expected (well you can't plan anything with private contractors you know), Further To find out more contact the Close Down Harmondsworth Campaign at 10 Endsleigh Slough Trades Council for £5/£2 with name address and e-mail to the same address. Terry Conway The Election campaign a stronger and more dynamic organisa.
In fact, the campaign itself really created the Alliance as shape. a national organisation, creating local branches of 'the that Alliance in many areas where they didn't previously exist, and winning UCH Now the key challenge is to build on those successes, to ensure the Socialist Alliance can establish itself as a key the neo-liberal policies of this new Labour government both at a local and national level these The Socialist Alliance debates demo. cratising the political fund in a number of unions, both by consolidating the gains that have been made and widen ing them to other unions, as well as by developing the wider fight back against privatisation.
The many people who have come into the Alliance durAlan Thornett ing the election campaign must quickly be made to feel this is an organisation home, a place for both discussion and activity and one whose phonics they can The Alliance must also continue to work in a way out the ple who will become disillusioned with New Labour as fied.
One stone term take shape - both by win them to the Alliance itself, but at the same time finding ways of their area. working with those who ard not ready to make the leap.
But in order to carry out tasks, the Allance to develop the right structures.
It has outgrown its current both politically and organisationally. This is why there is going to be a with locally, national conference towards recruit them. deal with these questions.
Local A number of issues need to be addressed The current membership act, system which is somewhat national organisation. action will take place when a new date is known. chaotic, needs to be simpli- There needs nine mintite SOURC strengthened people are members of local which has the authority to not national lead the members, while others have joined nationally and may cal currents both not know what's going on in and implicit There should be a unified Such a body needs to be structure so that people join able to react quickly to politresponsibilities at both local ensure that the Alliance is and national level. This new involved in the heart opposition to government to go back to those people attacks. It needs to build the that we have made contact either nationally but not actually local units. formally place about the best way of achieving such a leadership (cam branches the ber of different approaches that could be followed.
be The Alliance also needs to leadership.
cop some sor outcut publication that can promote organisation and the organisation's campaigns and report on successes in explicit different areas etc. within the This is particularly impor.
tant for those members who are not members of any other cit organisation. it shoule be produced in a way that would allow it to be used on meetings to sell to those who Alliance for the first time -needing something from the current members' bulletin. as there are a num- it will be important to maincain the national office set up during election campaign and find the material resources to employ staff.
These are some the issues Alliance needs to explore in the run up to the conference Thornett explains below, the Unfortunately, Alan defeat the Coventry and Warwickshire resolution promoted by the Socialist Party, which seeks to delay Then hopefully it will be be possible CoucHuard different developing the sort of effective national organisation that can build on the success of the clection campaign and be a key part of building a fighting neo-liberal offensive.
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