way JESPITE Livingstone's own limited political agenda, his bility (but not yet the realisation) of a mass left potential which he refused to lead when he called on Labour Party. He clearly stated that he wishes to reapply for Labour Party membership (he is now formary expelca):
On his present trajectory he will squander this potenalterative, if allowed to, as the cuff. he abandons class extrucs in favour of populist gestures, combined with responsible soverment and his own version of the "third Livingstone's explicitly class collaborationist pledge to "unite all of London" and consequently his attempt to unite all the political parties (except those which have anything to do with socialpopular front) to govern the city are designed to calm ness, while smoothing his on the terraces path back into the Labour Party. Inis does not neces sarily mean it will work in oractice. especiall gwen his tendency to speak out off Of course socialists inside and outside the Labour Party should support the readmitted - as well as other socialists who have been kicked out - but only the framework of the Labour Party in the TU movement -on the basis of no corremises with New Labour. campaigns and social moveHowever such a fight is ments, putting pressure in not enough today, and in Interests of the working itself it will achieve littie. The main task at hand is to class. build on the new struggles coming to the fore in the ity against privatisation of the tube. There would be factones and offices, in the colleges, on the housing nure support for a call estates, on the streets and paign to save Fords. That is why the electorate delhered There is no possibility of such a blow to New Labour on May 4. against Blair inside the Mobilising around these Labour Party in the foresee- issues, in defence of asylum seekers and against other be delivered from outside in privatisations and job losses needs to be the priority of should in the short medium outside the Labour Party term prioritise turning the and regardless of how they party outwards to linking up with others fighting, outside Spans opposing test in, key New Labour policies witnin the union inside and Come on Cone
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