them by the militancy of the rank-and-file.
acceptance of a low wage offer in the steel industry. only 24 hous, the fact that the leaders of the LAV trade union federation were forced to call it at all showed the cxtent of the pressure being pur on For the anion bureaucrats, however, this action had one purpose only: to reassert their control over events. The first example of this manoeure came when they ased the new prestige they had won in thi way to force through Now, however, things have been taken a stage further. A full-scale campaign has been launched by the bureaterats to exclude revolutionary militants from trade union membership. A major target of this attack are the comrades of the Fourth International, grouped in the LCR /Revolutionary To combat this move, a defence committee of rank-and-file trade unionists has been set up. Extracts from its initial statement appear beiow. We also print belowa short interview with our comrade Jules Housse, who explains how the bureaucrats huve alrendy been forced to retreat on some fronts. роршапапуmomber froin LAV would of course be the interests of the workers to the adTHICTU DOE IO DEAW AUE NACI HIRS OE TUsSenIng They ane fully umare that the nesolutionses in the LAV are among the in full streagth for the 9.Ochoher demonstration, and were among the to mount strike pickets, while all the reactionaries buited the workers mon lutionists from the LAV are obrious: without trade union protection, thies miltant will be lett to the mercies cf the busscs and tincalened with losine cheir ols What the LAV landers dan't understand is that capitalist repression of one tenders of the workers movemunt is in reality an aftack aguinar the Dn tir mOvENnenL.
GLES-AHN ISLAMITISN sympalhises of revolutionaty groups is thus aimed at all militant workers; it is a national trade union. colch-all formals that harticulady atteces immigrants (30 per cent of the working The only valid basis for excluding a If he harmed the trade union by betraying vantage of the bosses. So our leaders are tain revolutionary positions, without, however, accepting a complete revolutionary They are in fasour of reviving the internal life of the trade union so as to make it more effective in confronting the bosees; of stimulating tho functioning ol rank-and-file organisations by building companyJevel sections; and of aliowing all rendencies to express themsches freely so that a better struggle can be waged for a single