IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Sir Harold Witch-hunt

Red Weekly No. 179, 16 December 1976 · p. 7 of the scan · 304 words

The scan: rw-no178-dec-16-1976.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 7 of the scan

PART GORILLA X CAN OUR SHINING KNIGHT RESCUE HIS MAIDEN IN DISTRESS not say this saving it -otherwise sturdy union.

EIN *It has been apparent for some time - and I do without having good reason for that since the Court of Inquiry's report a few individuals have brought pressure to bear on a select few on the executive council of the National Union of Seamen, who in turn have been able to dominate the majority of that "It is difficult for us to appreciate the pressures which are put on men I know to be realistic and reasonable, not only in their executive capacity but in the highly organised strike committees in the individual ports, by this tightly knit group of politically motivated men who. as the last gener al election showed, utterly failed to secure acceptance of their views by the British electorate, but who are now determined to exercise backstage pressures, forcing great hardships on the tive groups, ambitions of these people, respected Members of Parliament.

where membersnio s somewnar laredi the property boom Sir Harold gives 'a grave warning' to the Labour Party against 'infiltration by small unrepresenta insistent on take-over bids in respect both of policy and of personalities.

We are seeing increasingly the effects and seeking to unsea i must lay a lot of the blame on inadequate membership especially in some of our safest seats, and on the sheer laziness and com placency to be found even in constituencies *Parties so organised or unorganised present a target to the predatory minded, the take-over bidders, in the self same way that in early 70s, boards characterised by apathy and inadequate steward ship laid themselves open to the asset-strippers *We should show a corresponding contemp for the political asset-strippers, where the prize

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