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COMING 1? Fomen s Fightback AGM. October 23 Comery Hall London. Open to all women, but only rote. For conference details send s.a.e. to 41 Elling. members and delegates from affiliated groups can ton St, N7; to join WF too send £3 (or £5 to include Fightback - 16 pages and articles on the NHS dispute, the jobs campaign, WF Forg summer space, Put As th sexism in education Judith Williams, Labour women's conference, etc. dartmeant senacters The SomE 20p from WF, '41 Ellington St London N7.

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THE FOUNDING conference of the Association of Socialist Councillors in London is now planned for elections, over 500 of the don Labour Councillors 1800 Labour candidates attended a conference at signed the statement County Hall to discuss circulated by London setting up the Association Labour Briefing. After the of Socialist Councillors in Union votes will be decisive at Labour conference people' And from the (Region 7) passed a resotiming of the report on the lution against all bans and first day of the TUC, not proscriptions, including only people in the TGWU. of Militant. Probably the What evidence exists right-wing can be certain does little to back up the of only 3 Regions (2,4 and Times. Not all regional 8). Even the South-West councils have taken a posi- Region (no.3) is on record hunt ON Monday the Times reported that the TGWU's support for the register is virtually sewn up. The quarterly EC meeting is not until September 20, but 'Most of the TGWU's lay regional councils have sent in motions to the union's national executive calling for support for a new register of political groups permitted within the party ... On the basis of opinion from the regions it seems certain that the traditional left will go along with the move to rid the party of its Militant incubus.

'Support from the transport workers practically guarantees that the reforms will be implemented.' The TGWU's official response to this is "no comment', but its accuracy has been questioned. A the media to stampede TGWU member told SO, KA'It's a typical attempt by tion.

It is known that Scotland wil October 9. as having moved the CLPD model resolution on 'Party Unity' at their Regional Labour Party Conference this year.

But even to have 'most' regional councils does not mean that witch-hunters have a majority, because of the ditterent sizes of the Regions. During the Deputy Leadership 'consultation exercise' last year a majority of regions declared for Healey, but on members represented Benn scraped home.

But while the Times appears to be jumping the gun on the outcome of the EC and delegation decisions, the pressures to accommodate to the witchhunt in the TGWU are very real. On the Labour Party NEC, Kitson did vote for the register and its immediate implementation.

And the TGWU bureaucracy remains wedded to the Foot leadership. Evans himself said: "There is no equivocation: we support Mr. Michael Foot completely as leader of the Labour Party' - the same Foot who, also at the weekend, reiterated his commitment to the register and consequent disciplinary action as central parts of his leadership.

'It would be an absurdity if someone who continued or persisted in supporting the Militant Tendency were to be a Labour candidate.' Ut course, on one issue the Times is right. Ihe TGWU vote is crucial. Rank and file pressure over the next week can still play a decisive part in ensuring that the EC London.

Since then Heseltine has announced his intentions to cut Council's budgets yet further for 1983/4, by reducing rate support grant from 56% to 53%, which will have a crippling effect on the services and programmes of many boroughs? We reassert what we said in the Briefing statement; 'Defend the jobs, services and living standards of the people of London. We will refuse to cut Council provisions no matter what the pressures and threats.' We recognise that this means a change in the traditional attitude of Labour Councillors to the communities they represent. We want to see an end to 'behind closed doors' dealing and diplomacy with the Government. Labour Councils and Labour Councillors should become leading organisers of the resistance and counterattack.

Where threats of legal action • including surcharges - are made, we announce in advance that we will not tolerate these as reasons for abandoning our manifesto • commitments; instead we will as necessary defy not only the AN EMERGENCY resolution for the Labour Party conference is being circulated by the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.

Parties are asked to put emergency resolutions on the following lines: Constituency Labour rulings of the District Auditor but also the whole undemocratic system of rule by unelected judges.

The Association opposes the witch hunt against socialists in the Labour Party. We assert our absolute right to organise together with those who think like us in the Party, and we deny the right of the NEC to curtail in any way discussion in the Party. Accordingly we support the Unregistered Alliance and declare that we will not register ourselves should any register be set up.

We will take active steps to make links with Socialist Councillors outside London, and with active groups socialists everywhere. We will build links with all levels of the trade union movement, on the basis of this declaration and the Briefing statement, order to unite the Labour Local Authorities and the Trade Union Movement into a mass campaign to bring down the Tory Government and the system it represents.

Contact: Keith Veness, 155c Green Lanes, London N16. Delegate's fee for October conference Tendency Report have been ruled out of order by the Conference Arrangements Committee on a basis which does not conform with the Party's custom and practice.

"Conference therefore resolves that these amendments shall be accepted as

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