ARTHUR SCARGILE'S speech to the opening rally of the Labour Party held in Bournemouth during Easter weekend, spelt out the way forward to a labour movement and a a movement which defended the interests of black the extent of suffering of black sections of our society.' Arguing for an internationalist movement, he listed the speakers to the NUM's forthcoming conference: 'the striking print workers, the secretary general of the Intion, president of South Afric ' he told Io 'overthrow to down whole around ine section candidate, King yout tion This was ine central valL Scargill tells it like it is at the 1986 LPYS conference. representing as it did the possibility. of seriously opening up the YS to the class struggle forces within the labour Young Socialists conference, most develwhole this visitors the elecuon, there steady decline 299 votes portant contrasted WILl Scargill's of the NUM guests such struggles South ACUL were at only through The decisions of become inuninspired. Resolutions On South Africa example, although suptant platform opposed COn COLLICIC solidarity with against apartheid. On campaign represincluding plastic bullets the strip-searching, barallllary forces.
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people. 'During the course of the strike one thing above all else was apparent to us,' he said. 'We saw