WILSON'S POLICY- NOVEMBER 4th UNEMPLOYMENT

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This discussion, which begins in the organisation in the next tion for the strengthening of the League's programme of developFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, is 'black Friday' for ing a mass revolutionary party to lead the working class to power, thousands of motor car workers. On that day they forging links with and strengthening international working will draw their last week's wages and whatever A major step in intervening redundancy pay they are entitled to and then its off with and for the workto the Labour Exchange, that capitalist scrapheap ing class in the immediate struggles against the betrayals of the re- of human misery. formist leaders of the labour movement will The vast majority of those who become unemployed will be the production of a mid-week issue of The have no jobs to go to. Ministry of Labour officials who have been visiting the large motor plants have had little or nothing to Newsletter, as a move towards the daily newspaper. offer; a few jobs in engineering miles away at much less wages, Introducing his report, which vacancies for deep-sea fishermen, and one or two jobs on the will form the basis of pre-conNorth Sea oil rigs. There are simply no jobs in any way comference discussion and the main parable to motors, either in Luton or Oxford. conference document, the League's national secretary Gerry Healy, The word 'redeployment' is rapidly becoming recognised said: 'We must be prepared i as the language of right-wing Labour scoundrels, whose main Britain for a vastly different situobject is to join hands with the employers and ation in terms of class conflict Which will produce a change in sack workers. the trade union movement and Let's cut out the phrasemongering about altergreat possibilities for the revonative jobs. Millions voted Labour, because they believed it would stand by the working class against their enemy, the Tory employers. But that illusion This estimation was based prihas been rudely shattered. The Wilson leadership marily on the growing crisis of now stands four-square in defence of profits against imperialism. A fresh economic analysis was now urgent because the working class who elected it. Behind Wilson is the ultra-right-wing clique of this was aflecting events on the trade union leaders, led by such people as Lord political field as never before. Cooper of the Municipal and General Workers' The recent meeting of the InUnion. In the background are the 'lefts' who even ternational Monetary Fund had now are hoping that nothing is going to happen. decided nothing, only 'laid, bare Their job is to sow illusions and confusion in order the old wounds between the capitalist powers and the crisis to disarm the working class, precisely at a time when of the dominant capitalist power they most need decisive leadership.

The dollar could not be No alternative but fight strengthened in the next two years he said, and the 1966-1967 balance of payments would be in If the Labour government operates Tory policy the red'. Along with high interest and attacks the working class, what other alternative rates and the gold trend away is there but to fight back? But, say the fake 'lefts' from Fort Knox was leading to this may mean letting the Tories in. Nothing of the a growth of unemployment among sort. This government is in power until 1971. the poor and semi-skilled To clear out Wilson and the right wing now workers, crisis was the main- especially the Negroes. would not jeopardise the cause of socialism. On the other hand it would probably mean that they would spring of the crisis in other capijoin the Tories just as MacDonald did in 1931, but talist countries, and the unemthat would be all to the good. The time to start ply me sin ernmen police on openly fighting Wilson is now so that the working class is prepared and ready to resist any Tory threat that he may unleash.

Substantial unemployment The policy upon which this fight must be waged would really begin in the early is as follows:

The cutback in the home marnationalization of all the basic industries under ket had led to increased costs and made industry less competi- workers' control. tive. The wage freeze was intended to bridge the gap between semi-colonial countries in the British commonrising costs and reduce the value of purchasing power in order that wealth. British capitalists could compete again with other groups of monoscrap the arms budget.

But unemployment may well These three demands if acted upon would conbe here to stay, said comrade stitute a decisive advance towards a socialist Britain Healy. 'There is a big changeand an end to unemployment and the threat of war. over taking place in the economy, Far from fighting for socialist policies the present characterised by the intensified leadership is running away from the struggle. This competition for world markets.' is done in a way that produces the utmost confusion Recent approaches by Johnson to Gromyko showed that the US in the ranks. would seek to enlist the aid of Take Dick the Soviet bureaucracy in facing Etheridge, shop the working class in the economic stewards' concrisis. The Stalinists would again venor at the play their real counter-revolu- BMC Longtionary role in world events and bridge works in the Soviet Union itself- and leading member of the The aftermath of the seamen's CP. He now strike in Britain was a rising plays the same consciousness among the working role as Jack class. It was a political strike. Dash did during the seamen's strike. At each critical turn in tionary politics, but into this strike Dash questioning of the Labour govern- held the me singour of que preine dockers back from struggle and tied them leaders in front of the working firmly behind the T&GWU.

The position of Wilson was a At the Brigholitica! continuation of Mac- ton. motor - car workers' demonstration on October 3, Etheridge Donaldism. MacDonald had deliberately misled those present about the outcome broken from the labour moveof his talks with Wilson. Speaking to 'Daily ment to find for the bosses a Express' reporter John Grant, he said: 'I think we new audience among the rightachieved the impossible'. At the car workers' meetwing social-democrats, in orde ing immediately after the interview he conveyed to convince the right wing anc the impression that something was gained, but at the Conservatives that a section of the Labour Party could pre- the end of his statement it was obvious that Wilson did not OFF TO LIEGEYOUTH VIETNAM Atlantic Treaty Organisation. This massive undertaking by the British rabbit IF THERE IS one thing for which the present Labour government will be remembered, it will be for the multiplicity of its abortive plans and schemes. Even Attlee, with his groundnuts and Gambian eggs (alas too many were counted before they were hatched) has