Tony Cliff dismisses these developments in the Labour Party because he argues that the trade union block vote will be used against the left at the next LP conference. In doing so he fails to follow through a united approach consistently. The block vote of the AUEW may be casi at the next Labour Party conference with the right-wing, but there are still thousands of rank and file trade unionists who look to the lefts in the Labour Party to produce a political alternative to the Tories, despite the ract inat wel wadc umon icaucis Ilay cast their votes with the right-wing.
Any attempts made by left labour party leaders to break out of the constituency ghetto and actively organise rank and file trade unionists should be welcomed by the far left. A new minority movement of active trade unionists fighting against the right wing inside the trade unions will include Labour Party members if it has any real influence. The far left gains nothing from being sectarian to the Labour rarty rank and me Neither is Cliff willing to look at the far left from a honest viewpoint. Yes, it is possible to build a revolutionary organisation in Britain today challenge the Communist Party as the main organisation to the left of the Labour Party. Revolu tionaries led the Anti-Nazi League [Report!
Revolutionaries have been most conIn the defence of abortion Revolutionaries have begun, DAVIES slowly, to have an influence inside the HoLd workine Crass But for most militants, one thing CHRIS stands out above everything else. The disunity of the far left under the Tories as under Labour makes it inef- Photo:
and easily dismissed serious force. Despite having broad agreement on the fundamentals of a revolutionary programme ine left refuses to unite in one organisation.
The SWP itself is a case in point Despite being the largest of the far left groups, it has not shown itself willing to discuss with the IMG what obstacles exist to our two organisations becomcan understand the Communist Party hoping that the far left remains divided We can understand that the Tories like things that way But we don't understand why in the face of such opportunities the SWP is so intransigent.