How to fight the Tories

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Jeremy Corbyn MP; Reg Race, Joy Hurcombe (Labour CND)*; Vai Dunn (Manchester Labour councillor)*; Andrea Campbell (COHSE Group 81)*; Colin Talbot (POEU Broad Left)*. * In a personal capacity Workshop discussions, coupled with the showing of videos, will cover a wide range of topics and current struggles, and enable everyone present to contribute in debate on policies for *So the Tories are back The bland phrases in their Manifesto are already turning into renewed aftacks on jobs, on union rights, new cuts and the privatistion of vital services.

* Already even as Tebbit prepares new ANTI-UNION LAWS the TUX' right wing have run up the while tag But Arthur Scargill and Ken Livingstone have correctly pointed to the need for mass, direct action by the labour movement on the streets and picket lines. Our conference will focus on the problems. policies, and tactics for achieving this kind of fight.

* Against previous CUTS, many union leaders wrongly argued we wait for a returned Labour government while Labour councils blamed lack of union action for implementing Tory policies. A new 5-year mandate for Thatcher makes this a plainly useless policy: instead we need occupations, supporting strikes. the extension of struggles on a national level - and we must learn lessons from such struggles in the past.

*PRIVATISATION in British Telecom, the NHS and other services threarens jobs, working conditions and union organisation. But. the action Platform and workshop speakers include:

the way forward.

CRECHE FACILITIES WILL bankers against pralisten lar has been tither localised and kolated or laroch focussed ápon protest. nued .1 plan of action dOW. botore the whole public i Is cared *The SHOP SEWARDS MOVEMENT has come under fire on the engincering industry but has devchoped in the Nuts in the course of last year's pay fight. What policks and politics are necded to rebuild and estend the stewards' movement and detend its independence of tutt-time union officials and management propatanda' *New, more radical BROAD LEI TS have been energing in many unions: but under tire from employers and the right. wing. some like the CPSA Broad Lett can crumble. How can we link Broad Left activity at national level to day-to-day struggles in the workplaces and develop a consistent. principled leadership?

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beginning, to organiso against lacit and open racion trom the bosses, the slate.

the police and most scandalous of all from the labour movement. How can we help develop that struggle"

*Thousands of YOUTH are now faced with another 5 years seemingly is literime on the dole. Millions of adults are on the same scrapheap. How can be it at rank and file level to remedy the criminal failure of TUC and Labour Party leaders to organise and mobilise the unemployed? How should the unions respond to the new threats posed by Ichbit's so-called "Youth Training Se home"?

*OUR CONFERENCE "How to light the Tories" will attempt to promote discussion and give some answers to these and other questions facing the labour movement.

Open: to delegates and observers from all labour movement bodies.

Credentials (including discussion papers) £2.50 (employed), £1.50 (unemployed).

Please send me details/credentials for the September 17 conference: I enclose £ ...

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Socialist Organiser 142, August 1983. Page 3