further workfare and law and order plans will push up gov. emment spending.
In the run-up to next year's Inter-Governmental Conferfaction of Britain's propertyowning class will push hard for anything necessary to secure integration.
Socialist Outlook will oppose them. European integration, like the nationalist law and order frenzy of Howard, Portillo, Lilley and Rifkind. offers no way forward the workers and oppressed of Britain — or anywhere else in the world. EVEN THE most vicious dictators need votes once in a while.
The plebiscite - a one off vote for or against a certain candidate or proposal - is their favourite tool. While giving the illusion of choice, the lack of any practical alternative means the outcome is almost always assured.
This is why Doug McAvoy. the General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, is seeking to use the same method to manipulate the members of his union.
He has already overNUT's conference and Special Salaries Conference in this way - overturning a planned one-day strike against the underfunding of Plebiscites and postal ballots do not produce the same results as considered discussions in the union's conterences and local divisions. Voling by post, teachers have no idea of the opinions. confidence or ideas of teachother parts of the country. these cautious postal plebidecisions of Annual Conference to be referred to plebistites, and for changes to the rectly to the union's members. Of course the ballo! papers and subsequent surveys will be written by Mr. McAvoy himself, in order to ensure the most cautious response possible comes back.
As working people gear up to place their demands on a future Labour government, tempt to replace union dewith these undemocratic must prepare now to defeat such attempts in the future.