paigning whose lack of political clarity divided both the trade constituencies.
This seemed to set the tone for the first day of uninspired debates women and on defence (NUR Southern District Council)
The AGM pledged it: support for the Liverpool council but its Strategy for defence of local democracy was wide enough to gain the support of major cutting councils such as Tower Hamlets. What this meant is hard to say.
Sunday started with a brief debate on Northern Though many delegates pointed out the need to make a stand, a lack-lustre report from the .. IN OTHER WORDS, A RESOUNDING VOTE YOU REALLY DON'T PSEPHOLOGY, DO YOU? executive saw Le tool withdrawal resolution fall by a two to one majority.
NGA chiclecut resolution in support the trade unions at GCHQ - with a call to go beyond the TUC's half-hearted defence 'within the law - enlivened the meeting.
Action The debate of the weekend, introduced by Dianne Abbott Westminster North party, demanded NEC support setting up black sections positive action for black She forcefully member called for action to stop the party structures being used as a vehicle for returning white men to positions of power. As she put it: 'the party needs to be retaken into the hands of the people on whose backs this movement has been built.
During the Richard Sandells of Vauxhall party moved a composite on gay rights. With one daring to leave their seats, black men and blems they faced and hov the party had to be made change to respond to their needs.
Only a small bloc of right wingers opposed the resolution. But supporters the gave ideological cover to these backward elements wheeling out a few black supporters to argue that these resolutions were tokenism. it: We must not do what As Russell Profitt some comrades want us to do - give in to the prejudice Hypocrisy and cant must
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ference got off to a slow start with an LCC-type