WRITE US A LETTER - AND ENCLOSE A DONATION Push needed on unity the present time Socialist Challenge is throwing most of its Those involved in the Socialist Unity campaign appreciate that we are not offering a parliamentary socialism. In Hull, as in other arcas, we are propagandising and agitating around anti-capitalist programme when working people's political consciousness is raised, and trying to organise them into ongoing Only blind sectarians would argue that SU is 'the IMO's attempt to build a left reformist party', Our position is clear → SU does not have an adequate programmatic base revolutionary party.
However, what is crucial following the general election is a renewed push for revolutionary reunification on a principled basis. The Socialist Unity campaign is bringing militants into activity who support this conception. Those drawn around the AN are also responsive to the need for a global socialist alternative.
The opportunity is not to Socialist Challenge, candidates and supporters, the IMG, ISA. Big Flame, independents, etc. should he pushing for a national tour to thrust forward the revolutionary unity, with a view to a founding conference later this year. Let's make the Daily Mail's mythical 'Socialist Unity Party' a reality. PETE MIDDLETON (Hull)
Sour grapes Pennington (26 aenounces the WRP as 'sectarian', opportunise", and a 'caricature of a revolutionary organisation* bemoans the fact that the WRP is able to put itseif across as the biggest alternative to reformism' (because of their air-time on TV).
This smacks of sour grapes. ignores the obvious common aims of the WRP and other revolutionary groups — the overthrow of capitalism establishment of a workers state, troops out of Ireland. oppressed nations, etc. These general Cort rederas pot for no by Corin Redgrave broadcast, and he rightly refrained from arguing against other left-wing groups despite the differences that do exist.
Although the WRP chooses to go it alone, revolutionary socialists of all shades should support intervention in the general clection as a challenge to capitalism, which a vote r Labour clearly is n E. ENTICKNAP (Hyd NORTH WEST WARRINGTON Socialist Challenge Ring 081-230 2352. lenge oflices for ChOD 30001S r the paperand would like to get chaster SC Conire. 14 Placadily. wote Socialtel NORTH EAST DURHAM Socialist Challange Sup ramn: & Romer Colleges, Low Chaie lonery stand a Cleveland Cantre socialist Challenge - 10 May 1979 pugo 14 general clection.
action Sectarian on WRP for a united I DON'T agree with your Telusine a vote lo the own sectarian level.
grounds. First, struggle be SU struggles is very poor. debate However, the Unity material: pianned economy, DOCUDatIOnS 01 end April Ireland, and so on.
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support for CP or IMG were present.
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actailst Challenge trom Green Hooks upstairs in the Spencer Hall shopping SCOTLAND For intermation about the paper or its HALING STAT #43 many policy of WRP in the election. You are descending to their Bob Pennington (26 April) refuses them a vote on two quite precise in extending their support to the Arab masses in the they simultaneously lend support to the bourgoois regimes in Libya, Syria and Irag. Second, their general record in taking part in WRPS election programme, while it contains support for the Arab regimes, also proposes a whole range of socialist policies, often more cogently stated than in Socialist unity nationalised workers control, factories creating redundancies, no incomes policy, an provide immediate withdrawal of troops from And while the general record of the which WRP in struggle is not that of a truly revolutionary party, it is not true that the WRP have failed to 'organise or participate in any mass astion' as Bob alleges. The WRP have often helped to organise strikes and other actions das. on a wide range of issues. But they have refused to take part in several NAC, - usually for the thoroughly sectarian reason that the many workers, disillusioned with Labour, will want to vote for socialist policies and for the barty, despite having les than tal despite having less than the WRP and reservations abour its record. In the absence of SU or SWP, a vote for the WRP is the only available means of This state of affairs dictates policy of critical support to the WRP We should have urged workers to vote for the WRP, but also to take up its LEAMINGTON Sucia isn опгаст 31177 YORKSHIRE Northumberland Street 5st und BEDS Sorla let Challongs sales meer 1Tam-1.30pm. And af Eland Roll when Leeda uld are playing at home тона сомин спанепро 15 сп вле.
ON THEM SITTING ON THE OPPOSITION SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND POSTURING AS THE DEFENDERS OF THE RIGHTS candidates on their Arab policy and their sectarian abstention towards those fighting socialise policies to which the WRP subscribes DAVE BAILEY (Fast London)
THE impressive mobilisations and Southall demonstrated the continuing strength anti-fascist movement.
Brighton & Hove ANL welcomes Socialist Challenge's call for an ANL conference. Towards this end, we felt it important to share our evaluation of Leicester with other anti-fascists.
The two most important lessons of Leicester were the importance and the TORMELL democratic leadership: and we can ensuring an adequate and recognised achive unity action leadership. National ANT Failed to La leadership which both involved representatives of all ANs at Leicester in planning strategy and could assign comrades to cach out-of-town group.
As a result, the strategy nitrating the town centre in saal roups left most of us on the wron ide of police lines for much of the Under these conditions we fel that it was a strateric mistake to divert all of our forces to the route of the Front march and away from the school where the Front were to meet.
democratic leadership for national mobilisations; 2) unity in action observe the discipline of the organisers even when we disagree with it; 3) an Immediate recall conference council to democratise the ANL and discuss strategy for the future NEIL MaDONALD (Press Officer, Brighton & Hove ANL)
WHILE I strongly object to Arthur Scargill's justification of sexism and SOUTH WEST BATH Socialist Challange sale:
PORTSMOUTH Commercial Road Pracine sales SOUTH EAST Inversity c* Ear: Argil TALLATHAN, BASEME REES, BENN AND"pin-ups", neither can 1, after just reading your paper, come to terms with your so-called (19 April).
As you are well aware, the women's movement is against all forms of sexism, and yet you see fit to produce a photo of him nude with Scargill's head dubbed on top. Surely our aims are to remove all forms of sexual repression? But how can we do this when a paper such as yours indulges in male pin-ups?
ОК. it may just have been piss-take of Scargill, but as far as l can see it didn't come off. I find it rather offensive, and I'm sure that many women will feel as I do DOROTHY GILSON (Leamingion of Spa) of Scargill "pin-up" sexist THE photo and caption used to put CoWn Arthur Scargill in the "pin-up' debate article (19 April) is sexist and should not have been published. The photo is taken from gay soft porn of which reproduces male supremacist values of dominance and submission in sexual relations in common with straight porn.
Moreover, the use of the pin-up objectifies and exploits the male body 10 an analogous fashion to that of pin-ups of women. Just as capitalism exploits the female body (and the male body in nags such as Playgirl) in glossy soft porn to sell a lifestyle of instant consumerised sexual gratifica. tion plus accompanying commodities, Socialist exploited the male body to sell' a dubious message.
The argument which underpins the use of this photo is the same as the justification, in the name of 'equality" of female strippers for encouraging male vomen. The point is to challenge an reject sexist distortions of sexuality i 0 177.30-3.90; ai Caney Bireet.
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Mistakes in NUS report THERE were a couple of fauks in your report on the National Union of Students conference (26 April). Don't you think you were carrying antisectarianism a bit far when you cold your readers about the election of two SWP members to the NUS executive without mentioning the clection of Socialist Student Alliance member your coverage of the Broad Left/Liberal open letter" for a new alliance in NUS failed to come to terms with the aims of the lecer's sponsors. In their new alliance the Broad Left aim to cement a bloc in NUS around positions to the right of the Broad Left's traditional Tribunite Debatethere will be — and the SSA THE LENGTH of letters printed will usually be kept down to 400 words in order to encourage us wide a range of contributioas as possible. All letters may be cut at the Editor's discretion. Lasigned letters will net normally be published, although we will withok from publication on should undoubtedly intervene in it — but we sbouidn't have any illusions that the result will be an alliance of the kind that the far left would want. Quite the reverse: the new alliance will represent an organisational reorganisation by the NUS leadership in line with political changes (moves away from mass actien towards lobby poblics and negotiations with the state) which have already occurred LEWIS DAVIES (Teeside)
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