Socialist Organiser

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

Democracy Reg Race writes

Socialist Organiser no. 117, 27 January 1983 · scan p. 2 · about 211 words

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The recent consultative ballot gave no mandate so it is clearly up to the AGM to decide whether CLPD should apply for the NEC's Register.

Whatever the developments since the ballot, the in the hands of the right wing, even if a discredited one. Disciplinary measures are still attached.

The basic question remains: is CLPD prepared to lead a campaign to boycott this .. witch-hunting device, and thereby help to render it ineffective; or will it decide to lend it credihility at a time when it. WALUANA LUJ LEN GA LAVAA AN has run into real problems?

Until now for CLPD Conference sovereignty has meant "We believe that policy decisions reached by Annual Conference should be binding on the Parliamentary Labour MEREST John Bloxam The main resolutions in this section put forward proposals about making the block vote accountable to rank and file union members. A number of very important ideas are raised The history of the last two years has confirmed that it is utopian to talk about any stable democracy in the Party unless democracy also exists in the trade unions, which rightly have the decisive say in the The failure to even begin to tackle this problem has been.one of the major weaknesses of the left in

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