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Frontpage (Socialist Review 66, June 1984)

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Test of steel

Marxism 84

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A week of meetings, discussions and debates 6-13 July 1984

Contents (Socialist Review 66, June 1984)

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Editorial: The Miners’ Strike: Crisis of leadership

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Four months of striking by the miners has had a substantial effect on the Labour movement. As the dispute develops into the most bitter and protracted struggle the NUM has fought since the General Strike, and into the hardest fought struggle against the Thatcher government ever to take place, a number of important lessons have become starkly clear.

Norah Carlin: The Miners’ Strike: Wives, mothers and fighters

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The miners’ strike has seen both very backward sexist attitudes from some miners and a wonderful mobilisation of miners’ wives and girlfriends to help win the strike.

Janet Ure-Smith: A J Cook and the limits of syndicalism

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Fleet Street thrives on images of Arthur Scargill as a power-crazed, egocentric madman. But Scragill is not the first miners’ leader to have newspaper editors foaming at the mouth. Here Jane Ure Smith recalls another.
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Andy Zebrowski: Industry: Getting in the mood

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The wave of small disputes in British Leyland is one example of a new mood of confidence amongst workers. Andy Zebrowski looks at the details.
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Dick North: News & Analysis: Teachers: Class struggle

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The past three months have seen a remarkable shift in the mood of teachers. The issue around which they have united is the claim for a 12½ percent salary increase. Dick North examines the background.
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Alan Gibbons: News & Analysis: Liverpool Council: Playing cat and mouse

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The local elections saw Liverpool Labour council make big gains. Alan Gibbons looks at how that has affected their ability to defy the Tories.

Curtis McNally: Euro-elections: More than just a bore

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The response of the average Socialist Review reader to any discussion to the Common Market, and especially of this month’s European elections, is certainly one of total boredom. In this, at least, we are at one with the masses, as Curtis McNally explains.
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Alex Callinicos: South Africa: Coming to terms with apartheid

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In the following pages we print two articles on South Africa. In the first Alex Callinicos looks at the background to the signing of the non-aggression pact between Mozambique and South Africa that has ended the hopes the ANC had of their guerilla strategy South Africa.
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Nigel Dickinson: South Africa: Breaking the chains

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Botha’s recent visit serves as a reminder of the horrors of apartheid. Here, Nigel Dickinson looks at the force capable of ending the regime – the black South African working class.
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Paul McGarr + Ginny Holland: Students: Anti Nazi picket: A rat crawls out

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Events at North London Polytechnic have been making the news recently. Mass pickets by students to prevent NF organizer Pat Harrington from attending lectures have led to high court injunctions being issued, judges threatening to send students and staff at NLP to prison and riot police smashing their way into the the college. Paul McGarr and Ginny Holland look at the background.
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Noel Halifax + John Lindsay: Gays: Stuck in the mire

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There have been a number of attacks on gay rights lately. Noel Halifax and John Lindsay report on the seizure of books by the Customs and Excise, and on the campaign to fight back.
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David Paenson: West Germany: Striking for the 35 hour week

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Over the past few weeks we have seen German workers on picket lines. David Paenson, of our German sister organisation the SAG, writes about the background.
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Peter Binns: Central America: Reagan’s war game

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The arrival of Ronald Reagan will be hailed as a visit of the leader of the free world. Here Peter Binns looks at the other side of Reagan; his attempt tos to back right wing dictators and overthrow the popular regime in Nicaragua.
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Pete Goodwin: The road to workers power: The most complete democracy

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Pete Goodwin looks at how workers move from striking against the system to overthrowing it and setting up their own state.
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Noel Halifax: Book review: Red Ken’s gravy train

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Citizen Ken, John Carvel, Chatto & Windus £2.95

George Gorton: Book review: China on the surface

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Beijing street voices, David S G Goodman, Marion Boyars Ltd £5.95 + Alive in the bitter sea, Fox Butterfield, Coronet £4.50

Pete Goodwin: Back page: Rules of war

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Bruce Kent, general secretary of CND, has been addressing himself to members of the armed forces at Greenham Common. In a speech last month (published in The Guardian) he urged them ‘if no other course of action is possible refuse to obey illegal and immoral cruise-missile related orders’.