One step forward, | Socialist Action 1983

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AFTER three years of campaigning women in the LPYS this year finally won the demand for the organisation of a YS young women's conterence. it for this weekend in Scarborough (boycotted as a conference venue by notorious anti-gay policies of the council) and it is limited to 100 participants, all of whom have to pay £13.50 a night for the hotel if they want to take part. To cap it all it is not even women-only. Militant tendency. Their hopelessly backward apMargaret Creear.

JUDE WOODWARD reviews it here.

With women playing such an obviously crucial in all aspects of the struggle Greenham to the miners' wives - — it has become increasingly impossible for any current on the left to disregard the issueR women's rights.

This pamphlet by Margaret Creear is an attempt to insert Militant into the debates ana discussions among women in the which have so far largely passed them by. In one respect at least it is an advance.

the mid-70s the thought the whole Labour organisation should be down, TUC should be ended. The passing of the Equal Pay The Militant leadership of the YS have organised many unions due to the All this is not some momentary aberration by the We've heard the Militant put forward the same argument on nuclear disarthere point fighting against wait until the working class has brought in socialism. Or to the nationalist population in the North of Ireland don't fight against the border, wait for the working to create socialist Ireland.

This is all proposed in the name of 'class unity'. varticular familiar with this brand of precisely variety of non-unity with struggles of women that the British movement has tried to impose for over eighty years.

OF On the five resolutions everence pamphlet argues that they still WOll taken seriously, and the TGWU WifE walte resolutions 100. But then at least they would be on the agenda. they can't be debated at al are not. 1GWU represe million workers, but the conference nas to represent half the working class.

But Militant'S AN Republican News Humes -de helper lukes barren budget • PAGE 2 SINN FEIN'S POLL PLANS

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proach to the demands and organisation of women is theorised in their recent pamphlet on women by