Labour students WITCH-HUNTING in the Labour Party is not confined to the five members of Militant's editorial board.
Its ugly head was raised at this year's conference of the National Organisation of Students. (NOLS).
John Dennis, Labour student organiser, and the NOLS leadership feared they would lose the majority for their tendency, Clause 4.
sity College Labour Club To they disenfranchis d 22 delegate all suporters Socialist Students in NOLS — a loose left opposition group which in-cludes. Socialist Action Socialist Organiser SUDUULLCLD The half of conference ing. voted for a procedure allow Dennis on v a single no proceedings sure ne proceedings evening.
Clause 4 delegates and pporte leaving ates. Together these made quorum half the registered delegates a voting majority agains Clause 4. Even disenfranchised delegates we were only 9 delegates short of quorum. No wonder Dennis was worried. ween the NEC and Clause threatened method of procedure was not ac cepted.
Challenges The challenges continued, with Dennis like Bristol delegates who had been occupying at the time of deadline had been given assurances by NOLS leaders that they would be accepted Birminghan was Cast of a Clause hack, had volunteered send in delegate cards for those elected Socialist Organiser one Revolution supporter.
When the cards arrived they were incorrectly filled 1V1asU private that he had forged the cards went on to pass a vote oi no confidence in him. But other delegates excluded on the thinnest of grounds.
But hairsplitting was not the rule when it came to election tor chairperson of NOLS. The Clause candidate had only joined NOLS five davs before Because of this witch-hunting, conference only had time for three political debates. is vital this COC HOL happen next year and we get a truTerencep representative conclubs should send motions to the NOLS Cull demning this year's shameful manoevres.
THE People's China's newspaper, has just published detailed murder of bat on the murder baby girls, which is becoming increasingly widespread in some rural areas.
In some villages boys nine to one because of female infanticide.
Daughters murdered or abandoned at birth for a number of - because sons 1 casulls carry on the family name it is believed, work harder in the fields. Call Another factor China's strict laws On x:
childbearing and popula LIon control.
couples are restricted to one child. and as in most other societies today, preferred for SUns alc social economic 1 casuis. NT STARVINA FOR. BLACK trade unionists Black workers, like those at Grunwick, have fought bitter batties, only to be betrayea by union leaders.
the day to day racism s, TUC COLLABORATION NEGOT opened by Grenadan High workers in trade
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