La major and perhaps irreversible split in the forces of the left. The dynamics of the split can be traced back to the '84 conference when the Stalinists and the Broad Left Alistair Graham, the CPSA after the debacie over GCHQ.
Many rank and file activists were dismayed when at last November's Broad Left conference there was a major walk out staged by the Communist Party and section of the Labour Their timsy excuse for this divisive action was that the Broad Left had become dominated by the Militant. Rather than fight some the policies politically, they chose in true stalinist fashion to try isolate bureaucratically. Such strategy in a finely balanced union like the CPSA doomed failure from the start. The CPSA the largest organised right wing union in the country, ana une only way the leit has been able to challenge 'moderates" was through unity.
Unity moves were undertaken try reverse the but the crunch for hard left came over this years fiasco. The Broad Left group (as the splitters had reconstituted themselves) voted with the right wing to obey the Tory anti-trade union laws. As a result of of these wretindividuals the pay fight collapsed, Group refused to take On 'new realist' General Secretary of thousands low-paid two ine JeTI different Howard Fuller CPSA (Personal Capacity)
perspectives. Within the Official Broad Left, the quite clearly been forced to the left, and will probably continue to do so under pressure torm supporter of the ' 'Socialist of the Contalig Socialist Action Socialist Organiser porters, but mainly consisting of otherwise non-aligned activists.) and the Socialist Workers woo have now turned baci to the labour movement.
Left right, presenting quite clear defeatist outlook, refusing to even attempt to mobilise the membership against Tory attacks. Indeed most of energy was spent in witch-hunting paralleling the disgraceful actions of the Coordinating Committee Indeed BL up VLANDS. SayMany leaders revolutionaries themselves, Micky (ex SWP)
lap ched in unions trom the their degenerato Public Fortunately this peuvre otherwise tal the lower civil grades The card at the 86,000 10 to the file membership, the merger would been even more defeated.
This year's re effects of the split results show the split.
With the lett vot aproximately 50-50 the right wing r regained conof NEC. ror.
unately the largest singl section of the union - the DHSS -- remained firmiy The way is to build branch Militancy the West re-organse, the placed task, only The tivists must SWP to challenge right emerging in BL
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