Scotland WITH 250 people including delegates trom over 40 LPYS branches, the Scottish LPYS conference in Glasgow on 22-23 February was the largest in the country this year.
Guest speakers included George Johannes of chair Johnnie Walker and SOGAT's Bob Gillespie, who called for labour movement solidarity just as Robert Maxwell was locking out 1050 workers from his Glasgow Daily Record plant.
But conference did not endorse the campaigning priorities to grasp this potential. Though 10 of the 67 resolutions took up apartheid and George Johannes called for 'no buts' in backing the South African liberation struggle, resolutions from Edinburgh Central and Dumbarton YS which called tor an ANC tour, publicity for the AAM and priority Also defeated was a resolution from DumbarJohnnie Walker made a strong attack on expulsions and purges and all anti-witch-hunt resoluapologise for Kinnock's action by claiming LiverOn Saturday fifty people came to a Youth Action fringe meeting to hear Joe McQuillan and black and Irish people needed from the labour meeting next day took the discussion further, with a speaker from Sinn Fein and Alan Smart, president of NUS Scotland. 60 came.
North West delegate THIRTY THREE delegates came to the North West LPYS January: The issues were clear from the first discussion around a resolution calling for support for the black sections and a camFarm in defence of the youth of Broadwater the tone for the rest of the conference including the final debate on South Africa, in which conference rejected a resolution supporting the tional Congress and backing the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
25 people came to a Youth Action fringe speaker from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, and to hear Les Huckfield, Kingsley Abrams.
East Midlands NOTTINGHAM, 22-23 February, uninspired event wanting to fight Tory attacks.
Discussions on Nicaragua and South Africa were dropped due to lack of time. 'The highlight of the conference was when it was addressed by Dennis Skinner MP. Other than that the conference was largely a rehash of rhetoric with no proposals for action. The exception was Leicester West, who proposed recognition of the UDM, the expulsion of the Militant and support for the EETPU. South West SOUTH WEST region LPYS conference on 15 February was much smaller than previous years. Only 21 delegates came, representing 12 YS branches. Three were unable to attend as they had been suspended by the right wing.
motion called for links with the Anti-Apartheid movement and the ANC. It was passed, but the bulk of the contributions dealt with support tor COSATU, which speakers tried to counterpose to backing the ANC. Summing up, the regional committee attacked the 'individual terror' tactics of the ANC and counterposed it to the non-racial trade unions. However it recommended support for the motion, which commits the region to support the AAM the boycott meetings with ANC speakers.
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