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lacalal makes reference to Keir ODDOsug Ben ltle over the accountabilty of Labour MPs to conference decisions. rrccman unen goes on u that, whe the Labour Party conference declared for women's suf frage, Hardie said he would ratner resign unan carry oul the decision'.

Keir Hardie threatened resign the Party if the conference ulu not susport ms mouon women's suffrage.

Although Hardie did out that threat (Labour sup portea votes for 1912), ¡culanca alla Wa.

Terarece s н oreą Sylvia Pankhurst aș a committed suporter for the women's side.

The importance here lies nol so muca wite lne rac a error but in the connection Similarly socialists must defend the military capacity of the Soviet Union, and oppose the calls for the dissolution the Warsaw Pact and for the TentaC CLen of nucicdl weapons by the Soviet Union.

For truly, as Brian Grogan wrote on 9 October, those calls 'prepare a massive victory for Imperialism', and in effect aid the warmongering of Thatcher and Carter.

WILL PODMORE, London reactionary right-wing lead ership then and now nrortunately him. casc such nanla y Donu ea aber simply not stick. Keir Hardie sup despite conference decisons his oponcuts lnere inCuced supposedly more militant, trade unionists such as Tillet alle Harry Quelch were navo COl demn the women's suffrage movement as divisive to the and buclallsts aliu revoluLonanes nonan co rol have a very proud record of fighting for women's liberaius pres to that present we recoonuse dast errors to' what they were rather than history to fit preconceived notions. JAMES J SMYTH, Glasgow I TOO saw some of the 1 Week t Ho mede made UnuKe Mike Simpson 8 ove• programme and Cream's concert. embodies the contradicuous or caritaust sociel TOANTe could have been brought out better in 'Where was the fun'?

i can recall Cream's the inevitable concert and saw the film maluy (yedrs ago arune cinema •oon atrerwaro J8CH bruce benefits , Tor the Upper clydee Xpe dl wgrak The Programme showed the that Sucing their music. To ducing their music record 'Towers Lor is more with the people who built man une Cacg the day and so me. quit progressive ,some of the reCOra trie. "Te-Create sound building implements but tho pe chat the articles futurechricles purthhgs tne rignt perspective By the way, I thought the article Come ton Time French on the same page was very goo0 STEVE ROSE South London Big Flame Brian Grogan to answer:

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