Recent issues of Red Weekly have begun to develop a serious critique of the international Socialists and have engaged in a useful and potentially valuable debate with IS members. This discussion was however marred by the coverage of the IS candidain the Walsall by-election, and the uncritical reporting of the Right to TOtally Work March in the issue dated 26 August.
Red Weekly claimed that the standing of IS candidate represented a tactical shift'. What evidence is there this? In reality it merely continuation strategy and approach. IS is putting itself forward as an alternative to the Labour Party. In contrast Red Weekly has always that argued. should demand inal the labour movemen breaks with government policies sition from within the Labour Party. concrete standing opposed to the that IS 'should tionary organisations 'major gave credence to the ultra-left, of DOREIGS which reoresents ot the bodies such as revolutionaries CALLAGHAN - trying to laugh off the struggle by Rolls Royce workers in Blantyre. Their occupation is solid in its aim to prevent the closure of the factory.
as d of building a broad based oppocandicates based on sections of the labour movement, Callaghan/Healey leaderYet Red Weekly merely murmured approach other revolu- in other words, it sectanar The article completely failed to refer to the emergence and growth of rank and file Labour Party "Labour against the Cuts' cheque In practice the IS approach will isolate revolutionaries from developing struggles, trends, and the potential within the labour movement. Moreover, in ignoring the potential of the organised workers movement, an acceptance of this approach leads to propagandist acts by the revolutionary left, a mere substitute which can only confuse and divert the class struggle, mately harm the relationship between Red Weekly and labour movement forces.
In ignoring the motential TornaDou (and although it is possible that such potential does not exist in Wa salthe article shoule not nave obscured the fact that possibilities do exist in many areas, Red Weekly gave a blank weaknesses opportunism, and sheer confusion of the IS perspectives ASHBEE, PAUL MITCHELL, JANE CLARK, JEAN MACKENZIE (Southampton).
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