SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Manifesto for the Elections Pla

Socialist Action No. 60, 1 June 1984 · p. 5 of the scan · 220 words

The scan: 060-jun-01-1984-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 5 of the scan

vice is just one step along the road Britist Berufsverboten the West German lav excluding people from certain public sector jobs because of their political beliefs.

this erosion of democratic rights and the use CO T against the labour moveBritish phenomenon. It arises out the CrISIS Of all the stitutions de muropen sultallulls capitalism. Labour should be right to the fore in defending democratic rights and building a euro. amnance on inis Issue Instead the Manifesto lamely talks about: 'The protection and extension of our democratic rights freedoms'. This will ii oners no way forward now and because misses the chance to win over …lo Labour many, many people who are not automatically voles oul wnu de accorr concerned on this matter.

to the roots of the matter exposing, and opposing, the undemocratic acfails to come across as the champion the persecuted and oppressed silence this almost certainly derives from the fact that Nei Kinnock is scared to let Labour be seen as a party against so-called law anc order. He also well aware 'socialist friends' like Mitterand have not at all been reluc tant to use cops against strikers like the French government recently did at Lyonnaise.

Next week we will look al Labour s euro-poncie on issues like employment. jobs and the missing factor called Ireland.

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