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They explain will be voting on

By G. Zinoviev

Workers Press no. 179, 5 June 1970 · scan page 3

Topics: Racism and immigration, Tory government, Labour Party

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Capitalism

can only be defeated through the expression of the young and the informed opinion of the older generation LENIN: Speech to the Petrograd Soviet, 1918 3s. Od.

By G. Zinoviev lustrated with many photoraphs, this was a speech deIvered by one of Lenin's closest associates on the occasion of his recovery from wounds received in an attempt on his life. It gives a remarkably clear picture of Lenin and what is required to be a remolutionary.

WILFRID DOWNING, a Lo Equity Association, writes :

IN 1964 I voted Labour because thought that the Labour government would really make revolutionary changes and carry forwand socialist policies.

This has not been so. The I Would

RON BEAK

whole, to fight the very concept of capitalism.

Capitalism can only be defeated through the expression of the young and of the informed opinion of the older generation.

Capitalism is the very opposite of what we believe. It is the conformist situation which antagonizes even those who believe they are Tories through its qualitative background.

The one policy that guides me into support of the Labour Party is their social security policy faults and admittedly it has the hurdle to face of the time factor in changeover.

But when all is said and done, it signifies an intent to look after the weak, the lomely and the unfortunate people dependent on society.

The new Earnings Related Scheme to be introduced in 1972 has faults. But generally the theme is one of protection.

It is one that looks at the position of a worker without any rights in old age and levels out the facilities of the social and economic strength of the nation so that the working class recognize the humanitarian and social consciousness of the Labour Party.

Labour Party has betrayed all its election promises to the working class who elected it.

However I think it's vitally important that a Labour government is returned to pawer, nat like information SOCIALIST and why. RANBIR SINGH, T&GWU senior steward at Birmingham's Middlemore Road factory of the Birmid-Qualcast group, told us :

WE THINK that the Tories are racialist. Enoch Powell is bringing in the racialist issue. The Tories' policy towards immigrants would make Britain like a police state.

Immigrants should have the right to settle wherever they want to when they come to Britain. It is a denial of choice of freedom of profession and movement.

Powell is not against immigration as such. He wants › stop immigratio from the Commonwealth countries so that it can start from the Common Market Immigration has in fact been beneticial to the Tories. Many industrialists have exploited immigrants and doubled their profits. Only immigrants get the odd jobs at odd hours.

Certain industries would have failed to exist without immigrant because they have carried out socialist policies, but because they are going to find it very difficult to carry out Tory policies.

There is a very grave danger of abstentions by the working class with the coming election and a general tendency to say, It doesn't matter who gets in, they are all the same'.

Let's make no

mistake about it The troops bein;

used in N Irelan today will be used for strike-breaking In fact it is contradiction that the Tories don't want immigration. In fact they want immigration for their profits and also for an election stunt against the Labour Party.

Powell has not been able to make accusations against immigrants except to say that there are a certain number in Britain.

The immigrants have been very tolerant and have avoided trouble.

POWELL

Powell is not against immigration as such. He wants to stop immigration from the Commonwealth countries that it can start from the Common Market.

That this is only election propaganda is proved by the fact that the Tories started immigra: tion. If we unfortunate enough Tory gover- ment then tal would not be surprised see immigration. on the increase.

Even with the mounting unemployment the introduction of cheap labour would help their profits.

Every worker and immigrant should vote Labour, even though we differ from its policies, which are devised simply to please the Tories.

anti-immigration then the Tories would created situation where might have lost Again the Labour tried to bring in laws because the wanted it, and TUC.

In connection with the Tories' tawar anti-union proposals it is clear that workers would not strike if they did not have to

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