guaranteed everyone developments as notable obstacles to nuclear disarmament, but no more than that. It will still only happen if we make it nappen.
the fact that Foot and the great majority of the Parliamentary Labour NATO'.
backed by the International Marxist Group, such as Manchester appear to include withdrawal from NATO in their programme (unlike CND) and are concerned only with stopping Trident and Cruise.
just remember we don't want to be lectured about the need to win the support of the labour movement: what we want is active trade unionists prepared to work to get us it.
ALASDAIR BEAL, Leeds 8 I don't know who gave your reporter this idea, sees these reductions in the We also have a bit more sense than to ignore Party are committed to What is surprising is that some campaigns Missiles, But enouah of this. hanks tor vour support - John Lennon - working class hero or do-gooder millionaire?
olitical status the Californiar affiliate of the -CIO ship, two million), which Nas been unions arouno use word support the prisoners the CFDT, CGT and which are the three major rrench laot union con federations; dian Union the Public Lana EP son on deputies and Belgian senators problem leadership of the British movement. vis tant is part of that pro. blem A O'CALLAGHAN/ 647 TGWU branch Questioning the Jewish answer THE discussion in Letters on socialism and culture is lon! overdue and refreshing, but it and dangerous of Erica Barnett and John Nolan (1 January)
While Steve Cohen ton be ween monism Judaism, Erica introduces the former with crass culture in the dispora, bl Erica devoted halt her reply to on Judaism, ner descrip tion of Abram Leon 'Trotskyist of Jewish birth' is Neither religious nor identity and so does erica burdens of her religion foring the *crushing vi cost internalised Rather than being a source ot pride, ner Jewisnness is us ed as a weapon against the assertion of Similarly John extols the virtues or ene assimiallon o Mary and risky. which found expression Marx's on me Jewish cucsol anc Trecuent use on term of abuse.
Yet Marx and Trotsky are presented as the ideal Jewish socialists, Jews radion of socialism thereby flying tale «romne buna to nose loudy WDO reruse o counterdose their Jewishness 1o their socialism. On the contrary, inev assert Ineir Jewisnness in the struggle for a socialism enriched by cultural diversity The fo pers ative is illustrated allusalll assumptios embedded in John's words defence of oppressed groups even if they hold views incompatible with our view ul socialisili phasis).
Socialism cannot be built without the full participation of such autonomous groups suffer special under capitalism. Historicall the necas or such groups, In cluaing Jews, have not been adequately met within the socialist traditions so esteem La and John have Aslall challenged censm ane women us sex ism. It is vital that Jews make contribution by asserting their socialist move ment.
SARAH BOSS and DAVE ROSENBURG Socialist Group memoers. oristol Socialist Challenge 15 January 1981 derangement assassill 'mindless assassill suli. derogatory fashion.
more sympath with someone who will sure.
I could ever have for a deac minonaire revolu tionaries we should on hero-worship and cult en courage them with our cen trespreads.
STEVE AHEARNE Swansea Our movement's loss CONGRATULATIONS on you coverage senseless of Johr Lennon. H was a part of une events unal i grew ur wiin — The anti-war bro Sunday, and movemenl It was our movement's loss that Lennon pissed of dowr Thanks me about the radical part of Lennon's life. His murde helped no-one in the figh for a sane world.
JOHN ROBERTS, Newcastle.
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