and in society today.
stood for a socialist united front seen as an that many to provide something new socialism bosses their 'free' enterprise, bounds profits.
will be all SOCIALIST CHALLENGE was launched on 9 June 1977. It had a clear aim: to create a new tradition on the British left. It was a newspaper which opened its pages to those in struggle • Grunwick, at Southall, at Fords. It decided to take cultural and sexual politics seriously, It reported the news about the ruling class the. Dobson affair, Labour agent Peter Marriner's membership Oakley's thoughts on the Grunwick defendants Movement, magistrate before they were tried — and on the "Surplus Value' page it analysed the role of ruling class institutions But above everything else Socialist Challenge alternative to a Labour government that saw its main job as ensuring the bosses' profits by cutting workers' unequivocal about the need for class struggle in the wages. I wan unions as opposed to class collaboration. We knew militants were looking for new under Labour. Socialist Challenge led the fight to force the far left to look beyond their noses and - a democratic and unified revolutionary organisation.
But the Tory government we have now is not simply a goverment that collaborates with the ruling class in this country. It is leading the bosses assault on workers' living standards in the name of stimulating competition. Its ruthlessness knows no unemployment, to. discipline workers and boost even to me iberate l feeling at the base of the Labour Party.
Dorothy and reject excuse to throw people out of work.
something Change and incentives, leaders. provoking The engineers have already shown that the Tory government is going to have a rough ride pushing through its attacks. Tony Benn's victories at the Labour conference in Brighton reveal a similar Socialist Challenge has to respond to these new developments. As the cuts bite, redundancies are threatened, and wages are attacked, more and more workers will see the need to fight this government advice 01 C Callaghans and Murrays to wait five years. Socialist Challenge has already shown its ability to campaign against John Corrie's anti-abortion Bill — particularly with all the local reports we've been receiving. Now let's do it on cuts, wage struggles, debating out a strategy to fight the new technology that is being used as an Let Socialist Challenge 'speak out' about your struggle.
We're going to change the format of the paper and add new columns. Our aim is to win & wides audience for the ideas of Socialist Challenge. We'll be having a regular column on the Labour Party, called Socialism' that will explain our ideas and contrast them with those of the Labour and trade union We're going to keep 'Surplus Value' and all our international coverage, but we're making a shift in "Under Review' to deal with more popular areas of culture. Our coverage of racism and sexual politics | is going to continue and we're going to have more all to change, however, in Britain that if your it, but we think that's the only women's But we don't think it makes in this country.
bundle of demos, pickets, shopping centres, try going round the estate with it feature material. Our letters page remains open to One thing that Socialist Challenge is not going is its attitude revolutionary organisations and individuals. We're absolutely adamant on this point. It may be ap üphill struggle to convince revolutionary militants organisation really democratic you can contain different views within revolutionary party will be built in this country Bringing back 'Battle of Ideas' is the way we intend to continue the fight for a unified revolutionary organisation. We know there are different opinions on the nature of the Soviet Union, the way to build what attitude revolutionaries should take to the Labour Party.
sense or inost questions to act as a barrier to united action or to building one rather than 20 different organisation.
So Socialist Challenge is stepping up the fight for united action under the Tories and continuing to campaign for a new tradition on the British left You, our readers, are central to this fight. Every time you leave home you should ensure you have a papers with you. Take the paper to factory gates, Take it to the Family Planning Clinic, your school, Make sure Socialist Challenge is at the centre of all your activities during this winter of discontent.
The only event that can take the