in the factories that more and more will begın to see that social change is not dependent on Parliamentary manoeuvres but upon mass action. was demonstrated most fully anti-war movement in the USA whic not any contributed to the victory of the Vietnamese people but which also helped radicalise a whole generation in class-struggle metnods.
Fighting for such (as that on June Zlst) involves, naturally, a tireless struggle against the reformists who continually attempt to downgrade it in favour of placing reliance upon MPs who are boosted as the 'real' force for social change. also involves a fight, however, against those sectarian forces such as Workers Fight (now the ICL) who, by attempting to limit these campaigns to the already ¡initiated', equally tend to downgrade independent action by masses.
This was the major mistake made by and divided.
regroupments, position is mounted concrete issue, by the which Is, independent action quite socialists) they In which the demands are tought for. Unity in Action At present, the left is fragmented It is vitally important that, while a debate of clarification continues that can lead to further wrodder issues tacing masses of people are not sacrificed. Concrete unity around key issues -such as withdrawing the troops from Ireland or repealing the Immigration Act - can assure that an effective opSuch an opposition, built around a can been to craw in wide layers of people and give them concrete perspective for strugale at present, lacking. At a time when the workers' movement is on the retreat on the economic front, campaigns on these issues can begin to offer a real struggle against the government which can increasingly, over spilt into une labour movemen The positive action shown by NAC over the past period - which was able to draw wide layers of the labour movement into opposition to government policies - offers a real perspective. It is by building such mass action campaigns that the left can begin to relate to masses of people who, tor too long, have seen it involved merely in internal bickering. tradition but to break throuch it. represents at present its British section). The LSA believes that, INTERNATIONAL
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
One of the major drawbacks of the British left has been its insularity. It has been this insularity which has prevented it from understanding the complex nature of the radicalisation ir. Britain - from the growth of women's liberation to that of black power - which can only be grasped from an internationalist perspective.
The League for Socialist Action was not formed to accomodate to this insular seperately from building an international revolutionary party.
At the same time as identifying with the FOURTH INTERNATIONAL, however, the LSA has deep political differences with the International Marxist Group (which IONAL is not seen, at present, as compatible with membership of the IMG.
the most effective way of clarifying the political differences it has with the IMG is through testing out the different lines in practice. Experience will, we are sure, lead to such a clarification.
It is for this reason that the LSA is in total Support for the FOURTH INTERNATwhile remaining in political solidarity with the FOURTH Political Cttee 6.2.176