Socialist Organiser

The weekly of the fused Workers Socialist League, July 1981 to April 1984

Where we stand

Socialist Organiser no. 65, 9 December 1981 · scan p. 12 · about 522 words

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* Organise the left to beat back the Tories' attacks! No to labour movement. Organise full support for black * The capitalist police are an enemy for the working class. interterence in our unions! No to any wage curbs. Labour Support all demands to weaken them as a bosses' striking force: dissolution of special squads (SPG, Special Branch, •Tact tses insaid di the vert leass keep up with price *Free abortion on demand. Women's equal right to work and full equality for women. Defend and extend free state * Seated allacts on gays by the state: abolish all laws which of living for the workine class The sere dia das pros56 Za! eos sumi! to artarise and affirm their stand publicly. • Fight for improvements in the social services, and deemst • The Inish peopie - as a abote - should have the right to cuts. Protection for those services against inflation by auto- determme their one future. Get the British troops out now!

Repeal the Prevention of Terronso Aer. Political status for • Bad unemployment. Cut hours, not jobs. Fight for a 35 * The black working people of South Africa should get full Irish Republican prisoners as a matter of urgencs. vithout loss of pay. Organise the unemployed - campaign support from the British labour movement for their strites, struggles and armed combal against the white supremacist • llc their sintes for a programtae of useful public works to create new jobs strusgie. mia he backeo * It is essential to achieve the fullest democracy in the labour ment and the election by annual conference of party leaders. * Defend all jobs! Open the books of those firms that threat- Annual election of all trade union officials, who should be occupation and bie ended ton to halt the costees. For * The chaos, waste, human suffering and misery of capitalism upation compensation under under workers' urgent need to establish rational, democratic, human control social property, under workers' control. The strength of the hospitals, not a penny for 'defence'! Nationalise the banks labour movement lies in the rank and file. Our perspective must be working class action to raze the capitalist system interest burden on council housing and other public services. down to its foundations, and lo put a working class socialist « Freeze rents and rates. = Serap all immigration controls. Race is not a problem: atives run the system and waiting for erumbs from the tables racisa is. The labour movement must mobilise to drive the ipiru.

War Index Tis C gr otec ou lut for the unemployed.

nationalisation without management.

euros abou sutt less n " aa l tusde vno defence: Build workers' defence squads. statt paid the average for the trade.

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of the bankers: nd the bosses. caetors of inaustls , ane labies

Prejudice

•We appeal to their reason against the prejudice' was Trotsky's formula for dealing with people in the labour movement with whom he had differences. It's more likely to be a fruitful method than hurling abuse at them: that is the sure way to reinforce their prejudices : against

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