Socialist Outlook

Socialist Viewpoint, International, Socialist Outlook and their supplements, 1984–2002

Making Labour fit for socialists

Socialist Outlook no. 36, January 30 1993 · 221 words

THE AIM of the Socialist Campaign Supporters' Network is to co-ordinate and sustant a ron sectartar 5i0k work of actively campaigning Labour Party members who want to turn their Party to socialism.

It is vital that socialists in the Labour Party campaign, cause the leadership of the Party is not going to do it for us. Indeed, the present direction of the leadership continues to be American presidential-style media promotion based on Clinton-type 'good-looks.

The 1987 and 1992 General Just out! New issue of Election TV broadcasts were compared to Oscar-winning fllms. Unfortunately they flopped at the box office.

Clintonisation

he way forward inton is supposea to sow for Labour. Yet he says about the bombing of Irao: 'there is no ditterence between my policy and that of the Bush administration.

But the Labour leadership stead it continues to jettison the remnants of policies and expel socialists who campaign for them. It has capitulated to Tory ideology and exchanged parliamentary deals for political opposition.

On the other hand, we must campaiga i new ways, nostast knocking on doors at election imes. We must campaien outside and inside the Party, with people who are prepared to struggle against the Tories, and draw people into the Party.

We must campaign in a democratic and participatory

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