More of a Festival Than Just a Meeting

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shift to the left in the ranks ments, organising the unemBut there are very real movement, and youth limitations too in the politics against racism and fascism.

Economic Wustrating many facets of Strategy" offers no coherent our fight for revolutionary challenge to capitalism, and politics - exhibitions on often boils down to little hospital more than a nationalist plea Women's Fightback, the for import controls to National Left Wing Youth protect 'British' capitalists. Movement and other camWhile we of course paigns - as well as your own support the progressive ele- Socialist Organiser exhibibility of leaders to the rank will be a prominent aspect. and file membership and his - with displays on Namibia, challenge to the policies of South Africa, Ireland, SOCALIST spoke O'Malley, organisers Workers League's 1 Birmingha of the Labour Party.

"Alternative to Pat one of the of the Forthcoming m rally.

What is the to achieve?

We know that more and more people are recognising the need to fight back against the attacks of the Thatcher government.

But they are frustrated in their attempts by the present leadership of the labour movement. This month's TUC saw a whole week of empty 'debate' in which not a single resolution was tabled proposing action against the Tories.

At local level union officials stand by while jobs are slashed, vital services cut, real wages eroded and now even calls for cuts in actual wages.

Many recognise that a political answer is needed to these bureaucrats: hence the growth of membership and of Labour's left wing. Their ment in Benn's campaign - tion. his call for the accounta• Advertisement HORKERS motskyjist unite the last Labour government - the Workers Socialist League sets out to build a conscious revolutionary leadership within the labour movement as a whole.

We hope that the rally will attract many of those who have fought with us in trade union struggles and the Benn campaign, and show them the importance of being part of a revolutionary movement.

Socialist Organiser has agreed to run a workshop on 'Organising the Labour Left' and London Labour Briefing is doing one on Labour councils and the cuts. We hope to see many Socialist Organiser supporters and readers there.

Facets So the rally isn't WSL members?

No indeed - we will be especially attempting to show the relevance of Trotskyist policies and the work we have done to every kind of struggle within the workers movement.

There will be workshops on such topics as the fight. against wage controls, organising rank and file move.

A MY ployed, women in the labour There will be displays, occupations, International solidarity CACUE Turkey and Salvador. Th E1 Trotskyist Internation: Liaison Committee, to whic the WSL is affiliated, will b represented by a comrad just back from Poland.

There will be films - an we hope theatre from th Broadside theatre group. And the speakers for th afternoon have been invite to give a broad and varie view of the kind of politi we are fighting for.

Fusion

What is special particular event? • The present Worker Socialist League is the resul of a fusion during th summer of the old WSL wit the International-Communis League.

The combined organis: tion now has members a supporters in most majo towns - and far greate opportunity for work in th labour movement.

We think that th political gains embodied i this fusion should be know by other activists in th movement.

We hope that when the see and hear the kind o work we are doing and hav in view many comrades wi decide it is time to join u and help build a reall powerful Trotskyist party i Britain as part of an intel national movement.

That's why we've mad the rally more like a festiv: than a meeting: we hop that people will take th chance to get to know u: talk informally, and see fo themselves that the WSL i the only serious revolutior ary • organisation on th British left.

RALLY: 'Bring down the Tories! Fight for a workers' government! Build a revolutionary leadership!' Saturday October 10, from 10am at Digbeth, Birmingham 10am-noon and with speakers including a representative from Solidarnosc, a Trotskyist just back from Poland, Dennis Barry (Laurence Tickets £1 (50p unwaged). Transport available from most areas. .

More details:

PO Box 135, N1 ODD.

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