•Extra-parliamentary action, not talks with the Tories' Photo: JOHN HARRIS ARTHUR SCARGILL; in his presidential address to the miner's union conference, rejected Len Murray's line of 'constructive' talks with the Tories, in favour of extra-parliamentary action to stop the Tory attacks.
lurch to the right by suggesting that now was the time for conciliation with the Thatcher government.
Just at the time when Tebbit is introducing third round of anti-union attacks, Murray wants to Tebbit's proposals aim to break the financial links between the unions and the Labour Party, attack the closed shop and outlaw ocupations Scargill responded by saying that talking to the ores wole be uke laking to the Nazis during the Second World War'. In his speech Scargill said: a government ve rech is in- We have re-elected national tensions and inLen Murray last Thursday signalled yet another creasing the likelihood of war government although repring in the cintry, vill represents minority attempt to dismantle our health service, close down our schools, and destroy our basic industries - including coal.
Choices 'We have two choices. we can give in, as many people in Germany did in the 1930s, and allow the worst to happen - we can watch social destruction and repression on a truly horrific scale, and wait for the inevitable holocaust. Or we can fight back ...
'This totally undemocratic Government can now easily push through whatever laws it chooses. Faced with possible parliamentary destruction of all that is good and compassionate VUlN society, extra-parliamentary action will be the working the labour movement' Turning to the labour defeat Scargill argued: We have to face the fact that the hearts and minds oi brilain s trade unionists, among them our members, have been moved by the vision oi a sociallst tuture. t is my contention that we need to put politics back into the centre of trade unon acuviLy.
On nuclear weapons Scargill forcefully defended the women of the peace Callos. "The the people at the other peace camps have led us into a new awarenacco what is at stake in this race against the Lule bomb. Lives "They fight uncompromisingly for what they Dereve m ¡ney put tel lives on the line not just for and friends, but for all of us.
"The trade union and MOCHICHL MUSI match their courage and join whole heartedly direct action against the deployment of cruise and Trident missiles in Britain.
*The threat of nuclear war is and the need for workers stronger, around the world to camdole payments will be paign on an international scale is now greater than ever before.
Arthur Scargill's attack on the policy of replying to Tebbit with 'discussions' will open a major debate leading up to the TUC.
Ever since the Tories came to power, Murray has been in the forefron struggles against them his crowning achievements being the sell-out of the ASLEF train drivers and the debacle of the TUC leadership the healthworkers' strike.
Now he wants to abandon even the pretence of struggle in favour of pally chats with Tebbit.
BOIn the TUC and Labour Party conferences must reject further round of betrayals. benefit feed 'they should eat cheaper food'. unemployment and social security benefits is a question for every worker.
One way or another, many sections of the work ing class are going to be af. fected by these proposals. First and foremost they must be fought by the unions - and that means the TUC.
The fight for a decent seve benefit has to go together with the light for a na tional minimum wage, and the organisation of the unemployed.
Even the Tory wets are going to oppose tese new moves. So far we haven't had a peep from Len Murray.