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Seven years after the advent of a hostile government Labour and indeed large sections of the left — remain weak and ineffective with a confused electorate hesitating before that seems have little substance. Thi will not be turned round changes in power style but only within society and within the party. WAC demands that the right of women to control own affairs recognised within society within the within the left. This is the sole principled basis on which can make alliances.
Labour Left Liaison, now Campaign Forum, have taken the first steps down the long road pioneered by women. We will see next week whether party conference is prepared to follow suit.
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labour movement, that •leads removal of all US bases is one such issue A Labour mean fight. Developing crucial importance As the outery which followed the attack on Tripoli and Benghazi launched from bases in this country showed, there is no doubt that this would be a popular issue for Labour to fight an election on. But the NEC will oppose the resolution calling for the removal of US bases, as the voting record Eric Heffer's paper Reagan's attack was aimed at forcing Libya inthe interests of American imperialism in the Middle East. What also came to light was the fact that there was no military necessity to launch it from Britain. That decision was motivated by US desire to knock its European demonstratec the real role of NATO. In the past few years discussion on NATO wiltrawal das revived will tae urs, bul lnert is no movement whatsoever by the trade union block vote. Raising the question of the bases is one of the ways to begin to break this log-jam.
A huge majority still exists in the party for Labour's policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament. And there is a significant commitment from sections of the party rank and file for getting ou of the North Atlantic Alliance. But the question is how tactically to fight for this — especially at a time when the leadership's retreat on the whole policy front, including on some of the nuclear disarmament issues, leads comrades into defensive battles. Neil Kinnock's 'unity' appeal has helped disorient campaigns within the party to strengthen The issue for the left is to find the way of fighting against Britain's imperialist alliances and to find a way of breaking into the debate within the , especially within the unions, discussion action inexorably against Britain's foreign policy. The Fighting for the removal of US bases is also one of the key routes to taking up the question of committed to throw American bases out, and a leadership campaigning into the election on such a policy, would bring to the fore the question of NATO membership. Such practical issues are necessary alongside resolutions on the subject of withdrawing from NATO The NĂTO edifice is a central feature of US and British imperialism. Bringing it down is no La strategy concretely to put withdrawal from NATO on the agenda is of in developing the anti-imperialist stance for the left in the labour movement. Fighting for the removal of all US bases from this country is a practical first step towards that. It also aids all those struggling against imperialism throughout the world.