An appeal to all left MPs: Vote against Wilson

summarise briefly the main decisions which delegates voted for. Support the government's Immigration Bill, which means encourage racialism and fascism all over the country.

Support the United States bombing of North and South Vietnam, which means encourage the warmongers and the ultra-reactionary United States imperialists, who believe that it is necessary to destroy a country of 30 million people in order to temporarily preserve America's capitalist economy. Legislation against the trade unions, the very organisations who founded the Labour Party to represent them in Parliament.

These policies strengthen Toryism immeasurably. They are Tory policies, voted for by delegates at a Labour conference. The bulk of the constituency Party votes were cast in favour of these policies. In other words, the conference swung even further to the right than the government of Harold Wilson. How can anyone in his right senses disguise the implications of these issues?

Since the Tories are strengthened, monopoly capitalism is strengthened, and the working class finds itself leaderless at the hour of its most critical need. Parliamentary legislation against the trade unions will enjoy the full support of the Tory Party. They will not vote the government out on this issue. Tory support If members of the Tory Party had been present at the Labour Party Conference they would have voted whole-heartedly with the platform on such matters.

Legislation against the unions means: (a) Wages and working conditions are now political issues, since, in order to improve them, the working class will have to fight against the state machine. (b) All struggles of the working class, therefore, will tend to be transformed into political struggles. (c) Although Labour's rightwing conference voted to support Tory policies, it has now set in motion a series of events which must inevitably develop a powerful movement to the left, but this movement to the left is not just a Labour Party question. Jnion opposition It will occur above all in the factories and the trade unions. Already the Amalgamated Engineering Union shop stewards for the Birmingham East District, covering a large number of factories engaged in the production of motor car accessories, voted at their meeting on September 30, calling:

'on the Executive Council to oppose with every means at the disposal of the union, any attempts by the government to bring in legislation directed against strikes.

This is indicative of what will be the attitude of trade unionists everywhere. Who is to lead this great and powerful movement?

Not "Tribune' , which speaks out of both corners of its mouth at the same time. The only powerful voice of opposition raised at Blackpool was the 2,000-strong demonstration of the Young Socialists, whose slogans and banners clearly warned of the dangers ahead.

"Tribune' did nothing. permitted the left to be disarmed at the conference and it now refuses to give a lead to the Members of Parliament who may want to fight. Should these left Members of Parliament vote or not vote against Wilson's government? They should certainly vote against it if it advocates legislation along the lines we have described above. It is better to bring down the government on these issues than to support it under conditions where it betrays the working class and strengthens the Tory Party.

Bring them down!

The Newsletter says unequivocably-all left MPs must vote to bring down this Labour government on such issues. Loyalty to Labour is fundamentally different from loyalty to Toryism. Wilson is a Tory disguised as a member of of the Labour Party. Remember MacDonald. In the next session of Parliament it is your duty to vote to bring this government down.

This does not mean in any way support the Tories, who may want a General Election. You have no choice. The fight for socialist policies in the Labour Party and the fight for a General Election are inseparable.

Either you adopt this struggle or take your responsibility for an even greater betrayal than 1931.