bombing THE TROOPS OUT editorial (23 February) is completely inadequate: by simply stating that the La Mon hotel hombing was not the way to Fight British imperialism, you faul 1o place it in its proper context, and to draw the necessary conchisions.
The Provisional TRA is currently LavDiVCER military campaign; as part of that incendiary and explosive devices, number of hotels in rural arcas of the Six Counties: The La Mon bomb was DUC UCE CERC WUWCC (l am tempted to say criminally) wrong. Less than two weeks before the La Mon incident a huslond of schoolchildren marrowly escaped death and/or injury when a bomb fixed underneath their bus Tell off and exploded ards away Jong-haired CUHO S BORsDE on. and not woied the wond Cacalanon or 1ls because it aiso means "bent' perverted is what hemosesuals ure.
NEUNICS CHAS NICK HEWLETT (Paris)
The the computer afier stopping a person, thes suggesting lat t could be eilher a mun ar g stopped, hut the IODESTAIECI are unquestionably male; it is only men for the bourgeoisie, the police und so The other reactionary linguistic sip IH INUR C RASUR BE CAR gay rights 19 February], where he uses 'straight" SUUCSCEDI heterosexuals. 'Stralghr" Is used bg reactionaries do mean heterosexual 'morally respectable' and is the opposite of which for them By poluting this out, 1 de not mean the content of either of the reactionary, revolutionaries must be careful not to sho inio reachomary awewisuc traps thus reinforcing reuctionary views. I DISAGREE with your assessmenl of the television production right through [not many, probably] might have ended up attracted rather than repelled by the NF. What comes ucross in the play is a fairly aftractive blend of strengih, confidence parpose HAU DUUSHUET ORHE OSOSI SUE This contrasts of course with the ulter ness of the other parties. Take the scene where the lor eok 1o the Nation Forward offices to 'confront' them. His whimpering banalities to earth polities of the Cleaver's politics are bused on the "realitles" of the uncie swumped by blacks, the old lady with shit though the door, etc.
What's missing from the play. course is the genuine voice of the letl. Not the scheming cynical corrupt left, like the left labourites in the play. Bat the suthentic voice of the anti-lascis wrkers. The amiy people who could buve fitted the bill the striking workers. WCrE NELOISE One structure of the play, completely marona to lie main action. appearance of the white worker in the Labour Chub making the appeal for money and help, was belated, token and very very confusing. And he only reduced the unti-fascist question to solidarity on the picket line — and white anite and light.
The left in generni has welcomed this TV play as your revicwer did as R ascfel weapon In the anti-fascist strugsle. I think this moay he hased or # misconceptinn of hon we addres wur ideue to the duss. The ideus we present have to he related to the expericoces peppic we sr Talking to. Most of the revolutionury left press is related to the experiences only of the small circie of people close to the revolutionary left. Edgar's plas was only intended for an audience of people who wiready had a good understanding of what fascim & all - Leain said that propaganda & many ideas to Sew people: agitation few Ideas to many people. If chis is so then Destiny was very sabtle propaganda directed to a few people in the know about fascism. If there was say effective agitation in the play it was expressed entirely hy the fuscists who were able, with u few key ideus, to olfer a seemingly plausible world outJook to workers looking for unswers. They spoke to the experiences of the working ciass, The class" understanding of those experiences was wonng of What the left has to do to change this taise understanding is to stop congratulating ourselves on the excellence BEAIHS propaganda, stop talking in a jargon inaguage •ArIE expressing ourselves in relation to the real experience of the class.
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