AS WE go to press, the result of the general election and TIMES JUNE IC Let's bomb Russia No. 13 the fate of individual candidates is unknown.
But because of the treachery of the right wing Labour leaders resulting campaign fiasco, no commentator gives Labour any chance outright victory. If this is SO it Signal the most tremendous attack by the ruling class on the Labour Party the unions.
Thatcher may have won a major battle, but she has not won the war, and war is what will be declared after 9 Both the Tories and the Alliance have promised legislation that would cripple unions and financially the strangle the Their along with the rest of of the ruling class, make sure that government will with left policies never wins a general election. Only by the most determined action to smash up these unjust laws can the movement beat back this attack. But this question of leadership. The TUC has been on its knees for the four years.
betrayal of workers in struggle has been abetted by Healey and the whole right wing acting in conthe cert to smash Labour's campaign.
Foot and his lieutenant, Neil objective, have acted as the right's loyal is to throughout.
need more leadership of this type.
But the voice of the left has been absent. What SWaN with paign were not policies like unilateralism and withdrawal begs the EEC, but the type of determined that would make such past policies credible. Their left must now start to rapidly build leadership.
Callaghan, The victory of the left up in the POEU shows it is possible.
Kinnock, laboration right supporters Alliances We don't urgently need to be built up with those who have the most to gain policies: with wrong in struggle; with women cam- fighting to defend their rights; with black youth fighting from the sion; with Irish people fighting British occupaleadership tion;
mediately with CND to The stop the 1983.
and we have the fidence in them'.
the which had dominated by the right wing its sponsorship witch-hunting MP John branch Golding.
Talbot appeared to to reject the outgoing executive's Ken Livingstone (GLC)
such a All political colwith the has to stop.
socialist workers police represmost immissiles in The vote represents a around traditionally tion amalgamation with - exemonrea D sror. te for arch voted Conference went on communications recommends dustry Meeting organised by Socialist Action supervisory union, and instead unification with the UCW to create a rank and file union in the
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SoCiAlist ACTION
What next after the niA Dave Ward (POEU Exec member) Monday 13 June, 7.30pm,