Socialist Action sees as its central aim building, within the labour movement, a class-struggle left-wing fighting for socialist policies against those which lost Labour the last election and disillusioned thousands of Labour supporters.
Such a left-wing should support not only policies in the interests of working people but also their allies among the youth, Blacks, women and oppressed manna mares. all the oppressed and exploited that a really united offensive can be organised against the lores (and their right-wing allies in the labour movement).
Socialist Action believes that a fighting left-wing should be built around the touowing demands.
* Hands off the unions! No curbs on the right to strike or picket!
* For the 35-hour week! End unemployment by work-sharing (with no loss of pay) and introduce a mass public works programme for those already on the dole.
* Oppose all wage curbs. For wage increases to be tied to the cost of living to offset inflation.
* Open the books of all companies claiming inability to pay a decent living * Tax the rich not the poor. No cuts in social services - for social spending To be tied to increases in the cost of living " For women's rights free nurseries, equal pay and opportunity. Support NAC * Fight racism. Repeal all racist immigration laws. Defend the right of Black * people to organise as they see fit in the community and labour movement.
the troops out of Ireland now!
* End the war drivel Por unlateral nuciear disarmament.
* For a safe environment. End nuclear reactors and base an energy policy on coal. Explore alternative energy resources.
Socialist Action supporters, while fighting for the above demands, seek the widest possible unity of all forces in the labour movement around concrete Issues. Iney also seek to encourage me widest democracy in the labour movement to allow all currents to argue for their point of view and for decisions to de mandatory on Labour leaders If you would like to find out more about Socialist Action - or contribute to it - write to: Socialist Action, P.O. Box 65, London SW16 INN.
It is only by showing that Labour champions the rights of wage or threatening redundancies. Nationalise those that put profit before For the right of all women to abortion uil demand, or the right of all oppressed nations to determine their own future - Get a radical re-alignment in British politics.
Such talk is nothing more than by the Tory press who are frightened are looking to their party for a lead. hot air - or, rather, wishful thinking I stiff by the developments in the Labour Party. The "gang of three" don't represent the embryo of a new party. They represent the Timothy Sainsbury has finally decided not to sponsor an anti-abortion Bill in the next parliament ary session. What clearly made him change his mind was the growing labour movement support for women's rights which was shown on the mass TUC-backed lobby against the Corrie Bill last year.
While Sainsbury has been forced to back down, however, the rights women enjoy under the 1967 Act have, over the years, become seriously eroded. Inroads into these rights - combined with cut-backs in abortion facilities - have meant that there has been a noticeable de. crease in abortions on the NHS' It is for this reason that the National Abortion Campaign (NAC)
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