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Campaign background Jenny Fisher reports THE Socialist Organiser delegate meeting last Saturday discussed our response to the possibility of a miners' strike; a stepping-up in the witchhunt in the Labour Party; and proposals for a socialist campaign in the General The resolution (proposed adopted on how SO should approach a national miners' strike sought to make links between trade unions and the Labour Party:

''This SO national delegate meeting resolves that in the event of a miners' strike we will turn the SO groups, and attempt to turn the local Labour Parties, towards urgent support work around the strike. We will organise, where possible through the LPs and TCs, local support meetings, which will include an NUM speaker. We will mobilise in support of miners' pickets to stop the transport of coal. Where appropriate we will take the initiative in starting such pickets of coal depots, pits, rail yards, steel works, etc. Our supporters in rail, etc., will argue for immediate blacking of all movements of coal."

The meeting also endorsed the motion's call for SO to be produced twice a week in the event of a strike.

Proposals for a socialist campaign within a Labour Party campaign in the General • Election were welcomed. The situation in Scotland (where the left is dominated by the LCC) would make it difficult to mobilise much support outside Socialist Organiser, but comrades in the Midlands spoke of the possibil ity of mobilising thousands ot people - as many as came to the meetings addressed by Benn in the leadership campaign.

Composite

We abandoned attempts to vote between a resolutioh from Edinburgh SO and an amendment from Coventry SO, and instead passed a quickly-negotiated 'composite', calling for accountability of MPs over disclosures to the capitalist media, and an end to personal attacks on the leftwing by the right in' the capitalist press.

Stockport SO's resolution urging more coverage of black struggle in the paper was amended to welcome the - recent improvement there had been and urging it to continue.

The next delegate meeting will be on Sunday April 24 in Lond after the LCI AGI Items already discussion are: •Sheffield SO's on the use of language in SO. •A resolution to include a 'black struggle' column in SO. •A resolution to produce an SO pamphlet on black struggle and anti-racist work. resolution 'obscene' Organiser no.123 1O 1983 Page Yorks youth march for jobs