AT THE last election, Labour promised a fundamental shift in the balance of wealth and power in favour of working people.
Instead the government has consistently attacked WILCICSES.
Working people didn't vote Labour to be policies. Socialist Unity — alliance of socialist organisaGOES therefore standing candidates in this election as part of the fight for a socialist alternative to the bankrupt policies of the Labour government.
The aim of Socialist Unity's campaign is to help build the campaigns and struggles necessary for working people improve their standard of life and take control of society.
It intends to show that it is possible to fight for a socialist alternative, and that this means building an opposition trade unionists, MOTE immigrant community, and the women's movement, as well as all those people inside the Labour Party who are prepared to take action agams tae anu-working class Photo: GEOFF CARROLL chairperson of the Merseyside Anti-Racialist Alliance.
policies of their leaders.
The policies Socialist Unity stands for therefore include: *Against cuts. Socialist Unity supports their the fight against incomes policy and for a national minimum wage of E60. Wages, Tory and social spending should all be defended against inflation by automatic rises.
TUC Concordat, whose Tory-inspired proposals amount to attack effectiveness of working class unemployment. reduction of the working week to to 35 hours without loss of pay would create 1.8 million jobs Firms which pose redundancies or closure should be nationalised without compensation under that control.
*Reverse the cuts in social services. Nationalisation of the banks and finance would allow interest-free loans permitting massive programme of house, school, Vote OLAN OVER a hundred people at Socialist Unity's final rally in Edge Hill on 26 March heard an impressive platform of speakers (left to right): Pat Arrowsmith, Independent Socialist candidate against Callaghan in the general election; Harry MeShane, active socialist campaigner for sixty years; Tariq Ali, editor of Socialist Challenge; Pete Cresswell (chair), a leader of the recent social workers' strike in Liverpool; Al Walker, the Socialist Unity candidate (who polled 127 votes); and Rashid Mufti, could hardly be described as nursery and hospital building.
*Against National Front should not be allowed to spread their racist poison. Socialist Unity stands scrapping immigration laws and the right benefits of black people to themselves against racists and police harassment. It supports the Anti Nazi League and all mass action against racism and government- fascism.
*Equal rights for women in on the all spheres. stands for free contraception and abortion on demand sc that women themselves The choose wnetner or not to nave children; free series; an end to pro- against women in or out of the independent workers women to achieve their aims.
*The right of women and men to determine their own houses supports the organisations to discrimination.
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