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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Challenge No. 164, 18 September 1980 · p. 2 of the scan · 317 words

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After the battle on democracy and disarmament at this year's Labour Party conference, the whole left will be forced to define themselves more clearly. Already there is a shift what they say.

Benn has made an appeal to trade unions on the basis of rejecting any incomes policy. Opposition to Cruise and Trident; a growing commitment unilateral controls and massive public expenditure; total rejection of Prior's law; opposition to the Common Market these policies are becoming the backbone of the left's platform Whatever the result of the Labour Party conference, the lefts will continue to organise nationalv in But in addition the lefts need to organise in the unions if they are to start to overcome the opposition of trade union leaders lined Callaghan and Already, around the democracy battle some of the lefts have started to draw that conclusion.

They find a ready audience among those in the unlons. Tor whom the policies of the left have an obvious appeal in the fight against the Tories.

In this regard we must mount the most vigorous opposition to policies such as import controls, which feed in import At the conference the overwhelming need will be to turn speculation about the policies of a possible future Labour government into a line for ac tion against the Tories now Healey. The point will be made that pursuWing the fightback now will do more than anything batle against the right wing inside the Labour Party and boost the challenge of the lett. Cruise At the moment, the biggest single issue that points the way in which the else to promote the tion campaign.

chester within the to take up the question of nuclear weapons as a part of his AUEW elecAccrington and North ManDistrict Committees AUEW are backing the demonstra and already there are moves AUÉW Sc up an 'Engineers Against the Missiles The fullest possible national sup

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