tion to the government, which means mobilising ine wnole or me brusn labour movement from the the Labour Party. The failure to make such an approach central to their SUALCEY port Benn, calling upon the TUC to put their inilateralist positions Tro coneress mate deees on the streets opens the to those bushing to ake the campaign down the dead end of direct action/civil disobedience confrontations.
The Communist Party emphasis on alternatives 10 20sr0000 25 a line for labour movement can omy moolisca section of the working class. those actually volved in such production. It is not a line for the movement as a whole, and is no alternative to the advocates non-violent direct action which are the polucs or aespall.
missiles and for unilateral nuclear disarmament will be won by the working class of Manchester, Birmingham, and other urban centres, just by the armament workers of West Londor which is what the CP effectively is saying. P Waterhouse AN EVENT unique for the Labour Party and this newspaper took place on Thursday August when 150 journalists crammed into a County Hall, London committee room for a conference given by Tony Benn and Socialist Challenge journalist Alan Freeman.
BEne Confere reeman Wild! aunched Alan new book The Benn paperback edition ony Benn's Democracy, showed wide in miramens yu terest in these two books he daily papers reported th publicatior Freeman' the Dai on its front page and most others as a second pag cau — ane seakers acee an array of questions on topics from the health strike to the role of the monarchy. Start Tony Benn explained that Freeman's book could start a HELICTE MCCaca CIsCuSsIon Det anen the avocates trionary revolutionars socialism. which he called ar *honourable raditio he profoundly disagreed WILH rreeman arreca nat ni discussion should open: the common ground, he said, was 12 coch oue moorLand democracy ano tre need t contront unaccountable power such as Whitehall, the multinationals and the bank was that SUPDOSCOL democratic country. a current opinion which wanted more democracy should be met with hysteria and denunciation.
Target In The Benn Heresy he the hysteria was rights whom a voice in parliament; and that the country was no democranc because real power lay in the hands of a problem to which socialists had address this power willingly be yielded if the attempt was made to itself, resting as it did on an unaemocraue Cas.
CaDaD e o challenging this unaccountable power?
Tony Benn hurbaayn 2 Alan Freeman on Thursda September at .30 at the ICA ; and both will be takIng 1n organised by New Socialist at meenne the Labour Party conference. Labour leader faces TUC conference snub and a challenge from Benn Benn under fire from the Left When Benn could be leader..
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