London SE24 Saturday 30 May 12 noon THIS WEEK 4-page 'Revolution' supplement on youth fighting back against the Tories NEXT WEEK Photo: GM COOKSON Extended interview with Tony Benn on socialist strategy Photo: GM COOKSON Ernest Mandel on France after the left's election victory MAY 81 Just like the Jarrow Crusade in the 1930s, the People's March for Jobs has had a tremendous impact. Thousands of people have turned out to greet the march in major cities in the North and Midlands.
But there's a big People's March and the Jarrow Crusade. The thirLies marci Was already suffered heavy defeats nored.
Today's marchers, unemployed, represent the anger of millions of workers who are not defeated.
The 200,000 workers who attended the Labour Party demonstrations against unemployment in Liverpoo and Glasgow, the who've turned out to greet the People's March, and the occupations against redundancy at Laurence 35-Hour week!
difference between the WHO had - and they were igdespite million NoT nousaros for Scott and Lee Jeans, show that we have the power to fight back and win.
this hated Tory government. TUC leader Len Murray (remember him. begs change course'. Labour leaders tell us we have to wait until the 1984 election. But the Labour gains in the county council elections show that the rule. dustrial action to throw the Tories out. start with massive trade union support for those plants in struggle against unemployment, and a call by the leaders of the movement for occupations to meet the threat of closure.
ment to impose a 35-hour week with no loss of pay But fighting to win means fighting to throw out government sweeoine Tories have no mandate to continue to A real fight against unemloyment means inIt should It means a fight by the whole trade union movewhich would create hundreds of thousands of BRING YOUR BANNERS!
jobs overnight policies covernmen of this insane society thev're needed.and jobs, not nuclear missiles in power And most of all it means continuing the fight to return a Labour government committed to socialist committed -TO HERE nationalisation of the big monopolies, the banks and finance houses. Then we can reverse tne pronue:
and put resources into schools, hospitals, houses That's why Socialist Challenge says the fight for democracy and socialist policies in the Labour Party is the same fight as that to throw out the govern ment. We want no more Tory policies, whoever is The People's March is an important beginning let's make sure that the militancy and enthusiasm of the march gets turned into action to throw the
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