IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

LCDTU - the waiting game

Red Weekly No. 93, 20 March 1975 · p. 3 of the scan · 465 words

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gentlemen like Scanion and Jones tp organise the stropele.

The LCDTU has been left waiting for a lead from the trade union Tells" like Scanton and Jones. Scanlon never organised anything against the Tories incomes policies. The LCDYU organised noth ing either. Under this Labour Government, Scanlon has done nothing to fight the social contract, And whatever happened to Jack Jones? The "inactivity of the 'lefts" ensured that the LCDTU did likewise.

Council meeting next week. Don't let them beat the ban!

Town Hall, 6 pen March 25th!

IS and ING THIS SATURDAY SEES THE FIRST MEETING OF THE LIAISON Committee for the Defence of Trade Unions for many months, Up to now. the LCDTU has been little more than a 'caucus' for the industrial militants It met periodically to deliver the latest line in the struggle against the Tories. But the political control of the LCDTU has always remained firmly in the hands of the CP and that meant the LCDTU could never organise anything except the occasional "pressure' campaign to get those worthy The CP have not been inactive under Labour. Since October, they have been in the front Line organising opposition to the jiling of the Shrewshury 2. But again, they have delivered the movement bound hand and foot to the TUC. Everything organised from the local areas has been concentrated on getting the TUE to more on the issue. Instead of drawing the real Jessons from the Freeing of the Five dockers, that the trade union leatlers Stop NF beating ban Islington Labour Council has banued the NF from using the Town Hall. Now the NF are defying their decision by holding a mass picket of the Support the counter-rally called by Islington Trades Council at Islington Supported by North London Teachers Association, Islington anti-tascist committee will only act when an independent and powerful movement is already underway and threatening to engulf them, the line of the CP has denorsbury.

jail. The possibility that existed for the working class to demonstrate all but thrown away. Such s utovebut serve the workers movement well in its preparations to confront the employers, their state and the policies of this Labour Government in the months ahead.

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CRISIS IN THE WELFARE STATE - a workers' solution.

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