Tamil victims of massacre - demand for independent state justified? ing class, THE organised movement of the Sri Lankan workits parties and trade unions, are being pro-imperialisi government of J.R. Jayawardene. The most vicious attacks however have been and are still being While socialists have a genuine interest the realisation of a socialist Eelam, they are forced to constructive and MaKe commade CHICSH these liberation groups.
By S. Manickham Like many groups of their type, they put the emlogistical aspects of their the political mobilisation of the Tamil masses, the need for mass agitation and self defence, consistently down played.
The need for active support from the South of the country, from left and progressive forces, for the Tamil struggle cannot br overemphasised. Without doubt, the national libera tion struggle of the Tamil people has an anticapitalist dynamic The right of national self-determination should always be championed by socialists.
Unfortunately, the struggle for Eelam is viewed by some socialists as driving a wedge between the Tamil Sinhala workers But alas this wedge has already been driven in by the two main bourgeois parties. The failure of the left parties to resist racism since the 1960s when they had the strength to make a real impact, has unfortunately contributed to the tragic situation today.
Therefore to call for the unity of the Sinhala Tamil workers as a precondition before an! solution can be found to the rights of the Tamil con On the contrary to misconcep very process of re-unifying the Sinhala Tamil • a meaningr and lasting way can today • be started by fully supporting the Eelam workers and ensuring thei struggle culminates In socialist Eelam. • The Felam Solidant! Campaign (ESC), in conjunction with the Labour Group for Human Rights in Sri Lankan, is holding a fringe meeting during the Labour Party Speakers include Jeremy Corbyn MP Amrit Wilson. Monday Oc. tober 12.30pm the Salisbury Hotel, Brighton (three minutes walk from Conference Centre). to support the constitues officers against the The closure has to be Wythenshawe seen against the attempts to stop the movement t the left in the Manches City party as a whole, particular preventin those councillors who port party policy cuts and no rent increase becoming the majonty ou the council.
Vital It is also significant fo the whole since, as Alf H says, 'the foi Wythenshawe is vital if the witch hunt is to be stop ped.
Wythenshawe is callin to reject the NEC's clos of the constituency. T discussed with Bakers movin respective of the result of COLICCIC. they will be continuing their fight to re-assert a democratic con stituency over the next