Workers Press no. 281

workers press

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER

THE DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE THE TIMES' calls for Tory crash plan to beat unions UNDER THE GUISE of fighting inflation and preventing another, and massive, de- more By the valuation "The Times' now calls on the ruling Editor class to crush the developing wages movement with all the weapons at its disposal.

Unlike 'Daily the the belief people have i Mirror', Minago alicion which Bonaparte e councils to pay ! Trudeau How le Cute well Tories wouldn't), "The limes does not mince turns on CP WUrUs o curb inflatiny Canadian Daily News'. The paper are di

BY JOHN SPENCER

ment en under tre fighting in Paris incrorest Beginning War Measures ide of on Monday, offer to the dust to climb pistols escorted with drawn men That set up in france in 1938.

onside she mike across the international disease es an Naterlo Mounties and border ds are resthe Trion: is concerned

LESSONS

all-out n • Mister pert for that even the present as The Canadi respon How of workers, the momen maprovokin quite - teach to ear galenged and frime under prison strugle" and strike suddenly Devaluation monopoly warning lass. unsuspecting

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o the cine Little gain in Paisley orm is observed. permanently return A STRIKE of 200 workers at rubber a sie action " Cates' cotton mills in Police guard at Paisley has ended after five governmere day weeks Geismar trial ADUU 1 2,000 poncemen, some £1,250 Fund carrying grenade launchers, ringed the medieval Paris lav courts vesterdav as trench 11 days to raise Maoist leader, Alain Geismar on trial charged with Welle £765 3s 100 provoking violence against the police. THERE IS no time to relax ne for the Special banned the Pro- government arrestedmen Junt r Sooners OI n1: since I or civil war against Two Indian unionists shot by police declaratior Britain and need in emilad itch break at at tacti combatted and Woe break le 186a Chan PL it orism and (INTEC and the Congre street.

JEWSLETTER • WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1970

• NUMBER 281

STRIKING dustmen and 'scab' these vehicles leaving th refuse drivers employed under the pickets Kensington and ing lorry—one contract by Chelsea council battled Lon- tracted crew held an Iro in the ready. don yesterday. Violence flared when 20 pic- 20-strong remained passive as thre kets armed with sticks and ambushed stones a convoy of forced their way picket line, then Interv 'scab' lorries attempting to leave rubbish tip, Shep- free a fourth. Wood Lane herd's Bush. Tony Sweeney, a desperate bid to stop the London In

DAC

65,000 NOW OUT-

SAY UNIONS

JOINT

from statement council-workers' the three unions yesterday said that a strike affecting eight south- agreed to amendment of the 24-hour in ern councils and award line with any token actions in Derbyshire future national settlement.

HIGHWORTH,

and Lancashire had brought But at the total number of council neighbouring authority to out to 65,000. workers now Swindon, 24 sewage workers There will be a complete stopped for the first time. of NUPE Labour was also with- one-day stoppage drawn in the SOUTH from

NELSON AND

members in

COLNE

in Lancashire to- London's borough of Green- wich, Crawley, Bexhill. day. Most of the 60,000 school- Hastings, Harpenden, St children in COVENTRY had Albans city and Watford a day off yesterday because rural district. 2,500 Schools were closed in token strike by manual workers closed 150 DERBYSHIRE by a 24-hour token strike of caretakers.

schools.

SHEFFIELD,

Caretakers at OLDHAM In where in Lancashire were staging agreement has been reached similar action. between the strikers and

NORTH-WEST,

the city's Labour-controlled the In council, a G&MWU spokes- sewage workers walked out Crosby, man said yesterday that the at Alsager, Gol- council had offered to Glazebury, Lan- in- bourne, Litherland, Sale, crease the basic rate by 55s caster, Warrington. and extend a long-service Sandbach and Refuse collectors stopped payment - - previously pay- Prest- able only on a minimum work at Blackburn, 35-hour week — to entitled wich and Worsley. workers irrespective of hours Sewage maintenance men worked. were out at Leigh, Liverpool and Wallasey. Talks on improving the supplement are to follow.

Manual workers at RAMS- Refuse collectors and GATE in Kent closed the cess-pool emptiers at FAL- harbour there - stranding MOUTH in Cornwall ended more than 100 small boats and a car freighter-when a week-long strike yester- day after the council agreed they stopped work. them the f16 10s At CANVEY ISLAND in to Day minimum basic de- Essex, 20 refuse collectors workers joined condition that and sewage manded on the 'rolling strike'. they returned to work and second is that of possible PLANS for arms sales and in- British entry into the Com- creased trade with S Africa's dictatorship mon Market'. apartheid have Warning against 'cutting off Lord heen spelled out by Jellicoe, the Lord Privy Seal, our export nose in order to placate our political critics at in what is to date the most home or abroad', he added: of Tory arrogant statement I am glad to give you a support for Vorster's regime.

firm assurance that His Lordship informed the in your United Kingdom - S efforts to sustain and develop Africa Trade Association: our legitimate trade relation- ship with S Africa, your asso- 'There are, of course, two ciation has and will continue important issues in our sights to have the full backing of on the trade horizon. The first is that of arms for the mari- the government. time defence of S Africa, the I believe that backing will be more effective in the future.' He implicitly attacked Zam- shot by police bian President Kaunda when he said 'governments, or individuals izations seek- ist-led All-India Trade Union confrontation with S ing Congress (AITUC). Africa would get no support Seven executives from the Tories. factory down and three policemen *Nor will walk were among those injured in the path of economic con- Several ex- frontation with S Africa: he hail of stones. ecutive offices were damaged.

went on. that leads the fight against the PRICE 6d. strike-oreakino after being attacke Sweeney ald approxim- of driver. ately lorries had used the

WHOSE

told the council that during rew held an iron bar al we have *What would happen if one o stopped employing COn- these labour we force

TACT

maintain CoWboys killed someone nassive as three lorries services ike meais-on-whees.

OUT

ine dustmen would he bamed the refused this throllan thev have 10 know. he salo Intervened to twice', he sald. Wood Lane incident, After the It is now the responsibility of the strikers moved off to search chairman the • London 10 unions cal! everyone out borough markets for the 'scab' strike committee, stop vicious

UPOT

SEWAGE WORKERS at Swindon and Reading yesterday defied Tory threats to move in government troops to break their strike.

Strikers at both towns rebuffed a 'return-to-work- or-else ultimatum from the Home Office and will

ADVISMUDE

continue their four-week struggle for a £2 15s in- promise that the Sorkers Press: Very much week on a crease in basic pay and orv-controled counci would "The been been snare 1s nana government improvements in holiday threatening us with negotiations tailed to re start tois tor a within two days. and fringe benefits. ortnight. but this has added a new dimension. he anded. Offer On behalf "It they do use troops this three will l coliditu thA The council then made an pal lyes. oter of 40s now and General April and refused to go be- ers and iransport troops in an industrial dispute.

recolators secretary told Environ- Yesterday's Sundon 'stay government erek *the spent a hard. i whe *was more time find ment Minister Peter walker through their shorty hetore noon that there bring ciliation officer would he no return until their that is demands were met. telling rities how Lands they get 558 Union leaders told by were Walker Meginald Maudling on Monday Secretarv said • bath the loca would New dimension government could not alow untreated Asked if the to be discharged into Prepared Cu the use of unions fo its present give their the Swindon official and Reading troops, response at Hallond officer John Cousins day's new 37s-38s offer. rate. told They wanted to know by noon yesterday 'whether they themselves would be prepared to take stens to prevent it.

YOUNG SOCIALISTS

Standing by

WEEKEND SCHOOL

* for shalt tournin

OCTOBER 24 & 25

and there have been several 'amber warnings'.

WINTER GARDENS, MARGATE

Moves the over days cleat are t indication that lorv pans tor military Sunday Saturday well Strıke - breaking are advanced guest speaker

CLIFF SLAUGHTER

But

JOHN MCGRATH

in according (Central Committee member sakes acce (Aush or of we conly praised Bernard Dix, of the Socialist Labour League) Reckoning' sulkers alice was mailme 'The Bofors Gun') How to defeat the Tories and have been back twice. we not going to be bitten a third against the their attacre olitics and th time' working class ommercial Chinam said indon officials 2.30 p.m. 9.30 a.m. that thes later yesterday Saturday evening at 8 p.m.

today and were native concerned

DISCOTHEOUE

that the nossin e movement ot troons might leonardize the Cliftonville Hall, St Pauls Rd discussions Cost of the weekend is f2 which includes school, The Wiltshire town's coun- retur cil lare, and Details fro remain bed hreakfast and John Simmance, 186a Clapham High London, SW4 suspicious of the move •Swore last Money went back

workers press

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER

THE DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE 'THE TIMES calls for Tory crash plan to beat unions UNDER THE GUISE of fighting inflation and massive, another, and de- preventing more By the "The Times' now calls on the ruling valuation Editor class to crush the developing wages movement with all the weapons at its disposal.

Unlike the Daily Bonaparte could ineir eurency people have in watch demagogically call situation un This is certainly up We Coles to may pre rese (knowing quite well the Trudeau "The Lories Times' does not mince turns on CP worus. curb inflatior Line monetary fiscal measures impending proacres are arition COAST police yesterday seized one theisand ration: or tol have alread Communist Party's copies. reople s ed out Canadian Daily News. state ang aratus to suppress the

BY JOHN SPENCER

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LESSONS

clear for such a government. speculate, bur pr is wil The Workers Lites, inciseparatin leaders.

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House 595in t who think that the ear Measure principled strus Little gain fine en trudeaus is a the price and have in Paisley their backing per permanently on norf it is continued betted sand nationalis cerave pora tal colle return sheded democracy canad has van A STRIKE of 200 workers a I & P Coates cotton mills I!

Police guard at Paislev nas ended after nve weeks. Geismar trial ABOUl >.000 policemen. some £1,250 Fund grenade launchers, Carrying ringed the medieval Paris law 11 days to raise courts yesterday rrench Maoist leader. Alain Geismar.

went on trial charged with E765 3s 10d provoking violence against the police That vat man lot the s ground : 10d in Paris ra The declared he 1968 events stated that Trudeau's f civil war against in the Workers week. Two Indian unionists shot by police nto defeat and PEOPLE in Bombs between in, were killed now on. Send ed hire to break up a your dor Workers Press will between 186a Ci. Street, (INTEC) and the Commus- The daily paper that leads the fight against the Tory government

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1970 • NUMBER 281

PRICE 6d. Fury on the picket line strike-breakingdid Sweeney horries and the contract If one of e flared when 2o pic would be blamed, I Wood tort chairman desperate bld to stop drivers committee

65,000 NOW OUT

Tories are out to

SAY UNIONS

JOINT

break agreed to amendment of the SEWAGE WORKERS at Swindon and Reading yesterday defied Tory government threats to move in troops to break their strike.

council men Strikers at both towns

COLNE

rebuffed a 'return-to-work- or-else' ultimatum from the Home Office and will children in COVENTRY had

BY DAVID MAUDI

off yesterday their four-week manual workers closed 150 struggle for a f2 15s in- Sworkers Press: "Very much controlledoe token and crease in basic pay improvements in holiday actioNORTH-WEST. and fringe benefits. Offer walked offere couns nonen rised to be sori had. troops in an ayment movement through their dol bring demands were mur until their et ing to 80 back emptiers at FANd

MOUTH

said that would this ended ays talks with the New dimension ocal. Asked to pay ays new 97538s oler manded on ba condiion officer Tohn they returned to work Cousins told Arms sales line

YOUNG SOCIALISTS

spelled out Standing by

WEEKEND SCHOOL

Tor she last tour ust andik been several

OCTOBER 24 & 25

second Moves over ar indica two

WINTER GARDENS, MARGATE

Saturday Sunday strike. guest speaker advanced.

CLIFF SLAUGHTER

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to tro post jeoparie en izatsons or individuals. Cliftonville Hall, St Pauls Rd From the Tonget no supor care, bed and breakfast birmance, 8a Chaplan He 30 Wiltshire town's 5. Detalls etun * Nor executives suspicious of the move. St, London, SW4. sonation walk dowI * Several. in with amia one bacie to windon last Monday WOrK

PRODUCTIVITY DEALS a political

PAGE TWO

IN HIS book on produc- tivity deals International Socialism leader Tony Cliff puts forward lists of demands for MDW, mobility of labour, work study, JE, redundancy, shift work, safety, over- breaks, pro- time, tea cedure, discipline, condi- tions and money and how to fight productivity once you have got it. But we cannot examine his demands on a straight- forward productivity deal because he does not give any. His method is a measure of his confusion. He includes everything under the general heading 'productivity' and misses the most prevalent form of productivity dealing - the straight deal on an existing pay structure. 'Mutuality' is scattered like confetti throughout the demands and it's fraud is revealed in Cliff's own defini- 'Again and again in the tion. following programme of demands we will find the ques- tion of "mutuality"-or "the right to bargain" - coming to the fare'. The 'right to bargain', of course, has got nothing to do with mutuality. Any employer, where there is basic organiza- tion, will agree to the right to bargain over anything and everything. The question is what happens when he shakes his head? The following are the demands in the event of MDW, slightly abbreviated.

1. The principle of mutu- ality should be applied to: (a) the speed of the track. (b) work standards. (c) any movement of labour. (d) allocation of work- ers to and size of labour pool. (e) manning. (f) any changes in work practice. 2. No redundancy or cut in labour force. 3. A 35-hour week with- out loss of pay. 4. Bonus tied to increased production. 5. Guaranteed wage cover- ing--holidays, sickness, short time, waiting time, labour pool, etc. Cost of living bonus. 6. 6.a. Total support for parity claims and equal pay for women. 7. Guarantee of 26 weeks' full pay and 26 weeks' half pay for sickness. 8. weeks' holiday Four with full pay and six statutory days. 9. Status over dis- quo puted jobs. 10. Unlimited time to con- sider offer. So Cliff tells us - if you haven't got the strength to outright oppose MDW fight for the above demands. But isn't it clear that you would need far more strength to win this list of demands - some of which would require the alteration of national agree- ments-than to keep MDW out lock, stock and barrel?

Just one more point on demands. On work study Cliff says — 'Never argue with a work study man - just fight. Place him'. Demand number two Trade says — 'Work study engineer to be member of the same union as men he is studying.'

So we are told never argue with him, just bring him to your branch meetings so that he can note every plan you lay in fighting these systems.

Complementary It is significant that Cliff's book contains a single photo- graph—that of J. Haston the Electrical and Plumbing Union's education officer.

Haston is mentioned on the basis of opposing his views, Haston and but really both I would like inform Fill in the form below and se

SECRETARY, SOCIALIST LA

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Name Address Cliff are entirely complement- ary on this issue. All that Cliff calls for in theory, Haston claims to teach in practice at the union's College at Esher, which is the 'leading school in Europe for work study appreciation courses. Workers are sent to the college precisely to be taught enough about timing, evalua- ting jobs, changing methods of work, rating, etc., to be able to 'negotiate' these with the management, at bonus meet- ings, joint works' councils and various mutual agreement sessions with the employer.

PART TWENT

FINAL ARTI

But Cliff's line is not a new departure for the state capital- ists. As far back as 1965 their magazine International Social- ism' carried a review of Alan Flanders' book "The Fawley Productivity Agreement' in which the reviewer, Colin Barker (who Cliff now thanks for helping correct his present work) explains about Fawley: "The shift from conventional to intensive plant-level produc- tivity bargaining had the inter- esting and important effect of enhancing the stewards' role and making them more central in factory politics.' Of course, once a deal like this has been signed, it is pre- cisely the consultants' object to bring to the fore the shop stewards as major partners with management in the mutuality fraud. Again, in 1968 International Socialism 31' (winter 1967- 1968), the editorial explains that: *Backed with the clear power of militant mass sup- port, productivity bargaining can be used, like anything else, to the advantage of workers.. "There is still no magic mechanism which will hike automatically without pay increased unemploy- work, ment or a worsening of condi- tions. For workers, the "bar- gain" become only can a realistic one if it is structured rank-and-file by organized militancy' In June 1967 a struggle took place the Oxford Liaison on Committee for the defence of Trades Unions on precisely this question. BMC had declared their intention to introduce JE into their plants and a decision was taken by the Liaison Commit- tee to publish a leaflet on the issue. Several drafts were drawn and the contents of the leaflet discussed at full meet- ings of the Committee. The contentious point soon emerged. were two main poli- There cies put forward. The right- wing representative from Morris Radiators (who have since accepted JE) said that outright opposition was most dangerous, using all the argu- e information about below and send to NATIONAL

CIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE,

HIGH ST, LONDON, SW4.

ments now used by Clifi to support this position, anc proposed that a list of mini- mum demands be drawn up. The alternative position, put forward by members of the Socialist Labour League, was total opposition at all times to any form of fixed rate. This policy was then put to the for the meeting policy as leaflet when it was drafted.

Compromise But the IS faction at the meeting then moved an amendment that this should

TWENTY-TWO

BY

BERNARD

FRANKS

AL ARTICLE

become policy for the leaflet - 'without the exclusion of the previous point of view' and this was carried. Thus, in June 1967 IS was fighting with the right wing for compromise demands. It is worth noting that those from the Morris factory who fought for total opposition still have no fixed rates in the factory.

This 'most dangerous policy' seems to pay off. articles in More recently, their paper Socialist Worker' have fully confirmed this class collaboration policy. For example, In • February Chris Davison (acknow- 1969 ledged by Cliff for his help with the current work) wrote: 'What we get out of any deal will, as with any other negotiations, depend entirely on our strength, organization and determination to fight.'

Is it correct, then, to main- A SERIES of proposals which constitute an immediate attack on left-wing groups in univer- sities and potentially the whole of the student body in Britain were published this week by the National Union of Stud- ents and the National Council for Civil Liberties. The recommendations, which aim to centralize control over discipline and student-staff rela- tions under a new body ulti- mately controlled by the gov- contained in a ernment, are report drawn up by a commis- sion staffed by representatives from the two organizations.

Jack Straw, NUS president and student darling of the 'respon- sible' press, describes the 106 page document-'Academic Free- dom and the Law'-as, 'a charter for the student movement con- cerned with the re-definition of students' rights and responsi- bilities within a legal frame- work'. As this quote suggests Straw and this commission are trying to do in the universities and colleges what the Tories are trying to do to the factories. The report cannibalizes and expands on the findings of the recent Commons Select Commit- on Education and Science tee which was met at several British universities with riots. 'Protection' Central to the document is the suggestion that if, 'students and their colleges are given protec- tion through recognition of a juridical element in the relation- ship between them, then students are far less likely to suffer at the hands of a college which is answerable to some controlling body for its actions than they would be otherwise and the college itself may find new pro- tection against those • who are seen to be a genuine threat to its life'. (Chapter 5, p. 19.)

A Higher Education Advisory Board should be the body that administrates this new quasi- judicial function. All Board members, states the

WORKERS PRESS

tain a complete and absolute opposition to productivity and all its works? Should the employers be told what to do with their productivity deals?

For tactical and political a negative reasons such approach would be wrong...

By just saying 'No' the rank- and-file leaders run a very real risk of becoming isolated.

"They provide a weapon for the most backward workers to stir up trouble. "We'd have been f4 a week better off if you'd accepted that deal"!

This line is doubly con- firmed, for in April of the Nigel Coward same year, writes a piece congratulating Davison on his statement and explaining: 'Outright opposition by it- self will not do. But that does not mean we do not voice our political reasoning even if we lose.' Under the pretence of advising workers on how to the employers' offen- oppose sive Cliff and company of the peddle IS anti-Marxist an policy of class collaboration.

In the name of a 'socialist strategy' workers facing the worst systems of exploitation and attack yet devised by capitalism are encouraged to sell themselves out at every opportunity. There is no doubt that if his demands are fully carried out, then IS supporters will themselves end up carrying the stopwatches, for under pro- ductivity deals this is the very essence of 'mutuality.

The examination of Cliff's book is not just a question of taking up technical inaccura- cies. The Socialist Labour League at all times sets out to expose the enemies of the working class, who, under cover of supporting workers' struggles, revise and distort the theories of scientific socialism. Early last year, when the state capitalists began expounding their views on pro- ductivity deals as a regular feature of their policy, 'The Newsletter' (forerunner of Workers Press) immediately took up the theoretical impli- cations direct conse- quences of their views. (See 'Revisionists accept produc- tivity deals' by Robert Black in "The Newsletter' March 29, 196, outlining material by J Higgins, R. Cox and C. Davi- son, all acknowledged by Cliff in his book for their help in 'contributions, advice, criti- cism and information.') The struggle of the Marxist party to raise the conscious- ness of the working class over and beyond the immediate struggles for, economic demands, and develop to instead a political, revolu- tionary, consciousness of the tasks involved in overthrowing capitalism and establishing socialism is, to the IS group, no more than the 'crude 1902 report, should be appointed by the 'appropriate Minister'.

The Board would approve codes of discipline drawn up by the universities and appoint a judicial sub-committee from its members deal with to any infringements of university codes.

Offences The sub-committee would have all the powers of the Divisional Queens Bench Court the Division of the High Court in its decisions and have the right to levy damages and costs. In an attempt to give guid- ance to vice-chancellors on the question of discipline in chapter 4, the report recommends that it offence shall be an for any student: 'to engage in any con- duct which actively disrupts the or research teaching or study of the college, or, *to damage or any property of deface the college'. Clauses that clearly, if embodied in law as the report suggests, would give the board or university administrations the power to eftectively outlaw all forms of protest. Key to the vacuous and legal- istic sentiment that permeates every page of the findings is the passage quoted earlier, that students are less likely to suffer if the college is 'answerable to some controlling body. position Lenin'. of (Nigel 'Socialist Coward in Worker', April 5, 1968.) 'Instead, to them, the most vital consideration in planning their strategy is the immediate apprehensions of the most backward workers.' Of course, it is vital at every stage to fight to defend the working class from every attack by the capitalist class and to defend every economic gain made by the workers in the struggle. But to do this is itself a political question involving the development of the most vig- leadership political orous within the working class; it cannot be accomplished on the basis of the old trade union methods. Cringing It is no surprise that the Is attacks Lenin in this waybook it was in 1902 in his 'What is to be Done?' that Lenin thoroughly exposed the tendency of what he called *slavish cringing before spon- taneity'. That is the concept that the working class, through its economic, trade union strug- gles, awakes spontaneously to the need for the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism. As Lenin showed: ... the only choice is either bourgeois or socialist ideology. There is no middle course (for man- kind has not created a "third" ideology, and moreover in a society torn by class antagon- isms there never can be a non- class or above-class ideology).

Hence to belittle the socialist in any way, to turn aside from it in the slightest degree means to strengthen bourgeois ide- ology. There is much talk of spontaneity. But the spontane- ous development of the work- ing-class movement leads to its subordination to bourgeois ideology' ('Collected Works', Vol. 5, p. 384, 1961 edition.)

And he added: 'Hence, our task, the task of social democracy, is to combat spon- taneity, to divert the working- Çlass movement from this spontaneous trades unionist striving to come under the wing of the bourgeoisie, and to bring it under the wing. of revolutionary social-democ- racy.' Both Cliff's books refer to Rosa Luxemburg and refer to her description of the trades union struggle under capital- ism, as a labour of Sisyphus king mythological con- demned for all time to role a boulder to the top of a hill, from where it continually rolled back. The conclusion is same reached in each book. Namely that this does not mean the trades union struggle is worth- less. The working class, like Sisyphus, will build strong muscles by the effort. To suggest that the age-old and surely now discredited con- cept of the independent tribunal, committee etc., will serve to protect students demanding a change in society is of course ludicrous in the current atmos- phere. One only need imagine the kind of board a Tory Minister would appoint to appreciate the danger of this liberal prattle.

In other parts of the report the growth of Special Branch surveillance in universities is documented. This police activity is presum- ably proceeding under govern- ment instructions. There have also been the jailings of the Cambridge students and scandal of the Warwick files.

Campaign In all these ways the Tory government has mounted its campaign to bring discipline and order to the country's universi- ties and colleges. In this report Straw and his Commissioners have fellow handed them an excellent blue- print success in their endeavours. Israelis spe ISRAELI authorities in Jerusalem have made palpably clear the purpose of the six-day war by grabbing 4,000 acres of land in E Jerusalem (90 per cent of it belongs to Arabs) and building massive apartment blocks to house Jews. Peace treaty or no peace treaty, the Zionists are deter- mined to make what was once Arab Palestine a safe haven for the real estate speculators and property sharks while the Arab inhabitants either emigrate, starve or sell themselves into Zionist bondage. The 'development' of Jerusalem is only one which takes in a large part of occupied Jordan and aims to create one big urbanized area of 324 square miles, includ.

In other words the working In fact the whole struggle is class will spontaneously evolution towards seen as an develop the workers' control in an abstract instru- necessary ment to end capitalism. sense. The only sort of workers' This use of Luxemburg in control worth a light is owner- each book is not an accident.

ship: but this what misuse her for not The IS group Cliff is referring to. their own political ends. They ignore the totality of her posi- Many well organized fac- which has nothing at all tories have more control in tion with state capitalism, Cliff's terms than Cliff ever to and feed on the undoubted dreamed of. In such factories

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The SLL demonstration in January 1966 against the prices and incomes legislation.

movement from concessions she made to spon- questions of taneity and the weakness in job to job for example, are her position regarding the completely controlled by the disciplined centrist party of shop stewards, with the man- Lenin. agement not involved in any But this is not control in This does not give Cliff the way. any real sense at all. authority of right to use the Rosa Luxemburg's name in a We are not here saying that 'control of book which has nothing to do this is not with her politics and which important. It has taken away much of the power of the fore- she would have been bitterly hostile to. man who could use the power Throughout the recent book to move workers around as: Cliff refers 'workers' form of discipline but the to con- trol'. Tea i breaks are seen in employers are still in ways happy with the situation.

terms of workers' control. Mutuality is seen as a form of they workers' control, he talks of organized labour force for a workers' control of MDW and period of time, where work- of piece work. ers have the right to argue MILITANT Bolivian tin miners and students who have seized mining plants and premises, police stations and two right-wing newspapers are already shaking General Juan Torres' regime. He was installed with From a correspondent the support of workers Torres' demagogy over nation. alization of foreign business has and youth who poured been exposed his pledge to into the barely honour all 'international commit- streets ments': which means compen- two weeks ago. sating Gulf Oil the tune of $73 million. While the government is trying It was this same decision that to persuade the miners to return to work sparked off wave demon- with promises to take predecessor over the few remaining strations against his foreign nationalized Ovando. companies, But the Bolivian workers have they of continue occupations already learned the lesson.

mine offices and plants. Ovando began 'leftist' Exposed Gulf Oil and then nationalizing They are the rightly suspicious of steadily moving to right President Torres' silence ended by shooting down demon- GUeT their wage demands. strators in the streets. ing the of Jerusalem shall henceforth be the present towns Ramallan, Bethlehem, Neve Ilan canital of Israel. and Anatot. Arab reaction to the un- Zionist statesmen remain signi- ashamed looting by the Zionist ficantly expressed by silent on the massive bandits was angrily the brutal expropriation Hamdi Kana'n, of scale of ex-mayor of Arab lands. Nablus. International 'Herald Tribune' the Commenting on George Wilson, in 2,500 reporter an tion of new permanent October 17 despatch from Jeru- units (most of them for European salem, writes: immigrants) in Ramat Eshkol he declared: "Zev Sharef, Israeli Minister of Housing, 'How declined to be inter- could you believe they viewed on the land expropriation in looking at that. peace through aide. "the They are building more things in an -stating less said the better"! occupied three years on lands built in been hundreds Ignoring the appeals of the UN, than has of years. And do you think they its parent organization, not. to are going to give all that up?'

alter Mrs Jerusalem's status, Golda Meir's reactionary and rhetorical question indictment of the UN, ment has decided 'to put in stone damning her pledge that the whole city of tool of US imperialism. Wednesday, October 21, 1970 with them, the main thing is to keep the attention of work- ers away from the question of ownership itself. Ownership In any case such forms of control often solve problems for the management because it means that the unions are continually involved in sorting out grievances without the management being involved.

Often the shop stewards take the blame in the eyes of work- ers when an unpopular deci- sion has to be in a dispute between groups of workers.

In some of the plants we are to, referring workers have reached the ultimate in Cliff's terms of control, but in fact they have nothing. Ownership remains the same; profit still goes to the same place and the employer still has the power when it matters. Workers in these plants can still be quickly defeated in the absence of political leadership by the creation of unemploy- redundancies, factory ment, closures, etc., and all Cliff's control goes out of the win- dow. The Socialist Labour League, while taking up every aspect of working-class struggle against exploitation and oppression has never ceased for an instant from the task of fighting to raise a political consciousness in the working class of the need to over- throw capitalism and estab- lish a socialist society.

We were the first to begin the campaign against the prices and incomes legislation in the winter of 1965, and our demonstration of January 1966 was one of the largest held in Britain. We were always to the fore in exposing and opposing the Devlin scheme and the Government's attempts to smash the 1966 seamen's strike. Our opposition to the anti- legislation union brought thousands of workers out against these attempts by the Government to shackle the unions. The defeat of the proposed anti-union laws by the work- ing class led to the offer by the TUC to do the dirty work instead. It was after this, on June, 5, 1969, that 600 workers attended the All Trades Union Alliance in Birmingham and declared their opposition to the TUC decision to accept the principle of disciplining workers on behalf of the employers. Torres (above left) and his pre- decessor Ovando. It will not be so easy for Torres to travel the same road in defending the interests of imperialism. Militant miners occupying a British-owned tin extraction plant in Catavi 200 miles from La Paz said on Saturday they would keep control as a guaran- tee its contract was revised in favour of the state. Power struggle The power struggle between the two army wings was over how best im- to preserve perialism's interests: to ruthlessly crush the working class through the right wing led by General Miranda or to try to contain the working class through worthless 'participation' demagogy about i and nationalization. Popular action tipped the scales in favour of Torres. But who is General Torres? He is the man who was instrumental in mapping out the hunting down and murder of Che Guevara. This butcher, the bitter enemy of the Bolivian workers, 1s now Poising a government based on pillars, peasants, workers, students and the army'.

He is aided in such deceptions by Castro's blessings. While this military dictatorship calls itself revolutionary' in a bid to avert civil war, it cannot allow the masses any independent role and will move into deepen- ing crisis.

Wednesday, October 21, 1970 Instead, called for a socialist policy to hit big business. Defend the unions, stop rises in the cost of living, introduce nationali- zation under workers' control and without compensation, an emergency Labour Party con- ference and a Labour Govern- ment with socialist policies.

Support With the publication of the first edition of the Workers Press on September 27, 1969, the first Trotskyist daily, the struggle moved to a new plane.

campaign The against the TUC's 'guidelines' and against Wilson's visit to Washington to give support to US imperial- ism in Vietnam was now, waged to a far greater extent than was possible with a twice- weekly paper: Our campaign for industrial action against in the war Vietnam received immense support from thousands of workers on May 1, this year.

Similarly, it was vital to take up the vicious attacks on the working class being pre- pared by the Tories on behalf of big business. Their pre- election programme made it quite clear that such an attack on unions the was being prepared and the attack materialized last month when plan their anti-union was announced. Their aims on 'labour rela- tions' are: 1. Registration of trades unions with the right to control and decide the rules of these bodies. IT IS IMPORTANT, when considering the film industry, to remember that it is an industry, and that in capital- ist countries it is governed by the profit motive. The people who control film run their business production with the same commercial logic that they would use if they were manufacturing anything else.

Over the years, the men who have controlled film finance have had little respect for the fact that film is probably the most im- portant communications' medium of our and complacently age, have continued to sell distortion and dreams. They have frequently used the commercial film for political ends and have not been seen to be too concerned with truth and integrity. There of course, been exceptions. commercial industry has produced some remarkable films. Usually, they have been made because of the of the who perseverence men have actually made them, and not -... because of the standards of their financiers. Hollywood has been proud of its reputation of being a dream factory. It is certainly politically con- venient to lull the audience into believing that everything is for the best in the best of all pos- sible worlds. To deal with what is true, and important is dangerous, so films have, to a large extent, become mindless spectacles. You bring the people in by something bigger and having louder than they saw last time.

It does not always work any more, that particular brand of contempt, but they are still try- ing it. It has often been war films which have been serious offen- ders in this way, and although recently there have been one or go some way to which two recognizing the realities of war, the Errol Flynn tradition dies hard. 'Kelly's Heroes' is one such film. It is directed by Brian Hutton, and cost many millions of dollars to make. It is the story of a group of front-line American troops in the War, Second • World who find out that there is a cache of $16 million worth of gold behind the German lines, and decide to go and get it. As one of them sagely points out, they are risking their lives every day for $50 a week, so they may as well take a few extra risks for $16 million. Now, they are a nice bunch of is, guys-that the ones we are allowed to get to know. One or two Americans have to die (fair's fair), and we are not allowed to get to know them at 2. Industrial courts to be set up to decide dis- to be putes; these branches of the high court. The making of agree- ments unions between and employers legally binding, completely tying the worker to every detail of working that has been decided. 4. Fixing. cooling-oft a period of up to 90 days, with a secret ballot when a strike is threatened. 5. The sanction of civil damages against any worker who fails to 'honour his obligations'.

It is true to say that many of these proposals are the same as used by the fascists in their corporate states in Italy and Germany. It is vital to under- stand these developments.

In the fight against expor- tation in Britain, police repres- sion in USA, France and Italy, and against the murderous war in Vietnam, the workers of the world are taking up a struggle against a common enemy-the world capitalist class. Not appeasement of capital- ism; not mutual agreement with employers; but total opposition to every aspect of exploitation being promoted by the employers, has been our consistent policy. On pro- ductivity agreements we say when such agreements are proposed: Total opposition based on a thorough explanation of dreary

KELLY'S HEROES

REVIEW: BEN JONES

all, so that it won't hurt us too much when they have to go.

The group is led by Kelly, played with narrowed eves and no trace of character, by Clint Eastwood. He presumably decided that if that performance good was enough for Italian westerns, it was good enough for war films.

They are, after all, the same thing in Hollywood. His little band has almost every predictable character that find you can anytime on any Hollywood lot. The tough Sergeant, who really has a heart of gold, the black market king, who is loveable too, and the usual sympathetic dim- wit. The film even manages to take in, 20 years ahead of his time, a tank commander who is one the bearded, beautiful people.

Just scratch your memory for all those dreary characters you have seen in so many war movies, and you'll find them all here.

Surprise, surprise, there is even a glory-seeking old bull of a general. I was surprised that there was no from guest appearance Richard Nixon as the Christmas Fairy. • Our heroes set off on their dangerous journey, and are pre- sented almost like berserk Cook's tour, with guns. Instead of charabancs, there are tanks.

It is in this that the film is at most corrupt and insidious its heights. They sweep through the German lines, and the German dead fall like flies. The destroy villages, tanks there is hardly a second without a vivid explosion (tastefully pre- sented in stereophonic sound) and lots of flames and smoke.

To the director human life- unless it is the lives of our heroes - is there merely to be destroyed. That, for him, is entertainment ... It is, of course, the Germans who have to go. That does not hurt us. They are our enemies.

And go they do. Shot and blown up in their hundreds. Oh, what fun it all is. Seeing the Christians eaten by the lions in ancient Rome (and Hollywood has certainly tried to recreate that little bit of entertainment) can't have been half so good.

Fear not, our heroes reach their objective. There immovable one obstruction, however. An un- beatable German tank, which resolutely stands guard over the bank where the cache is hidden.

American ingenuity triumphs ... Our heroes do a deal with the tank commander. He gets a share in the gold, and together they break the doors of the bank down (workers of the world unite?). Our heroes load up, the Ger- man makes his getaway and the colonel arrives to give out medals to those responsible for the remarkable penetration into the German front. Everyone is happy.

Except us.

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sation to the owners as the the deal as an attempt by the only way to set about defeat- Government to solve the crisis of capitalism through a poli- ing capitalism. working tical attack the • The building of the All class. Trades Union Alliance for a thorough exposure of leader- A revolutionary socialist of the each individual aspect ship in the trades unions which deal with particular reterence will fight on these policies.

to the whole deal being a con- fidence trick aimed at holding But without the constant against all the anti- down struggle wages, speeding up, of Trotskyists, the revisers reduction of the labour force, 'hire discipline and Marx's ideas and against the and fire' peaceful co-existers with capi- closures. talism this continuous outlook demands • Alternative to would have been impossible.

be put for increase in basic and Our aim is not to make con- nay, without strings in cessions to the most backward keeping with the rising cost of workers, as Cliff and company living. would have it, but constant Where such agreements are and unceasing theoretical edu- in operation: cation of the advanced work- ers in the basic principles of • Maintain complete work- and Marxism the Marxist ing-class solidarity in the face philosophy of dialectical of the employer by participat- materialism as the ing directly in struggle only oul look with revolu- consistent against each individual aspect tionary working-class politics. of the deal as the screws are tightened. This has been the way for- ward for the Socialist Labour • At the same time main- League, its youth section, the principled minority tain a Young Socialists and its trade position against all those who union arm, the All Trades advocate mutual agreement Union Alliance. collaboration and with the The Socialist Labour League employers. This done _to be with stands first and foremost for a view to winning a majority of workers concerned the building of the revolution- ary party to lead the working against the agreement and for class in the overthrow of the its replacement with demands for capitalist system and for the basic a wage establishment in its place of a increase without strings in all socialist world where the great cases. inventions and discoveries of • A fight for the policy o science and technology are otal nationalization of bank used for the benefit of all man- kind, and not as at present, And at all times: for the exploitation of the working class in the name of and industries under workers' control and without compen- profit. Above: KolY played By ly at Suerland.

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Wood Green London, N22 MORE GRIST to Fleet St's witch-hunting mill was provided yesterday by the late Sir Peter Runge's chairman's report to the government- sponsored British National Export Council.

Little attention would By an industrial reporter have been paid to yesterday afternoon's sixth anniver- And among its directors, sary meeting of the Council departure from the up to his had the former Tate and Confederation of British Industry last year, was Lyle chairman, who died on Tory Secretary State for of August 19, not seen fit to Trade and Industry John launch an attack 'on what Davies. I regard as the greatest Besides the CBI, who acted impediment to exports which as hosts for yesterday's Council exists-strikes, official and five meeting, sponsors are Board of Trade, the City the unofficial'. Committee of London-based Invisible Exports, the on Citing Girling's, Lucas's, Association of British Cham- Pressed-Steel Fisher and bers of Commerce- and, 'last Pilkington's, Runge claimed but by no means least, Runge there was 'evidence that many wrote, Trades Union of these industrial disputes Congress. being and walk-outs A TUC spokesman claimed fomented by people whose loyalties are not to their yesterday to be 'too busy fellow-workers or the firms fighting the government's pro- which employ them, but posed trade union legislation' philosophies and the and paymasters to read report totally alien to the industrial thought it unlikely that any democracy which statement would be issued by employers hosted and trade unions have striven the Congress- -which for years to establish in this council meeting in january country. Runge's allegations. -on A mere handful of men Its sponsorship of the whose loyalties do not lie in Council based the was on being country were fact that Its alms were allowed to disastrously tarnish line broadly in with the Britain's reputation in inter- TUC's 'general economic pur- national trade, charged. he he said. pose', Victor 'Every year thousands of General secretary find Feather attended workers in this normally country added the themselves saddled with council meetings, politically - motivated shop spokesman, but had "a more important engagement' yester- stewards and branch sec- retaries because they have day. been to leave content their Yet the council's attack on election to the "other fellow" strikes and shop stewards is will who go along to the entirely the in line with masting. Itmithis apathy which Tories' propaganda build-up undermined position legislation--and of responsible trade with their plans to strengthen

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