well as its views putting What Is important about the hy-election campnign?
The important thing we are trying to LOL TO LIDE Socialist Workes Party, to pain membership, and to win people to campaigns of the SWP as well as to the general fight for socialism.
We want to show people there is a fight, and to cash in disillusionment exists: people who are sick of this rotten syslem.
How de Communist Party's campaign?
The CP are tail-ending the left wing of the Labour Party. Its election material says that Sammy Barr, the CP candidate, is a local man and he "knows the situation". But it's politics that counts it's the light for socialism. The CP*s campaign just to Sammy Bart chance".
Militants need airmunition to fight all the time, not just in this by-clection, but in their associaCampaign.
What about the ledler vour party Scollish Committee (reprinted March, Socialist Challengel?
We believe there are militants in the CP cau work with. With the CP as a whoie, there are areas where our oganisations loecther. We can say we want a joint campaign against SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 13 April 1978 page 3 PETER PORTEOUS is the candidate of the Socialist | CP! Workers Party contesting the Garsgadden seat in the current by-election in Glasgow. PAT KANE, Socialist Challenge supporter from Glasgow and an activist in the Socialist Unity campaign, questions Porleous about the SWP's orientation fo the Communist Party on scotlish Socialist Unity is actively supporting Porteous while own campaigning On the redundancies in the for example, would heable to sponsor a jount now. There are ways we can LEIS heip to smash the system.
Do you think that the CP is socialist alternative to the No, I see the SWP as an that alternadive. I think there are the various, CP members who because of the particular nature CP will tail-end the left of the Labaur Party, They see themselves as some Son of Eurocommunists, likethe Ralian CP. we are saving is if that's the situation, then okay. we've got differences. But that shouldn't stop rogether.
NO SHINK BUCHE PELLOR arena the SWP can get the same "give sort of emily with the CP as you I think that in elections you should generally scate your cran policies You should ay are the SWP and we mean this.
Wedon't believe in parliamens, but the elections are a good place to put forward your own policies, CP It would be silly to say there are no differences between the CP and the SWP, or that we should paper them over if they exist. What we say is there are FOLL certain areas of work where we could work Do you think that if the SWP weren't in ш- gadden you should vote for the Well.I think we would be Assembly. for the Lahour canoate In a partiamentary election Given that Donald Dewar, material. the Labour Garspadden, right-wing shit, we wouldn't support him if the SWP was not contesting the cloction.
There may he a election this year. The CP will he standing candidates. Do you think you should vote for 1 think it will be up to cach particular arca. our particular strategy is to "vote to the left of Labour". But I would say that there are going to be particular circumstances where that's not going to be the In your press release you say always WORKERE factory?
Garsare would call for a vote candidate in working class. such concerned people zeneral this is a the CP:
In general, that the Assembly won't solve any problems for the Scottish working class. workers. Can you explain that a Try tostave off the Nationalists, WORKINSIS and malionalism, We-see that as nothing other than tactics to bring about a division in the I believe that people should vole no to an Assembly, and fight against divisions in the working class. As far as l'm.
tise factories, people in Yarrows, talking about devoTution. They are not saying that thar it's al big major thing.
What they are talking about li's very easy to smash the nationalise argument when you are working in a place like effect It Is ban insernational shipbuilding in dustry. It's easy to smash the argument in Chrysier as well.
Where we've got members: it's casy to hammer down the nationalist acguments because PORTEOUS/SWP [ELECTION posters pubished by the Socialist Workers Party for its Garscadden election campaign. they lead to splits in the What we are standing for 1s the view that people who wail to link up with are the Maiclester, Liverpool, That' how to talk about desolation.
A lot of people are seeing the issue as clectoral capital, to lying to the working class.
do see referendum vole!
Well 1 think that there should be a no vote, Bur I don't think that important.
Do you see the fight against the Scottish Nationalist Party solely in terms of the fight inside of the factories? What do think the Assembly will have?
Once there is an Assembly then all the arguments of the SNP will be proven false. The particular crisis that we are in will not be solved no matter sort bureaucratic l machinery is put up. or whal sort of bureaucracy is set up. whether it's from Edinburgh or Manchester or London. Anything all USCHE There is never going to be CHUBLE HAIRY TO CO ATOUR because this system Cannel afford to give the working class what they need. We bould be campaigning for socialism, not a new Assembly.
Since the Assembly is going fo be set up unwar. do wa think that the SWP should stand cadidules in the assemhly To be honest, not really. don't stand in municipal elections because SCC them as a nonscise and we don parkamentary system. But we can use thi our ideas across to a huge amount cil neonie Our line for the Assembly electiors would be the same as local elections, we wouldn't stand.
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