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Hackney Young Socialists oppose witch-hunt

Socialist Challenge No. 267, 29 October 1982 · p. 3 of the scan · 483 words

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Maynard Wise, and two Liverpool MPs, Bob Parry and Allan Roberts, strongly in favour of the the wellattended press conference on Thursday 21 October.

The campaign Labour Party Democracy is sponsoring and addressdemocratic STUCEUTE countable to official labour movement bodies. on the basis of opposition to To Lion campaign adoption of model resolulions by CLPs and unions, arguine that they wil Beeperpsions and that they won? depends WICENCE support can be built up among the af filiated organisations for a stand by the CLPs. That is why the campaign will be the unions. youth. women's sections and so on and why backing must be won from MP:

The committee's three Turner proposals deal with this. Regional conare LOCCALE local network, through which CLPs will be able to mobilise the local labour The trade union committee will fight for a national response the terences, and so on: the being to commit the block vote against expul sions and reverse the decision or the register at the nexe Labour ramy conference 30 October is a landmark in the fight against the right wing's purge: but is only ine pegining THE STEERING com.

of the 30 Oc proposing to establish tober conference a youth subcommittee to co-ordinate work ir defence of the Young Socialists. So far nearly twenty YS branches nava applied for credentials Socialist Callenge There resolution on the witch-hunt passed by Hackney Young Socialists to TORTOTO ConTerence which is an excellent working model for other YS branches.

This conference notes:

The continued desire by the reactionary a Tor 17705 rail, stee! and mineworkers. 2. The attempts of the right to auth the this potential aunching of a wich-huni ir and THEONS. through mocking Juntouch in the steel, rail and health 3. That this witch-hunt aimed at breaking up fight The ine disars ament more polIcy democracy or Labour Party conference for the last gen years That the Labour right seek to black the inclusior Conference believes defence is attack. The pis That the best should throw itself into supfor compuigas ike LPYS should fight to lead the opposition to the right WinE S wICh-nun! in the and trade Conference resolves to: 1. Continue to support al HOERS I SIRENIE GERMS the tories ama light to buid solidarity throughout the Labour Paramong youth LPYS must be at the centre O R an our We decor our opposion to an expur of consrituency parties in the even non-cooperation any NEC instructions.

Support the campaign set Steering commites up by the Movement Conference against the Witchhunt, chaine nantona com parence called by tackon BE Seru North CLP Conference Instructs the Incoming Regional Committee:

To coordinate YS branches sonachin work with 4. To publicises activities and win support for throughout the Labour Party and union - movement bodies a massive recruitment drive as the best way to combat those

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