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WHERE: Lanchester Poly, Priory Street, Coventry.

WHEN: Saturday March 6, 11-4.30.

INITIAL SPONSORS Socialist Organiser Alliance and London Labour Briefing.

WRITE TO: Democr acy Conference, c/o SO, 28 Middle Lane, London N8.

Adams, the Adams, the con THE struggle ocratise the Party has exposed the democracy in the trade unions. Tony Benn's deputy leadership campaign was met by a refusal of most union leaders to consult their members, a farce of a 'consultation' exercise by the TGWU, and evidence of the failure of NUPE's left-talking leaders to . translate their words into rank and file involvement.

Industrial. struggles to demsharply lack of IN CASE you thought M. Thatcher had a monopoly on lunacy, secret documents of the 1951 Labour Cabinet, released under the 30 Year Rule, will disabuse you. A letter from the then Foreign Secretary, Herbert Morrison, to the US Secretary of State, Dean Acheson gives the go-ahead for the ÜS bombing of China during the Korean War.

It wasn't as if he or the Labour government were unaware of the possible consequences. For he wrote that an attack on Chinese bases would ''involve serious risks of an extension of the war, perhaps even into a global conflict, but the consequences will have to be faced and shared by all of us: and later, 'The consequences (which may be general war) are so grave that the decision must be subject to confirmation by us at the time.

+ have full confidence too show the need for •an accountable leadership. At BL, eleven General Secretarles stepped in over the heads of the Joint Negotiating Committee to fix a sell-out. And AUEW leaders flouted their union's rules to withdraw official support from the Laurence Scott fight in Manchester.

Meanwhile growing numbers of working class: women have taken up the demand that the labour movena in the President and the Administration and are sure that the decision would, as you say, be taken 'soberly and seriously""

Margarer Thatcher couldn't have put it better herself.

Like Mussolini's trains, the one thing you could always say for the Tories was that they keep taxes down. Now even that' not true. Treasury figures show that in the last two years of Tory government the tax burden for the average two children earning only ment be transformed to meet their needs.

The conference called on March 6 by Soc1alint lans Urgaliser anc London Labour Briefing will discuss these issues, exchange experiences, and work out a common platform.

Labour movement organisations are invited to co-sponsor the conference or send delegates. Individual observers are also welcome. Credential fee £2. had vtrya

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