[THE letter by Colin Foster in SO 155…]

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THE letter by Colin Foster in SO 155 states that 'the 'balance of forces' in Argentina depends entirely on the development of the socialist working class movement - and on its ability to focus ruthlessly on its own class interests and programme, rather than subordinating those to the 'balance of forces' between camps in world politics" -these camps being categorised earlier as imperialism' and 'the masses' He also states that it is not sensible to try "to deny the boost that the war gave to the Tories by saying that a working class comeback is still a threat to them."

Therefore, following his own reasoning, there is no point in struggling in any way on a national or international level against one's own ruling class or against imperialism — a concept he seems to deny in its entirety. He describes a situation frozen at one point in time with a mere possibility of mobilising at a national level to better the situation by replacing military dictatorship by bourgeois civilian governments.

Does he not realise that both these forms of government represent the capitalist ruling class? (Or does he deny the existence of capitalism?).

What he offers is nothing but reformism - he describes in order to accept. He embraces a form of nationalism which by not subordinating its own inter. ests to the needs of the masses at an international level is no better than the bland statements of any of the right wing hacks of the Labour Party's Healeys of Hattersleys.

His arguments are mer casuistry and should be rejecter out of hand.

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Organiser, December 1983

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