A WORKING class united in opposition to the bourgenisie is a precondition for the overthrow of capitalism. Although it i capital which the creales the working class as a coberent social force, capital also divides the working class -into skilled and unskilled, productive and unproductive workers. dilferences acquire a new form and significance under capitalism.
In the crisis the bourgeoisie has reinforced and exploited these divisions in an attempt 10 drive down working class living standards. The working class has been deeply divided in it dominant consciousness is reformist, the British labour Jovement has subordinated the unity of the working class to the unity of the Reduced militancy Social Contract over the last three years have been accompanied by a fall in real wages, mass unemployment and cutbacks in welfare services, The resulting demoralisation of the working class has produced a parallel despondency ir the groups the radical left. anticipated tightback government has failed to emerge on ans significant scale and the radical left hasresorted To a series of ractical manoeustes designed to overcome isolation, fragmentation and lack of influence.
The latest of these schemests the IMG appea for "Tar left unicy" to unils the radical left for the struggle to unite the working class. In the clectoral platform and the Anti-Nazi League alike, emphasis on organisational unity Coscures the central clarification.
The radical left ignores the beed for a marxist Hemminglord Fo. activity in the unions!
YORKSHIRE Kacial and interests of a working class which finds itself divided in the face of the mosr severe capitalist crisis since the Socond World War, Revolutionary Communist Tendency The above is a contribution to the debule on the personality project of Socialist Challenge submitted by thi Revolutionary Communist Tendency Widgery WHEN YOU take away all the sectarian