14.000 strong leadership of NUS, decisions at NOLS conference will be crucial to the million members of NUS. It will have an important bearing in the labour movement.
The first challenge facing NOLS conference is to defend the rights students - to grants, access to education, similar matters and to those struggling against oppression and exploitation today. This fighting for strategy of an alliance with ine labour movement to best defend the interests of students and the working classolicies around which this can be done include the fight against the Tories and for the return o] government, the fight against apartheid, for the defence of Central America, against racism women's liberation, for the rights of the Palestinian people return to their homeland and against the murderous policies of the state of The Democratic Left leadership of NOLS while supporting Some progressive struggies, notably for the withdrawal of from Ireland, subordinate these to its support for the present leadership of the its rarly course in steering the pardebates at the NOLS cone background ference — the most central which will be on ine Middle East.
context of the horrific intensification of membership, and that it holds the direction given to the 1¼ the siege of the refugee camps in Lebanon the main NOLS National Commitlet monon davocales support for 'two states' israel Palestinian state and a Zionist state. This motion would overturn NOLS policy, up to now been in support or the ully pusslble non-oppressive soliution to the war in the Middle East — that is support fo the rifht of return of the Palestinian people to the courtry they were violently expellea trom and 1o1 democratic secula For Labour students to this policy would be a major blow to the democratic demands of the Palestinian people who are literally lighting genocidal attacks. would mean committing NUS to support for an oppressor stale or Israci, li would work against meaningful solidarity with the PLO and make more difficult the fight for all gressive policies in NOLS and NUS Since this 'two states' policy only SuD' ported by the Kinnockite Democratic Left' but by the self-styled left alter'Socialist Students in NOLS'. • 1l 15 likely to become NOLS if debated, NUS policy. This would be policies of students and open up the floor for all sorts reactionary pressures in the future.
it is vital Wal prescu NOLS policy is defended, NOLS support the PLO's demand for democratic secular state in where all can live equally. NOLS oppose airy so-called solution which would continue to deprive Palestinians their rights. This is the most important choice facing the discussion in the rank and Israeli troops in action against Palestinians. Will NOLS vote to accept a Zionist state?
The other main issues at conference are womena nd racism. NOLS is likely emand Women's Action CommitWAC'S and to add its name to appeal for elect the women's section of the NEC. NOLS is also likely to adopt support for the right self-organisation through the Party Black Sec tion.
These policies stand in contradiction to the 'Students for a Tabou Victory' motions put forward by Democratic Left crouched in terms of support for Labour for a general elec. tion, these motions call for NOLS to run a political educatin campaign Labour policies • for use in This involves politics electoral strategy which stands firmands of giA and the firmly the Black Sections.
An example this kind of strategy was seen NOLS counci January, where canbriefing on Mike Capicy was lady Mike archproponent of 'non nuclea defence? This involves NOLS in a campaign of withdrawal from NATO. disarmament Rather than a campaign which hides support for politics behind rhetoric in support of the precious six months that NOLS must embark upor a course of building sup port for the politics of Campaign Forum.
Campaign Student supporters will be standing NOLS National Committee on a platform of support for the politics of Labour Left Liaison for a mass campaigning action against cuts grants and benefits, and mand of democratic secual Palestine be able to justify this on
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of Labour Students (NOLS) decides on at its annual conference on 28 February-1 March will not only decisively influence debates facing NUS conference in March. They will also be the policies with which NOLS will face a general election. Given NOLS
FOR EIGHT years the Labour Women's Action a severe setback for the