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-• •··· -• ··--· - - ... - • · ----- -~--~-- ··~~ - ;,.-==;o·· - ·r · •--;.-.·-;-- ' - Workers and oppressed peoples·· ofalrcountries, unite! 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.