By Steve Hall and A MAJOR regional conference to help organise a fighting left against Tory attacks will be held in Manchester on October 29/30.
The conference has wide sponsorship from leading local union activists, trades council leaders and campaign acticists.
MANCHESTER Sponsor: Alec McFadden (Wirral TUC Secretary) It aims to build on struggles such as that to defend ParkFIGHTBACK CONFERENCE Wallis Building, Sackville St, Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 October Further details: Fightback Conference, c/o | Church St, Atherton, Manchester side pit and the signal workers' struggle which was well supported in the North West, as well as existing fighting networks like Women Against Pit Closures, whose activists are prominent sponsors of the conference.
The conference aims to promote joint work and greater unity among the left on a regional level, particularly among trade unions and local communities.
A wide range of workshops will take up issue such as fighting racism and fascism; defending the welfare state; fighting for jobs; fighting the Criminal Justice Bill; defending the ecology; homelessness; privatisation; and the Les" offensive on "family values".
The conference aims to be much more than a talking shop: a plenary session with debate the establishment of a North West Liaison Committee as a permanent forum for building unity in struggle.
SOCIALIST OUTLOOK No.70, October 22 1994, Page 6