money or vern out tnel tney should stop the cruise and Trident missiles programme.
This fellow MacGregor, he really takes the biscuit. I remember during the Saturday Mick McGahey, Peter Heathfield and I thought we were on our way to settlement. We'd reached a point where we thought seriously that the Board were going to concede, and we adjourned for the night.
We began to drink a cup of tea in the Coal Board office. Mick McGahey says to MacGregor:
went lo Soviet Union in 1954 and the pits had been devastated, but development was their aim, and people were regarded as the most important thing. Today the industry has been developed in a most unbelievable way.
MacGregor says:
Michael, was there in 1956, and I agree with you. Those Russians have done a great job. Not as well as I would have. liked, but pretty good, pretty Peter Heathfield then says: 'I'll tell the prepare a defence against their applica. tion for an interim injunction. It was some miners wanted to work.
dance with its rules and its constitution had been on strike for seven months. and been in a national overtime ban for compromise as far as that basic principle is concerned!
betray its members. Often in the past workers and trade union members have pointed to leaders and said: "They sold us out. They betrayed us. They said on thing before they Photo: GM COOKSON another thing once they got their nice job as a full-time trade union leader.
national president of my union I made clear that if the members of the NUM becoming a lord, then don't vote for me. I said it was more important not to prostitute one's principles, or to comargued that as a matter of urgency an injunction should be granted because Urgency! After the NUM, in accor19 weeks prior to that! There can be no Make no mistake this national executive of the NUM is not prepared to power we were elected and When I campaigned for the job of wanted a president who was intent on word democracy.
Socialist Action THE RAPTUROUS welcome ziven to Sandinista leader, Carlos Nunez, was one of the high points of last week's Labour Party conference. It showed just how deep the potential for active solidarity with the Nicaraguan revolution does run in the Labour Party. On the surface it even seemed that this was one issue which could unite all sections of the party. ty leaders' contributions to the defence debate 'the great care needed not to upset our American friends' solidarity is. Huge contradictions are going to arise when the US government's intervention in Central America, and its need for allies, becomes more open and public.
ror tne however, there is a more immediate danger. Whilst the Labour Party is still on paper quite solid in its support for the Central American revolutionaries even if often it's not much more than words -a major move is already under way to prise the Socialist away from its positions of support for Nicaragua Mario Soares, socialist minister of Portugal, has been parading the counter revolutionary contra-leader Eden Pastora around Portuguese TV. Spanish premier, Felipe Gonzalez, has been fraternising with similar ilk.
The governin has. French Socialist been backing off from the important stand it took in 1981 when it signed the Franco-Mexican tion recognising the FDR Unfortunately, you only have to recall some par— to see how skin deep this consensus agenda.
Even before the Socialist meeting openca, president Venezuelan tormel Preez, announced to tre Carlos Anres that the pics.
Socialist International still supported the revolution 'we are very unhappy about Nicaraguans' rangements for the coming elections'. (See Carlos Nunez' remarks on this subject on this page.)
All this is a lot more than just One of diplomatic the most game. crucial obstacles creased US intervention in the Cente Amence reluctance of a wide range capitalists social democratic governments and Darties. to face the repercussions by social democracy, with all its influence on Contradora the Latin America groucarlos of countries.
Nunez himself Fine words are not enough, a campaign of active solidarity by We in the Labour Party have a fundamental duty to ensure that our party's position on Central America is maintained anc strengthened; and to constituencies and affiliates is needed Party. The only way is to develop concentrated campaign solidarity in the constituencies affiliated unions. The camby section of the leadership.
This is the best way, the only adequate way, , to respond to comrade Nunez' appeal: All of us must now work out the nuts and bolts of how to do that.
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