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Civil servants meeting outside their offices in solidarity civil liberties. even trade union. government THE CHESTERFIELD by-election could play a decisive role in stopping the Tories and giving new hope to our people. For if Labour can get its message across clearly and with passion and committment we could turn the tide against monetarism with their Cheltenham colleagues do believe in fundamental If the TUC was to base itself on this groundswell it could defend its members at Cheltenham and it could stop Thatcher's trial run in union busting. If it tails to do that then it will open the gates for more attacks on the right of people to be in a It will thus hasten its own decline in influence and accentuate its present decline in membership. The unions must: • Break off all talks with the • Organise strike action to defend the right to be in a Chesterfield has a fine radical, socialist tradition going back over many years in a town that saw the very earliest examples of industrialisation. The battles that have been fought there have helped to win many of the rights that we came to enjoy.
Now that jobs in Chesterfield are being destroyed, along with essential services, and unionism is under attack alongside local democracy and our civil liberties, we have to re-awaken that tradition and help people to understand their strength.
It is well known that experience is the greatest teacher of socialism, and we must start by encouraging everyone to look at the experiences of today Task themselves why this great tragedy is overtaking us. This by-election offers us a real chance to listen to the people and help them to understand why, in earlier years their parents grandparents turned to socialism to solve these problems.
I hope that all those who want to help us get our message across will be practical and downto-earth and full of common sense in arguing the socialist case, because if we do that we shall win the argument as well as the election and move socialism right back to the top of the agenda of British politics.
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