MOLES EYE VIEW Death of an idealist | Socialist Action 1983

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indictment is a terribse indictment nOSe marxist moles when they arive a young tacalst Into unburdening his heart to the Daily Mail.

It's even worse when the same lad has to take a job as an industrial relaLOIS consulall can meet other idealists like manacers and mole But that is exLulles.

what happened to &CEN Roger Rosewall who hates the marxists 'for what they did to my idealism'.

Roger knows what he is talking about there. As idealism clashed with his tional Socialists - forerunner of the socialist Workers because he wanted to work full time for ASMTS. All Roger wanted was to help the ASTMS members.

But were having HOLE of that. They insisted that members of IS working for unions should be both elected by, and accountable to, the people who paid their wages. But Roger wasn't going to have his ideals suppressed by a bunch of sectarian letties.

So putting his principles first he took the ASTMS job even if it meant being appointed by the bureaunot being Not a mole, but a rat. Ex-IS industrial organiser, Roger Rosewell, abandoned the working class for fat cheques and the Social Democrats.

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Payment in French franc if possible. Personal cheques to PEC and mail to: IV, 2 rue Richard Lenoir, 93108 Montreuil. Posal Do PC Account ars 12 are transers elected by the rank and Ille. Roger's 'idealism. had come first before old fashioned and subversive views about the members Later Roger did go But 'OIC again the lad got betraved. He moaned to the Daily Mail that he told Khmer Rouge freedom against American domination.' There was Roger telling everybody how wonderful the Khmer Rouge were.

But hold on. Roger in those days was orthodox member of S ac cording to the gospel of Cliff. the IS had this theory Khmer Rouge represented force for establisillg state capitalism. So most actly euphoric about the Khmer Kouce So either Roger was a bit stupid did not understand the line or he is re-writing history just a wee bit.

But not daunted, Roger is still crusading in idealistic way. says he pointing them out' more idealistic than helping Thatcher, Tebbit and the to hound