Veronica Fagan In days when it is hard to find a single who will even out their cross on a bit of paper for Frank Dobson, it seems at first sput strange that Labour cart orem should fail to call for a vote for The current issue of the magazine contains an editorial which ducks this key Livingstone it does not argue that readers should campain of even vote for nim Inside there are pages that rightly con demn the Millbank fix but fail to draw political conclusions for the tuture Then there are a series of articles that attack Livingstone for standing against New Labour. There is a very posite aruci from Mike Marqusee arguing for support for the London Socialist Alliance, which we reprit on p or this paper. but Marqusee is clearly isolated in Briefing.
Chaos in action at a time when new Labour is facing the biggest crisis in its history. The roots of this lie in a series of factors.
Some involved seriously underestimate the particular nature of Blairism, , seeing new Labour's betrayals as no different from that of other right-wing Labour govFor others it is impossible to conceive of any political alternative to the Labour Party, Stil others feel that Blair has transformed the party and won't be stopped but have been thrown into confusion by Livingstone's demand that they stay in new Labour and keep their heads down.
• Tower Hamlets Health Care UNISON • East Finchley ASLEF • Hackney Joint Borough Services Committee (TGWU GMB, UCATT, UNISON) • Işlington NUT • Hackney NUT •Waterloo RMT • Willesden RMT • London Fire & Civil • Hammersmith Metropolitan Line RMT • Hackney & Tower Hamlets Benefits Agency POSe Horn North i orth West London CWU • Lewisham # CWU West End Amalgamated branch CWU North/North West London branch VU South East London Postal Ciu London Regional Polscal Committee • Islington UNISON branch • KMI London District Counci IRMT Hammersmith & City Line branch ASLEF East Finchley branch • MSF Wembley-Hendon 640 branch • GMB Holborn branch If you have further information please contact Pete on 0207 624 0032 or [email protected] WATERLOO STATION RMT sizeable donations to our strike fund from RMT Branches we have also received significant support from other union branches. MSF Ealing and various trades councils are amone the thirty or so organisations who have responded in the last two weeks. The regional committee of the CGT from northern France has sent a message of support and faxed a letter of protest to SWT (French rail workers operate trains into Waterloo from Lille).
Further messages of support and donations are needed - to Sarah Friday Reinstatement Campaign c/o 3 Blades House SEI! STW. Fax to 020 7207 3781. (Cheques made payable to wateriod RMT)
The following unions have passed resolutions supporting Livingstone: