Fight the witch-hunt to help Challenge MICHAEL FOOT and the labour leadership have made their plans for the witch-hunt abundantly clear. First the register of organisations conference, and then other named leaders of Militant will be expelled - anywhere between 20 and 70 people.
Last Sunday Foot said that he expected local con. situency parties to "deal the Militant candidates. The organisation sub-committee last Monday agreed that in future prospective candidates will be expected to publicly renounce Militant in order to ger Nec approva.
There should be Ilusion that the witchhunt will be limited to a small group of Militant supporters. If the expulsion of the Militant leaders accepted, the ground will be prepared to take the CYDUSOIS -TuLieE OmeI groups ne right wen g wer The right wing not be satisfied with a few token scalps.
At the present time the Militant itself seems prepared to roll with the punches' to accept BmUTeC expulsions return for the opportunity to build up their support.
This is a foolish policy which allows the Labour leadership to get away with murder in return for a proSulse future compromise. But if witch hunter-in-chief Foot for the Militant leadership today, he will be back for the rest of their supporters and other leftALAN FREEMAN the leadership The first targets will be the eight parliamenthen WHIECIS LOHHOILUV That's the left needs a policy of total opposition to all expuisions, Foot; will not stop at Militant leaders total opposition to the register and refusal to implement or co-operate with either The decision oi tne Labour leadership to lunge ancad wiw inis run scale witch hunt is a devastating BIO W the struggle against the Tories and the prospects of a Labour victory at the next general Michael Foot said at the weekend that they key thing for the Labour Party is to get over its internal differences and 'direct its attention to the fundamental of unemployment' fight against the Tories.
But their action in trying expel Militant supporters has ensured that this is impossible After the Labour conference against constituency parties who refuse to accept the dropping of their parliamentary candidates and the expulsion of SPECIAL OFFER For readers who take out a year's inland subscription we are offering a free copy of Alan Freeman's new book THE BENN HERESY. The book normally costs £3.50 Alteratively we are offering Henri Weber's book NICARAGUA - THE SANDINIST REVOLUTION (Usual price £2.95).
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For multi-reader institutions double the above rates Send to Socialist Challenge, P.O. Box 50, London N1 2XQ members. It is on the cards that local parties will be dis-affiliated. No internal peace is possible while the Pa dememned leadership determined expel socialists from the party.
It is now very obvious that Labour's leaders have given up any hope of winning the election. The prospect forming the government while the left in the party and the unions very strong terTes them. . They want to blame the ett. and the Bennite torain dereaular, hey for electoral defeat. prepared to plunge the party into disarray in order to defeat the left once and for all hypocrisy and betrayal involved in these acuesHeCSICrOOE Healey and comhave no combunction whatever in walking over the aspirations millions of working people to ensure that Labour is made sate — 0г me ruiing class. If the conse GUCHIC is years of Thatcher, or five SYCCLS of Tory/Alliance _government, then so be it.
L To prepare opposition to the witch • hunt, Hackney North DAVIES CLP with the support of 15 other constituencies orge for 3g October- conference for labour movement : bodies should For details ö write to: Labour Parties oagainst the witch hunt, Ferndale Rd., London SW4.
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