ter go back to wherever you came from.
comrades in the Morning Star newspaper.
In an article in the 11 edition of that Jaluary paner Harrv Samson give the "background' to the strike and sit-in at Talbot's French car plant and tells us that workers who fight against redundancies only playing into the nanos oine right wing. Samson goes on to report Luau rccuneael Inungrant workers 'would be aided if they voluntarily desired to return to their country of origin'. No criticism, no comment. background what the the dispute? The Mitterrand government did a deal with Peugeot the owners .of the plant. deal that involved 2000 redundancies. The workers at the plant objected to the OD tosse. action December. The ITOI government then used weapon disposal to smash the workers' Tessnce The Communist Party led union, the CGT, plained that redundancies would have to be accepted suice management was threatening to close the plant. Howerer, the other main national federation, the Socialistled CFDT, was forced to support a struggle because of Tine militancy of its members at Talbot. But the division fostered by the CGT had doomed the Under the pretext of preventing violence the govertmen sent police to evict workers octhe factory Loyll New Years' Eve.
Far separating the immigrant workers the fascist gangs organised in the IF YOU HAVEN'T got a white face then you'd betThat's the message that France's 'socialist' government has got for immigrant workers. It's a message also endorsed by the French Communist Party and their British union who were attacking them, the 'socialist' police evictea ine workers and smashed up their union office Communist then sezea lne opportunity to call off the strike but when their supporters. together with the fascist scabbed on the CFDT, violence erupted.
The Communist Party accused outside agitators ordinarı working people (white ones?) from earning a decent day's living. Arguing with the bosses only leads to violence and that encourages the fascists claimed the CP. Bravo!
The Peugeot family must laughing all the way to the SocialistCommunist government laye divided worke against worker and black arallisl willle maintain the profits of big business.
Lapse Unfortunately isn't HONDCOLO lapse by these people. Dur. ing last year 's SUIIKC Renault the socialist Prime Minister Mauroy explainca lnal ine real proolem was immigrant car WOrKCIS grip of Islamic fundamentalism When the fascist National Front won a local bythe coveranell said that French people nad reason to resent beig swamped Suture and that it wauld alien take measures to tighten up on immigration.
The CP is no stranger to racism. A CP mayor at Ivry led a march noste for immigrants under the pretext that all Arabs are dope peddlers. When you make racism respectable and divide and demoralise the working class you open a veritable Pandora's Box The Socialist and Communist leaders are digging their own graves and are releasing forces of reaction that will then power before going on to the working class ana ucstroy ils organisa tols What a contrast with the leaders of the GLC like Ken Livingstone, who have used their office to to unite black white workers in their anti-racist • vear. Does the Morning Star stand with Ken Livingstone or with the communist' advocates of 'voluntary repatriation?