I THINK that what we say to people like M Daw in SC 211 whose awareness of their oppression is just beginning to take form is important and I take issue with your reply to her.
I could cite you several examples of the courts or the police acting to aid individual working people and so too could M Daw, which would make it all the more ditticult for her to accept your totally correct point about the general role of the police and courts in defending the interests of the ruling class.
Obviously the role of the right wing media will have played a huge part in formulating the notion amone many ocoolclial the police (armed forces) al c wonderful and neutral institution.
As socialists surely we see how crucial it will be to gain the support of large sections of the 'rank and file' of the police and armed forces ¡we are o ot able to defend any real socialist gains may democratically make?
The challenging question about the morality of the closed shop was ignored.
There are far erosions individual perpetrated in the name of tional insurance contributions, are, also obligatory but tew people today would question their Also gains made by trade unions affect all the workers in their particular industry and therefore everybody should be in the unions contribute towards them.
Finally, as the reader implicitly toucned upon the current strife in the Labour Party, there could well have been a few sentences on it is crucial for socialists support the campaign for Labour Party democracy and to support what people like Benn and Ken Livingstone are trying to achieve: to return Labour government which will carry out programmine or soclalsun Dasca upon Labour Party conandres although we should make role of the Labour Party quite clear.
about the potential for a new mass Docas! ment in this country in the near future — I think more cutloadill seeped into your reply! should nave SARAH VEALE London.