tive has to be linked and integrated with a way of mobilising the full strength movement against the Tories and for socialist policies.
inst the puslem or up against problem trade union bureauracy. According to Pete Rowlands: problem of bureauracy not so much a distinct stratum of personnel but rather a relationship which permeates the whionism practice whoie of account evades problem of the i cal bureaucrats, who are a distinct stratum and who benetit trom bureaucratic relationships in the workers' moveHICHL.
Fault ...the Arguing against the SWP's denotes simple-minded notions of bureaucracy, the says: "The main fault with this trade analysis is that it kubstitutes sociology for politics, the the crucial difference as lying live between members and officials, rather than between left build and right, Leadership and membership, which as we have seen, have grown recently.
tions of the bureaucracy, under pressure, will align temselves the with class struggle. pamphlet Tony Benn on a section of the trade union bureaucracy.
seeing within vital concern for the ranks they open the door to dealing Wing class.
Role officials, of ships conservative bureaucracy.
the Labour will be the bureaucracy. and account within It is certainly true that secPower mobilise bases himself Dar au culary The differences the leadership are of to force the leadership to defend the interests of the work- ruling parlament.
But all this can't bureaucracy can't simply be explained by the fact that they are irrespective politics. But the very example happened Labour during the social contract - when the union leadersided pure and simple with the class collaborationist Labour leadership - shows the nature of the A new rank and file leader- bonces ship is neded in the unions and Party, organised can link around a programme of action disgruntled and class struggle methods. It built in bitter struggle March. existing labour Here we are coming close to the essence of the pamphlet's Line trade union movement is seen as an extrabananicular Dowebascord future labour government.
the bosses, to be able to thower of tra- bring working class, and its allies, to defeat the extra-parliamentary power of the ruling class.
If this means that a socialist the government would have torely tary action then we disagree because the decisive centres o monopolies, courts, police, army etc. — are outside In fact, it seems that the LCC means the latter variant, because your ultimate strategy is inscribed in what you try to lo today. There are two impor tant lines of thought about hor to get a government committed to socialist policies and it is ımportant to disentangle them. 'Protest' One line that endorsed by the CP - 15 to build a 'protest' movement against aspects of government around demands like that of import controls, which up with sections employers. This was the CP line on the People's The other approach starts from the struggles at Lee Jeans. Laurence Scott and Rover, and puts forward joint Labour Party/trade union action to bring down the government, around a fighting programme designe to mobilise the workers agains including central points like the 35-hour he atter course obviously implies the 'right' of workers to down the government through mass struggle - a line which the LCC does not accept.
Many of the things which the LCC puts forward to drive Labour Party discussion deeper into the unions can only with a less electoralist approach and so forth But the paradox of the LC( is that whereas it has politica positions on the need to link trade union and Labour Party action, positions are well to the right of other campaigning bodies inside the The reason is very clear: the LCC tries above all to link the Labour Party and unions while preserving strong ties with the union bureaucrats The more the LCC goes inte the unions, the more the pressure of an tolerable contradiction bet ween class struggle actions and and an alliance with a leadership whose very existence is based on a compromise with capitalism.
Labour Co-ordinating Cttee Conference Socialism Speakers include Tony Benn, Arthur Sargill Bernard Dix, Audrey Wise Central Hall Westminster Sat 18 July Delegates from TUs and Labour Parties Contact LCC, 9 Poland St., W1 Socialist Challenge 18 June 1981, Page 9
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