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21 FEB GLASGOW FIGHT UNEMPLOYMENT to set up day.

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their threats.

Control of party DoCv ao o arv eec toral college has to be wrested trom the right willg-aUllllalcu Parliamentary Labour Party, not just in order to enSue tal cel e veria ment implements socialist policies, but so that a massive campaign ol action can De organsed to bring the Lones That means a battle finish Owen and Co, even if they leave the party.

Michael Foot the PLP in the name of 'par ty unity', to keep. the right splitting. Inal s wny Foot continues to support 50 per cent of the votes in an electoral college being given to the MPs.

But we have to learn the lessons of the past year's struggle for in the party.

The Gang of Three and most of the Parlamen. tary Labour Party will never De reconcied democracy and socialist policies.

The only way to get a fighting Labour Partv. committed such policies and to mass action to kick the Tories out, is to fight the right wing to the bitter end. their own Socialists Lanour rariv avero de. mand an end to Michael rools compromise approach.

Trying to promise with the right over the electoral college is part of the same approach which leads him to tell working people to wait for the next general election before taking on Lilc When are unempioyed such an approach is Useitos.

Michael Foot should not only refuse to comwiin ine he should gIve Labour seafarers' struggle.

He should BL workers continual attacks of Edwardes. He nounce MacGregor's desin Cuon or une steel industry.

A combination of the occasional protest march and compromise with the Labour right is not the way to deteat the I ories Mass action war against the raht wing can achieve the goal the sweeping of the Tories from office and their replacement by government ted to policies.

the 2,600,000 right, to the support snou e ce and Labour commitsocialist Photo: LAURIE SPARHAM (IFL)

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LABOUR'S right-wing Gang of Three - Owen, Williams and Rogers - are busily organising with Roy Jenkins

democratic' party after the Labour Party special conference on Satur- The threats of the Labour right are a gigantic exercise in brinkmanship They hope that by threatening to split from the party they will force a climb-down by the There can be no compromise with