SOCIALISTS for a Labour Victory held its press conference on 28 April in the House of ComHelen CND called for the Labour Party to join up with the Greenham People's March for Jobs — steps which they said could help to win The press labelled SLV as a Democracy and the Labour Coorfor unity in the party around 'exship and existing leadership' and argue for compromise inside the The CLPD have attacked Ken Livingstone and the 'extremists', and left. This is rather an odd way of uniUnderlying all this is a debate on how we can win the next election and Democratic Party. Some Labour letts think it is irrelevant to start arguing about coalitions now. 'Let's concenVIl seriousness of the threat of the coalition should read the statements of the SDP who are appealing for Labour to drop its 'extremist' policies in return right wing AUEW coaltions, He tod the union's conference it must. stop saying Britain should get out of Europe. He added '1 ment will tolerate a Labour Party in permanent opposition of a hung parliament, Labour will not be able to work with the SDP/Liberal Alliance unless we agree to a referenwith the Alliance, as the right wing are firmly in control of the AUEW. Other union leaders have to be more ciraway in Woodstock on 7 May at the Trade Unions for a Labour Victory the record' chats about working with coalition line because they daren't But there is no doubt where Denis Healey will stand in a 'hung parliament'.
Tories' is not enough. Unfortunately te lories are not we omy enemy al Labour has also got to defeat the SDP/Liberal Alliance. Bermondsey spelt out in letters writ large Argument unanswerable Labour forming a government. They say Healey is a prisoner of extremism and doesn't really The left can only block this argument and prevent Labour's voters backing the SDP if they can prove that an SDP vote will not put a moderate Healey cidental as third parties were during the years of the postwar consensus. Since 1969 fundamental changes in tionism the issue on which the Labour Party will founder or split from top to command an absolute majority vote, Thatcher. Since 1975, the ruling class nave deen such a mess that they cannot make the compromises needed to pay for such policies any more. The labour movement isn't faced with a series of difagainst the ruling class or surrender the interests of working people over to the bankers and the multinationals.
agenda with an enemy struggling for to coast into office with the quiet approval of the Economist and by toning down its programme so it does not Two main lines will emerge in the munist Party, will reason that because socialist policies do not command ma'moderate' policies. This means giving in to the bosses on everything that matters — just like Dutty has done at ingstone and the SLY reasons that a only come out of class confrontration not out of class compromise. To take the second of these roads means a radical change in the way that Labour harnessing the energy and determinapeople like those unionists fighting unemployment, the attempting to extend their democratic right wing's sabotage by themselves as bermondsev and after the election they need a national. credible lett a ternative. campaigning for Labour's radical policies for the leadership of the party to show that when Healey surrenders to the SDP, others are ready to step in.
will win the vote' - which leads to a Terry Duffy - no doubt where his vote will go in the coalition stakes.
reel ourcel prevell broadcast in support ener Labour is not going minute knocking on doors. can Policies the manifesto and candidates dictated by policies that can link it to those actively fighting the Tories. Just imagine, for example, how Labour's campaign would prosper if they put out an elecGreenham Common women's day of action on 24 May and the People's who care enough about their lives and jobs to travel hundreds of miles and suffer imprisonment for their ideals, Labour's campaign. Labour could at last come out fighting and prove itself as willing to fight for its class as Thatdo this, the rank and file must. SL V is needed because constituency parties must not go into this battle alone or Fleet Street will cut them off from the very people they have to link up with precisely the fact that such a respected decided that if there are going to be Labour Party, she will back Labour's campaign instead of standing against itiative by organising meetings up and down the country for the Greenham women and in support of their ac. tions, and by turning their election campaigns into a crusade in their support with demonstrations, festivals, protest meetings. A real campaign instead of a demoralising frenzy of lastsecrelal.
Derer turned matters on their head He says that 'another victory of reaction at the polls would find an inevitable reflection in a further reacdraw in its horns or it will be accused of 'splitting the party and failing to take account of the conservatism of The left will be accused of splitting because the right is dividing the party resist them is called divisive and said Chancesting how do re defend ourselves against the charge of not taking account of the conservatism of We propose to take account of it ing that the left is clearly associated with this battle during and before the Party is a broad coalition, unity is not possible without some kind of compromise,' he says. "There should not be a public campaign against policies as outlined in the campaign document and later the manifesto, the leadership determined by normal proccutile. though this may mean the possible acLabour victory depends on the left retreating. So he directs his fire at the left. He even says 'our appeal is not addressed to the witch-hunting right but to the broad Party union membership.' They are the very people who are opposing the right.
Grovelling to the right is not going to stop them, kicking out the policies not the slightest intention of rejecting incomes policy. They will never agree to tell the Americans to remove their nuclear bases. They won't accept tha women's right to have an abortion with Labour's right wing is an absolute guarantee that the election will the right wing to ditch Labour's conShould not argue against the Cam policies that have been left out. So we have to let them get away with saying removal of nuclear bases, policy and women's rights on aborBut these are the very policies we neea because tey are tne poncies Inal could involve hundreds of thousands of activists in Labour's election camLabour can break the electorates' conservatism if it inspires people to go out and persuade others to turn out in return a Labour government. to mass