Organiser in recent weeks.
Things began to turn sour when out of the bluc Organiser announced in its 18 rebruary Issue nC IISl lld Tonal Ta•OU movelrenl demonstration in support of held London on 13 March. It called trade and La bolu Partv LO DaCK march called at four weeks' notice Socialist ystified by was somewhat mystitled this cal as a lew days DrevIuusly we nee a lomt meedog witd Socialist Organiser to discuss solidarity work which a march on this date • was menuonea, and where we agreed to work close v as oossiole in rulure on the ponch iscue Neliner wert any of the major solidarity committees around the coun try ever consulted about thi 'national' march Socialist estimated that such a march would be a flop, thereby ting Ualk tllal this soldarilv country aiming. to nase cne campaign on a labour move therefore persuade Socialisi WCCKS oreamser io unink araln. Dul to no avail.
While it attracted some paper sponsorship from a fen miovenicil bodies Lnougt trom none ol tre loca solidarity commitees march was a fiasco. • ns na had the gran uciulstlallvl tola. OI JUL marchers les claims would cuce mat l was a seclarlal stunt which no wa! trengthenec those fighting for a labour movement orie tation for the Polish solidarity campaign.
All this might have been vałer vncr e dcce dv dr the of Socialist IT IS VERY SAD when fellow comrades from the revolutionary movement commit serious errors of political judgement. But it is irresponsible to let them pass without comment. Such is the case with the incredible gyrations of policy on Poland from Socialist Organiser the Polish Solidarity Campaigt annua general meeuns Challenge supporters wenl the meeting to clarify whether the PSC could be transformed into an adequate : instrument organising the solidarity 1OI movemtenl assumlicu Socialist Organiser same intentions political basis and practice of the PSC was amDicuous • SomeLIiCS SlIess ine a anlr moveme oe tation, at other times welcom anti-labour movement politicians to their forms. Nor did the PSC have a cemocranc suruclure zlvllls full say to the local solidarity 1 k6 those Glasgow, Manchester, Bhave Birmingham, real roots in the ment and which have organis. ec une success ul workolalt tours around the country week's Socialist Organiser claimed that 'it is «ттеи o assess Inecn ference there are Brc ma y e thin ing g that the to play such building a Droau worklle class/labou movemert camdaa wnich formally dissociates itself from the cold warriors)' b an ite reac on is ICI CHl Wa. DI CocHlcu will. Inree resomuons on bonticd orientation. onv one or iner called for dissociation from old and variors like Thatcher and ingiy naomil 1 it was The main counterposer ILO tion, moved by Robin Blick (described Socialist as 'Leninophobe') said campaign should . oc oDel LU al unose suoborung maeoen dent trade unions everywhere.
When ambiguous resolution meant seeking sup port from non-labou ment forces like the SDP, the movers emonaucatl answered yes, and viciously attacked the notion the disociating itself Even when the solidarity Che ontye all ee nad baa only way had beer spearhead taking Solidarnosc speakers into the tactores ana workplaces wa.
diferentiating themselves voted reso mumon: nev tonowea unt. up by voting for a constitu ino the cich kaign ill the band campaign in the London-based dividual members t s not otracul lo assess the PCC conference at all. Iti quite clear that it has refuse pro-imperialist Reagan nypocris)
Thatcher on Poland; it has remuseo o base s canDazı on the labour movement; and refused to adopt democratic structure dl c buciculc ,grounds whatsoever for thinking tha the PSC can play a useful role in the future cannot allow to go appallins cominenl. week s Socialist Challenge. beciulsi Organise. . The arti- avou cle had an even-handed ap the fact that the meeting wa occas on Socarased challenge. aorset Challenge Dollalis Challenge sup porters, are mentioned in th same breath the •traci Stilnism, and Reagany Thay bureaucracy cher as among the 1 ordalisille solidarity holoaes have tne con rades ot socialisi organise lost all sense of proportion?
Hinay we wou aoe to the comrades to think again believe that you to the traditional positions o OUI movelcnl evel aspect support for the workers in the bureaucratised would micai nu suppulllig a can Dalel tlla reluses dissociate itself from the im perialists. oali labur one's own 'national real support from any othe forces We still believe and hop that Socialist Challenge and Socialist Organiser should work together in building the largest possible labour move bucul SuDUl! CI Ul nOSC. y