Isington Socisist Allance has members had nienty to keep us bury in recent weeks. We have been out campaigning against the closure of the local sorong office, against Arsenal's plans to site a new waste dump in a residential area in order to facilitate their new big business Corbyn. stadium, and in salloway with tube workers.
One of our focuses was to build a public meeting which was addressed by our candidate lanine Booth and also the candidate for Hornsey and Wood Green, Louise Christian people in Islington would be particularly interested in hearThere councillor and respected local activist for many years, had New Labour and support the Socialist Alliance. We were proved right by the turn out of over 70 people, many of including 8 local Labour Party It was the debate with these all their adult life. Labour Party members which not surprisingly was the most Important aspect of the meesfrom Islington North and not from new Labour. surprisingly supportive of local Campaign Group MP Jeremy Socialist Alliance supporters were able to point out that we had made a conscious decision not to oppose cordyn, and that we would be calling for group of people that the people to vote for him, as well as suggest that people from the north of the borough could come and assist with lanine's campaign in the South.
was however a weak. many of the Alliance speakers, particularty from the SWP Labour Party members clearty showed that they were torn between their anger with gov- cal aspirations. emment policies and their loyalty to a party that many of hem had been involved in for But some speakers ignored their questions, simply making general statements about the numbers of people orcaking May's Socialist Review carries quotes from long standing Labour Party members who JOHN LISTER is standing in Oxford East against the side of the Alliance, indicat- Chief Secretary to the ing that the SWP leadership treasury Andrew smith. recognises that this is the vid John, a journalist who sits on the NUJ's Standing socialist Alliance needs to ori- Orders Committee, is best-known as a campaigner To do so successfully, we need to encourase people to cuts, privatisation and PFI get involved in the Alliance in the NHS in his job as before finally making a decision London Health Emergency.
We need to recognise that John also lectures in jourwe will build a stronger move.
lege and has also played an and address people's personal active role in campaions concerns as wel as their polit- against education cuts and in defence of social services
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