The fact is that SSiN's policies do not represent ones capable of turning the student movement into a 'radical youth movement orientated to the struggles of the working class'. On Ireland SSiN were to the right of NOLS. In the debate on Zionism, SSiN capitulated to the anti-semitic view that opposition to conism is equal to anu-semiusm. Africa SSiN raise their criticisms of the ANC above calls for NUS to take a lead in the mass student opposition to apartheid.
In reality SSiN are totally selective in the working class struggles they support. Their aims seem to reduce to linking up with FEs, establishing more Labour Clubs and building Anti Fascist Action (AFA) groups.
The way forward to a campaigning NUS has to be through supporting all struggles of the working class and oppressed. This has to be done through building inside the NUS the type of class struggle alliances that have emerged elsewhere in the labour movement. The resolution passed on Ireland is an excellent basis to begin this by NUS reaching out and winning support for broad labour movement action for British withdrawal.
Black section IN OUR previous two issues we published two position papers on South Africa which were discussed by the national Labour Party black section at its recent AGM. Below we print the resolution carried by the AGM which features the black section's action prounflinching resolve to give importance to black people wore Azanian black masses sense ves Wate ment mar me bate tor freedom in Azania is purely an issue of class. This is resolution on Azania prisoners. 3. Seek to organise active
Socialist Action 25 April 1986