whether Prior is right or wrong.
The Communist at 10.30pm newspaper.
The CP leadership agreed that Granada could film any inner-party discussion precoding the last The EurocommueisE 00 doubt helped to implement this decision by going out of their way to ensure that the TV PELSIESE SABL BROH COHEELions.
The technique ot the producer is to avoid virtually any commentary at all. The different strands of the CP speak for themseives. What emerges is the contradictions of a perty undergoing different pressures.
The link the graphically demonstrated arrival of top-ranking Politburo member for the Congress: a which compeis the DESCA Icadership references to the Soviet Union from a previously agreed statement.
This leads to a clash with the Eurocommunists, headed hy Martin Jacques, In the end the undemocratic struchures ensure thai the Turocommunisis IN LAST week's "Socialist Challenge', Mike Prior argued that there was no real democracy in the Communist Party, For the next three Tuesdays, the rest of the left will be able to decide Party is programmes by Granada TV, the first of which goes out on ITV 25 July. The result is programmes should be compulsory viewing for all readers of this butwilted.
party The stars of the show are cameras were doubt Bert Hrennan Both experienced out against their respective nenis.
USSR is by the CPSU worth remembering.
party critical CP! Socialist who are spear- watching the programme are examined in three lengthy Tascinating. The Tasks Hiene Brconso mr-a memorable aside, tall this discassion HIE HC-EULUHCINESTAEHLE than curs in social expenditare?
without Ramelsor and - Irene obviously in the art of manipulation; both are irritated by persistent opposition, hut both win DPPD It will be casy for members of the Tar left to satirk while all this is going on, but we have our frene Bretans atid Bert-Ramcisons as well, a fact More to the point, our versions wauld probably have been opposed to the filming in the first place, as Sid French and his supporters were in the CHAIEDye TECILE would be welt advisce to re-cesd Mike tor's article before chey sit and watch sonse Irene Brennan in action in th conclusion, that Eurocommunism is but Station. e conterence arrangements committer For the bietarorsbi Camminee European Communist heçause of the democratic centralist organisation of the parly I was none other than Trotsky, ir his polemics witb Lenin at the tune of creation of the Russian Social-Democratic Party. splits berween the Bolsheviks and MC CUIS AnG CCIR DOnidE BIE the dangers inferent in that type of SSSH OTELHOH Rosa Luxemburg also, particular in ber pamphlet 1L01505S Revolution. made it very cloar that th Bolsheviks were driftine towards the ,not of the proletariat sur fiest of the party, and then of th Central Committee, and then of the strong men wichin the Ceatra Socialist democracy means not just he ti tre Tauril tep national, but it actually demands genuine control by Lie rank-and-file who alfect the decisions ot the party by actions from below, as much a those policies conting down trom the parties Despile the movement away from accepra noe of Soviet leadership despiie che criticisms of the Enst regines despite the protest anout Lissdenl •CLL..LE internal structure of the Communst perties remains basically the sam T'he leadership, through centralisc control, determines policy.
However, there are hoperu signs that this may bebeginning to break up as the present discussion in the French Parly, following the defeal of the leli in the French elections. las shown.
Eveniso, the debales in the maio are conducted outside the party press, and the party leadership tends to Continued over SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 20 July 1978 pace ]