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25p each, plus 12½p for postage. (Orders of more than 10 post free). From Socialist Organiser, 28 Middle Lane, Health workers action in Oxford Health Workers for London. the Full Claim meeting. 8pm Monday • 19 July: March, Tuesday July 20th at HeadUniversity College Hospital, ington Labour Club: "What Gower Place, to Jubilee way now in the fight for the Gardens, organised by NUPE full claim?" dusty banner of "unity" to silence their critics.

Now sections of the erstwhile left are pulling the same ploy. The LCC is circulating an open letter proposing a "New Deal" for the sake of Party unity - essentially the suspension of all internal life in the Party in order to present a united front to the electorate - and is backing the call for registration of all groups inside the Party.

New Deal Putney CLP now has a resolution going to annual conference based on the LCC's 'New Deal" . An examination of its detailed proposals reveals just how dangerous is this approach in the face of the rightwing's onslaught; and secondly, how hollow now are the LCC's left-wing credentials.

Ironically, since the resolution condemns "attempts to manipulate the Party's electoral and policy making machinery • for section gain" , the . motion was presented at the ward in the spirit of "just something I dreamed up in response to our defeat at Mitcham and Morden" with no suggestion that it

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This is very revealing. The LCC, having got many of its favoured policies through annual conference and its supporters selected for seats round the country, thanks to the efforts of the whole of the left fighting for reselection and socialist policies, wishes to pull up the ladder. "We're doing very nicely, thank you" say the middle-class careerists who have ridden on the back of the democracy movement, "now it's time to stop upsetting the apple-cart (or gravy train!)' The cynicism of this move can be illustrated by an amendment to this clause moved by Peter Hain.After I had spoken, pointing out that no way were the women in the Party, having finally got organised, going to give up on trying to change the Party structure in our favour, the ban on constitutional change was amended to exclude changes giving women and ethnic minorities equal representation.

But if Peter Hain and his supporters had meant this to be anything other than a ploy to head off opposition they had the chance to Peter Hain - cynical tions, but you can't organise in support of your preferred candidate.

Privately, it was pointed out to me that of course there would still be 'the smoke-filled rooms" where general secretaries and party bureaucrats traded off seats and policies, but it would no longer be public. Marvellous! The only problem being that the "public" who would be excluded from participation equals the ordinary party JU"T 18 11 26 5 ^ 2 20 27 6 13 2' 28 14 22 29 15 30 2 17 24 3: London N8. 1.00pm.

Monday 19th: Lobby Haringey Council, Wood Green Civic Centre, 7.30pm. _ Monday 19th: Friern Barnet and Islington COHSE Action bus touring hospitals in N. London.

Tuesday 20th: March from St. Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road, W9.

Tuesday 20th, Labour Party public meeting organised by Wood Green Labour Party with Reg Race speaking. 7.30pm, Trade Union Centre Brabant Road.

Wednesday 21st: Joint Shop Stewards Committee march sponsored by Hackney Trades Council from London Fields, 10am.

SUPPORT the health work ers! Islington march and rally, Wednesday July 21. March 12 noon from the Town Hall, rally 2pm at Whittington Park.

Lamb roasting, Clerkenwell Labour Party, Sunday 18 July at 12 noon, Granville Square, London. Licenced. Entrance 50p. Oxford Socialist Organiser Thursday July 22 at 7.30pm. Prince of Wales, Cowley Rd. "Defend Militant, fight the Register?"

All socialists welcome.

CONFERENCE of Socialist Economists annual conference: Bradford University, July 16 to 18. Details: J.Macdonald, 20 Stanley Rd, Ormskirk, Lancs L39 2DH.

TROOPS OUT delegation to the North of Ireland. August 7 to 9. Details from John Underhay 01-735 1064, or PO Box 353, London NWS.

WORKERS' march against Racism: FROM Brick Lane through Brixton to TUC conference in Brighton. September 4 to 8: Sponsors include: Jayaben Desai, Anwar Ditta, Nasira Begum, Tony Benn, Ted Knight, Ken Livingstone,_ Paul Boateng. Details 01-274 3951..