arcas of unemployment and unions, for the unions to deprivation - these all show found an alternative party 040 C UHONS DHE So far the movement in the with a more radical policy than that founded fust over indicated, to a loss in funds 100 years ago.
In campaigning for such a threat to back candidates in party I would suggest at this clections who will campaign stage there should be a minifor union policies. I believe mum policy such as: the renationalisation of the railgroups (be they the groups ways; opposition to privatiassociated with or in the sation of any public service; Socialist Alliance or those increased funding to hospion the left critical of the tals, transport (such as the Socialist Alliance) to cam- Tube), schools etc. by taxing paign, in and out of the the rich; the restoration of wage and no differeptiation for age; opposition to participation in America's "star wars and support sor te anti-globalisation campaign Once such a break was achicved, candidates would fight on the programme in local, national and Europcan clections. If the left can force based on the unions, as the aDout laty was us otc 100 years ago, but in this quite new situation, the opportunities for building a mass marxist party would be qualitatively different.
I believe such a party would have an enormous attraction to disaffected Labour party members, but more importantly, to many workers, youth and pensioners, the unemployed and miadie class With the threat of recession racing tne curopcan and world economy the onucah Conom aH social situation will change drastically. A scarch for an alternative path will be facadded force as will the need ployment, cutbacks and wage slashing. The Labour leadership has no answers to these problems except to advise workers to pull in their belts a little more and wait for the good times to TCU5. It is now that the left should be putting the maxi. mum pressure on the union leadership to consider an open break with New Labour and the formation of anew party basca on toe If such a party was formed, with the right of any group aprecing with the policies of that party to affiliate, the party to be built would be present. Have I oversimpltfied the problems? Maybe 1 But at least the left wing groups should discuss these ideas - or is the prevalence of sectarianism in the different tendencies too powerful?
Dave Finch South London