The rise of Bennism | Socialist Action 1983

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THE ORIGINAL I to nite' left of the Lab Party, as it develope the 1970s, had str support among cOI tuency party and tr activists. Bu was further deepene the the late 1970s by specific processes.

significant developed which achi its greatest popular suc with Ken Livingstone's tion as leader of the GI Most significantly o himself on the Yorks miners the presidency of NUM.

The miners, vanguard OI the Br working class, and the t tional base of the CP for had given rise to • a l union leadership which qualitatively to the of This reality raj revealed in the 1984 mir strike when the Commi La ca South Wales and Scot far to the righ Scargill's supporters, Ir miners' strike the entire Bennite left took qualitative step. The sec to of the NUM leadership s bolised by Arthur Scarg fact broke with anyt seen in the last sixty yea since the defeat of general strike.

Scargill leade I ne of the NUM did not away, or try to limit th