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IT WAS somewhat symbolle that just as the French right-wing parties won the parliamentary giactions, the shores of Brittany wore struck by a masaive slick from a maxing ou tanker. Polution reignoo supreme in paris as well. Hundreds of young ruling ciass bloods demonstrated for Giscard and Chirac by chanting a slogan in the name of The election result was a deteal for the left.
Structures of the French Filth Republic however, gave the appearance of a big victory for the Right. Thie is clearly not the case. The numerical majority was only 300,000 votes. The popular vote of the left was 49.5 pe A post-mortem will clearly reveal that the main reason for the defeat was the sectarianism of the French Communist Party towarde the Socialist Party. For the last six montns the leaders of the PCF put their own narrow party interests before those of building working class unity against the Right. They concentrated their fire on the Socialist Party and flirted with the 'left Gaullista'. The net result of this wae DOLONDIS of a serious governmontal alternative. The CP should not be allowed to get away with Giscard will probably grant some reforms and try to construct a centre altemative. In the process he will try and aplit the Socialist Party by pressurising ita right-wing to loin the government over the next few months. In retum, he could offer some important reforma (such as proportional representation). There will be shifts in French politics in the coming period. Thore will also be both political and economic struggles. The revolutionary left must avoid the twin temptations of retreating into militant syndicalism or ber of Correct pote during en campagne a stressed the importance of a workers goverment; the also challenged the undemocratio structures of the Finn aroued for workers unity. Those campaigns, This must involve continuing discussions and debates with militants at the base of both the SP and the lamentarist cretinism. We are confident that these will be ARTSOSE It has no facilities, no jobs, no who scheme was completed, it was discovered that the schools had been forgotten. They were later inserted in the backoourts of the tenements.
La blustery Saturday morning, shoppers along, looking berrused at the leaflets proferred them election campaigners. out of place is Donald Dewar, a Labour candidate, and a cluster 01 Labours Temme OcE councillors.
STAUNCH Dewar is an identi-kit Labour candidate. lawyer and ex-MP, well known on TV and radio (he hosts a Radio Clyde char show), Dewar combines staunch support for Callaghan with concern over social issues.
Labour is campaigning under shadow They Soattish National cod caciden. The SNP has all the energy. Is candidate is Keith Haver for his delenoe of civil liberties, includins tew Challenge supporiers in the past.
VACUOUS Bovey is our to capture tbe scat Like the rest of his party, he is in favour of any vacuous slogan - the mixed conomy, justice, progress above all he is in favour of more votes for the SNP.
As soon ns the election was called, he sudden espousal for restrictive abortion surprise of all. The reason? Garscadden's large Indend Borures not the pris sudden convert campaiea. Garscadden consti Labour Party is in the LULUILT tight control of a Catholic group. William Small, whose death caused never opened his mouth, like талу other Labour MPs. But be was sure 1o turn out to vote against DRUMCHAPEL LOOMS, in a literal sense, over the Garseadden constituency in Glasgow, Il is a product of sium clearance - when the slums were simply moved eight miles out of the city centre. Drumchapel sums up the record Labour is defending in the Parliamentary by-election on 13 April.
hurry by Looking 40-year-old know the Party will fiel in Gars-a lawyer well known Sociulist But announoed his tradition ONEL legislation to the Apostolate Catholic prononent This growing campaign are for family Glasgow rest.
thai this Crozier and won't change.
Crozier, vice person of the Scottish Catholic Council ind vote against member The Dumbarton take them near Glasgow. His first target is tomards to reverse Inst year's conference decision supporting teee abor Taylor. tion on demand. And behiod LE-COUEU the familiar CRONIES themes of right-wing populism against the need for "firmaess on crime and lie WWHE The the rally.
It remnains to be scen how long bis cronies will remain inside the Labour Party. Their present inclination — especially that of urgie a Many pro abortion Labour candidates, are Likely to but of the party populism of Tories Jike Teddy Croser just failed in gelting ni his Donald Dewar triumpbed but only once he made it clear he TELEILLIE legislation. He gave this Dewar was MP for Aberdeen South he voted for the 1967 Abortion Act.
PETITIONING National Abortion Caapaign is determined to show that the working folk ol Garscadden will stand up for women's rights. They are petitioning lor out-patien abortion clinic in Glasgow, un abortion "no-go' ureu.
At least one of every two whio stop to sign are in favour of a woman's right to choose. One woman signs deflancy under occupation "housewarker" another housewife, unpaid NAC is trying to ensure thal the anti-abortion stance of the Labour, SNP, Tory and even the SIP candidates does bot go unchallenged. On April. campaigiers will be holding a public rally. All candidates will beinvited. On the same night at Catholic secondary school, the Society for the of the Unborn Child plans to hold a rival meeting Mass leafleting by pro-choice campagner is being planned and Women's Voice has agreed to back NACk activities. The Socialist Workers Party candi date, Peter Porteous, a shog steward in the nearby Yarrow shipyards, will speak at NAC' DREAD Standing on the need for socialist policies are hoth th Socialisr Workers Party and th Communist Party Sammay Barr is the CP candidate Pater of le c worki and the boulermakers union Alone of all the candidates. Barr is dreading the carpaign There l the Tenders of UCS. likelihood thai onc of the standing in the heart of prole tarian Clydeside, will win less support than the supposed 'middle clast fringe croup' candidate of the SWP. who stand for fullupporters Socialist Unity rights and are ready to figh CESSITES have only oue choice if the people of Drumchapel are to have any future vote PortCous. Socialist Workers Party,