IMGpapers 1980–83

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

FIGHT, AGAIN

Socialist Challenge No. 182, 29 January 1981 · p. 1 of the scan · 191 words

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outside the Labour Party. The first attack comes the formation of the Council for Democracy, which openly aims to organise a split from the labour movement.

Their strategy is to stay in the Labour Party until the local council elections in May, so that local supporters can ge themselves elected on the Labour Party ticket and then go over the Gang's party.

The Owen-RodgersWilliams strategy is calculated attack on the whole labour movement. They must not be allowed to organise at will. There are various ways in which their sabotage can be confronted:

• Any local council candidate who supports Democracy should removed.

• A parliamentary candidate should be immediately selected place of any MP who supports the counci the exam ple set by Wrexham CLP in calling for the resignation of their local MP, council supporter Tom Ellis, is an excellent precedent.

• Shirley Williams and Tom Bradley should be booted off Labour's nano a exccuuye.

• The PLP has to be forced throw Bill Rodgers out of the shadow cabinet, and Michael Foot has to sack LOICIEL affairs spokesperson Bob MacLennan, council supporter.

By purging the split-

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