A greeted the victory of the left at last Saturday's Labour Party special conference.
posal that the party decide the leader as if the conference had voted for a red republic and set the day for erecting the barricades!
The Gang of Three has seized on the opportunity to make its longexpected move towards the creation of a Social democratic' party.
The right wing in the Labour Party sees the extension of democracy a dagger pointing at their traditional hold on the party's organisation and policy The victory by the left at Wembley was important, but there are struggles to be won if the left, who have established their majority in the party, is to win.
For example, control of the manifesto has still to wrested the shadow cabinet.
After Saturday's victory the fight for demoсгасу socialist policies has to continue. BARRAGE of media hysteria has The media has reacted to the modest proas a whole should The right wing has two strategies for fighting back, both inside and the Council for Social and several union leaders have already declared WILLICSS oblige. Among them are Bill Whatley of the shop , rail leader Sid Weighell, and - needless to say • AUEW president Terry Duffy:
They are considering an attempt to reverse the electoral college decision at the next Labour Party conference.
This emphasises once again the need to carry the fight for democracy into the trade unions, so that fresh air is blasted into the smoke-filled rooms to ensure accoun tability over the exercise of the block vote.
The left can't just rest on laurels Unless it steps up the fight, the right will come storming back As firefighters' lead er Ken Cameron said at a fringe meeting last Fri "The fight agains the Labour right is par and parcel of the against the Tories. If we want a real alternative to the Tories, , we have first of all to take on the right wing.