Nov. 23, 1991 No. 12 He dorores Defending industries against closure: transitional demands include opening the books umon laws. the Poll Tax, sions and state benefits; and standards and social security.
• Demands for the repeal of racist immigration and nationality laws;
• Demands for an immediate end to • Ine council tax, and an amnesty for Poll Tax prisoners and other of a Tory victimised labour movement militants.
• Demands for big increases in pen• A cash injection to restore services in the NHS, education More radical elements in the Labour Party and wider labour movement will also be receptive to a number of political demands which are implicitly antifavourable for agitation on transitional Though other developments are not excluded, the most likely conditions for such an awakening are in the aftermath electon dereat, When workers will look in vainto Labour for assistance.
Like seeds in dry ground awaiting the rains, Trotsky's transitional demands re quire the moisture of class struggle to enable them to flourish. Meanwhile the more popular the form in which marxists learn to present these demands, the greater the possibilities when the oppor tunity for action ariser
Derek Wall is a supporter of "Green Revolution' and a member of the Green Party. His book Green Politics and Marxism will be published by Greenprint in 1992. Here he summarises some of his views. Illegal teak logging in Thailand's tropical rain forest