[*Organise the left to beat back the Tories'…]

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*Organise the left to beat back the Tories' attacks! No to attacks on union rights; defend the picket line; no state interference in our unions! No to any wage curbs. Labour must support all struggles for better living standards and conditions. *Wage rises should at the very least keep up with price increasés. For a price index calculated by working class organisations, as the basis for clauses in all wage agreements to provide automatic monthly rises in line with the true cost of living for the working class. The same inflation-proofing should apply to state benefits, grants and pensions. *Fight for improvements in the social services, and against cuts. Protection for those services against inflation by automatic inflation-proofing of expenditure. For occupations and supporting strike action *End unemployment. Cut hours, not jobs. Fight for a 35 hour week and an end to overtime. Demand work-sharing without loss of pay. Organise the unemployed - campaign for a programme of useful cublic works to create new jobs for the unem*Defend all jobs! Open the books of those firms that threaten closure or redundancies, along with those of their suppliers and bankers, to elected trade union committees. For occupation and blacking action to halt the closures. For nationalisation without compensation under workers' management. *Make the bosses pay, not the working class. Millions for hospitals, not a penny for 'defence'! Nationalise the banks and financial institutions, without compensation. End the interest burden on council housing and other public services.

*Scrar ?!! immigration controls. Race is not a probiem: racism is. The labour movement must mobilise to drive the fascists off the streets. Purge racists from positions in-the labour movement. Organise full support for black self-defence. Build *The capitalist police are an enemy for the working class. Support all demands to weaken them as a bosses' striking force: dissolution of special squads (SPG, Special Branch, MI5, etc), public accoun*Free abortion on demand. Women's equal right to work and full equality for women. Defend and extend free state nursery and childcare provision. *Against attacks on gays by the state: abolish all laws which discriminate against lesbians and gay men; for the right of the gay community to organise *The Irish people - as a whole - should have the right to determine their own future. Get the British troops out now! Repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Political status for Irish Republican prisoners as *The black working people of South Africa should get full support from the British labour movement for their strikes, struggles and armed combat against the white supremacist regime. South African goods * It is essential to achieve the fullest democracy iri the labour movement. Automatic reselection of MPs during each Partiament and the election by annual conference of party leaders. Annual election of all trade union officials, who should be paid the *The chaos, waste, human suffering and misery of capitalism now - in Britain and throughout the world - show the urgent need to establish rational, democratic, human control over the economy, to make the decisive sectors of industry social property, under workers' control. The strength of the labour movement lies in the rank and file. Our perspective must be working class action to raze the capitalist system down to its foundations, and to put a working class socialist alternative in its place -rather than having our representatives run the system and waiting for crumbs from the tables of but instructive tale.

Socialist Organiser has produced daily bulletins at Labour Party conference every year since 1978. The 'Original Briefing' has been going since 1961. Usually some right wing group or other also produces a bulletin — this year it is the Fabians.

This year as previously, the preparations for producing these bulletins started well in advance. It's a lot of work: supplies, equipment, personnel, accommodation, finance.

Then, the weekend before the conference started, a national 'Labour Briefing' meeting was held.

London Labour Briefing is a well-established monthto defend jobs and services. ly, reflecting the broad left wing in the London Labour Party which also finds expression in left-wing councils like the GLC and Islington.

A number of different political currents, including Socialist Action and Socialist ployed. Organiser, contribute articles to it and help to sell it.

Following the success of the London Briefing, other Briefings have been started round the country (though invariably •they have a narrower base). They recently set up a national network and decided to produce a regular national Briefing sup-. plement.

At this particular national Brieting meeting, Socialist *Freeze rent and rates.

Two pamphlets summing the Tories up the ideas of Socialist Organiser. workers' defence squads.

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SCOTLAND and services should be blacked. Glasgow. Contact: Stan Crooke, 34 Garturk St, Glasgow G42. SO is sold at West End bookshop, Ruthergien shopping arcade (Friday lunchtime), Coatbridge shopping arcade (Saturday lunchtime), and Maryhill dole average for the trade. (Tuesday morning). Edinburgh. Contact Dave, 229 4591. SO is sold at Muirhouse (Saturday 10:3012) and at the First of May bookshop, Candlemaker Row..

NORTH-WEST Rochdale. Next meeting Monday October 11, 8pm at the Castle Inn, Manchester Rd.

Manchester. Contact Tony; 273 5691. SO is sold at the bankers and bosses. Grass Roots, Books, Newton St, Piccadilly. • Stockport. Meetings every Sunday, 7.30pm: contact 40 Fox St, Edgley, Stockport. SO is sold at Stockport market, every Saturday, 11 to 12.30.

Wirral. Contact Lol Duffy, 3 St James Court, Victoria Rd, New Brighton. Merseyside.

Liverpool. Contact 733 6663. SO is sold at Progress ive Books, Berry St, and ai less from Nowhere. White chapel.

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