1983

No Witch-hunt’ ilo expulsions: Party, is in reality only the begin-

ning of an attack on the left as a whole. The press are far more fright— ened of the broad-based militent left-wingers in the CLPs and the trade unions, who would probably

The Labour Party should be poised +o win the next general election by an overwhelming majority, elected on its most radical program ever. But the opinion polls show that the Tories : us who are actually putting into practice pe ogee Ma ee rte their most radical policies ever, are ere of the Militant’. Uniloteral

way out ahead, with Marparet Thatcher nuclear disarmament end withdrawel we, it ahead, w larga, toh . eee oat eee ae peing considered a far more effective eee ca ae = mi ae

= Pe ae ct PrEad ny Fine leader then Michael Foot. Se eke = fought or by ie majority of activists —- and these are i.

The right wing in the Labour Party

: i : fhe policic that would £ =o future will tell you that Foot is unpopular one policies that would ens ave beceuse he is seen as & man of the ou ee ie es ee

t4 Pore ath From those talee left, ond because he hos " different path from those taken

ey o Lavan + ta mi me epoke Jae Seas ee wee deal with ‘infiltretorsg' in the party. previously. To put it another ways a)

wv - Z ; : ; ‘ ; = Tony FT a'e stotements cause the Now that he is teking oction agcinst a eae statements cause the wad ily Express for gercater apoplex) 'Nilitant', the argument goes, all Boas RE = . x greater apoplexy a is a wey yy ot od 4+ Sots aA 5 4 will be well. This is but 2 smoke- then Ted Gront's ut pien rambling

f x spite the decisions token 5 screen for an extremely well—plenned oe. ee Si ee ee ¥ sais an

: : union confcrences before September, campa en, not only agoinst the union conicrence GOL. =. vomy ag

‘Nilitent', but agair el], he ageinst the witch-hunt, union leaders be Go: ae ae 2 s 44 ao :

ee in the party still used the block

policy gains made by the left of the in the party still used tne blocs

See Lo aither novels wh Of Labour Party over the last few years. vote, either naively or cynically,

i 0

: é a ee to ensure tha nfsrence votcd in It is the right that is threatening Sieh = . es DEP VOKS 4 7 * aes si + . . 3 z y BO & eS C3 ce Sgre ~ Labour victory, by fucging policies basis ba oe age os

5 7 +. 3 : . C n TOCO in which they oppose. The Healeyites in Che Ee ae eee

oulsions.

ker, in favour of register, ssed that they were erainst witch hunts. Southampton Labour Farty reaffirmed our policy against expulsions end witch-hunts before Confer~ ence, and it is up to us, drawing on

the party are very busy trying to persuade those who hold the purse strings that the next Labour government will pose no real threat to existing financial institutions, nor to traditional defence deels, particularly with the USA. In order to do on oe this they heve introduced tie the support of renk and file trade bureaucratic measure of the register, ee

do not take place here. If other

clearly one which paves the way for 444 ; jo th tt + : 5 : : stituencies d e Sen any attem witch-hunts and expulsions. This CORES CUONeLee GD BME SSnys One emp

Li) mn

attack, seemingly aimed at a small at expulsions will fail. But we must ack, se g yimed at @ sma : sae oj noe Semeeniee se and sectarian section of the Labour base our fight on the premise thot

pto

FORUM on the politice of Tony Benn — Speakers: John Denham, PPC for Southampton, Itchin Alan Freeman, Author of "The Benn Heresy", and e, Socielist Challenge supporter Steve Jefferies, Socialist Workers Party at the October Books Festivol, Argyle Road Ft, Centre,

Sunday 14th November. Debate starts 4 pm.

any witch-hunt is en attack on the left as = whole3 our compaign must have broad-based support among the youth of the party, and in the unions, We should note the success of the Labovr “ovement conference ageinst the witchehunt organised on 30th October by Hackney CLP, and aim to link up with their initiatives. We should also back the regional conferences being orgenised by 'Militent', providing they are genuinely representative, and not simply ‘Militant! rallies.

It is vital to sée this fight as a political fight to dcfend hard-won policies, such 2s unilateral nuclear disarmament, against the attacks of the right wing, who ere prepcred to disrupt the Labour Party, rather than come to power on such policies. We must not be sice-tracked into 2 simple ‘defend Militant’ line; we must fight expulsions all the

vay, and unity in

action is our only hope of success,

Wyn Jeffery

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eeointroducing Southampton Labour Briefing

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firmly committed to carrying out the radical socialist policies adopted by the I-bour Party over the lest few years. "Socialist Challenge" supporters orgenise monthly discussion meetinss. Kecent topics hove included Polsnd, Ireland, Central Americn, Women's Liberation, ond how socialists should work in the unions.

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As the left in the Lebour party faces the wrath of the Foot lecder-— ship for supporting Tony Benn against Denis the menace, the left in Poland is suffering the persecution and

banning of their trade union Solidernosc,

Foot, frightened by the press campaign which threatens to rob him of a Labour victory in the election, is prepared to suffocate dissent, Jaruzelski, in the shadow of the soviet Union and similarly efreid for his career, is determined to crush the Polish workers movement.

The imposition of stote/perty contrelled unions (Jaruzelski's register) is meeting stubborn resistence however, The new unions are being boycotted everywhere. At the October Revolution printing plant in Warsaw, which employs several thousand workers, 11 joined. At the URSUS plant in Gorzow, out of 5,000 workers, 90 joined: st the FSC truck factory in Lublin, 33 out of neorly 10,0003 at WSK in Swidnik, 20 ovt of 9,0003 end «t+ Nowe Huta, where

the new 'union' has offices snd controls strugeles for democratic workers

the p@ant redio, 100 joined out of 40,000.

Now throughout the country, the pre~ perations are going on for the next

1. 1.

a test of streneth- the seneral etrike C3: i

CONUINGCS so 66

called for November 10th.

The stakes are very large end they are far from confined to Polsend. The struggle of the Polish workers for democratic rights, for trade-union Yrichts, and for a self-managed republic based on the socielisétion of the mecns production end their control by workers covneoils is o Struggle for socialism. It is part of our struggle. Victory for the Polish workers would give « powerful impetus for other workers victories( and extro—parliamentary ones at that!).

A defect for them would be a defeat for us as well.

V5 right wing in this country, inside and outside the Lebour Party, b to get away with slandering the Bennite left as being. some kind of now stalinist group.

Our response cen only be to redouble solidarity with Solidarity, to expose the Lebour burecucracy's reluctance to give active support to those resisting the Polish buresucracy, and to demons ty a

ALG: apie

te our Gonmitment to all

“Ok

control, ae

“/the atrociously pure fof Wing. “Ya, Conservative-style sup

PP rs ot Fon Bow ~ ;

“> “A /ment safe for capitalism, or not. 4 Aneir preference is now clear, as is “./tneir means. The means can perhaps be “Yoonstrued as the ultimate aim for party democracy - that tne policies of the rank “f and file and those of the parliamentary fif Leadership match exactly. A £18 thattnose members whose views don't at

THE WAGES OF UNITY

IS EXPULSION

“ ast Wednesday the NEC had a choice; to make a Labour govern-

‘he catch, however

ff present reflect those of the PLP and the shadow “ “cabinet will have to sacrifice their membership

“7 in order for this interesting form of “democratic “oentalism" to work. A Labour Party committed to socialist policies is being iLemmingist" dogma of the right Since the CLPs persistently refuse to be reduced to porters!

driven over a cliff by

elub, tne creation of a

VA / narrowly right wing party requires the silencing of all who

Last Wednesday's NEC marks

a new move in the pogrom of the left. The basis on which the expulsion of "Militant" is to take place has been changed. The original NEC document, outlining the case for a register, named "Militant" as being ineligible to register, without offering them the opportunity to apply. Having received legal advice that this might be contrary to natural justice, the NEC set about anotner test to which "Militant" could be put - one they felt confident it could not meet. This ghows very clearly the motives of the NEC: this is not an organisational move, but a political one aiming to remove the influence of the "Militant", and eventually other tendencies that tignt for the adoption of socialist policies.

In a move away from the idea of a register, and towards the proscribed list, and a witeh-hunt, the NEC will shortly consider whether "Militant" is eligible to affiliate to the Labour Party as an organisation, despite the fact that no such application nas been submitted. It is probable that the NEC will deem anyone in any way sympathetic to "Militant" to

f-Yoppose the class-collaborationist policies of the right wing, “/namely the advocates of socialism.

be a member, and therefore liable to be expelled. This could rapidly tead to a situation in which 4¢ would be impossible for any party member to gell or even be seen reading a copy ot Wilitant" and prepare for the discrediting ot anyone proposing a motion including sucn policies as nationalisation. The new NEC proposals therefore go much further than the old, and present a far greater danger to the left of the party, preparing the ground for the intimidation or expulsion of a very wide layer of activists, notably all those who publish tneir own newspapers and magazines.

In order to ensure tnat the leadership controls the membership and not vice versa, the right wing need to undermine party democracy. Announcing that the removal of "Militant" was 'not a one-off job' Golding is preparing to reverse all the gains of the last two years, and indeed of long-established democratic rights, starting with the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy. It is, vital that all constituencies and affiliated trade unions tight back. in Bermondsey the local Party are asserting their right to choose their own candidate, and resisting the

attempts of the NEC to impose a candidate or shortlist. In Hornsey the Party has voted to accept Tariq Ali as a member, and demanded to know the basis on which the NEC wish to remove him, despite a threat of disbandent if tney do not comply. The disbanding of Hornsey Labour Party can only damage Labour's prospects in the coming general election, despite the NEC's assertions that it is acting solely in tne electoral interests of tbe Party. All those who are fighting for a Labour government committed to socialist policies should defend the CLis under attack, and be prepared to follow them if necessary. On no account should be tne NEC be

allowed to isolate the CLPs that are in the front line.

The Labour Against the Witchhunt (LAW) campaign, formed out of a conference called by Hackney CLF, is attempting to organise for the defence of parties such as Hornsey, and tnereby the whole left, on the widest possible basis. It is unfortunate tnat the "Militant" dominated Labour Steering Committee against the Witcn-hunt have declined to fully co-operate with LAW.

Southampton Labour Party should continue to support the campaigns of LAW and the Labour Steering Committee, in carrying out its declared policy of fighting witchhunts and expulsions.

Gareth Narbed Richard Correll

DEFEND ABORTION RIGHTS

Lord Robertson of Oakbridge, a 52 year old merchant panker, has introduced a new anti-abortion bill into the House of Lords. The bill aims to greatly restrict the grounds for abortion by slightly altering the wording of the 1967 Abortion Act. Section one of the Act would then read: "that the risk of pregnancy would involve serious risk to the life of the pregnant woman, or if injury to the physical or mental healtn of the pregnant woman or any existing

family is substantially greater than if pregnancy were terminated?

(Amendments shown underlined. ) Normally a bill from the Lords would have little chance of becoming law without being given government time. But the bill coYneides with the ballot for private member's bills. Heading the ballot were weil-known antiabortionists sucn as John COrTrieé,

Witney. If

Norman St.John Stevas, and Ray

one of them was to take on Lord Robertson's bill, it would shorten the parliamentary proced-

ure considerably.

If this happens Southampton Labour Party, in co-operation with the Women's Centre, the LPYS, Trades Council, and local trade unions, must mount a campaign to defend a woman's right to choose. As an immediate first step ail members snould be informed of the very real tnreat that the 1967 Act now faces. Abortion rignts nave been under attack before, from the Benyon, White and Corrie bills, and from the caanges made in the documentation required by government. On each occasion they have been defended, but we must not be complacent. If necessary we must mobilise the whole Labour Movement to support a woman's right to choose.

Mike Tucker

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intend the bulletin to cover the most important issues facing the Labour movement locally and nationally. Sor further information on our policy and local activities, phone Southampton 39851.

Thatcher's visit to the Falklands, coupled with the announcement that there will be an April pudget, shows that it is now vitually certain that we will be faces with a general election this year. This election will not be an ordinary one, but will determine the course of British society for a decade or more.

With mass unemployment, falling living standards, decaying weifare services and falling production

"it might be expected that the Labour Party is poised to win with an over-whelming majority, elected on its most radical programme for decades. But it is the Tories, who are putting into practice their most radical solutions, who are the most popular at the moment, and are confident of winning the election. All socialists in the Labour Party must ask themselves why this is.

Dennis Healey and the rest of the right in the Party (and their friends in the media) tell us that the party is unpopular because Michael Foot is too ‘left' and because he has refused to deal with the left in the Party. All would be well if the extrem-

ists were expelled, and Labour returned to its 'traditional' policies. This argument is a smokescreen, to mask the SDP fellow-travellers' opposition

to the policy gains of the leit, which have given us a programme with the potential of gaining mass support. Dennis Healey wants to return to the discredited

3 | Heale

tet ow

ieee upper classes in “ie every country are selfish, depraved and decedent.s».There is 2 very greet danger, unless

bag 8S RM” we one very careful, that

we shall find ourselves running | with the red fleg in front of the} armoured car of Tory imperialism and counter—revolution"

policies of the past, the policies of a Labour government which

obeys the wishes of the Pentagon and the City, rather than Party Conference and the TUC.

Labour can win only if it can present a clear socialist alternative to the Tories and the SDP. The two central planks of such a policy must be unilateral nuclear disarmament, and a programme to fight unemployment. Labour must clearly be seen as the Party that will get rid of Cruise, Trident, US bases and all nuclear weapons from Britain. We must, witn COND and the TUC, build a mass campaign against tne missiles, which will strengtnen a future Labour government in its fight to get rid of nuclear weapons. Unemployment can only be ended by a policy which takes control of the economy out of the hands of the capitalist class and runs it in the interest of the working class.

In order to prevent Labour enetering the election on a socialist programme, Healey and the right have launcned the witch-hunt. Any expulsions, nowever, are a threat to the whole of the Party, and are not just aimed at Militant or any other one tendency. Southampton Labour Party must maintain its _ policy of opposing expulsions and witch-hunts, and support the constituency parties that are under threat from the NEC.

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The= pohicies wf ets He were tried by the last ‘Labour government, and they resulted in Thatcher's victory. we must

resist any attempt to return to those failed policies, ead enter with a ative

and instthe coming election elear gbeial st alternto Thatcher.

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We must defena tne hard-won policies of recent as against the right wing, who are prepared to lose the election than come te power on such policies. We

cannot allow them to succeed.

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trade 4o0ns and in Trade: Counner ana CND. We hold sonth

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Last year's Labour Party conference voted by an overwhelming majority to ben plastic bullets. This is a big step forward. It makes Ireland once again a: issue in the British Lebour Movement. Outside Britein, as elways, the repres~ Sion being meted cut in its oldest colony is more clearly seen. The Wuropean Parliament hes called for an end to the use of plastic bullets (the vote was 110 to 43, with only British Tories end Northern Irish Unionists voting agoinst). Why all the fuss?

Plastic bullets were first used in tne North of Ireland in 1973, to

succeed the more unreliable rubber bullets. Incidents like the blinding

of ten year old Richard Moore in 1972 (when there was actually no rioting in the area) had led the security forces to introduce a weapon they could more accurately target. Target at whom? oa bullets are not uded as an ‘onti-terrorist' weapons; real bullets are fired those who attack the security forces, or miss checkpoints

and roadblocks. Flastic bullcts are

usec. on the streets to deal with

Gavee | In fact many of the desd and injured hed not been involved in rioting

but were just voing ebout their busines

or looking out of their windows, or were children pleying in the street or running errands. Seven of the fourtcen plastic bullet decths have b children. The oe use of plastic bullets has led to rioting in protest at their use. As Sishop Daly has pointed ovt, "Plastic bullets aré responsible for more riots than they have quelled’,

Fiestic bullets are not, as their

Nene Pee harmless. In addition to the deaths they heave inflictcd horrific

injurics, including blinding, brain demoge, end parnlysis. Peul Corr, for example, was shot in 1981 by Royel

Marine commendos, firing from a passing

Lendrover, The plastic bullet hit him on he side of hie nose, tearing party of it ff, end shattering his pala Paul was

& te

2 years old. Agein there wes no rioting

area, Plestic bullets aré as

heavy as cricket bells, and harder. They leave the gun at 160 mph. resolutions pessed at

al level, «nd the hard-won

intermetion— Labour Part

vote in ee along with the Bishop of Salisbury 's.calb: last week Tor « ban, are useful. But mow otis the urgent te:

of constituency parties and trade union brenches to translate the commitment into action. The Labour movement de conference in Moa is sponsored by « nisetions. It which can plestic bullets is ended.

The emergency motion from Stlukes Lea Gall oe er ke

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mchester on 26th Heprubry

v number of MPs end aims to build « cam-

a rahe Ae eee = " - that the use of

ensure

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SUNDAY

This we is the cloventh anniversary of the murders of 14 unarmed demonstrat~ ors by the British Army in Derry in 1972. It is remombered annually as both on atrocity and a significant turning point in the recent history of the North of ireland.

The notorious parachute regiment shot the fourteen civilians on what was one of many marches for civil rights in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Basic = shts to housing, employment and voting

nad becn denied as the catholic minority Since the partition of ee an Lg 2 ls

By 1968, when the rest of Western Europe was enjoying a Sopeltiien oye high stand-

ard of living, this discrimination

could no longer be tolerated. However, no Significant reforms were offered by the Loyalist Stormont government of the times; instead the RUC and Loyalist groups resisted the passare of these marches to the extent that street battles ensued. After the British troops were sent im to ‘keep the peace’, draconiar measures were introduced to prevent further protests by the cetholic minor— ity. It was against these measures — internment of saeeac without trial or charge and benning of all demonstretions - as well as for ie rights, that a

denonstration + for 30 Janvary 1972 in Derry. into @ crowd “of — uiho were Tlecinge Peon cannon ond CS gas, that the

1 live rounds.

AS & result fourteen people died.

The 235 gs public vpronar was quictened by a government encuiry unier

at Lord Widgery, wh Lich itsclf attemptec to cover up the real story. The Army claimed thet they had fired at snivers in the local flats; yet not one of the

dead were carrying arms, and ail ‘it~ nesses denied having secn or hoam puns other then those of the Army. Wi-gery

the

remarked: “,..firing bordered oy reckless", while contradicting -imscl? by saying: “there was no breskown in discipline". The daily papers, select— ive as ever, claimed that Widsry had

cleared the Army of blame, aril no

soldicr was ever prosecuted, In fact 20lons1 0 ilford, who had coraanded the Paras on that day reccived in OBB for

his work. It was

Coroner, Mr O'Neill to

left to the Derr City stcte the

obvious horrific faci thet it wes "sheer unadulterated murdcr", OM ©

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PAY THE WATER

WORKERS

ene Sone

The watcr workers! strike is develop-- ing into @ crucial test of strength in the battle against the Tory crnment. To cefeat the 4% pay limit imposed by Thatcher would be a massive blow to hor line of ‘resolute government', and MESSive boost to the morale of workers everywhere.The result wall be 11s importent in view of the impending general election, expected this year.

Despite their powerful position to disrupt both industry and wae stic

Sepoosne

supplies the water workers face a number of problems. inemddt will be the huge

turn public opinion against them. Second will be the use of strike breakers troops. Third will be the union leadership's emphasis on pay differentials, rather then a rise that peats inflation, which could cut off sup--

press compaien to

other industries.

withdrawal of TUC

the ASLIEF digpute) reach & rapid

low

port of the paid in Fourth is the danger of support (as neappened in if the dispute does not

conclusion, given its harsh effects.

The Labour Party can support the weter workers by explaining the case for ie Pad) PEG. ah -aeey emit vlicsy 2b 21S LAOCCier who is prolonging the dispute by refusing

dis their reasonable and necessary claim. We need to secure support.for 2 national campaign with the backing of the whole

c ie)

tradé union and Lebour movement, to break the 4% limit ane. wins proper wage for all public sector workers. Ags a start the FPCs should issue « ee in support and wards should orgenise fund—rcoising «3 wes donc in the health dispute

Richard Correll

= i 7 \ eS ae TH LESSONS OF CeRNONDSiY Despite what ‘Sir Robin Dey!’ end the oe scribes of the Tory press may 7, Labour did not lose Bermondsey ause its candidate was too left wing.

fowever the defeat -has shown the failures

of Labour that must be reversed if the

patty 18 to wim the next general election. Labour's defeat in Bermondsey can be

put down to a number of factors. Firstly a section of the party leadership did not want beter Tatchell to win. ibvidence

of this was the pulping of his election leaflets, the cancelline of his firs

and the timing of the "Militant! editorial ay’ before polling. These events during the cempaign hed been e-fieured by hichecl Foot's disowning

press conference, expulsion of the board for the day

of Tatchell in parliament last year, and the attempts of the hi 1m] a

e¢ on the Bermondscy Farty. ‘own goals’ by NEC provided

‘candidat

These the

the Tory gutter press and the right wing Se ea: WEE the opportunity to carry out &@ political end personal smear

peien ee Peter Vatchell. No should be ashamed of oS in the oul ee

ould have voted pebaey fore did not do so béeceuse of this. nonstretes the need for Lebour to

cempaien for Gay Riehts and areinst wars such as the one fought in Vietnam. But the reasons for Lebour's defeat

80 beyond what happened in Bermondscy itself. We have to accent that many Labour voters have been disillusioned by. the last Labour government, end will only vote for us if they can sec the karty putting forward a clear Socialist alternative to the Torics. It.was S 1951 when Labour was orgenising massive heongned ond cempaigns against eek ment thet suppert tor the Porics fell and that for the Labour Party increased... tne Tories were only able to recover when Labour failed to oppose Thatcher's 1M thne Dylan ic. Victory in the general election will not be achieved by a retreat From the policies adopted by the last three conferences. What the right are aiming

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aie pare ee a Se tak a z eee 4 i j yx t \ ‘ } ; a ‘ ~~ i J i : 5 if : : { ty

s « fudging of the policy of uni-~ nuclcardisarmament, and a return to the policies of pay restraint and cuts, At the oo the oe exe

See fii ae crete to the Liberal Alliances by makings Lab policies indistinguishable from ° means thet instead of ee with ater workcrs end CND to fight the our resourses are being turned . our own momborshin. If ed wo will be isolated from Ss pt Jee of supporters of ond Prom those

his would mean MASSive oS class voters. overse the defeat

of

Bermondscy ae we fo into the election on the basis fa i Lom ahe

list ; aegle: few years.- hour we

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SLL/CLPD -~ which

to last yeer's LP confercnce ien for Labour Party D peneces 6 notice of its prefer ‘democratic! register, Sisnelling its unwillingness orgenise an effective campaign the expulsions which would follow from the NEC*'c version. At the end of January this the AG? CLPD voted,

Gawd St the

Prior Canp

the LCV

ar nerrow NEC for

ye [or ane a majority, to apply to the registration, thus laying the ground— work for the N&C to expel five members of the "Militant' editorial board, on the eve of the Bermondscy by~clection. Members of poe cn Labour Left fSUB) 2 ttcnded the CLFD conference

ava eg

and idee for registration. This ‘hard core! of SLL (no metaphors cbout rotten apples to be found here!) com prised individual members of CLPD,

and were isto fbr’ eile rono obligation

to represent SLP's outright opposition to registration and concomitant expulsions. However these comradcs occupy important Labour Party positions and therefore reasons for their action and their opinions on the role of the CLPD should be sought.

* Ts LL policy to support Bee

aE SLL policy to oppose cxpulsions. this Still the case, and by what Does the SLL support CLPs who

py

if

Is

mcoens?

At

Ss

refusc to implement expulsions?

*“ How do they reconcile their argument (SLL No.1) thet CLPs should abide by

LP conference on constitutions] matters with the denial of access to the

constitution of those expelled?

* Should this top down ‘democratic! centralism apply to their activities as individual members?

*As representatives and prospective representatives of SLP's policies, how will they counter the suspicion that the alacrity with which they oppose the register and expulsions will be somewhat lacking in view of their personal beliefs menifested by their CLPD voting?

2 aS

* he UP, precursor to the SLL, first proposed the idea of a register. Was this &@ means of attacking the nature

end. Li s of the ‘Militant! through ox its organisational structure?

witch-hunt?

* If so, can we SLL's sectarian mentality witch—hunt end its repercus not, were the ILP/SLL eve

therefore blame the for the sions? If

naive in not anticipating the speed with which the right wing seized upon

their jolly jape?

Iwestions are not necessarily rhetorical!

In accordance with the forme+ of

the SLL's ‘sixth form Teviicwm. & Star will be awerded to the Fret complete entry — possibly for om goela Gareth Narbed "Bennite and infantile leftist"

(V.Derer, CLPD Exec.

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The witceh-hunt has started. After ee of deferred. decisions and chong i ics the NEC voted on 23 Feb to

the five members of the Mili~ faditorial Board as members of an organisntion ineligible to effiliate -to

the Party. The persistance with which the NiC have examined different 1 ys of removing the Militant tendency is a clear si of the olitical. importence

they attetch to it, and shows thet it

on.

is not the supposed constitutionel off ences that have put their heads on the block.

Islington Central CLP have already announce d. — they do not intend +o expel Peter Taffe, and the others involved, Hammersmith forth and. Norwood ere

expected to do the same, All CLPs, such as ours, that have a policy of opposing

expulsions now have a duty to suoport

these CLPs, who will come under aot pressure from the NEC, and perhaps will be eat oS RUSPaneson.

pes Sees - COLES Seas er TT

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will not ote et the Militent iditorial Board. 1S en. €ssentieal part of the right wing's efforts to roll back the geins of the left, and it will attempt to isolete and intimidete 211 who : out for socialist policies.

It ill behoves anydne on the lcft to stend back while the Ma lite mt are sxpclled — they mazr

Richard Correll

CGAY LIBKRATION AND SOCTALISN

A NE ESL EE EEE ATS EE

The motion from St.Lukes, together with the Charter of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, contain a few modest proposals for fighting the oppression of Gay people. A significant minority of the population, perhaps 5-10}, consistently prefer partners of their own sex, while a further section have occasional Gay contactse This pattern crosses all bound aries of age, gender, race, occupation and social class, and hence in Britain affects several million, the overwhelming majority of whom hide or refuse to recognise their sexual orientation.

The 1967 Sexual Offences Act has not truly legalised Gay relationships. Consenting adults in private are no longer prosecuted, but members of the armed forces and merchant navy, as well as men under 21 can still face criminal charges. The police harass Gay clubs, end can deport Gay non-citizens, while employers often discriminate, especially in work involving’ contact with children.

The CHE Charter demands an end to forms of discriminetion, but it also demands that socicty takes ea positive attitude to Gay men and women, as real

people with an equal contribution to Makes

With the rise of capitalism the nuclear family has been firmly established as the model of social relations. Gay people reject this model, and have come under ferocious attack, culminating in tho Victorion notion of homosexuality as a dis-— ease, Socialists should vigorously resist any such notion, and the conclusions it leads to. It is clear that Gay relation-— ships have occurred at all times, and in all pleces in human history; and. are in fact part of the normal scope of human experience.

The image of sickness is evident in attitudes to the age of consent, and in work with children. The very high age of consent for Gay men (21) assumes that . young men need to be protected, and in the absence of Gay contacts would be sure to grow up heterosexual. This denics the validity of Gay preferences , and ignores tho fact thet most peonle have Aa fairly clearly defined preference at a much carlicr age. Similarly the assumption is thet a Gay person will damage the devel— opment of (or even assault) children in

their care. There does not seem to be any reason to suppose this is true ~ indeed $ of assaults on children are made by heterosexual men.

Lesbians are doubly oppressed. Not only does the family unit not support them (consider for example the likely living standard of a Lesbian couple with children) but there is a widespread dis belief that female sexualisty can exist in the absence of a man. Paradoxically they are then often denied custody of their children. Some of these questions are now being teken up in the Women's Liberation Movement, though less so in the Gay Movement, which remains very much male-orientated.

In the fight for Gay Liberation, Gay people will be in the forefront, asserting Gay pride and initiating political campaigns. But while individual “coming out" will remain important, the aim must be to change the society that oppresses Gay men and women under capitalism - @

theseteask that can only be achieved by the

orgenised strength of the working class, who form the majority of the population, and therefore the majority of Gay people. This.means we.must, despite the difficultjes, fight for thc Trade Unions to cdopt the struggle for Gay. Liberation.

The isolation of Gey people as odd and sick poisons their lives with guilt end shame. Meny withdraw into the stifling "Gay Community", while others deny their sexuality completely. True liberation therefore demands morethan legal tolerance. ~ it demands 2 positive acceptronce of a Gay lifestyle as @ valid alternative. The arrivel of a socialist society will offer all men end women an important new freedom —- the freedom to fall in love without any concern for gender.

Richard Correll

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CND Dayschool:- Building CUD. in the Workplace.

Agenda includes speskers’ and

workshops on arms and jobs ctc.

4‘ Saturday 16 April from 10 am — 3.30 pm at TGWU offices, London Rd Registretion fee 50p

The debate on the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy = John Denham replies to Gareth Narbed's article last month.

In last month's Southampton Labour Briefing there was in intemperate attack on Southampton Labour Left and the way individual members voted at the CLPD AGM. I'm grateful for the chence to reply.

i. SLLF does not have a policy of its own so these are personel views.

2. I voted for CLFD to register because

I em in favour of Party democracy, and in particular, the sovreignty of conference. This must include the right of conference to take decisions, not only

on policy, but also on the way the inter nal affairs of the Party are conducted. This includes the right of the conference to take decisions we on the left disagree with. (I opposed groups registering before the conference.) —

3. CLPD has been succesful beceuse it has been able to unite a whole section of the Farty behind democratic demands. If the left decides democracy is just a tactic to be used when it suits them we will never win. (It doesn't bode well for socialism either!)

Unfortunately there was a classic example of this at the Labour CND AGH.

It voted for unilateralism to be'in the manifesto because it was passed by conf erence. It also voted against registret--. ion because it doesn't like it! The

whole thrust of the peace campaign is jeopardised by such unprincipled oentics.

The same problem came up at CLFPD. after campaigning for NEC control of the manifesto for years, the AGM voted against it this year, because it does

not like the current NEC. : i, There is no doubt about my opposition

to witch—hunts. I believe CLFs should refuse to recognise expulsions (because the NEC has gone way beyond the conference decision) until the individuals have at least been able to appeal to conference,

But the key question is how do we reverse the witch—hunts? The trade union vote is the vital factor. I bel-+ ieve it is very unlikely that the TUs will reverse their position completely at this years conference. Hence the left should campaign to take control of the register out of the hands of the NEC and to place strong safeguards on the rights of groups to organise. This is a winnable position if those opposed to witch-hunts unite on it.

5e Although opposed to all expulsions I do believe party mombors have the right to full information about groups operate ing within the Party, The secretive, sometimes downright dishonest, organis— ction of some Trotskyist groups has nothing to do with democratic socizlism, and. ,without it, it is unlikely that the with—hunt would have got as far as it has.

John Denham

SCUTHAMPTON LABOUR BRIEFING and SOCIALIST ACTION

Southampton Lebour Briefing has now been produced for six months. Bach month we have tricd to cover both local end néetional issues of importance to Party activists. SLB has been produced by members of Southampton Labour Party in general agreement with the views of the weekly newspaper Socialist Challenge.

Beene cae ie ee ee a oe eo =

Socialist Challenge ceased publication last month. Some of those involved in

its production have started a new peper, Socialist Action, edited by Alan Freeman. This paper aims to be a revolutionary socialist voice in the Labour Party, the trade unions and the peace movement , and amongst youth. It is an open paver, opening its columns to all those fighting egeinst the Tories end their friends,

open to all those fighting for = Labour

government committed to socialist policies.

SLB has decided

aper, and ill be GC, ward meetings, and in local trade union branches. We think its views and its policies will be of interest to all Labour Party members.

Socialist Action can also be obtained from October Books, 4 Onslow Road, or from Mike Tucker by phoning Sovthampton 39651. Further details of discussion meetings organised by us can also be obteined from the sbove number.

to support the new selling it at the

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MAY DAY 1983

There will be a festival and social organised by Southampton Trades Covneil involving exhibitions, stalls, films, games end speakers, incliiding Reg Race et 6.30, and the PPCs. In the evening there will be a live band and a disco.

Venues Mountbatten Theatre Sunday Ist May, 3 —~ 11 pm Tickets £1.70, and £1 unweged

(includes food). Children free.

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LABOUR

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We enter the election period in & | difficult position. No sc. of blut ££

can hide the fact that Labour faces en uphill struggle if we are to win: But

ay

it is only Labour that can offer a socialist alternative to the poss sibility of another Tory government, and the threat it poses to the working class

and oppressed groups in society.

Labour will stand the best chence of Winning if it puts to the front its-soc— ialist policies and mobilises the supe port of all sections of the community thet will benefit from them. Th means linking up with the mass popular cam paigns against nuclear weapons — ChD and Greenham Common. It means supp eee the People's March for Jobs and the many -trade union campaigns ageinst i isation.

hrough our canvassing end leafleting we should get support for the Mayed women's dey of action for peace,

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and. the June 5 demonstration in London +1 will greet the People's March. We must show by our actions rather than our promises that we support these campaigns

OG hat

This will complement oi ehiece: over Labour's case on the doorstep In the campaign we must put forward

an unequivocal commitment to unilateral nuclear disarmament, and the removal of all nuclear. bases from Britain.

' Other key areas of -Lebour's, policies

that nééd to ve highlighted are = * 2 programme of nationalisation and

xponsion of the economy ° to, return to ee employment . sacs a commitment to reais living stendards, and ag policies: the defence of Yights end the repeal of. eS to coupe) for positive action for women's employment, health care and the right to abortion * to repeal the Nationality Act and Immigration Acts, and to campaign vinst all forms of racism 40 protect civil liberties by obtaining

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% to adopt a socialist forcign policy that supports liberation movements in Central America, South Africa and the Middle Hast.

Within the Party the witch—hunt must end, ond all adorted candidates | be allowed to to fight the election for Labour.

labour can Hreak the hold of the Conservatives if it inspires people to

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go and persuade others

their millions to vot c Tories and the SDP. et southampton, ond if we are successful thet outa return e Labour government.

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If we cut into the bloated ‘lifestyles’ of MPs, will that ensure thet the represent their working class constituents? The LPYS seems to think so. Just at the point that John Denham and Alan Whitehsad are set to get their paws on

aad

e fat salary and big meals, and betray the Southampton perty, the Young Sociel— ists rush to the rescue.

3 inte The real problem is how +t pies a problem that left groups have becn battling on for years. If Dennis Healey gets a retainer of £6000 a year from the Daily lbxpress, we should be asking why he wants to write for such a poison sheet, rather then trying to claw his rich pickings into the Party coffers.

Comrades who went to kecp MPs in touch with local workers by tigh the purse strings are dealing wit political problem by aciminis strative means. Worse still, their bureaucratic solution could damage the ability of ‘rediceal MPs to campaign el reobivety-

Firstly, right wing HPs (4 Tory or therwise ) don'4 look plump and pink ecause of their huge salary, but because they have lucretive business interest +O ge their political hobby. Left

ing MPs (and this would <« especially a tO ivists who

Unfortunately the comrades are missing re) fe)

3 meke MPs accounts

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working class

should . speaking for ur) are at disadvantage precisel cause they tN

have to eins ou tor ee etce. If our representa accountable, then the problem orships end contacts w: newspapers does not aris Secondly e Lebour NP nee not got severated from his constituents or 1 y because of the champagne and fo put because he becomes whesmeri by the power machinery of Wes See Rather than penali a vadical | : entering Parliament we should ing him or her through cont int sion and political, c Partys LG wil ae sure one

lace

sus the point ecause, despite

— Sioa tS eae ci a4 a BITaVELeamcn els ila

to genuinely radica advance tow of society, ics should shi f into ovr own common politi Against the cee we snou

that 3 necd more facilitice and supp ort, Bot wt a4

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How the candidetes voted on the Labour Netional Executive ol Committee on key issues in Biers. the last two ide: Where ¢ 7h # = Por, A = Against, 2S oS Mpstentiion, ~ = Absent or Fae ee not voting, * = Not on NEC. ? rE ee 12.34 5 4+ Frank Allaun OFFPFRFFRE Tony Benn Hof eB Betty Boothroyd j-~-AA—AA : | Eric Cla_ke _- FAX * *& The Issues a | Laurence Coates PRY #oY lL, Keep the commitment: to \ | sas A A netiow lise clearing banks \ Ken Cure eee RAS . 7 ; <A ‘ in NEC statement to Conference. inne Davis *% %& AAA (July 1982) & : 24 2. NEC shotld not oppose | Gwyneth Dunwoody SS ad : ag ee Ms ‘A Conference amendments calling for . .-Sgin-Byety #28 bok A removal of NEC's arbitrary powers - f f A f over pressure groups and calling Roy Evans -~-AKRABAASB ‘ fae! aes RS = : I for impartial conditions for the Michael Foot ASACACA Bo operation of pressure groups. =a (September 1982) John Golding fe eee 3.Total opposition to incomes policy| sian Hadden ome AeA AGA and support for gueranteed t — minimum wage.(September 1982) Judith Hart ~ io 7 io _ iu : Act | : z : : } 4. Keep Benn, not Golding, «as Denis Healey AACA - AA A Chair of :ome Policy Committee. = (November 1982) Eric Heffer FRFEFEFRFPE t a Q z 32 i Be Carry out 1961 Conference Neville Hough oo SASS decision to allow CLI's to carry ao ge out a full reselertion in the Doug Hoyle a = event of boundary changes. | Denis Howell “+e % A AA (February 1963) orale gt yl 6, Ageinst expelling the Militant les Huckfield Lf ee editorial board. Neil Kinnock A -Aahk-Oje. 8 (February 1983) : : a : : =| Ale Ei eeor -~AheAA ; “ me rte — th A nh 32. 2 2, Joan Lestor hep RNR E AOD ALL HOR A VOTE FOR 5 a. 4 PRA**%% et ee ee a vii au vv Ww Ne 5 MW ac oe a A (stg eS Some peculiar things are happen-— Sain MeCluskie aS ing in the Labour leadershin election. Jo Richarée¢w FREE FF Firstly we are in danger of havirs Gerry Russel) ee the terms of the election determined oe not by the membership of the Party, Tom Sawyer *e ¥ PPP + 4 tctaist * but by political commentators and i : oe a jee ee Dennis Skinner PRPRFF the media, They ere concentrating on secondary issues, but avoiding the \ Shirley Summerskill A A Ach AB real questions which must be con- h hf ae : oyd Tierney AA-AAA fronted if Labour is to advance. = \ A second curious feature is Peter| Hric Varley AAARA AA Shore anc. the right wing posturing David Williams ee eh as champions of rank and file democracy in the Party and the uniong, Audrey Wise po Pete The left should counter this dis- = oe ee oS honest attempt by being in favour of oe elections taking place at rank and .- . At the same time ve think file level in every union anc. only those trade unionists paying the

constituency Party. political levy should be eligible to

vote in their vnions. The influence of the biggest possible vote for Heffer the media should be counteracted by will be ea vote for the conference

full circulation of the candidates! policies that he has defended and that political sg cae and by holding as Kinnock has attacked. It wovld be a meny public hustings as possible. blow to the right, and wovld expose

In this election we support Bric Kinnock's opportunist claims to being Heffer. As he himself has stated: the unitary left candidate.

"IT want to see Clause Four defended in In the election for Deputy we support the Party Constitution. There should Michael heacher. We think that he and

be freedom of discussion. Members of Heffer should fo a left slate and

the Party should not be expelled be- compaien together

cause of their politicel views. I don't We are in danger of being rushed by ‘believe that the »vroblems of this | a form of collective panic into support— country as 2 whole can be solved outside ing Neil Kinnock. lieny are being conned the context of democratic socialist into secing him es e life-—belt to save policies." a droming party. This mood. must. be

On most issves Eric Heffer is more resisted. By examining the policies the in line with the views of the majority candidates stand for, ig recor. rad, and of the renk and file of the Party than strateey for Labour, it is clear that the other candidate being termed left- Heffer alone stands for fhe” process of Wing by the media, Neil Kinnock. renewal underteken by Lebour since 1979.

We have y differences with Heffer, over the eas for socialism, over i his lack of enthusiasm for women's : liberation, and over his failure to openly oppose the Faelklends war. He is however still the best candidate standing from the left.

SLB is produced by members of It is twentyone years since Nelson Southampton Lahour Party who are in Mandela was arrested in South Africa general agreement with the policies for his activities against the racist of the weekly newspeper Socialist regime. He has spent those twentyone Action. Socialist Action is a years enturing the terrible conditions revolutionary socialist voice in the in whe Yesime's prisons.

Labour Party, the trade unions, in the He expressed his ideals at his trials peace movement, anc emongst youth. "T have cherished the ideal of a

We hold monthly discussion meetings democratic and free society in which We can be contacted on Southampton all. persons live together in harmony 39851. and with egual oprortunities. It is

an idcal which I hope. to live for-and. to ASA» Buy asf meets ibs esis 1 San or pene i em prepared to die," j prenery National

fer ote co re a et ae A Cone me wee Gece nn Oe ne AS ceca

Gongress ne is seen by the errsee se desma “icp Of South-Africa as ese SOCIAL TO CLLLBRATE ei. ig

aes en gee ees Sens legitimate: leacer,

The Labour Farty should add = voice to the world-wide campaign for his release.

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Proceeds to Anti Apartheid Movement.

“Successive sovernnents, ao and Tory, have Shee to lift thel eyes avove their short-tern aed te violence on ihe streets of Northern

Ireland. This, is not a quote fron republic. nor yet fron the

so- cadded ‘hard left". NO, this comes from Patrick om Tors .

O'Callaghan of the National

oe sue of Younz Liberals in a Guardian on

letter to the Gua Thursday 7th. How the previous day ti

Cc

oto Conference shou S215 avay yet azain from the question of Ireland. To win the next ele n

co we must snow above all have policies that wil and that we ave tne res : vie

ne again the party of bility. We do not do Dy wunnins away from the a pressing problem of the daytae contdumaine | presence of the Lritish Aray in the north of Treland. In our anxiety to gain aj,ain the seat of go overtuient we must not ignore tne “Irish question''. sortaern Ireland is the plac@ of Diplock courts - trial by no ees now resting on uncormoborated id L supersrageses. It of torture in ja of the wiolence wastec seneratior “ Wi are

ee ae ee ee SonEemence overwnelninaly def@ated a motion calling for

y to consult with the fe L

s including provisional

from tne pulpit Fein t ele got massive S ai asation nh

HO em. otc act 3

A ya contin from logue with them. What we a a party are saying is that we will not listen to the: de anc fears Of the catholic people as a whole, Labour's position is one ane support for the eventual and. These are merely =) nrases, without Pp Lit will behind then. ‘or this reason they are not ana seen le and this any ?

tone s trios v Adams cornierence.

FOr File loyalis

a party that clains es Irish unity. The 6 coun are not 4 Separate par Irelané. They are just On the map drawn around edoininately protestant area S not democracy to allow “ast group in such a continue

situation to veto the eee of tie vast majority of tne cor S a whole

Resolutions before ference

called for talk and for democracy. The labour Party has rejected these Once again we have shied away frou making the difficault decisions

to end the war on our doorsteps

by the only route possible. We

will see the troops leave land and we will ses a Coun

united again, let there ! doubt

We must not let ourselves be out run by the Alliance both by votes and by policies. To done lige with another quote from the Young Liberals.

"We want to unite the people ef Ireland as well as

the land mass and look forward to a united secular state where

people come together to fish = for the 3

comuion sood, and wnere'ones

hoes geo are not dependent on one one's relizion.'

2h ore

e will be both Labour's

shane and failins if we cannot be the party to adopt the f

policies to bring this about. -Loon Lovestone

The journal cf the Labour Committee on Ireland, ‘New \ Labour and Ireland' is available, | price 40p, from Mike Tucker,St

Lukes Ward. Includes articles on the party conference, on the use

of Informers, and an interview with Tony Benn

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shifts ‘or ix extra pay for little reward for public holiday work, and they work |a 39 hour week. Following a ballot of all those concerned, work to rule, over tin ban, and ban on admissions beeen introduced. It was He area of this adaission I management that The home is being ment personal and recruited from the at ene a noght.

NALGO members employed at Lo wood Hostel in FPortsuouth have joined the srike following the Officer in Charge at Loewood undertaking night duties at Glen House and cel iveratel a wALGO picket [important taat j members support idewonstrating in e we are the party o e ‘Pinancial donations a xr ias are i OL suppor A a nour ‘ n

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