SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

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Socialist Action No. 23, 2 September 1983 · p. 5 of the scan · 389 words

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The issue is not simply about anti-union legislation. At the heart of the matter is whether the TUC will lead any serious opposition to the Tories anti-working class laws.

The •ItIl wing have decided that appeasement is the best aboroach auu Len Murray has been busy for sume tl pranng 'THERE HAS never been a crime like this before. Gang rapes of girls women, perhaps, but nothing as brutal' - Detective Inspector Peter Whitehouse:

This comment is from one of the police with the he declared that he did not consider full employment 'desirable necessary. He went on to explain that une ADOlT movement should have a Terel ales creauve ol employment'. Mr Murray sure that we learned to live with a societv that will Dro bably have a 5-6 million position unemployIcll. defence of organisation, the links between the Labour Party and organised labour are now under threat.

The Tories have no intention TeLICalle OI. any of their main objectives. LCNCE within days of Murray's 'fruitful' current proposals Were passed.

:Unemployment Col tinues to rise and the final assaul ol lilc laliullauscu industries and the welfare state nave vet to come In this situation the policy being pursued by Murray friends nothing short of treason. They hope that by not opof the bureaucracy.

In the meantime, the O OTI NID na oICTAn those now .in work, can devote their energies 'creative non-employment' These policies must be opposed by the left with all SUCICI CON -mand. And that fight must go on long after the TUC on the Paedophile Information Exchange. Worse than the 'moles' at Cowley, than WUIst YOU SCUM! PIE ha. paedophile: were become the scapegoat for the grotesque double standards of our society towards sexuality. Written by Peter Ramage, Dave Benlow, Wandsworth NUPE Workers Unions Service Action and Strategies; The Wandsworth Story loss of street cleaning and the threat to the *workshops, and the strike over refuse; Future Threats; plus all the details of the campaigns.

Price £1.40 in bookshops Special Trade Union and Community Rates y0p tor 1-4 copies 85p for 5-9 copies 80p for 10-29 copies 77p for 30 plus Wandsworth Dave Simmonds, Branch Chairperson, Wandsworth NALGO Branch Secretary, Wandsworth NALGO Branch Secretary, Mike French, Convenor, Wandsworth Council Manual Dexter Whitfield, SCAT and Public Contents include The Tory Offensive; Lessons - the

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