attacking the working class. will result in demands on wages, education, and hous ing, but that Blair is preparing to 'ride out" any opposition.
He therefore needs to make the Labour Party 'safe' from any pressure from the organised working class, hence the attacks on democracy.
Prejudged
The problem with this analysis is that Taffe is prejudging the outcome of struggles which are still unfolding or yet to begin.
if Blair really were strong enough to brush aside resistance, it would imply a weak or non-existent fightback, and little or no mobilisation of class struggle left in the unions: yet if these are not the very forces on which ant 'new party of Labour' would have to base itself. who does Taaffe see as the target audience of his new initiative?
The whole project of build. ing a new left party at this stage faces an insuperable contradiction: its political jusSocialist Outlook is a fortnightly newspaper produced by British supporters of the Fourth International, the world-wide socialist organisation. If you like and agree with what you see in this issue, why not find out more about us and our ideas? Simply clip out and return this coupon.
SOCIALIST OUTLOOK No 93, November 11 1995. Page 9.