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Thousands of young women will mobilise for the Labour Party's Women's right to work festival. Oxford LPYS calls for commitment this campaign, and takes up the call for the im the posive devon or women. wantinos user positive therefore in no position to give a lead to young women onuing tortoos Poland shook Reagan, Brezhnev and the word. Last year revolutions in El Salvador nuke me chauvinistic leaders or ine british labour movement, forces behind building a mass solidarity ment. wwortunately resolutions Reading YS which believes 'that it is vital that the future course of the Salvadorean revolution IS .. • Dased on a ciear socials proaramme. not aid this process. The sectarians turn the world on its head What is needed is a massive call to action by ine britisn labour movement to stav Reagan s and Thatcher's hand from an orgy of blood letting, not a breathtakingly ignorant discourse on NoT ine ron West Stirlingshire YS provides a similar 'service for the embattled workers of Poland. Its resolution is a ready-made programme for the workers and little else. mightiest events of the international revolution are mus umpea perore tne task or detending Militant's programme.
This reaches height Birkenhead's resolution on Ireland which sees the fight as one with 'Orange and Green Tories'.
Unfortunately a majority of the resolutions to LPYS Conference clearly reflect the line want whose aims to turn a vita weabon tor get represented betarian instamir oriny threaten to cut the YS off from the living movements and campaigns of youth both nationally and internationally.
our mere are sions OT a Tigni to change course. Resolutions from Brent East and Aberdeen lay out a fighting policy for the construction of a mass youth wing of CND xrora and newport resolutions survey the problems facing women and employment pointing up the central role of mass action aimed to Torce a programme or positive action on a future Labour government. starting from the commitment to build the Women's Right to pune Birmingham Edgbaston's Ireland re-asserts the ABC of socialist principle ot support or a national iberation struggle Behind these type of resolutions, thousands of youth who are battling with the Tories. Time is running out tor the sectarians.
Socialist Challenge, 11 March, 1982 page,4.
By Tessa van Gelderen for LAST December the Law Lords ruled that the Labour GLC's fares scheme was illegal. Workers know whose side the Law Lords are on. Unfortunately, over the past period they haven't been too clear which side their Labour GLC councillors are on. The Labour Party will be judged again, mOVe coming May elections. The working That class has good reason not to trust Labour's promises. The GLC stands indicted: 1. You neglected to mobilise the workers of London against the attacks you faced from this Tory government. In so doing you played into the hands of the union leaders who are not prepared to lead their members into battle against the Tories. 2. You failed to act in the interests of the working class when you refused to defy the Law The Lords. Voting for cuts, loss of jobs and fare increases was against your election promises. 3. You tried to carry out your promises by inercasing rates. could not carry out your election promises by making the working class pay for it - and expect support for your actions.
It is not too late to redeem yourselves and fight back against the Law Lords' decision. Your fares policy is the most popular decision Londoners have seen for a long time and given the right lead the working class of London will be right behind you. the from London Transport.
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Hay LaNC should organise the workers are You failed to realise that you government, lock, stock and barrel.
on the fares!' The Labour GLC therefore has to: 1. Openly declare that not one job will be lost 2. Tell London Transport Executive that the GL.C is in charge. No worker will be victimised and no prosecutions will be made in the event of any industrial action taken. GLC leaders should make it clear that they are in favour of workers defying the Law Lords by non collection of tares under the direction of the union 3. Throw open the doors of County Hall and the GLC facilities to workers in struggle. County Hall should become a centre of workers" resistance to the Tories and the GLC should provide legal and financial assistance as well as full solidarity for any action transport workers COOKSON (Socialist challenge 4. On 21 March, the day the fares are due to increase, you, the GL.C, together with the unions.
massive demonstration through the City of London - past the Law Courts. past Fleet street past the Bank o England — to highlight who the real enemies of The suceess of carrying out these proposals will lay the basis not only for overturning the Law Lords' decision but for taking on this Tory Failure to do so will be judged throughout London in the May elections as the workers take on the burden of paying for the crisis.
Finally the banner that should fly above County Hall, for the world to see should be No redundancies. no victimisations! not a penny
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