as well as in Ireland unemployed blacks, the inner cities. young people and many others have nothing on offer from Thatcher. This or evitabilitv is ot explosion inner cities, in the fight of the miners for their jobs, in thousand less publicised Handsworth, examar from Far explaining that rebellion 'disorder' is an inevitable consegence of Thatcher's policies, supporting those who revolt against them, Heate ship has thrown itself foursquare behind repression - although naturally tryto cover themselves with mealy mouthed declass. isn-called called violence of the miners. Hattersley categorised the black in Handsworth as 'criminals' and Kinnock engaged disgusting racist outbursts Kinnock has demand. ed COMICHOrS Lambeth Liverpool allow social services their areas to be savaged. While unOn as on law, • a frameframework established Thatcher on quesuons welfare of the Owen dinate, all these the ruling damental framework created Thatcher government.
final pers! KinGiven that Kinnock Willis no longer Thatior agree steps but want between EETPU, figures Graham conside not alter trend , Steel, Its basis is tv 2i9104 Д08l8 model batny allog ori secondary question: but to accept and imple ment the fundamentals o has created The second, minority. alliance will also be seen a the conference. Its cutting edge its most advanced i point, is ine nanonal ieadersmp or the NUM. But it will also be seen in the black section of the Labour Party in those on the left of the party who strongly sup ported the miners throughout Skinner, Benn, the Campaign group of MPs. It can be seen in Women Against Pit Closures dermane!
Women's Action CommitLCE. minority in other unions; and in the CLPs It is to help promote that second alliance that Socialist Action is organislong for Socialism' weekend in a forum in which differen sections of the left can debate out a way forward for the labour movement. We hope all our readers will support it.