IMGpapers 1976–79

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

ORT: Under the gaze of Uncle Joe Spanish far left

Socialist Challenge No. 12, 8 September 1977 · pp. 12-13 of the scan · 843 words

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page 12 of the scan

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The congress, the first in the party's seven year existence, was conducted in a blaze of publicity something of an embarrassment when, amid the ORT's Trenzied the expulsions were plastered over the front pages of the national The ORT grew out of a Catholic han accumulated sapport among the working class Pampiona meet Tom dish dents on upe port from dissidents from is the only major far left group to be an indigenous working class group of student origin.

WELL-IMPLANTED Aten year gestation gave birth to an organisation which is the best imolanted of the far left parises particularly in its home territory Pamplona, DOW 16.000 members - which 15 1D1 too much of an exaggeration, though the 200,000 is claims for its 'Unirary Trade Union' can probably be reduced by the power of Or all the Spanish parties the DEL DOW DOSENCEROSCS, BRES WIEN Peking — though the Chinese are anxious nor to srir chings with the sing its an at sen T ideological coherence provided by since it tends to innoculate the organisation against the latent But that is not to deny the ORT's staggering political poverty. The Congress "vindicated" the party's previous political line by unansions). The fact that their highly sectarian election campaign onl brought in 40 Eul votes in filth of the cinimed union membership) wasnot even a cause for comment The question of fusion with the PIE (Labour Party of Spain) was which considerable the ORT ciaims La ponsistent exponent of debate at thi Popular Front which war to ignore the central question in the ORT's future perThe main topic of discussion was a series of helpful hints to Senci UTCO 8 8 6008L02 44107 LISALLAE cratic constitution should look like. Under Francoiser and in the nre electoral period the tRans the fram the people the "democratic' baurgepisie for the implemencation of the first stage of the revolution.

The stunningly bankrupc constitutional document is wortly of examination only hecause it shows changed one iota. Spainis defined sace in which all powers emanate -SULE TOW 1581 mysterious as the transubstanti ation of water late blood one has been tried befare by General Franco 30 years ago Col democratic rights guaranteed by the constitution seems admirably egalitarian -discriminabion on erounds cl se or raot — until you read tbat there is to be no discrimination on tbe mably, is wher is meant by powers emanating from the wbole people.

FOREIGN POLICY The intercations report hab little more to recommend in, since it was merely a digest of current SHADE OLIONIN modified for local conscropcion Most inferesting was the call foe the European couminer to unice coonomically apainst the United States and enslicacils against che USSR. The logical conclusion o supper, for the EEC and NATO is now drawn. Inscend the ORT makes socourse to its faithful ally.

With its ideological caberence strang and the ORT is better placed than the larger PTE. It would be surprising It irs recent erowth is nor extender in the coming boaths.

Alrendy principal inter ustionalsignificance of the OR Tis that it is the largest and siest influential pro-Pekine party Western Europe: • The lagic of its main neare of retal guarantee stabilicy. is coward:

TImL just 'democratic" bourgeoisie hur to the giants of the EEC and NATO Socialism in One Country Mac style has no more to recommend it than the variant poddled by the COPER DEAR CORErEs

page 13 of the scan

MORE THAN four hundred Bradforden hus, a he cople eighth annual conference of the Conference of Socialist Economists. Over cighty were presented in workshop contingent there were comrades from apan, the USA. France candinavia, Holland, Italy and cisewhere. All this was ample evidence of the vigour of the CSE. How has it developed, and what are its aims today?

The CSE was formed in January 1970 at a conferenor called by then reen theon SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, 8 September, 1977, page 13 Ideology group: 22 October 29 October, London, (Solence in late capitalism group).

axpanditure group: 30 How the CSE Is Organised The pollcy-making body M CBE I the Businesi Meeting of the Annual Confer open to all members will Between Annual Conferences policy-making is the function ol 4 monthly Business Meetings composed of delegatas trom unclional committees, recogn and workin and affiliated abroad.

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