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electoral system irrelevant to workers. Such exclude raising radical democratia demands such call for an annual parliament.
Surnly the way forward is to vote referendum ultra-chauvinist hope that this disastrous position will be first meeting. defeated.
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THE GARSCADDEN by-election has become an important arena for political debate and discussions on Abortion and the democratic rights of women is one Issue. Devolution and the right of the Scottish people to self-determination is another. Overshadowing both of those is Labour's sorry political and economic record We have been backing the Socialist Workers Party candidate, Petor Porteous. He offers the only socialist have been But we muat comment on Porteous' wrong positions and devolution. interview on bage s he says that socialists should vole 'No to an assembly, and fight against divisions in the He ls also for voting ND In tne A press statement Issued by the SWP on 31 March If working people are to control their own lives, and abolish scarcity and want, then they are going to have to throw off their masters, whatever their accent, whatever Their country of origin, To do that. workers on Clydeside need not only their brothers and sisters in Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield and London, but more increasingly their brothers and sisters of Turin, Madrid, Lisbon and 'A parliament in Edinburgh will not help us one inch of the way to freedom. It will be as big a sham as the one of the international working class. We could add a lew other cities to the But the essence of a Leninist political intervention is to grasp the vital next step. This is lacking from Peter Porteous comments on devolution, They have such an abstract propagandist ring to them that one could be Torgiven for believing that they emanated from the headquarters of the Socialist Party of Great Britain A similar argument could be used on abortion. We could say that we are for abolishing the family under abortion on mandy all this nonsense about Free If we had to choose between a first past the post' and proportional representation wa could argue that both were bourgeois and therefore attitude would also abolition of the monarchy and House of Lords, and the yes' in the raise demands which DING TEN Come toe pool some caus weaken ng tne British state. Or is the Glasgow SWP going to line up Tories social-gemocrats to preserve British sovereignty? We Instead call for a Scottish assembly with full powers elected on a basis of proportional representation and fight for demands that should be brought before it at its That is not only correct, but is the only way in which the Scottish Nationalists can be politically IT BECOMES clearer | every day that race is going to be an important issue at the next general election. DAVID JONES discusses which week's news.
THE TORY PROPOSALS Just as Tory students at the NUS conference were refusing to accept that Tharcher Whitelaw were racists the Tory leaders were upping the racist stakes. William Whitelaw, the man who is supposed to b liberal on race, Tory proposals to cheering Tories in Leicester.
They were not the only ones cheered.
National Front atronghold. Loud cheering was reported in the gutters and cily as well. The Nazis were Watclaw's proposals struck happy. several hard black people in this country. If the Tories are elected they will: tal prevent parents and children from joining their families in chimpetenty register of wives this country; women will not have the rich children to marry men who live outside Britain unless they leave this country: (d) visitors will not be allowed to stay; (e) no more amnesties fo illegal immigrants': (f) pass to check immigrants and (g) to encourage voluntary repatriation".
TRICKLE issues dominated last delivered the is рідд NEUTRON BOMB Jews.
FASCISTS AND UNIONS The national press has talked a great deal about the iniquity of utions booting out fascists The same newspapers sup perco The ban imposed on Communists holding office a Lhe hecuht at the cold War, CYcl in unions like the Transport aDd General Workers Union These bypocrites justify bans on the left, but attack unions for being 'underocratic" when it is a quescion of fascists.
Socialists sould support the ban on fascists holding office in the unions, The reasons are simple They cannot represent all the members in their union They wunt to repatriate black unionists and they are hostile to On the question of booting unions, we believe that it is best this to practica activities aDC in favour disciplinary action against any union member (regardless ol whether he/she is formally a NF member) who discriminate on the basis of creed on race The same applies to physical harassment and atracks.
CODE Instead of demanding chi expulsion of all NF member we should institute a code of conduct in every trade unión Union Railwaymen has alrendy done this. making racist activity disciplinary offence This would both be more effective (atter all fascists could Formally leave the NE to stay in a union) and more educative THE THE POSE OF TO WOOD A simple exelusion, if NF bembership were praved, would not work and even if it did it could he counter-produc tive, switching the debate to one on democracy rather than racism and fascisin.
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