IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 117, 11 October 1979 · p. 9 of the scan · 343 words

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ignored Jaby the have seen Many policies He made That was about the The the Wednesday afternoon session at the Labou choose Party conference a man tried to mount the speaker's rostrum.

quickly 'left' chairAllaun went on to order fringe meetings that the man be ejected from the subject. the conference. As he was being shouted 'Rolls what about the Rolls organised Allaun replied: Not this Party, where afternoon. There are a lot of the case people who are sympathetic but you cannot speak.' So the Rolls were left to lobby and chant outside the conference.

Others conference was first issued two and crucial questions — Ireland and abortion — were not down for Executive, discussion. It seemed that they restricted out to But neither the abortion nor THere ner ared to accept that. The United lost Troops Out Movement held a Monday morning that be the Labour Abortion Rights Campaign did the same on Wednesday on | and democracy, the new Jerusalem will arrive.

To be fair, he does say that the 'movement must be prepared to come to the aid of the parliamentarians if things start to go wrong.

the impression he gives that is subservient to dependent on the House of Commons and what Labour members do in the House of Commons.

To pick one of the many available holes in his Labour governments have on numerous occasions. •they are written by the NEC or a right-wing party leader is not in that sense particularly relevant.

Mandatory re-selection and the temporarily lost cause of the election of the party leader were Benn suggested, of ensuring that promises and party decisions were not flouted in the future. But then, as speaker after speaker Holca curing une debates on internal retorm, most of these procedures are already common currency in many social-democratic parties. For instance, is West German social democracy and over the limit of Tony Such questions and criticisms are not meant to belittle the achievement of the Labour left at Brighton last week. They gave Callaghan, Healey ARCA

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