Middle East in the recently, we have frequently been nebers or sumporters of the IMG: You call for support for the SITC campaien ausr support a people who have the nieht to seit-determinatior id are struggling against imperia. sm, rather than just an organisation Surely, then our upport for the Palestinian people, and not support for the PLO Wein the Friends of the Palestinian:
position on this clear, and say why a solidarity movement must support the PLO.
DIt is not for us to tell the Palestinians how to conduct their struggle. All real Palestinian forces recognise that the PLO is their only support the political line it takes. We do not support the political line necessarily, but if we support the 883888130338801 PLO because to not support the PLO is tantamount to not supporting the Palestinian people. iD Many comrades are under the misapprehension following Yasser Arafat and Fatah form the PLO. This is not true. The rejection front, for disaerees with the political line of the PLO leadership bur nevertheless #y What, then, is the PLO? The PLO is the representative body of the Palestinian people, It contains all the major guerrilla groups, such as Fatah, the Popular Front (PFLP). Democratic Front (DFL), the Arab Liberation Front (ALF), Saiga and so on. It also contains the mass organisa tions of the Palestinian people, suct as the Women's Union, 1 Union, the Students Union. It also contains the Palestine Front wien organts Paseans B the occupied territories, and many more groups and organisations: therefore acts mainly as an umbrella for these groupe.
the PLO struggling against Zionism and Imperiaiism? To be honest, there debate Middle East.
Manchester Friends of the solidarity Palestinians slogan must be PLO uncritically, or that we suppor me cadersmp position Doccasanis We support the PLO because it is the Falcsulan pcopic — no mor, ne less. If we do not support them we end up locking at the alternatives, which at the moment represent insignificant or reactionary (e.g. pro-Hashemile)
on the Middle East Socialt Challenge, and that readers will take thie issue seriously and work groups.
and imperialism in the have independent socialisis, recognse the need to build the paper and fight for central projecis: socialist opposition and a unitied revolutionary organisation.
The ait of the North West conference called by the Wartington Socialist Challenge group is to build on these developments by hringing together supporters of the paper from all over the North West area, morning session will discuss local experiences lo dale. lIciE future rabe and how the paper should afternoon we will discus - hether Socialist Challenge is playin the role it could de in huilcing a socialist alternative. We want to take a critical look at the paper so far and say what are the next stegs unified discusses theory but attends marches demonstrations and so on as a group.
Fach new member should teel thal che or he has a banner to march behind and a group to march with This is essential since many young OLLINESEL altracted totbe Labour Party in order The to involve themselves in practical anti-fascist activity Finally, the posed above arduous task due to rhe domination cl the Militant group in the YS. But with the crucial importance of recruitibent of young potential militants to the left, it is a task that we cannot and must not shirk. In any case, to state a truism, our task as socialists is not to which nor only West Indian in the mist Jostance Joint campaigo).
transformation pro will be an extremely the SWP members in advance of the party's conference which, in uny other left Pd decide such a move. Fo example, the SWP in the Bristen election is still planning to pur up a candidate in competition with the Block (nOA in nepotiation with Socialist Unity for a Orwell once remarked, a propos of the CP'+ prospective de Stalinisation, that nothing is gained by leaching the parrot a new tune. can Dis hope, though, that in conducting the policy of unity with other Socialiscs decreed from abore by their party's hscrarchs, the membership af will lose some of their cachusiasm for parror-like behaviour.
Socialist Unity groups should a once contact SWP branches and ask