SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Catastrophe

Socialist Action No. 79, 23 November 1984 · p. 3 of the scan · 324 words

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to blocking tain, conventional compicle wreck the 1920s who of any in addition of 'electoral Whether Furthermore on its present line, it should be stated openly, , Labour is most unlikely to be led to any victor by Kinnock at all. The June 1983 election was not a fluke. It expressed a real relation of forces — although one which is much less unfavourable than Calas room. campaigr made it seem. For Labour to win the next election there has to be a real move in the relation of forces favour of the working class. Simply relying on Thatcher or Owen to mess it up is hopeless — there is no tactic in politics more bankrupt than relying on the weakness or stupidity of you But Kinnock is precisely orienting the miners' strike, the the defence of local — that coulo decisively shift the relation of forces in Labour's favour. If he were to suc. ceed in this, which is by no means certhen there would not be a Labour government at all.

And if Kinnock does not win the next election on his present 'go it alone' course then every 'closet coalitionist' in the Labour Party -Eric Hammond, through Frank Field, to Gavin Laird — is going to come out in the open with their proposal for a grand 'anti-Thatcher bloc' with the Whether by that time Kinnock will have become a puppet of forces even to his right time will tell.

wonderill analogy There was a Labour leader in the conducted a witch hunt against the Communist Party - long before it became a Stalinist party. He then aided the bourgeoisie to defeat the general strike of 1926. He finished up joining a coalition government.

Common decency prevents from recalling the fellow's name but it might be a good idea if Neil Kinnock started reading a few history books.

would deflect him from his course we doubt very much

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