Chesterfield sup- porters, the links are much weaker. There tween the Solidarity feronce are important. But the links with left trade union tendencies are still weak, and has heen some good unson policy group and the links made he- third time around tion. This in tum is giving confidence to other The sceptics who thought the Socialist confounded. On the weekend of June ganisers to change the name to the Socialist ganisation, proper membership, an office and With the Labour Party and trade union leaderships still espousing their new realist politics, the Socialist Conference is the only vi- able, broad national organisation on the left prepared to fight Thatcher now and offering a political alternative, rather than weakly calling for everyone to hold on until we can elect a Labour Government Its twin-track policy of organising both inside and nutside the Labour Party, in the trade unions and in the campaigns is also the only conceivable way forward for rebuilding the left after the hammering it has had from a govemiment intent on destroying huge trade deficits, rising inflation, and interest lion of mortgage-paying home-owners - many groups of workers are beginning to fight back groups to fight other aspects of the bosses' of moves towards further Conference wouldn't survive have been 17-18 it holds its third annual con- Even better, there is a proposal from the or- Movement. This implies a higher level of or- socialist ideas in Britain and from the new Nor is the situation as bleak as it has been. rates crippling industry and now a large propor- and demand wage rises at cast as high as infla- With Thatcher's economic policy in tatters full-time workers to further the movement, realist leadership of the Labour movement. ference, this time in Sheffield. privatisation. The moment fensive and Tory
The demographuc changes whuch mcan less and less trained 16-18 year olds coming onto the job market have led some large employers to introduce workplace nurseries. While we should wel come this, it is also obvious that such nurseries will be available only to the better-paid, full-time women workers, and as council and state child care suffers from the attacks on local government spending, the out- come will be fewer places for the On Saturday there will be two bours of specitic time set aside for Women For Socialism. These ses sions will be practical and will be very useful to draw women into the activities of Women For Socialism SOCIALIST OUTLOOK no 16 June 1989