Published: as Struggle Broadsheet No. 5 (March?) 1974.
Transcription, Editing and Markup: Sam Richards and Paul Saba
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ALL ELECTIONS ARE DIVERSIONS FROM REAL STRUGGLES. THIS PARTICULAR GENERAL ELECTION HAS BEEN CALLED TO DIVERT WORKERS FROM MINER’S AND RAILWAYMEN’S STRUGGLES AGAINST THE BOSSES AND THE GOVERNMENT. HEATH WANTS TO USE THE MINER’S STRUGGLE AND THE ’ANTI-RED’ PROPAGANDA (AS DID WILSON DURING THE SEAMEN’S STRIKE) AND AS A MEANS OF GAINING A MANDATE TO CRUSH FURTHER STRUGGLES AND TO REPRESS THE UNIONS, IF THEY CAN’T BE HELD BACK BY APPEALING TO SO-CALLED ’NATIONAL INTERESTS’. ALL OF THESE CAPITALISTS AGENTS WANT TO LEAD US INTO FUTILE ELECTIONEERING ACTION BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE WORKING CLASS, THE REAL PRODUCERS OF WEALTH, HAVE THE STRENGTH TO FORCE THEIR ECONOMIC DEMANDS
AT PRESENT, THE MINERS ARE IN THE VANGUARD OF WAGING CLASS MILITANCY. THIS MILITANCY MUST BE WELL ORGANISED IF IT IS TO BE SUCCESSFULL. WE MUST FORM ’ACTION COMMITTEES’ OF SYMPATHETIC TRADE UNIONISTS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. THE RANK AND FILE WORKERS MUST HAVE ACCESS TO THESE COMMITTEES VIA THEIR SHOP STEWARDS – WE MUST MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO SELL OUTS BY FULL TIME OFFICIALS. THE ATTACKS ON OUR LIVING STANDARDS – AS THE BOSSES PROFITS AND PERKS SOAR – ARE POLITICAL. THEREFORE WE HAVE TO ORGANISE POLITICALLY TO WIN. NO MORE USELESS PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS! WE MUST ORGANISE! BUILD A REVOLUTIONARY PARTY!
WE’VE HAD THE TORY AND LABOUR AS GOVTS BEFORE AND DURING EACH RECURRING CRISIS OF CAPITALISM. THE WORKING CLASS HAS BEEN MADE TO FOOT THE BILL BY BOTH OF THESE PARTIES!
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A REAL WORKERS’ GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN. THE LABOUR PARTY HAD SIX PREVIOUS PERIODS OF GOVERNMENT – SIX CHANCES TO PROVE THAT IT REALLY WISHES TO GET RID OF CAPITALISM. YET EACH TIME IT HAS SHOWN ITSELF AS EQUALLY WILLING TO GET RID OF BARGAINING POWER OF THE TRADE UNIONS AS THE TORIES, TO ATTACK STRIKE ACTION, TO FAIL TO BUILD SUFFICIENTLY LARGE NO (EROL NOTE : NUMBER) OF NEW HOUSES, AND TO ADOPT A FOREIGN POLICY TOTALLY IN THE INTERESTS OF INTERNATIONAL CAPITALISM. THE LABOUR PARTY IS NOT A SOCIALIST PARTY. THE WORKERS IN BRITAIN HAVE NO SUCH PARTY AT PRESENT. HELP US TO BUILD SUCH A PARTY – A REVOLUTIONARY PARTY OF THE WORKING CLASS!