7. If the court case comes DeTore the General these hearings, which could be prolonged, could seriously damage the Party' s electoral prospects and would be reported at faced with disbandment on the eve of the Election which would constitute an unnecessary diversion overstrain our statf and fil the local endless stories of dispute capacity)
editor Chris Mullin.
tion, votes of shareholders to sack Mullin.
A resolution being used Deptford GC The resolution reads:
take over the a Tribune Friendly Society. JOHN SILKIN'S constituency party has overwhelmingly condemned his attempt to take the left-wing Labour party paper Tribune out of the hands of its new Under Mullin's editorship the paper has taken a weicome left-wing direc firmly opposing the witch-hunt. Silkin has been trying to use the proxy Tribune's fonding passed at Deptford's December GMC likened his action to that of a city tycoon saying it had 'more in common with city boardroom struggles than the day-to-day activities of the labour and trade union movement'.
Silkin circulated a report to Deptford's January GC which defended his attempt to 'save Tribune' and prevent it launch witch-hunts against good socialists'. 'I want Tribune once again to be the socialist campaign ing newspaper it once was,' he goes on.
When asked to endorse the report reaffirmed socialist credentials and showed Silkin the door, rejecting the 'report' by a large margin.
This GC views with extreme concern the reported attempts of John Silkin to Board Tribune newspaper. Tribune has, over the past begun to re-adopt the socialist policies of the rank and file of the labour movement and was in the process of the newspaper accountable to its readers through the establishment of We believe that the actions of John Silkin have more in common with City bordroom struggles than the day-to-day activities of the Labour and trade union move We call upon John Silkin to withdraw from his attacks and at the same time, to make clear his total opposition to the attempts by the Labour Party NEC to begin a witch-hunt against socialist policies. We believe that the efforts of the whole party should be directed to removing this barbaric Tory government from of fice and preparing the way for the return of a Labour government committed to Fight the Witch-hunt of LAW's second bulletin are available for 5p, or 3p per copy in bulk. 8,000 have been produced with articies from Tony Peter Tatchell, Jo Richardson, Horn sey, Manchester District LP and many others Help spread the fight: get your branch/GC to order a bundle of 50 or order yourself. Orders from the secretary, 11 Wilderton Road, LonBi-monthly theoretical and discussion journal published by supporters of the Latest issue includes Ernest Mandel on the world John Ross on the legends of King Arthur, Oliver MacDonald on Poland, Ron Brown MP on bulding a mass Labour Party, Harry Wicks on the birth of British Trotskyism and an interview with Britain's best political per annum (Britain) or £6.50 surjace tiz aırmail abroad. International PO Bo Socialist Challenge 21 January 1983 page