its own links between people to combat the system's links between things.
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contributions came from John Forrester of DATA. who alone insisted that the main lesson to be learnt from such issues as Ireland and the Equal Pay struggle was that militancy paid off.
Other attempted left-wing interventions were equally ineffectual. The Socialist Labour approximately 1000 youth on the Sunday in view of their haCK surprisingly large number of black people. But the Hauc Conference itself and only confirmed their total cemonstlation which at least passed the Conference Hall when the delegates were emerging, was so small as to be laughable. Reports of the debate held between their tendency and the Tribunites indicate that the immature sectarianism of the three bus-loads or importea is supporters totally alienated any potential support outside of their own ranks. Supporters of the marxist monthly "Militant' were by far the best organized of the left-groupings present, yet in view of their total commitment to Labour Party work, they had surprisingly few delegates and even less influence on the conference floor.
The future for political struggle by socialists within the Labour Party is, in the short-term, extremely bleak. The inadequacies of the present left leadership and their complete inability to affect events in the slightest, have been cruelly exposed. The token nature of their opposition to Wilson becomes clearer and But the paradox remains. That while strikes, tenants struggles, squatters' campaigns, anti-imperialist demonstrations and a host of other class struggle activities are on the increase, this is not reflected in any significant form inside the Labour Party itself. Indeed it would appear that only a really dramatic event, such an unlikely variant as a disastrous defeat in the next General Election for instance, could really shake the party up and produce any significant opposition to the leadership.
Yet socialists who gloat over this decline of the Labour Party should beware. It is good that more and more young people, trade unionists, etc. are coming to reject the rotten politics of reformism, left and right and to participate in militant struggles and revolutionary organizations. But the left has yet to build a viable alternative to the Labour Party.
Experience in France where the counter revolutionary role of the Communist Party was clearly exposed during the May events, shows that the working class will not easily be persuaded abandon its •traditional organizations. In Britain not a single trade union of any significance has severed its links with the Labour Party. As long as this organic relationship remains the potential for Labour leadership to pose as the custodians of the working class interest remains. As the election nears I am convinced we shall see a resurgence of working class support for the Party which does not even exclude the possibility of a Labour victory.
It is no use socialists turning their backs on the Labour Party and hoping it will slowly wither away. Sooner or later we have to confront the problem of how to destroy it in its present form and win the vast potential of the British Labour movement for revolutionary