ruther the precedent these workers are establishing TuSle counlror tarour mIniser the approval of British trade unions*. number of complex and delicate defence mechunisms. And why not? Suppose British troops were sent to crush workers in a NATO country in Europe and British trade unionists were opposed to the action. Should they stand idly by while their fellow workers are crushed, automatically imply an increase in political consciousness. But il does establish a framework through which actions could be mounted if a political situation crupts which leads to a rapid change in conscioasness, important advance. Of necewity, if ulso ruises asother question: the unionisation of soldiers and sailors in this country. Their right to join a trade union is an important demoeratic right which still has to be won.
The strike was dee to involve 180,000 civilisos ar all service bases Fred Mulley (Defence).
Jim Wellbeloved (RAF], Patrick Duffy (Navy] and Robert Brown organised an immediate meeting with service and British intelligence chiefs to discuss "what might happen I/ NATO went on to a war tooting in circumstances that did not meet with For it isa fact that trade unions are quite capuhle of paralysing a The increase In unionisation and wage militaney does not The calling of the strike by defence workers therefore marks an If Eurocommunism triumphed it was hs defanle. The leadership of the COMEnIS EITE or tren Britain hardly entered the fray in the keynote denale courses. When it did the results wetelamentable.
Nedis, beat af the CP% Departmcn! could only shrug his shoulders at questions on the Soviet dissidens, and blat oplar dissidents, and bleat: could we have done?"
The answer had been given carlier by CP member George Bridges the same as is done on any other issue. He called for active campuigns against the trials and imprisonment of dissidents, rather than just LUKTE TROLDE belatedly printed in the Morning Star SLTHCUHDEHUDES Socialist Challenge supporter Cancu ot wic crop to support the fight by H Block prisoners Ind- 11:
Tribunal on the role of British Irene Brennan, a member of the CP's Political Committee, was reduced to saving that tbey had a point, but there is no brond movenicat on treland in this country'. Which is prcchev whw campaiels like these need to be bullt HOTHOUSE The CUL is something of a SCCS le BETENEECSAIT seems to be quite happy for all SOus Ol Ideas lo crow in its rarefled environment, secure in The knowiedee that tca will survise to penetrate the party outside.
In the CUL asything goes. At a forum with the authors of Marx's Capital and Capitalism Todas, the notion of Marxism as a science was questioned As was pointed oul, 1115 would leave a sociulist utopian vision of the futere plus today s reality. poinls of reference for advance Irome Due to the orher — a theorisation SOLEI GEOL split between the TESELIH and BELUUUI Prog HamE 'EUROCOMMUNISM triumphs again' — that was the verdict of Geoff Roberts, Communist University of London organiser, after the nine-day event. It was atlended this year by 1,000 full-time and 600 part-time students, of whom between 50 and 60 per cent were women. CLIVE TURNBULL reports.
At the forum oo EuroCOI ACEAIMSCAECE for an end to antagonistic CATOSLOT CEISIS Positive solutions were neoded Where nils staty propagandising got us, he CS6CUI SOLIDARITY The move by some CPers lo calE campaigns democratic rights in Eastern Europe isto be Welcomed.
But as Oliver Macdonald of the IMG, on the platform alang with Boris Kaval (CPSU) and Monty Johnstone (CPGB). pointed out in the dehate on dissidents: you have to identify who is going to bring ahour change in Eastern Europe This icans buiding political solidarity, debating and publisaing the works of the socialist oppositions, bringing topether currents BECAKU WIE LA Stalinist parties aud the WOrKINI class movemicats outside th.
The call Tor plurality of parties is an advance ou thc previous papal monolithise, but is completely contradistory white a ban on tendencies and fuccions is upheld.
Debate and a battle of ideas between parties is now good hut within the party still bad The obvious course for anyone in the CP with differences is to splu?
In tbe geocral debate on SHERAE SMO POIES SUSES DUE BI the Eurocormunist stratezs.
IRENE BRENNAN Capitalisi Ic in crisis. The kcaders of the Labour Party and the trades uniuns GEOFF ROBERTS The first in an increasing tendency to try to remove all notions of capitalist crisis and ДОДОШ OCEWOLEE EIE DOUE geoisie and proletariar. This was glussed over with thE common interest in defending шетостась The second relared to the role resolution, and the institution of tie bourgeoisie sate, When the oppressed and exploited can no longer go on being reled in the old Live fotma organisation - througit trade unions, black and women's organisations, ctc.
For the Eurocommanists, these organisations and struggles are subordinated to the institutions of a minority class.
Bur there is no way these institutions can express the rule of the majority, let alone lay the