from Dick Hall of the National Union of Liners defendine Arthur Scarail. He basically said that whatever the wrongs of having a pinmatter compared to the overall struggle to achieve a socialist societ I sympathise with a lot of whar Dick said. Scargill is undoubtedly one of the best union leaders we've got, and considering the shit chat has been thrown at him recently by the capitalist press, it is unfortunate Challenge should be criticising him as well. The Yorkshire Miner is generally a good paper, and from what I hear its sexism is more the doings journalises CUDD But having said that 1 think there are dangers in some of Dick's views. Certainly the problems of oppressed groups can ory be eradicated by transforming the whole structure of society LONDON Clevelan BRENT Socialist Challenge group. For details of Socialist JU. LONODE NICAr.
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that Socialist publications produce it than Town. For - have been taught on heil of a lot about the role of the State and by the sectional struggle of This is the same way the miners in their sectional struggles have taught the rest of the working ciass a lot One of the tasks of revolutionaries is to be continually trying to generalise sectional struggles, not saving to one halt of the population 'Hang on a few years whilst we miner defeat capitalism," Struggles of women aguinst capitalist exploitation/ oppression are not going to be generalised whilst many men see women only as sex objects and unpaid domestic say "Who cares whether they get they ute only women' only the self-organisation of women will change those attitudes which are a fundamental part of reformist consciousness, but the pin-up in the Yorkshire Would Dick be angry if Spare Ribar Women's Voice suggested to miners" wives that they shouldn't support their husband's strike because they don't treat their wives with enough respect? 1 am sure be would Finally, I must add that I think miners will go on accepting productivity deals and working in dangerous conditions as long as they feel that they have to work hard and risk their lives to preserve their image as 'real men'. JOHN WALLER, Linby Colliery,