Central Labour Party
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-02-24Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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SINCE the Party Conference, Central Islington Labour Party, like Constituency Labour Parties throughout the country, has passed a series of motions against the Register, against the witch-hunt, and against expulsions.
At the General Committee in February we agreed to write to the NEC urging them 'to ensure that, with an election in the offing, the efforts of its fulltime staff are fully directed to secure a Labour victory and not to the investigating or expulsion of individuals from the Party". We called on the NEC not to proceed with the expulsion of five * writing in personal capacity. members of the Militant editorial voard.
This motion, like the others, has a particular significance for Central Islington Labour Party since Peter Taaffe and Ted Grant are members of our Tangles * Month by month we have watched the preoccupation of the NEC with finding ways of expelling Militant. They have become enveloped'in legal and constitutional tangles at a time when most constituency activists are concentrating their energies on local campaigning in the lead-up to the General Election. into witch-hunting The furore created by the NEC over the printing of leaflets at Cambridge Heath press at the begincampaign is furrmer evydence of the NEC's fuelling of division in the party at the expense of promoting clear socialist policies to the electorate.
This Party has members representing a wide range of political views. Our meetings were disrupted in the past by a group of right-wing councillors who finally defected to the SDP a year ago. Our MP also defected. We were a united party last May when we JOHN HARRIS played a full part in ensuring the election of a socialist council in Islington -the largest swing to Labour in London, winning 51 out of 52 seats.
Members of the party have played an active part in campaigning against the penalties imposed by the Tory government which threaten to undermine our manifesto commitments and electoral credibility. The Women's Section of the Party recently initiated the establishment of Women's Council - a delegate borough-wide body which will provide a focus for women's action in