IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Foot Tories

Socialist Challenge No. 234, 25 February 1982 · p. 1 of the scan · 337 words

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It has yet to be buried by the left.

been more needed to mobilise its whole strength to: • TURN the tide against mass unemployment • KILL Tebbit's Bill • HALT Heseltine's attacks government • END YOPs slave labour • STOP Cruise •BREAK the back of the Tories at every point of their attack.

To forge leaders. was a manoeuvre to muzzle such determined advocates of these policies and halt the emergence of new leaders. The 'truce' was to give complete freedom to the witchhunters. The 'truce' was to give full rein to the Denis Healeys and Roy Hattersleys, to the John Boyds and Sid Weighells to divide the movement.

Why no outcry when some supporter of Healey or Hattersley is selected as a Labour candidate? Hasn't the main role of such people been to divide the fightback?

Michael Foot is not interested in unity against the Tories. tion for objecting to the reselection of Unity of the labour movement has never on local La unity needs Yet Michael Foot's 'truce' always The only recommendahe is so totally insignificant that his right wing policies have not come in for much attention!

South East. he was departing for the SDP last year by the personal pleadings of Michael Foot. After his failure to leading the pack against tendency and other left wingers.

porters Pat Wall and parliamentary candidates cannot be allowed to pass — as have the continuing witch-hunting activities of the right wing who have never observed the truce.

with real power - the unions. It is the bloc vote which props up the right and gives succour to the witch-hunters. A determined effort to take the Labour Party battles into the unions would send a shiver down the backs of the right-wing and would intensity the fight against the Tories. Such a battle would mean organising from top to bottom in the Labour Party and the unions a strong alliance with the Laurence Scott campaign around the which can overturn the right wing ex-

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