SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Throw back the witch hunt

Socialist Action No. 23, 2 September 1983 · p. 12 of the scan · 508 words

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LABOUR leadership weekend issued a broadside against the dangerous atmosphere of witch hunt and political persecution which the press have been whipping up this summer.

In his he says: "The dangerous atmosphere is being created in Britain, in all honesty the USA in the 1950s, as advanced as in the need for a witch hun! against so-called ceos similar to that which took Place in World areNar developed and supported by Richard Nixon Senator McCarthy where scapegoats were required, and which I believe was the reason for the judicial of the Rosenbergs'.

Moles Certainly, we in Britain have not got that far yet, but the danger signs ale there and this is the time for all true acmoclals say 'enough is enough' before it is too late and the atmosphere develops into one or nysicila.

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By the Editor At the same time the witch hunt in the Labour wartv nas veer stocke u by the NEC's decision to prevent racilics.

This scandalous decision is anoter attack or basic democratic rights inside the party of party members to buy and read whatever socialist newspapers they want.

The DECDS stories of 1000 Trotskyist moles' in the Labour Party NEC's witch hisnt mill. only ada RACIST ATTACKS In the coming weeks SOCAUSES the must inter-linked support number of campaigns to throw back • a campaign, being this week, against political victimisation at work. The aim will to get hundreds of signatures from the labour movement and beyond to suDDOll the basic democratic right to work, without being blacklisted by the employers and their lal Ko.

• a campaign in defence of socialist newspapers, for the withdrawal of the ban on Kesoil. tions should be put in every possible labout movement body calling for LUC rescinding of the ban on Militant. • the continuing fight for Ine reusalcucul oI the five members of the Militant editorial board.

There can be no holding back in opposition to Switch hunters. Their OIC against the whole left. Unless they are decisively defeated, they will constantly return, to the attack. Labour Solidarity meeting: supporters of the witch hunt.

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