Taria's tactics
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-02-18Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 12 →
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I BELIEVE that our original coverage of Tariq Ali 's application to join the Labour Party was misconceived, and I am in full agreement with the recent letters of comrades O'Mahony and Watts on this matter. I believe that Socialist Organiser should have immediately offered Tariq space to state his position, or alternatively interviewed him.
However Tariq appears to be behaving rather strangely. I see that he is now writing a regular column in the press of the sectarian Socialist Workers Party.
Arguably in terms of principle, most assuredly in terms of tactics, this appears to be a surprising way to prosecute what will be a long and bitter struggle to join the Labour Whilst not for one minute accepting the position of Newsline that Tariq should not be entitled "to roam at large' (!) I think he should explain why he is making life a little more difficult for those who oppose the witch-hunt against his entry and are arguing in his support.
Can SO ask him for a contribution?
Yours fraternally, TIM FINNEGAN Liverpool