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The British ruling class will appear strong for as long as we the people stay on our knees foqht rac1sm and grow1ng fasc1sm now I Organ1se to bUild a genutne wo1kers Party to wm state power 1
CPB(M-L) A Class GOONS Question ATTACK FOO BALL AGGRO COMMUNIST WORKERS
As this issue goes to press reports are coming in of a serious dash between Marxist·leninists a delegation from the Communist Workers Laague of Britain (Marxist leninist) (CWLB(M-L)) - and revisionists of the so called CPB (M·l), both outside and within the Conway Hall on the evening of Saturday 30 April on the occasion of the latter's May Day meeting. The CWLB IM-L) delegation, comprising mainly factory workers, was abused and wh llher or not they are "conscripted into a special, anyone who comes before pushed and shoved and had its Every day in the papers, we are deluged with stories on "hooligans", from away tough-discipline, Army this court for being in pes leaflets snatched by CPB (M·L) "Soccer hooligans" and what to do about them. Following matches. unit." Another labourite session of an offensive wea goons outside the hall where the Norwich-Manchester United match on 2 April, and the Tommy Docherty, Man MP, Arthur Lewis, pan, even for the first time, they were distributing. Inside Chelsea-Charlton match on 11 April, Denis Howell, labourite the hall, when statements from chester United's manager, suggested spraying them will go to prison straight CWLB (M-L) comrades, Minister of Sport went on the Rampage. has called for the return of with indelible dye. A Cardiff away." exposing the political The measures he spell out £1000); controlling ticket the birch. Labourite MP Wal magistrate, Sir lincoln Hal· t•nkruptcy of the "CPB (M·L)" were: heavier sentences sales; barring Manchester ter Johnson called for linan, has this to say: "I were made, once again the (from £100 minimum fine to United and Chelsea fans, "hooligans" to be make it quite clear that Continued on page 2 workers were set upon, only this time they were punched in the face, kicked, thrown to the ground and violently ejected from the hall. SMASH THE RACISTS AND FASCISTS NOW
One of the communists On 31 March, nearly three is making some headway, whose mouth was injured thousand voters in the mainly , through using by the CPB(M·l) goons Stechford, Birmingham, racism as the hook. What, when his head was used as a By-election put the Nazi exactly, does the NF say battering ram against the National Front into third about black people? Here is doors of the hall place above the liberal an extract from their leaflet Party. The NF, whose lea This was done with the Continued on page 4 complicity of those on the ~ers have British Nazi pasts, platform including R. Birch, chairman of this so-called workers party, who did nothing to stop the as9Bult. Several of the people attakced IRELAND- PRISON STRUGGLE RAGES are well-known to many workers and M-L organisations and have a record of years of hard and serious work. Eye witnesses testify that in no way did the delegation start the violence but only responded to protect themselves. The onus for the brutality lies solely with the CPB (M·L) leadership and their goons in the audience, it is reported. The CPB IM·L) misleaders never even attempted to politi sympathisers by the thou· imprisoned for opposing Ireland ii united with the- 'the government to building cally counter the serious sand join in protest rallies, the imperialist occupation states of their imperialist up the defence forces, the criticisms made by CWLB (M·L) pickets and demonstrations of the northern part of lr• masters in the occupied Garda Siochana and the speakers. Yet again the mistreatment the forces of the state hit land. There are constantly north and in Britain itself. Aa Prison Services "to Continued on page 6 of patriots in Irish prisons back. We should not forget issues arising from mis- the Gardai laid into the whatever level is necessary brings to the stre~tts pro- that in both parts of' Ireland treatment. In this respect demonstrators, CQsgrave to ensure the defe•t of poli gressive forces in Ireland. As and- iri · Britain pa~li~~~- are the state it;~. the republic of the Irish !'r,mjer, P,ledg"' ~ij:lll viol_ence." Voice of the People page 2 • are capitalist policies oppo seu LV the interests of wor THE LABOUR-TORY-LIBERAL king people, and that that five year electoral sham is ANTI-PEOPLE ALLIANCE MUST BE the means whereby we are robbed of our freedom to SMASHED-THE VOP POLICY FOR determine our own and our kids' future. There is only THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION one avenue to reverse the The current Lib-L8b Westminster alliance is now the parlia this country. It serves only rule of capital - that of or mentary base for L8bour's crisio poverty programme. But the ambitions of the million ganising to smash capital behind this temporary pact lies an alliance between the aire monopoly capitalist ATTACK ism, and its state power. and thr" main political parties of capitalism-L8bour, Tory and class to im pose its solutions to bring about a genuine Liberal. to the crisis thettheir system socialist society where those who do the work have The political agreement. credibility of Labour and the has brought about, political power to work out that Labour must for the notion that it might imple nationally and international ON INFLATION their own future. time being remain in the dri ment socialist policies. In ly. The development of this ving seat of capitalist sc • ~ssive elections they parliamentary dictatorship policies, is a cynical tribute have urged workers to vote Eleven Concrete Reasons to the role that Labour has Labour in opposition to is coupled, outside West minster, with the tightening APOLICY for Supporting this "VOP" played over the years in Tory, when in practice the Policy deceiving the genuine aspi basic policies of both these of state control over every rations of millions of people parties have been the same sphere of the economic and for a decent existence and a in periods of capitalist boom political life of this country, FQ!Jk.SURVIVAL 1. For Millions of working via the open collaboration of class families existence in socialist future for t.., '"'lrn and today of capitalist crisis. trade union bureacracies capitalist Britain amounts selves and their child reo.. It Talk with the government @ITALIST) where is also a biner reflection on There has been a great to a life 5entence agencies and bosses organ poverty is rarely more than the activity of those self deal of talk recently about isations (such as the CBI). It one wage packet aw ay - if styled revolutionary social- the need for a National is accom panied by the A guide to the you have· a job. Some ists notably the Government. In fact persistent by-passing of par workers earn more than revisionist ~~ communist" National Government in liamentary discussion of Government's programme others but all are exploited. Party of Great Britain, com practice already exists. The important economic, social plemented by the main trot alliance of Tory, Liberal and 2. The Tory, Labour and and political measures. It is skyite organisations (the Labour can no longer be Blueprints, such as the above one, aimed at solving capit al Liberal parties are in also to be linked to the rise of International Marxist Group, concealed by the fraudulent ism's economic cris is are always against t he interest of essence all the same, nee-fascist, neo-nazi the International Socialists parliamentary show-downs working class people because each pleys the capi organisat ions, like the now the Socialist and 'cliff-hanger' votes at could herald the coming of unrestricted terroristic dicta talist game. Workers' Party - and the Westminster. These National Front, Civil Assis fascism to Britain. As yet, torship of the most powerful 3. A General Election is a Socialist Labour League, manoeuverings are no more tance etc etc as yet outside the precise form in which and reactionary sections of competition between the now the Workers' Revolu than a device to protect the of Parliament, part of whose fascism w ill present the the capitalist class in Britain. Tory, Labour and Liberal tionary Party), plus a host of image of democracy with support stems from disillu g realest menace to the The t ightening of pa rliamen parties, to manage the other "leftist" factions cling which Westminster coats sion with the established working people ofthis coun tary dictatorship is part of a affairs of the ruling capital ing onto the skirts of the itself like some stale icing. capitalist parties' monopoly try is not clear, nor is it step by step, all-sided dev ist class, and its exploita Labour Party. For years This form of National Gov of pow er. undl'rstood. In essence, elopment in the direction of tion of working people and these opportunists have ernment in no way serves Fascism how ever, what we have to fascism. the poorer sections of the fought to preserve the the interests of the people of These developments fear in this eventuality, is the If the immediate plans to middle class. retain Labour in power are 4. Whichever of these thwarted by some parlia parties wins a General Elec mentary mishap, or tion, the working class incompetence or mini-crisis, loses. Whichever of the or the personal ego and am present parties is in govern bitions of individuals at ment, capitalism remains in Westminster, then we can power. expect once again that the 5. The so-called "national bourgeois opportunists interest" is really the class surrounding the Labour interest of the capitalist party will once again try to bosses. Capitalist "law and promote these careerist order" is the slovan of the hacks for the purposes of yet rich. again electing them to 6. Minor retonns here and office. The " Voice of the there are no real solution. People" has a pol icy to put The faw extra crumbs now before the working people and then forced from the of this country concerning ruling class still leaves that the nature of elections as we class in power to carry on its know them. This is set out exploitation of workers' ._ ... .; .-..._ · ----c.a:::i=-·-. below. Our eleven point labour power. •)o • !""' ...... statement shows that whe 7. There is not one single The deception of capitalist politicians, such as the Labourite build a new political party that really represents them will ther Labour, Liberal, Tory or ---- National Front, the policies Shirley Williams. leaves workers cold - only when they they make progress in the class struggle. Continued on page 4
Continued from page I ing experience in crowd versus white. Instead of control through football fighting each other, we want matches. Newspaper to see the youth of all towns editors call for identity united against the bosses. FOOTBALLAGGRO- cards, and for fans to be The energy and determina shunted from station to foot tion shown by one group of ball ground and back again. supporters against their The use of dogs, videotapes rivals would have some A CLASS QUESTION of spectators. and the threat purpose if it was directed ened use of water cannons against the fascists and their System to Blame decency ... they are the (on top of the Army's exper like. guilty men." ience in the north of Ireland) This would not mean an n.is paper is in no way In other words, it is the - all help the police learn end to competition at foot condoning violence at rotten system of capitalism how to handle workers fight· ball matches. After all, foot football matches. It causes which is the root cause of ing for real change in this ball is a game about scoring big problems for those fans violence in general in our society. goals. There is nothing bad who just want to see a good society. "Football hooligan The police chiefs could about supporting one game, for local residents. ism" is just one part of this. hardly hope for a better particular team. But we and for those who come Frustrated working class excuse to put their theories could learn from the worse from the aggro. But youth - who are the pro into practice. So think twice Socialist Chinese. They have no amount of violence at ducts of overcrowded class about the Bobby on the ter a motto in sport matches means that the rooms, of families with races; he may be attacking "friendship first, competi blame should be placed enormous problems "hooligans" today, but tion second" which is just as mainly on the shoulders of brought about by the tomorrow the truncheons relevant to us. the young kids themselves. struggle to earn a living and could be striking trade At the moment, however, Eamonn Dunphy (well survive, and of unemploy unionists, anti-fascists and ttle Divide-and-rule of sup known midfield Reading FC ment which hits them any worker who stands up porters fighting supporters player, and author of the harder than any other sec for his or her rights. is just part of the fact that account of a professional's tion of society - turn to Football is not a People's life, "Only a game?" ) put it in violence quite naturally, as a game. It is Big Business. The a nutshell. The roots causes reaction to the violence that Worker fights Worker interests of spectators and of the problem, he said, capitalist society shows players are put second to the should be seen to be the them every day of their lives. scramble for profit. In a people "who fail to provide Perhaps the worst feature Socialist Britain, workers jobs for young people. They of soccer violence that will control Football along who fail to provide recrea should concern progressive with everything else. Only tional facilities for our youth Growing Police State workers is that it sets the them will we be able to look ... They who by their immor working class youth of one forward to trouble-free ality, their corrupt practice, One part of the state town against the working games, a healthy competi their tolerance of "fringe machinery - the police - class youth of another. tive spirit, and real unity banks", " insider dealing" on has actually benefited from Sometimes, too, this is on between spectators, players Police grab a youth ... tomorrow the same for otriking the Stock Exchange, offend the rumpus. They are gain- racial grounds - black and those w ho run the clubs. workers. 19 demonstrators against and fascists have racism and fascism were found yet another cesspool arrested in Brick lane, East to swim in. The Klu Klux London, alter they had been Klan is coming to Britain. attacked by National One leader of this vicious Frontera. Fines and costs for outfit, which has been res the antifasr.ists totalled ponsible for thousands of £980. In contrast to these, racist murders in the USA, the NF were allowed to go has already met with fr___..nd 9 of them beat up National Front members a J-ish school teacher who want their own Klan. that afternoon, kicking out 500 members are said to six of his teeth. When trying have been recruited in this the anti-fascist, the judge country. This means was forced to admit that if nothing short of a highly or he didn't convict the ganised campaign of racial defendant, the only logical violence, which will only be alternative was an indepen~ stopped if workers and pro dent inquiry into the behav gressive people are iour of the police. organised to wipe these racist vermin off the streets. The National Party, which split off from the National A National Front Railway Front in order to hide its men's Association has been Nazi origins and appear set up. According to NF respectable, has added a News,"With increasing new rag to the garbage it numbers of blacks produces. This is "The employed on the railways, British Worker", a Trade who are championed by the union paper supporting the Reds who run the railway NatiQnal Party". Designed l unions, white railway to sound anti-capitalist and workers must organise to using left-sounding defend themselves. Railway phrases, it urges workers to workers, be on guard I "join the National Party and against the Nazis on the become active trade union tracks! ists"; and that "British workers are put first."
While the rich pay £300 for a chandeliers exchange hands bring prosecution if they oc pothermia than then years strawberry cream tea in at a price of £16,279, over cured in factories or offices. ago. This is a direct result of order to taste the first of the two million old people live in Three times as many old lack of heating and malnu Irish strawberries, and temperatures that might people in hospital have hy- trition.
! Disgusting racist harass· Since the Emergency ment of newly-married cou Powers Act 1916 became CRUISE ON QE2 ples has been taking place in law in October, 401 persons london and elsewhere sup- have been arrested, yet only 1 posedly to check on 39 have been charged. 6 whether or not a "marriage have been found not guilty, SELLS DESPITE of convenience" has taken 3 were discharged by the place. Changes in the court, and 24 are still before immigration rules were laid the courts. That means that, £88~000 FAitE before parliament on March so far, only 6 people have I 22, to come into immediate been convicted. Bv ROBf;RT 'JEllf,OW, Shipping Corre•r-?nd~nl effect. Police have celled on one Pakistani couple three THE Cunarder Q•"~en Elizabt>th 2 is to make Itimes in six weeks and in a 96·day Pacific cruise next year with the terrogated them separagely, asking all kinds highest fare costmg £88,550 for the best Iof personal questions. Thy Next time you buy Wrigley's accommodation. Mr Victor Ma· Jews, chairman have made brutal intrusions gum, chew over the thought of Cunard, said: " Our two pent.10use suites ar into the private lives of ) that Philip Wrigley died many other immigrant cou leaving a personal fortune the first to go. We have no trouble selling them ples. The new rules give the of fifty eight million pounds. and there ar~ many people who want to sper Home Office, and the police Wrigley's adverts tell this amount of money." Iacting on their behalf. people to eat gum to relax. power to take whatever Workers would relax a lot You have been warned! steps they think necessary more if their lives weren't to find out if a married The above extract from the I controlled by the likes ol SUBSCRIBE TO couple living together as Philip Wrigley, deceased, Daily Telegraph (15.4.77) is IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ~man and wife. but not missed. in sharp contrast to the life THE '\lOP' "enjoyed" by Margaret APPEARING SOON! Walsh, a 67 year-old An annual subscription of spinster convicted of 12 1ssues is now £2.50. Air stealing food worth £1.42. 'CLARITY' mail rates on request. The Communist Workers·· when the situation de Living alone and on social The recently published league of Britain(Marxist mands. The organisation Annan report on the future security. she was so pover Leninist) will in the near wi II then be associated with ty stricken that she begged of broadcasting supports future commenr.e produc a broad range of publica I Congratulations. to the NUS to be put in prison. She was Please mal'c all monies the continued censoring of tiDn of a publication of a tions, encompassing a for defeating a motion given a three-month payable to M. Harris, all news from northern Ireland, new type. It will be called mainly agitational paper, which proposed that they PO's and cheques should be "Northern Ireland is a spe sentence. CLARITY, and will represent factory newspapers, the I abandon their policy of "no r.ross~d. cial case. It cannot be taken th~ theoretical, propaganda above-mentioned theoreti platform" for fascist and as a guideline for all othP.r and polemical stand of the cal publication, backed up The Grunwick strike still racist speakers. It is certainly con;roversial issuas". As for organisation on a wide var by pamphlets on important I no thanks to their new pre· goes on after nine months. illegal organisations, they iety of issues vital for topics, and a range of leaf sidend the so-called com The workers are striking for "should be broadcast only Marxist-Leninists. It will ap lets and the like. munist Sue Slipman, who the basic right to belong to a when it 1s of vallle to the pear periodically, as and I said "I don't believe in trade union. Despite Len people" Who decides whe minority action. We must Murray making an appear SELL THE 'VOP'! ther or not it is of value? The ] argue against fascist ance on the picket line and pro-imperialist BBC of speakers and peacefully pic- promising that the TUC were Why not take extra copies of "NEW ERA BOOKS" course. ket meetings they address, with them all the way, all the the 'VOP'? Sell them to your 203, Se,•en Sisters Rd .. london N7. Tel: 01-272-5894 friends at work, or organise ] but certainly not disrupt TUC have done is to call on them." The phoney Commu- A new booklet for army re- all trade unionists not to use a group to sell the paper in nisi Party of Great Britain cruits, issued by the Grunwick film. Only the your area. If you wish to do has certainly gone a long Directorate of Army unity of the Grunwick this, or to accompany othw Marxist-Leninist Literature,( English Language, also Sp•nish, ] Greek and Turkish)SALES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ARRANGED way down the drain since Training, says "You may not workers and the support of sellers of the 'VOP', get in CHINESE AND ALBANIAN JOURNALS the days of Cable Street in use torture or threats to ob other workers will ensure touch with the contact ad dress. If you take several Selection of Posters and Chinese handicrafts. 1936 - when they led tain information from a pri victory. Send donations to ] papers, you won't hove to MARXIST -LENINIST JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS thousands of workers in pre soner". Yet no British the Grunwick strikers, Brent pay until they are sold. (from Britain, USA, Norway, Australia etc) venting Mosley and his soldier or SAS expert h .. Trades and Labour Hall, 375 COUNTRYWIDE WHOLESALE SUPPLIES blackshirt thugs from ever spent a minute in jail, Willesden High Road, Open: 10-6, Mon-Sat. 10-7.30 Thurs. Jmarching through the East despite several convictions London NW10 and _End of London. lor such offences. supportth~e~p~ic~k~e:ts~!------~======:=:=:=:=:=:=::::::::::::======:::::::::~~ V01ce of the People page 4 suppressoon of the parasitic capitalists once and for all. Working class must lead Only the working class can lead the fight for social· ism, for it is the only class in society that is big enough, strong enough, the only class that has sufficient revolutionary hatred of the capitalist system to enable it to fulfil this historic mission. There is no example, The basic policy of the "Voice of the People" is one of opposo· the last death-bed twist of a historically or currently, of a tion to capitalism and support for socialism. the political system on the way out. ruling class giving up its power of the working class. Either a socialist revolu power, privileges and pro The working people of Britain exist in a Capitalist society tion will smash the threat of fits paradise without the whteh is based on their exploitation for profit. Britain is a lao growing fascism and the oppressed waging a fierce an imperialist nation and its ruling class exploits worilers developing corporate state, and prolonged struggle. and other oppressed peoples in colonies and neo-colonies in or fascism will rise to power Capitalism will not remove various parts of the world, such as in Ireland. for example. only to be overthrown later itself from the stage of his after it has taken its toll tory. To the contrary, history they died in and a few peny against the working class teaches that working class possessions. As for the and other progressive rule can only be established young, more and more people. through mass-based violent The British ruling class is cannot find any work at all. The threat of growing revolution. composed in the main of Fear fascism here is Nobody likes violence for very wealthy monopoly Under the capitalist die· accompanied by aggression its " sake. That would be industrialists, financiers and tatorship in Britain there is in Ireland, Britain's oldest lunacy. But workers must be bankers, land and property fear, insecurity, a lack of colony. In Ireland the British realistic when they talk of owners, commerce and peace of mind and constant ruling class has instituter1 a changing things and most of trade bosses, and others en· worry. Life. or rather exis· reign of brutal suppression. all must recognise that gaged in the business of ex tence, is for millions a hand· poverty and exploitation those who at present have ploiting people's labour to-mouth affair, a day-in· through its direct control of power over their lives are power. The ruling class day-out struggle to make the northern part and its not, as if by magic one exists to make profit. It con· ends meet. stooges in the Dublin morning, going to stop NF thugs on the march. The seven per cent of government. As for the past exploiting them. The trois the State machine uf Continued from page 1. parliament, the army, society that owns eight centuries the British working class values peace, own coontnes. This 1s not police, courts, prisons, the approximately eighty per ruling class denies to the but must demand peace on "British jobs for British 'racialism'. Ttus IS common educational system, the cent of the wealth of the people of Ireland their right the basis of a just society, Workers". like many that sense patriOtism... mass media and all other country -the ruling class- to national unity, self- and that will not, cannot were pushed through the Lie No. 1: Immigrants are letter-boxes of Stechford: not "pouring " and "flood "e STOP IMMIGRATION ing" in. Year after year. - START REPATRIATION more people leave the Not long ago the Govern country than enter it; more What This Paper Stands For ment was forced to admit immigrants are white than that it had been grossly mis· black; many people with a leading the public legal right to come into inatitutions of influence and live a luxurious life, while determination and fre•dol"' come into existence until the concerning the huge Britain, such as wives and power, all employed to the vast mass of the working from interference in their repressive. unjust rule of number of Immigrants still fiancees of workers from serve its own class interest. people are subjected to domestic affairs. The Bril.sn capitalism is overthrown pouring into Britain, by India and Pakistan, have to Irrespective of which of wage freeze, social bosses have millions inves through revolution. means of publishing false wait years for visas, and the political parties is in gov contricks, lies aimed at stop· ted in factories, finance and So that the socialist revo immigration statistics. Now have a tough time gening ernment at any one point in ping them from seeing the land in Ireland north and lution can take place in Bri it is admined that during them. time, capitalism is always in truth of their predicament, south.lt is therefore not only tain there must be brought 1973/74 more than 175,000 Lie No.2: In no way does the power and will remain in and an existence that denies the main exploiter of the into being a genuine Immigrants flooded in. In presence of Immigrants power until the present to them the realization of a British working class but revolutionary workers' Party view of Britain's very grave make the unemployment full ::~nn truitfttl life. also the class enemy of the to unite the uniteable and unemployment problem, situation better or worse. dJ~lrJsrs~~ After the flllluro of confer ence after conference to con the people of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) Into giving up •.,_ Mdall8& ., ue&Mr their armed struggle to -a,. II a fellow-patriot, u overthrow the fascist tile eapUalla& et ay ... minority regime of Smith, ~.&j Ia a aa&ual neay." Britain's foreign minister, J CONNOLLY Dr. Owen, has now been sent forward to try the same thing once again. And now a new highly dangerous no tion Ia being introduced, namely the possible invol· vement of British troops as 'official' mercenaries. The liberation movement in Zimbabwe is leading a just war with the support of the vast majority of the pop OWEN MUST STOP ulation. All intervention. be it by Britain, the US or INTERFERING IN Russia, must meet the opposition of the peoples of ZIMBABWE all countries. "I have to insist that you use the servants' entrance." Continued from page 6 RUSSIAN The following are characteristics of the "CPB (M·L)":- it has never made a scientific class analysis of society in order scientifically to locate the enemies and any friends of the working class in the fight for socialist revolution: SUPERPOWER its ~called programme is thus not based on a class analysis but was dreamt up in disregard for social investigation of class forces; STEPS UP despite a lot of talk about the workers and the unions it has never produced an industrial programme for educating. and organising the leading force for socialist revolution, the industrial proletariat; INTERVENTION it has never made an independent scientific analysis of friends and foes of the working class internationally; it has not made a scientific investigation of the national question in Britain; it has not achieved a scientific and creative understanding of the pres~nt stage of the class struggle. nor produced IN AFRICA a genuine strategy and tactics for the present situation; it did not properly prepare for the coming into being of a party; it does not practice in the spirit of seeking unity, but insteacHs arrogant, splittist and sectarian towards others; • it does not scientifically and militantly fight deviations from Marxism·Leninism, such as trotskyism and revisionism; it displays an anti-communist attitude towards Marxist-Leninist theory and possesses no theoretical journal with which to clarify important matters; it appears to have no scientific and creative cadre training programme; it does not possess a scientific understanding of history and has dishonh!ly dist,rted certain comments of Marx in order to support its two-classes-only theory; its publications are drab and trade union in political orientation and do not reflect communist spirit and tenacity; • it has produced no scientific and militant programme for combatting the threat of growing fascism and racism; These are but some major indictments that lead to the conclusion that the "CPB (M-L)" is not what its name implies, but is in fact a bourgeois organisation, led by opportunists masquerading as Marxist-Leninists. Henct, the Heathrow nasco is but an effect, a manlrestation or the root cause or the problems of this oraanlsation, that root being revisionism in methodology, revisionism in line, and revisionism in practice. The ··cps (M·L) .. is the leading force in Britain of the anti~science camp. It is not alone in this camp. But because, for example, it has so~c contact through trade unionism with workers; becuase it claims ··recognition·· from genuine communist parties abroad~ because it produces a regular newspaper which claims that the ·:CPB (M-L)" is the "vanguard pany of the working class··~ because some people with a low level of political understanding are overawed by the status one of its leaders has in the social democratic trade unions ... for these and other reasons the ··CPB(M- ~ is the main centre of revisionism operating within the so-called Marxist-Leninist mo~ement at this time, the most dangerous misleader. A genuine revolutionary communist Party, rooted in the industrial proletariat and led by industrially-based communist ml!n and women. has yet to be built. In its historic document "For A Real Communist Party- Hey It's Up To Us!" the CWLB (M-L) spells out the main Russian and Cuban involvement in Africa rivals that of the weaknesses of the movement that has called itself Marxist-Leninist, defines "' genuine communist party and makes other superpower. the US. concrete proposals as to how such a Party can be brought into being and the preparations that must be undertaken for it to be soundly based in terms of class line and class content. Following on from their intervention in Angola, the social of ThiJ document can be obtained from the uddress btloK-'. imperialists the Soviet Union are masterminding the present invasion of loire by between 7,000 and 10.000 mercenaries. Zairian soldiers on the front, refugees from the front, and foreign reporters there, have all seen evidence of the Soviet Union's backing of these mereonaries. Acconding to President Mobutu, they became "mercenaries first for the Portuguese and then for the MPLA (In Angola). Now on their return," he says, "they corry Russian weapons." At a recent rally by more than 20,000 people of Zaire those countries of actions to condemn the Soviet which can only be attributed backed invasion, the com to themselves I missioner of Kinshasa Africa is not the only tar· pointed out that the invasion get of the Soviet Union. In " has been planned for a Europe, this superpower long time by the social-im has the heaviest concentra perialists." Their aim, he tion of armed forces in the said, was to "impose their world; and in the Gulf coun domination on other parts of tries, which hold two thirds Africa starting from Zaire, of the world's oil deposits, whose exceptional geo the Soviet Union is com pet· graphical position can serve ing with the American as a spring-board in their imperialists to build up mili TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS attempt to recolonise the tary bases. continent." Thus it can be seen that what we are now w itnessing e The CWLB (M·L) wishes to announce that the preparatory discussions devoted to setting up the Socialist in words - Marxist Leninist Working Commission on Party Building Preparatory Work have now reached their in Africa is but a continua Imperialist in deeds tion of a process of political concluding stage. The •Commission', as it is known, supported by communists based in London, And the social-imperial degeneration which started Reading, Coventry, Birmingham and Leicester will be formally brought into being towards the end of ists, talking in the language when. after the death of May as a result of common agreement. This represents an important step in the development of the of socialism while, in deed, Joseph Stalin, the Marxist-Leninist movement In this country, and could be of considerable long-term slgnlftcan BOOT OUT THE SOCIAL CONTRICK ! FRONT PAGE CHANGE The last issue of the "Voice of the People" saw a new masthead design which dropped the old Irish Libara tion Press insignia using a gun. This was a tactical deci sion arrived at because in the minds of many people the gun was associated with the anti-people terror· ism of the rightist Provision als. This paper has always condemned terrorist bombings which 1n1ure workers and fail to move one inch closer the end of capitalism. This tactical change in no way alters the basic line of this paper on the Irish ques· Meanwhile \ec..u1ng secretary, in complete wages have dropped in real tion which is one of Labourite bums and Trade opposition to the mood of terms, prices have rocketed. demanding the immediate Union Misleaders contmue his membership has al ready All thinking workers should withdrawal of the British A massive tide of opposition to the Labourite's phoney army, the release of all pat· social contract is building up. There were 445 strikes during trying to con workers irH .... said he backs phase 3. seriously stop and think accepting a third round of Another idea being floated about why the social riotic political prisoners. in January and February (the latest available figaJ with as many Ireland and in jails in this worlting days lost as in the first six months of last year. pay cuts. Healey waves the by the bosses' linle men is a contract was ever accepted carrot of a minute tax cut in "kitty" of money, in other in the first place; and now country, the unity of Ireland Significantly, the pressure to break the social contract is as one nation, and the right com\n~ hom the thousands of ordinary working men and return for workers accepting words puning up a fixed whether they will be Phase 3. Jack Jones wants to amount of money and then cowered by threats of higher of the Irish people to self women, on the shop--floor and at branch level of t he unions. determination and the con The 56,000 Ford c.r wor*ers are dem•nding • 15% pay make the social contract letting workers squabble unemployment and so on by increas.e, while railmen, miners, dockers and even the more "voluntary". He says over who gets the biggest union hacks. But all in all just struction of a socialist Na\.\on•\ "'n\on oi Bank Emp\oyees are demanding a return he wants a return to free col share. VOP says that the going for higher wages will society. It was vital that we to free collective bargaining. On April 20th the British lective bargaining, but says social contract must be not change capitalism, lor allowed no barriers to be layland Shop Stew ards Combined Committee called a his union members must smashed. It's ridiculous that the bosses will still hold the erected by the writers and demonstration againat the social contract at Hyde Park, avoid massive pay claims a so-called "Labour" reigns of power, until sellers of this paper which which thousan.Js of workers attended. On the same day and must bear in mind the government can be allowed workers seize them and would prevent as many 10,000 workers from various trades stopped work in Dundee state of the "economy" to get away with sob1a'!llniiy organise lor real change in workers as possible buying w ith a further 6,000 in Sheffield as well as others around the (Read bosses profits}. Sid doing the bosses dirty work. society. and reading the paper. That country. Weighell. NUR general For the past two years while would have been to pursue a sectarian line and to regard the symbol as a principal, an The range of the fascist-style Prevention of Terrorism Act and in itself which under all covers the most remote parts of the country, however circumstances must be "peaceful". Four young women from County Armagh were PREVENTION OF maintained. This paper still a nested within hours of their arrival in Guernsey on 12 April. believes wholeheartedly They had hoped to lind jobs lor the tourist season. Instead, that in Ireland, as elsewhere, they were frogmarched to the police station and then locked that political power grows in the cells of StPeter Port Remand Centre. Meuritta Heaney, TERRORISM ACT from the barrels of workers' aged 18, one of the lour women, said later: "They told us we guns and that the people were in the Provisional IRA, and when we said we were not have to be politically they said: 'But you are Catholics!'- They treated us like wild educated and organised and animals. HITS GUERNSEY mobilised to light lor politi Guernsey police hao had cal power. the women's names led Signs into the British Army Big IT'S GREAT TO Already there are signs Brother computer (situated TAKE A BREAK that workers are buying the in Thiepval Barracks near paper in larger numbers and Belfast). which holds a mass IN GUERNSEY that our politics are gening of biographical imfo