them.
poross ale sne ones which can 1eke forward.
revolutionary polarisation is taking place in many cities.
localities and conatituencies.
were a revolutionary party which had such there Isn't. So Government at the alections.
Our strength continues explored as well.
political bankruptcy. WHY DO we stand candidates against Labour? Are we an alternative? What is our centrai slogan for the General Election? These and many other questions heve beer asked of us in recent weeks as the Socialist Unity campaign has got into gear. Let us therefore reply to Vie stand candidates against Labour because we believe that it is essential to project a socialist alternative in local and national elections; to try and catalyse a current which More than that, they offer militants who are fighting for class struggle policies to show through thair campaigns and struggles how their the fightback Elections aiso haip us to have a dialogue with the masses: a beneficisi experience for most socialists in Now it is true that because of the smart size of the socialial left its impact will be minimal compared to that of the large parties. But given the climate we have to The fasciste are offering their solutions and winning support. It is sufficient for revolutionaries lo combat them Nonetheless we can only do this in a limited nutriber of Unis is a reflection of our On a mass level, the only alterative to the Tories in Labour. The Labour Party remains linked to the trade unions, It is the organised workers who constitute Labour's social base. It would, of course, be nicer if there base. But relurn of a Labou We cannot posture as a serious altemative on that level. important is that the existence of an important layer of to lie in Our OuRS activista in the unions and eleewhere enables us to test out some of these ideas in practice. Socialist Unity Is one such vehicle. There are other avenues and these have to be What we utterly reject is any idea that Labour has been detached from its working class base because of its reactionary social and economic policies. As long as it still has that support, revolutionaries will be left with little the return Labour government. To advocate abstention would be a sign of WE HAVE already explained the character of this issue VOTE on Moy si building HILDA LAWRENCE the Manchester direct works He Is been an ta fight to active fighter_ against reclam and lascism and led ine nigni on the Trades Council against Labour's decision to let the NF use the local town hall for a meetings, • series of posters,