told Cortonwood ALAN SWAIN was expelled ГОЛИ East • Lewisham Labour Party in February, but for once it was a case for the left to applaud. Swain was expelled for wife-battering when it was discovered by activists in the local section of the Party that his wife was in . local refug The GMC voted fo his expulsion by 34 votes to one, with three abstentions.
Swain was a delegate to the GMC irom the local electrician's union, the bErIU the after cranklaobe LEPTU had pealed for members to join up and defeat 'extremist policies.
Postcard showing Alexandra Kollontai in London in 1913, produced by Socialist Worker Street, London N1, 20p.
Members the women's section in East March issue of London Labour Briefing:
'Initially some fell about raising wonel this sublect, out or tear lor ell individual woman concerned and for ourselves we actually felt very threatened. has no been an easy discussion to raise. We've been ac cused of wanting to vet potental mens putting people off jointhe Labour Party. Our retort is that unless sexism racism openly confronted in the those who will be put off will be women and black people.' Available from The Other Bookshop, 328 Upper Poor 727C. She's maki