freeze, back, writes BOB PENNINGTON.
During the General Election millions will be discussing and debating political questions, sc the left has to show that it has a coherent socialist alternative to the policies of the right-wing Labour leaders.
It has to hammer home that alternative only achieved by mass action.
Speakers at the Socialist Unity conference, to be held in London, will include Blanco. a acade pea chist sples spe on tod chief SUUKCSOCISON FOCEP, a united left slate in the Peruvian Senate.
Another speaker will be Pat Arrowsmith. WHO independent Socialist candidate for Cardiff West and has been active in the campaigns nuclear destruction.
She is a campaigner women's and gay rights for the withdrawal of British Troops from Ireland The Socialist Workers Party THE NEAR certainty of a General Election this spring makes the Socialist Unity National Conference to be held on 3 February an important event for the left.
Despite a growing discontent against the policies of unemployment, the bloody ireland, and increasing attacks on democratic rights, the left has yet to build a coordinated national fight has been invited to send a speaker to the conference.
Workshops will include one on the election and Ireland. An been Michael Farrell, a leader E copies Democracy, to participate in this session. be Another workshop wil be on how to campaign for a socialist alternative where no Socialist Unity candidate, Hugo or class struggle candidate is mass Standing.
Admittance to the conference at the Holborn Assembly Rooms will be employed and students, 50p for the wageless. Bookings should Ine made through:
Pennington, SU, PÔ Box 50, London N1 2XP. *There will be for Unity social on 3 February at St and Matthews Community ISTINEONA -The hall is opposite Lambeth Town Hall, minutes from Brixton Tube.
war in sent to of independent Bob a Socialist Details of venue to follow. SOCIALIST CHALLENGETRADE UNION DAY SCHOOL on Rebuilding the Left in the Unions Saturday 17 February 1979 Open to all supporters of Socialist Challenge in the unions. members conticence reports.
which consultant STRI Yet the patients at risk WICK. secretary mine the inquiry FAILURE of CURE leadership of the health service union COHSE DECK line.
and officials who led the strike at Normansfield Hospital looks set to become a major issue within the union.
A regional executive committee has recorded a vote of no the general handling of the affair. MYRA TREVELYAN The committee of inquiry reported. on the tyrannical behaviour psychiatrist at Normansfield Hospital for the handicapped was careful to criticise the strike wilca leo to the inquiry The report made it abundantly clear that the wretched regime at the hospital would never have been challenged and exposed but for the unofficial strike by nursing and ancillary report castigates those who led the action, arguing that they failed to scck onda aoorova ror ne strike and that the walk-out put Incredibly. Albert Spansgeneral announced that the WOL! holding disciplinary hearings to exaacuons or member and officials singled out for criticism by the report.
Now Spanswick and the union executive are in the firing The executive committee for COHSE's South-west region, representing the members who work Normais e dna passed a vote of no confidence in te way tnar me general secretary on behalf of the national executive has conduc ted this whole sad affair".
The regional executive has offered its full support to the taken by SEWO officials criticised regional secretary and chair person.
It further "strongly deprecates' Spanswick's move to put the whole issue under wraps, by forbidding the regional execu tive from discussing Normans They' ve ignored the ruling. intormed me generar secretar ables of dem elementand wiribe about some elementary presenting their resolutions to a full regional council meeting later this month If the union leadership foolish enough to pursue its threats of disciplinary action, -rank and file action could well conference.
increasing number of union members have *no confidence in their national leadership.