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An ReabhloidFor a Workers Republic

[THE REVOLUTION] JOURNAL OF PEOPLES DEMOCRACYI VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 SPRING 1992 PRICE E1—00

SOCIALISM

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,III III 1.. ,,I

STILL THE ONLYPOSSIBLE FUTURE

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CONTENTSPages 2 -5 Editorial Secfiun

Page 6 Socialism still the only road

Page 13 Will the USSR become capitalist?

Page 15 The limits of Republicanism

1 Book Review

Page 23 Prison letter

Page 24 Socialist education

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FOR A WORKERSREPUBLIC!

In many ways Ina auIIuuII for s0rli|i51< dmslfi lookIIIISIII, No InaIII-r how many man we ranaa InaIStalimsmis noIIoaIaIIanIIna IaIIapaaaIInaStalinistslams has iu(-|I(~d 3 ngmwmg auanaava wsnan hasanaaay In the wk mad a nuInIaar nf dgnnfitanlIIraIarII== Nuana mu IIIIIIIII InaIaan>IrIna world Inaworking (Lass has been In trust. In Ina a-IanIaImum-riis wa amscmng Ina grawIagsqIIaIoroIaara-board ulie: Whlhiln Alum Ina "LriumpI'|niup1la.\—Ism” and Ina ~ana OI hxsmrj/' is humfiuily maI>raIaaIIayIna«IarvaIIanaIIIIaI-.IIyuInI.anraInurnanbangs

In Ilchnd Ina language In Gmcg:Orwcl.|‘s W84 hasIur along hmc aaan cyniully emplayrd Ia Iurn vII—

hills Ium vIHaIn¢ and nxplnxllfinlln.Ia. Inaaarn. InIna Nunh loyalisnenvnsm1£nl!.\y'X'ua1Ve", whxlcIna BI-III»): army who ddrnd rna >«I:rian rIaIa byhlmlng wnuIa aras InIu nrcupid aana have Iaaarna ~paaaaIraapar.~.Appuullyxhcunlyproblcmwith InaI .I:yIIII paredxse Imnwn Ia sama as Ina au(uunucs IS I saw "y6ychwpaxh§' IaImI as Ina IRA.

In Ina Smnh Ina only aIaIa In uasaarn Eumpc Do

sullcr Iran. dnchnmgpopuhtwn/or Dvvr nIasIorII<Iusluyy aapa.arIIIy suifiss naara un:mploy1nc~n|and rmigrafitm betauseit IusmovrunypaupIa- Nuwander warhngpmpkuzsoryflxalandmatm InaNunn Inay continue m vme in large numbus forsum Fain despite Ina anaanaa :gaiIIst Ina... wnIInsrr:1(he:Iromth¢HnfishaIIi|A7ya.\islslulhL‘('alhurIaa chuxh. No Wunderlhat Ir. Ina saIIIn I naaauIIIpu-IIan pa“ rccordnd ma IaaI~,,;rIIsrngInI»raaanIn:mlncial s(anda.Isas"p.1nandpaKl-| aIInaaaarIarnIIS)/s|I:m"

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ORGANISATION

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.<I In Ina Mann Ina Rcyubhznn InIwarnanI leadsIna snuggle agaInII IInpanaIunI wIIII an mrrcifiuuglys|en|e military aaIrI,aaI5n nknmpanlfid by an IncruxsaIngly ra4aI-InIsI polmns wmch Imwseek< m call theEECand Ina UN |o Ahcmd of|hr:lI1'<h puopk Tna sama umInaI through an-pa-I bmnbmg nI-Ipaa Ina Iruxql pvoyluback Ia Ina smut age!

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CLARIFICATION

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WHAT WE STAND FOR‘ We Only Want The Earth”

Peoples Democracy is a gmup ot socialistswlio recognisethe l'|EEd for workingpeopleto uxganise for a tiitiiro free of exploilztinnand uppressinn.

We riglit For;

* A 32 - countries Worker's Republic* Worker's control and Full Emplaymenl+ A Woman's mglit To Choose and lnde«pendent organisation uf Women* Immediate wiiiidrawal of British Troopsfrom the Six Countries and and End

to tlie Loyalist vetoWe stand for International socialism andthe strengthening of [he worlcl Pany otsocialist Revulufian, ttio Fuurlh tnternn.liunal.

Worklng class people thmughaul itio world woronghl to reimiceat the doatli ot stalinisrn in tlic soiiiolunion and clscwlisrc stalintsrn rnpre5cl'lkr:d a tolrayrll r)1|hL- working class, not a prugramlfvl‘ toi ttiofuture and rrccooin Ho was a cancor witliiii thoIn|('rnafl0nal working class ivliicii |hc real followcrs(1fMarx,Engc|:,l L‘n\\'I and Trotsky havunonslstcnfiytoiiglii to exprl lroin tlio world movcmcm tit {H0

working class.

Peoples Democracy and tho Founh Inmrnatlonalconiiniic ilio figh| Im sooolisin, tiio coi-nploto oinanci—oatioii 0/ tiuinanity.

wo rcim Ahoy: who would ctiinproiiiiso WH]\ thobrutality and p<lmr|y ti: capitalistii.

wc ami-tn tlia t the tnuinpti of Ibis working class is tlicfukum of humal7I|y

"For our tlcinands lnos|modcSl.1rc, we only w:m| thcffth" loi-tics Connolly

I\y0I.l wouldlike to join lhis tiglitorsiinplywant to know more Contact :

IOIN P.D. NOW!PEOPLES DEMOCRACY CONWAY MILL, FALLS ROAD BELFAST

38 CLANAWLEY ROAD KILESTER DUBLIN109 O'MALLEY PARK, LMERICK CITY

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EDITORIALA WOMEN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE!wlienlnerignlwlng panies ag1semosuupornhe‘pro—lile ‘ameridmemlameocnsmuliorl inlhe I9E3(heyr1ldas a way lo reinlorpe sapilalisi rule in a siacielywreaked oy inslabiliry and a pereeiveornrealironrrlieleil lnlneirreaciionarywayineyreoogniseollieaxiornlnara sooieiy can be judged by me posilionoiwomeninside n oy ensunrlq lha1 women were represseo ln

oroer lo ensure mis repression pregnancy aavisoryclinics in Dublin were closed magazines soon as‘Casmopoman ano 'Cormzny' nave been censoredano oasiswornens nealln books siren as ‘Our Boaiesoiirselves' have been removeo irorri piiolic liorariesSPUC has been quire open aboul il

"we are against me previous new lnlnklng mmasserlslhal our blmles are our own"

The oosl oliiiis nas oeen nomrre asalew or me worsipublicisedcases snow. one women in wexioro pvegrnam oiiisroe marriage was hounded lrom rneir ioowniie anolher in co Lungimd oiee gwlrlg oinn in agvoua arler naving concealed ner pregnancy. Finally,me srare oecioea inar imemlenl was io be reducedlor a 14 year olo rape vicllm am iinally, women andyoung people oecioeo rnal inis was enongn. Themassive pressure orpuolicanoerexpresseo in milrlaniproiesls rorseo ine release ol me girl ano lne oeialeosnggesiions irom some eslaoiisnmenipolir ' ns inalperiiaps abomon was permissible in some oircunr—

s1arlces Alrer all ri il was possioie lo allow women logo to Engiano lo nave aoonions wny snoulo riiey no|be availaoie nere 7 And il ll ls airigln in cases or rapeinen why is rl noi possiolerorall women wno oecioe roienninare ineir pregnancy 7‘

WOMEN SHOULD DEC|DE THEIR FATE

The case is clear. The only person wno snoulo oesideis me wornen nersen II is a women's ngnl io ciroosewomen can‘! nave equalrry wiin men while rney areoonieo lne musi oasic Iieedom lo oonrrol lnerr ownpooies For n rriey do nol nave eonirol,wno does7 Theslale nas, even in me rnioole 01 lire crisis lrieo iorecover lrorn ins oelear iniliueo on II and reassenoorrlrol. II has lried lo oeluse lne crisis oy gening liveour men. oollecllvely known as me supreme coun.rorelease lire pin wniie nor guaranleeinglhal women will

not be stopped again. Then iuogrneni in based on me

arpumenl lnai inere rnusi be a suoslanlial risk lo mewomen's me. Em who will decide inis'l— doclorsicornminees and me oolms oi couise' Anyone purinewomen.

FIGHTBACK

ms is all pan or me eslaolisnrnenl s hope inal lriosewno naveoonie oniolne slreerswilloe placaled oy lolsor noise aooirl commiuees, ralks, arrienarrienls loproloeois ano legislaiion The rriovernenl sopponingwomens right musl nor pe dragged inlo lnis processwnereoy ll proposes ns own ionriiilas lor exlenoingaoonion rigriis wnien in eilesr will only ser on remroour agreenieni to new resinmrons on womens righis.we wanl lo breakme onains nei iasnion looserories

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A1 lne rriorneriilrrielask is clear. AH lne allacks overinelasi decade nave resurleo irom lne eigrirri amerld—menI.ThaI was me reason iorrne rnierrnenl oiine girlano rne ooisq or prolesl by me inoiisanos oi womenand young people. opinion polls snow large rnaioriiieslor ils arnenorneni or scrapping rnis is now lnemornenl lo oerriano rls removal.

The oernano lor removing rne amenomenl is noi anallernalive lo seeking oumplele lreeoorn ior womenexpressed in lne demand ior a women's rignr lociioose. ll is me concrele way lorwaro io aenieving rl

ar inis morneni.

rrie campaign lo remove Ihe amenornenl rnosr belead oy women wlro suiler rls eMec1.SociaIisis rnuslexplain nor rusl VIUWIDE anlendmem is parl ol awonowioe a1Iack on woniens rigrils, our wny we lace suchpowenui reamionaly iorces ‘in irelano

The 'camrva|oIrsaL11orl‘whichis panrlionnas srrenglneneolorses such as me calnoiic cnursii nreligirliorwomen to lake conirol oi ineirown oooies mirsi pe-oorne pan or Ihe srruggle ol rne working class Iolakeponlroi or men lives The oonrplere ireeoom ior bornwillonlyoepossioiewnenriie presem sraleissrnasneoand the panl n seniemenl ll resls on s replaoeo oy

asociarsl socieiylreeolall disulmlnalicn ano oppres-srori.

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EDITORIALTime for a change?

Theres no doubi lnai ine resulis of lhe Bvilish general eiecrion represeni asignincanir seioacklorlne working dass Tne size oi rhe Tory vole indicates areal oenioraiisanon oi a seciion oi ine aniisn workiorce V a ooinr hammeredhome a lew days alier rne elecrion when car workers voted lo accepr rneKmposlliofl oi Japanese work pracxices in me assembly planis

The elemems or lnis dernoralisalloriaren‘l naro id lind A nisicry oi capiiaiisiyiciones againsi rne unions A long and deep recession al a lime when rnuchoi ihe saleiy nel 09 me wenare slane nas been removed Fiignxened peoplearen'l readyio lake chances or lo experlmeril - especially wnen me girl: or meLabour campaign doesm ado up lo a real polilical and economic aliernairye

There remain many problems lor rne capnalsrs and many opponuniiies lor aligniback Maior nrusl now dnnk nis own poisoned chalice oi a cankrupl econrorny This elecliun marks a llnls lo lne relonnisl slralegy or wailing lor a labnurgoyernrnenl 10 be elecled The very large lorces willing lo oelend inernselvesmusi lake ihe road ol sell-organisaiion and direci mass aoiion il lney are no

succeed. in sooliano especially workers are already drawing a line in me sandand indicaling lneir unwillingnessto accepi ine oikiai cl a governrnenl lhal ihey

noi eleci and raisingme nationaloueslion as a rnaior issue in aniish polrucs

in me Norm lhe loss dl lhe sinn Fein seal in wesi laellasi is a aisappoimmenlThere are however slill alrnosi lmllo republican volers in wesl aeliasi andoverall, wiiri lne excephcn oi irnd—lJIsler and Ferrnanagh/scumTyrone, inerepublican vole heirs, This bedrock ol republican resl51arice remains an minor-lanl oonslraini on «he Bnlisn and lrieir allies

II‘: we lhat lacocal vming by lcyaliss gave Hendmn ihe seal. Tnai |5rl‘( lnemajor issue The lad 15 mar ii sinn Fein merely noio ineir yore lnal means ihainew volers are passing rnern by and me SDLP/Dublin governrnenr/calholrechurch ollensiye s slowly bul surely succeeding Thars no surprise when weconsideirhal in me nine years in which Gerry Aoarns held me seal sinn Femconsislenliy pursued a s1ralegy ol urging may win bourgeois naiionalisrn. Thiss1va\eqy nas laileo uueny ano lelr rnern wiiri lunanc proposals oi UN and EECrrnerverrhon

The danger now is or a reliance on rniliiary aciron lo subsliiule lor ihe poliucallailures nl sinn Fem in me absence oi massoorincal auion or any slraiegy «orbuilding II we would see more and more reckless advenluilsm oi me characierbl lhe London bombings and an even grearer isolation ol the slruggle

socialisr republicans have oneolear laslr —loiorn inlhe polilical simggleslo buildindependem class anion Wilhoul rhis bedrock we will have no oounler lo insiunher ollensiyes planned by me lmperialis1s and lhen allies.

Ari Reabhloid — tor a workers fiepu

SOCIALISM

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- STILL THEON LY WAY FORWARD

There is one ourtting question that emerges trom theoollapse ot the USSR and that oversriatiows all thetmoonant strategic and tactical issues, the twists andturns oi [he bureaucrats and the human needs :21 theirvicltnts ts socialism possible’7 is it even desiraolev

Theouestioti underpins the deoatesotworktngoeoolein every sector oi the world in the noncaoitaltsteconomies can workers restst the currents tor czpitzl—tst restoration’ can they organise in theirowninterests or will they merely serve as cannon todder torvarious sectors ot the bureaucracy’? is there a raw}lutionary solution to the human agony oi the Thirdworld7 is the “modelatiorrol the ANC tn south Amcaand the PLO leadership in the Middle East the onrypossible optton inabadsitu2lInn’7 To what extemcanworkers in the advanced capitalist societies ttght pII—

vatisatton and recesstom can one even imagine anarlllaimperiairst victory in lrelartd V( the world do a—

lion oi impertalism is determined tor alt lii-her

NEW WORLD ORDER’?

The voices oi trtuertalisnt have no doubts about theanswers to these questions.

On the political tront George Bush talks 0! a “Newworld order’ and ot the 2tst century as “an Amt-moancentury". viith its military mtgnt the one world super—powerwill serve as thegendarrrieolthenew oroerandensure capitaltst rule tn every corner at the globe.

Phtlosophtcalunderpinning torthis vistonocmes tromthe vigrwwiltg guru oi the hour, rrands Fukuyama Are sed version ol an essay emitted “The end oi t-itstory”" has ]|A5| been republished in bank term — themain change in its oontertts being that the questionmark has now been removed, Fukuyamas basicavgument is that Ilbelal democracy has seencfl sociakism as rts last competitor and that this was an ine>to—

raole outoome or historical development its im|>os—

sible to talk any longer oi historical developmenttieoaiise ntstory has reached its iutrilnterit in the con—

siimer soeety ot the U S.A.

The kindest thing that can be satd about these argu-ments is that they are deeply tihoorivincing. GeorgeBush is stniggtino to tie nominated tor a second termas Prestdem ot the worlds oiodest detrtornattonwhtteoverseeing the middle ot a world recession, As one

procapitaiist economtc observerput it,

“How thoughtless oi caniva nt to oelebme thedemise oi oomtnunism with a crisis oi its uwvt".

Fukuyarna's asseniotithattnirdworld countrresareonthe same tramttne as the advanced capttalist coun—tnesand will eventuatry catch up is contradicted in thereal world, where a proportron ot the capitalist wur1d'swealth is made up oi interest paymenls that haveettectivety harvect the average income or people in

many third world ooitntnes His assertion that we areentenngatimelessera oicaottatiststaoitity is oaotyoiitoi tune with sharply increasing rivalry bi tween theimperialist powers, the lailure oi the leadtng Glaup orseven powers to come up with a coherent plan, orsigritlioant resources, rorasucoessluleapitalistrt-:sto~ration in Eastern Europeand theendemictailure oi theGATT trade talks to produce a unttied strategy lotmanaging the wono market and avoiding trade wars

in practice the capitalist ooiithast does not impressworkers The hungry in the Third world are kepthungrybyrapaclaus|MF[intevnal>orlaWloneIaryFund]“retorms Eastern European workers have dreams oraltluence out very little experience oi the marketretorms is enough to provoke a powertiil responseRedirndancies. urivattsatton and a oorflinuirtg degradation ot the social taurtc are the tot oi many workersin the advanced capnalist countries

market socialistsThere are vokces in the debate much moredangerousthan the triumphalismoi the capitalists The stalinistsremain a powertul current within the workers move-ment Eordeoades they have supported despotismand called it socialism Their practice or commuallyaccommodating to the right means that they are nooarner to capitalist attaoks, rather, aoly supooned bysocial Democracy, they are powertiilvoiceswtthtn theworkers movement, echoing the capitalist attacksand urgtng the ditching oi all the main tenets 0!social m.

These voroesor “New realism’, “new oonsenstts' and"new agenda" havent even the saving graoe at any—thing onginai to say. Mostly they repeat classicalauackson Marxism, hoary with age we need to look

al llrese agaln to relule them elleclively.

one or me Key oohoepls ol Manrisrrl l5 lhal ol “abun-dance“. Marx saw me venous lorrns cl class saclelyrn human rllstcry as arislnglrom a generalrsed irlabilwycl lhe means cl produclron lo meel lhe needs ol lrrewhole populahon, In lhese oondrrons or scarcllysoorelydrvlded lnlo lullng classes whlchexpropnaledlne means ol promlcllonlo rneel lhelr own needs and

-exploned classes drlven lnlo penury as the lrrms cllhelr labourwere laken lrorn lhern

caolrallsrn marked a new sxage In human socrely Bycunslanlly revolullunislnglne means ol produclron rr

provided «he posslblllly of ahundance - a level orlzroducllon lhal would need lne needs or me wholepopulallon ll also crealed a new cla55~ lhe prolerarlalor werklrlg class ~ mar had no real s1ake in Exlsllngproperly relallons because they had been slnppeo oroveryrhlng bur their labour power workers had anhrslorlcal role as the gravedlggers ol capllallsm Therevolullonary overmrvw ol Ihls society would see alranslllonal sociew ln whlch wovkersruleda Soclallsm- and [hen lhe wmlerirlg away ol the stale and orclasses mernselves lo creale a classless soclely —

communrsrn

AbundanceMarx mmsell stressed rnal Ihis whole process oepended on an abundance ol goods lo meet people'sneeds In a pungenl phrase he warned lnal lallure loachleve me would lead lo a relum ol “the same oldshll"

Today's cnlzos argue that abundance is lmpusslbleand char Ihere1ore soclalrsrn ls rmpassrrole. Ahurl~name is imposslble because DI population pressure.The world's populallorl ls growing so rapidly lhalresourcescould rlevercalchup ln any case .1 wouldhe lnrpesslole because peoples needs are Ilmllless -

eg. rr you sarrsly a need lor clothing people rhenbecame lasrllon conscious and need new and moreelahorale clolhes

These sorls or crillcisms 7 along wilh anolher oldcneslnur —lhar human narure rs slmuly loo rndlvlduallsl, greedy and aggressrve lor any soclallsl soclelylowork can oe seen as “classlcal“ cnuolsrns They goback lo lhe oeglnnings or Mamsm and even oelore.As will be seen, Ihey are easrly drsposed on

PLANNING

More serious are we cnlrclsrns ol planmng Theyclalm lhe aulhcrllyal reallly — ol lhe praclloe ol “acmeally exlsrrng socialism‘ as rr was ln me USSR andEaslem Europe and lls collapse. The lailuves ol sral—

lnlsmare depicledasthelalluvesollhewholesoclalislDroieu.

The basic argumenl ls as rallows Plarlnlng can'l bedernocrallc because ol lhe sneer ccmplexlly or amodemlnduslrlal socrely. Nor onlyare mere nurnber—

less pr0duc1s.buIeach unn or producliondepends onolner units «or l|S lnpuls and as cuslamels lor llsuulpuls Workers comral at an area or lacrory levelwould mean anarchy as each makes declslnns which

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Workers 17/19 April 1992Ulster PeoplesCollegeRepublic

An ReabhloidEaster School

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sul abneSo a planned soclely rllusl be a dlclalonal soclely, Wllhall me details ol eoonomlc llle fleclded al lrle Cemvevel lhls is also an llrlposslulllly Needs eanl bedelennlrled ln advance Allempllrlgio do so lead ID

immense wasle Goods lrlal nubody wanls lot ln

warehuuses A splawhng oureaucracy grows Thepvonlelrs ale espeelally acule ln oensllnlel goodsbecause ol lrle flINlCul|y in senllrlg plannlng goalsllnkedlo qualily and personal lasle Shoddy. unllellneensllnnel goods and overall scalcny lead lo a gradualdecay Tnrs ls accenlualed by me comparrsml wllrl

market economies wheve “file Iflvlslble narln“ 01 memalkemecldes anevlhelaclwmchgcods rneelpeanlesneeds and lovces adjuslrnenl lo producllorl Ploducrels ol goods wnlcn are in demand will lrlnye whlle(hose who produce goods ‘lhal ale nor wanted wlll gobus1

Tnls son ol analysls leads mreclly [0 me proposals ol“M2lke|SbcIafIsm". Thepvoponems olulese schemesadlrlll |ha| urlreslralrled capilallsm leads lo rrnlcnrlulnan mlsery The sdlulaon >5 a colnolrlalion el Ml)systems. The rnajcI' duslnes should be llrleer sla1econlroland Mn byabureaucvacy snlallerllnnsweuldne onvalery owned and compleha lrllne marke| placeDemocracy would be a slandard panlamerllary de-mocracy. would sllcn a syslem be S0Cla|1s‘|'7 The

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Each colmlry competes lnmlvtngworxerswagesaown

nlalkel sdclallsls shrug meiv shnulders ‘is me glassllalv emply or rlall NW7" lrley reply

THE DEFENCE OF MAHXISM

Tllelask ol relllllnglrlese anack ls made easleroymepunllcdelenoe el ularxlsmlrlal Elrlesl Mandel, Iezdefcl lhe Founh lnlenlallonal, has Lmderlaken one

Did Trotsky help therise of Stalinism?ln19§U]oe Slova, umll {candy General slmrnry unm-sourn Al-nan Cummuwsl Fany (SACI’l,puhll§hL~d ‘H5

well known pamihlnl Has Socialism Fallcd7‘ wnlrnhmvily <\’||$\§(d r e srallnlsl lcgary of lhu nlflclal com—

mum§| mavnmcm ml Wmg cnt1<saI5Iova palnllnl elllrnal he fallnd ln MS pamphlet |0 sikuau: ln: l-lsn or Snalurisvnunhnvldoryofthzbuxmun1ucm<u:whl:l\u5urpcdpowcrm the 1920s.

ln nls subsequent arudc,'5o(\a\l<l aspnalluns andl1‘aIinzs‘,$lovo leplnoa (ht debam He mslimd llnal rnnm0l§olS1alm\smIlesdccpln1L‘n1n1sm,&<pKiallyfixcnutlannflhcvangnardpartyand the (un:ep1af|hcdx(l.:lo\‘—ship rrr the prelerarlar

Slavu elallns lrlnr

’|h2 lmuldatinn In the inuiluliunaliud stparnliun alslxiali-m and drlllncncy, bull in |h2 aky and inmcidy,waxhidinidcologicalpncficesw khpncadnd|IIe anugenzeafzn :mnumi:a||}/Irivileged IIn|IlIlI'.Thciuremoslgiiékygzrtynflhcsei mloglnalprnnlrnslsslnglea aulas n xolsky

'Amn|Ig ale nyyusilionisls wrlo pan-Id a gxui dnl m’

ronckle i|||o the rounaannnn ul Su|inuvn was bean

Tm|sky.'Fmally he lrz:nlhrn)clSn[‘S<n|l)\l5m ba(klu\hL':mvu'pKuxpuundcd by NKEY7(OHhI1‘d|(l.|I$!‘h\POil7\E pro|L'\.\n.:|'

ll is qunshnnzbleWham:-rlhe cun(tp| or rn. dklalorship nmleyrolelariil v.1/erhad validity in Ihtzcmtnpl a!long Ienn )|Xi:|u| as]un|ianL

In an art \: wnlluv m H-lr 9AC punulsl Arrll-lnCDmmum.<A',vclvnn5uu(hAVr|mnTml>kyl¢|{'hy.\rYl¢‘/.17»Cddrcn nzplled lo Slow-

,’|’ulbnel|y]nnSIl-wa wzslhe pl-ivikged b\IY€fl|l(IQCyiXimyoflznlln |hurymdnchnnulStaIiniun,llfll llsnuilllmlkn l wnu\d Argue dual nu ln. m.lr.lry,lna me clSlzlinism wnnl hand ln hand wi|h Ihc nxe 01 flu n...ynucnzy and |ha| |hennliral|y,SIzlinism is naminga\hu()un meidedagy of Hi: pfivllzgndbufelucncy.

Charllecxplalnm \hr:nscn1 mm-Ivureaucracyac ml...from |huK-volunon hnvml;

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mumrywhxchwassubxquenllylwlatulbylhcdcincnolmhzr nwnluuunsulmo weslmmably Ccrlrlany.

rn. Iu1-ibk (Ml wzrin which lhe Swnllnr were ,..,,.onedb Mu iIa|is| own! lrlll. ln. warkm class’y’.n,;.....¥ ...nl3.

WI; in. ....l.l ml. l... ll..“ml.ldemoenzy. ln ll. pl... . new Izyzr of .4 'niIl;r:|xv<pafly lnlrraurrzll, many inrmu Mrnslmvikn nr n|dCzarislnflicizls,hmknverlluelxutiunfpnwerwilhmI|my dzmozntic fileck.

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target has heen a recent book by a member 0! themarket sodalisi campcalled Alex Nave - The ewnom»ics ol leasihle secralrsmrevisited we won't lollpw theins and cuts at this debate directly. bulwe will draw onMandel‘: argument and on his atllhurily

Hrslly we must stress that Marxis1s have acorrulelelydnlerem method lrom out opponents Marxism is ascience it hases itseit on events in the tealwdttd andauemptstd idenlnythedeveleprnemsotsccietylhroughthe ebb an llcw at the class struggle.

it we base ourselves on the real world and set asidecapltallsl trurrphalismoverthe decay ol the sialrnistpureauoracres there >5 one lmmedlateiy evident lamcapitalism doesn't work and rsnt working. it hasnever met the human needs or the massat the Earth'speople The market has succeeded in mrsmg theliving standardscl a tiny minority dlrhe worlds pcpu—lawn only in two hlslulically hriel periods — helore therust world war and alter the second Even men thecpsiwastne pauperrsatroncltrre maicrrryclnumanity

The delenders ol the market when they claim thatsocialism cant meet the individual needs at people,don‘l no on to claim that the market can As ErnestMandel paints oul, hy «erecting the odncept ol abun-dance they deny any possrprlrty cl a society thatsatisliesrndiyidtlal human need. Their argument peltsdpwn |o one that says that in a smlaltorl cl generalisedscarcity a crlequebook is the best laticlrl card

The gums ol the market point to the uureaucraticwaste in Eas1errl Europe what aboul mass urlernrplcymenw The emigration Deal’? The cardboardclues at the homeless’? what are we to make do thehrlllons ol speculative prctit lhar appearand disappearon the world's sloolx exchanges and create hlaokMondays,grey Fridays and SODH7 Amerlcanwcrkerstoday lace more than a hundred — hiilicn dollar dehtlrom the huge Savings and Loan scandal ~ their cnil—

dren and glamchlldlen are expected to pay tor thespeculative bubble built by their oapilalisr masters.

The ldealhal the market gives us choice 5 not home

-)The a V2 lunarhuwzl/tr Wu the pnlik-real bank

tnn e the lulsllcvik partybelwnll Ill: mt Opyn-nhan led by rnustxy and the Iluxvzuaazy led bySIalin.Thz vizlnrynfsulin W e vidmy nttnnunt»my ovrr dznlntnty and fluaalism in one countryover world Icvnlulion.

so what about Trotsky nrtmltei Trolskyisu likemyadl have the alnweu In re. S|nvn an urn .Finlly,Tmhky wu wmvl . dud wlung-mx lhueiIIu¢I.Im|-withstandingthe ~ Hull!

1‘ ondirionsol the tune. saannd, nor.the lime in nn way invalidateme mu mnm :1

1 peynlsy

our by iealily. There ls plenty cl evidence to ptcve theMarxlsl conierrtrcn that capriallsl markets evolve toewards monopoly Fol example, as the many oldhardware slores are replaces hy a lew my super»stores the rnulhplraty cl goods rs replaced hy cne ortwo standard styles and sizes Tnls lad< cl chctceeyen extends tc trying produce in supermarxels theendless variety or plain and animal produce is comvetted to the standard orange, apple, chicken and soon This is not to say that chcrce does not exlsl, butilexlsls only lorthese apleto pay lcrit ma lrmrted luxurysectar.

in certain areas the market larls utterly. The usMedicare market ls set to soak up 15% ol GNP m thenext period‘ while many Americans fecelve no realhealth care - Cuba 5 rnlant mortality rate is lat lowerthan that ol the U 5Against the standpplnt oi reality many at the classicalarguments against sacralrsmsimply iade into the mistHuman nature" There has heen an endless numberor human socie res in history with many drlterent ideasoi human oenayraur dhe caprtaiisr ideal olthe ruthlessindividual rslarlrdm the norm The population explo—sicn’7 uncontrolled population growth isn't an argu—merit against sccralrsm — HS an argument agalnst any

with M: rentlr Ihalworker aacrywhen ruzbwggzr pant ovzuxh toare what Iillillvotittrr.’

Tran indIhenppasifianisuiItI923,a5ains|l.|lexuleorure Iuu:n<yandlorsociz|dnnn(ncy.Charlie Van Ccldrurl lfleim-ldsLc1ltlt’spnrt .IlIslmpor—{antic srmsxlhalzlte Bolshevlk rtyttscl cvnn duringetanaesnnrey,nererlraa 3 W\DI|Dl“1I(Ihmfl|a“l[!,0Y4'IX’lnflvpuwzrful gcnenl secrelary, but was lull or rtccdiscusstcnmnpcmy fammtal uplng and lmerlla]political debate He alsodnlm §l.hn:oltmptuidicm—romnp orthe pmlzurizl it 15 notthalxmpptnglhcienn ilspli is the prctrienr hutraiha _i‘i:t what Slovmds

sin is scn n in. ¢cm2M 1| (5: state an35, n§‘r.aby r “wirung C1255 Wm.-re un poor and

exploited hmpowar Bchilldthcwhulvdcb re nerheIlzcessxly m retain nus as the obymrvn pr pc l.:niv—my

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.jlorrn oi socieiy and even againsl our survival as aspecies wnai we can say is inai some populaiioripressure is economic V in poor socielies pieriiy oicniloron mean inai some will survive and parenls willlriemseives nave some supporl in oldage capilalismadds io iiiis by sucking weaiin irom ine Tniro worldwniloaiilie same iirne linkingwiln re|IgiL7uslana|IC5IOoppose raiional lai-niiy pianning,

Tne asseriion inai aounoance is impussble becausenunian neeos are iimniess is oleariy ialse Humanslive ior a iimiieo iinie ane cani nave “Iimniess” neeosrne maioriiy olineirneeas ooricemloou.cioinirig andsooner ano under capilalism ioe rnaioriiy oi workersaretrappedlnasIruQq¥eimexis1eriz;e1oacnieveinesebasic neeos. ll sooiiiii be clear also iiiai more is anierarcny oi neeois. Nor all neeos are lelr wi|h iiiesarne iniensiiy A shnrlage oi iooo wouio lead ioinlense social siniogie. bui wnen icon is aounoani asnorlage oi caviar causes only rnilri upsel amongoourrneis This is oi cnicial ‘irnporiance ll we are all

overburdensdbyanrouniainolwams ano needs inensocialism is an impossibiliiy ora ulopian dream or meiar iulure, li we all nave ine basic numan needs oiiooo. snelier. znd oecenl liie ior ourselves and ourcniidren lnen sociaiism couio be insiiluieoioniorrew.

LIBEHATION FROM WANT

The poieniial proouciive iorces even now under capeialismare suiiicienlro eradicate nungerirornlneworloano provide a seoure sianoarri oi llvlrlg ior all iispeople For lne super—rion oi oourse inis wul mean aieveilirig oown, but iorine vasi majority oi numanriy ii

will be ine beginning oi iioerarion irom wanii andinsecuriry

lfs worrn reilecling nere inai even under capiialismcenaininingsare lreelyavailable. waierisiree[ignor-ing local laxesl because ine oosi oi cnaiging ior ii isgreaierinan iiie income generaleo Eflucahon andnealln care in inosl European couniries is iree be‘cause me malkel ooulcl noi deliver and wouid addimmense oosis in oollecironarioaorriinisiralion Givenme oosi oi European wine lakesario ioimer rmumalrls

me only thing lnal prevenis oasic iooosiiiiis, nousrngand irarlspvn from joining the US! is me class N52 00

capnalisrn

lsulallneooieoiioe markelsocia’ 1'5 argunieni isinepraoiioe oi ~aciualiy exisling socialism’. iiie prisoncamp oi lne ionrrer USSR Here Marxieis have inlreao wariiy, oecause we ourselves have men iolearn. wnere are we lo lookv

STARTING FROM REALITY

Manosiswoulo look lirsi al ine ac1ualhls|DrlcaloondI~iions oi lms socieiy A revoluliori in wnai ai lire iirnewas one oi lne mosl backward socienes in me worloA civil war in wnicn iniperialisi ariri wniie armiesravaged me land and eiiecirvelywiperioulinewonringciass aciivisrs whu were eiieciiveiy ine backburle oiine revolulion lsolaiion, a oounier—revoiuiion irornwmun lnal wiped our me old Boisnevlks and ieiiS|aiirl‘sbuleaucra(slncorllrol Repudiaiionoiinlemzrlionalism by ine lneory oi “SOCIZIISYYI in one coun(ry'Another war wrin 20 million oeao unreiniriing pves—

sore irom Ilflpeflallfimr oulminaiing in me “Star wars‘piojeci wnion eiiecnveiy bieo ine soviei bureaucracyory_ surely rnese riari some bearing’?

The markel socialisl ignore ixelaiis — planning was aiiauli

Marxists draw completeiy dmerenl lezsons ilom mesouiei experience. we assen lnal soeialisrn musl beiniemalloriaiisl and II musl be rwmocrailc

The iniernalonalisi arpurneni spealrsioriiseii sialinrepuoiaieo inieniaiionalism ano oeirayeo many ievo—luiions inai wouiri have proviueo a real ano seorreoasis ior (he oelence oi iiie soviei union Yet lneUSSR ooulri noiwiinerawiromineworlo orwinlneiolerarion oi caoiiai. Economic. pniillcal ano miiiiarypressure oorriinueo In me eay oi ils lall ano oeyonri.

Fighting For Socialism

An ReabhloidFluhllnq Far o worlrers Rapubllc

Available Flam:

Peoples Democracy, oonwuy Mlll. Foils RdBelfast 12‘ four issues5

An fieabhlu

Democracy lay at me cenlre oi lire rnrernal decay orslalrnrsrn. The working oi lrre bureaucratic plan in—

volveo a conflict 0! irrleresl celween worker and ou—

reaucrai. The warkerwas alsoa consumer and rrad aorreci inleresi in oualrry Arrerrrpling lo esiaolisn lhlscould leao lo me Gulag camps 7 so workers wereoernoralrsed and aoalnerrc ano their oroanisaiionalonrrsed The oureaucrars rnieresl, rrismercnancesor plornollon, resreo on meehng me plan by wlrarevermeans. including widespread lalsllylrlg or results He/she wuldpraduce junkand vel meelplanrllnglargelsIn lam me less corlcemed me apoararonik was wilhqualily or use lire easier meellrlg me plan oecameThe cureaucralic nomenclaiura were rnsuialeo ironrthe conrraolrcirons oi «ms process by llreir own pany

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shcps and lmemal pany eoorrorrrv

in any case we oureaueralshad no choice me lo-ralixarlarr rralure or men mle did nol (low lrom plan-rlklg‘ but lmm me need ol a relalrvely small pavasmcoasia ro slay in oonirol oi a massive working classwhich‘ glvenany ooonnunilyioorganisewouldnaveswepl (hem aside

SEEDS OF REVOLUTION

The seeds or a real planned eoonorrry are alreaoypresenrwrmrnlne crraos olcapnalrsrn A maiomendolcapilalisleeveloprrreni has been agrowlng socialr»sabon oi labour. Walkers are more nignly eoucaiearpossess more skills, work in larger reams win agreaier pool oi skills and are more oepenoerrl onlnlerconnecmns wrm ollrerseclorsollrre workiorooAline same lime lrie lerldency lo monopoly nas ledlo a lew companies dorninaiing enure seclors nllheworld economy and curoralrimlon oroducnorr overmany counrnes All or this rnvolves a grearer ariagrealer level or capllalisi planning [wrricn rails al aglooal revel oecause oi me rurroamemallv anarchicrrarure oi capllahstpraduclion andrrrennal allocaiionor resources acwrdlng lo lire market] II is commonnow lor oar engines lo ce rnarrulacrureo In one plantand rnsialled in anolrrer, wnaieveriorrnoluooi<eep—

Nothing could give a mcrcclassitalilluslrahan of”marl<clsodallsts” buildlngbndgcs|owardsr:api—lallsm rlran llro spli| in me Workers Party TheNorthemparry would like in present rlrerrrselvesas llrc dogged revolutionaries kccpinglhe faithzsopposed |o lire cared.-rI5|s ol lhr: DemaualicLowNew Agenda group in ran a look ax |hu pmgramnms or me rwo groups revoals vory lrlrlodiilererrre and very lrrrlo paliflcal jushfimtion lorthe split. in was along Ilmc ago mar me WurkclsParty applrod rlrro sialirrzsr "srager llrcory Io lhcIrish sirualron and lolluwod ir's laileer logic lo lireand A urgjnga mtum lo srorrnorrl, supporling Lheir-ape.-ralisr lotus, calling lor working class rescralnz and “social partnership” in ordorlo allowmullxnaliunal develuprnerrr.

New Agenda?lrrraorrlrodivrsion is rrorpalirioalbu|l>ekwcenKwn

sars nfcamensb I|'sbc|wI:en rhoae whu see irrerrlulure as parhamc-ulanans based on a riglu-wingsoclaldcmocracyand those who prciv.-r|he0|d slo-llnlst rdoolugy as me ix-sl cover lor a career asapolaglsts tor mo lariiisrr and guard dogs againstrepublicanism.

By a slrorirrosomo "Dernocra|ic|e1t" win lhe prizeforhypomsy. Thee-—losciasoouislrrnonrlollowingrevelarions about the commmng achvlllcs of theofficial IRA rcquirtd acting aoiliry ofa high level.

Peoples Democracy plans a full analyars of medecay of lire Workers Parly irr iulurc rssuos.

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iiig lakesplace il is norisenselo talk ollns erigine plaril“selllng‘ln lhe bodyplarn —uuIul.I( IS Dlallned I! daesrnlead ID lhe economic collapse 0! (he Cal marxelcrlheeollapse ol parliariieiilaiydenlociaey.

All lnis lakes place williin a market economy whal ildenlonslialesis lhal planning has aecorrle more andmove iinponanl ldi me eerllinuecl luricmriiilg ol capi-lalisrn, aul ii is also clear lrial its logical exlensipnlnrpugheul lhe wholaeconoinyooulil only as achievedwiln l-.apilalisrn‘s oveililrcm

01 course planning in capi lisl liirrls is exlierilelyliieiaicnical, bul we can see how planning niiglil bederiiocralised Al naronal and inleiilalionai level alllrial is needed is ilanleeralic decisions aaoul alloca-llan or resources — so inucn lor aducalien, fleamliindusliy.agrlcullurelneleriglriolllieworxingdayandso on. This resource allecallon can as relirlefl alveglanal level and allrie levelalcomuunltyand plainuigariisallen ol laooui can as aecideil wlliiin lnislramewoik.

lmernaliarialisrvl is essemlal one Can’! plan In a seacl anaieliy, laoeilwillilliieals and saaclage we haveseen the consequencescl retreating behind Im? lan-iasy al socialism in one eoilnliy, Democracy is essei»llal aecause ll is only men trial a planned eoenoiny canbecome eynainlo and allow the erieless changes andShlfls need 10 meet lhe shifting nallems of humanneed and development.

This sorlolsocielywillonlylie Dosslblewhenme niassol worllirig people swing lnlo acllon. The |ask clMarxislsis lolearnllielessonsolliie pasl and preparea secure louridallon larliiilher advance

BRIDGE TO CAPITALISM

Applying Maixislinelhoilslolne preserildeaaleaaoulsocialism we can see lnal lne quesliori “Is socialismposslble?"Is nol some son pl idle olatademlc query.The posilion |akerl ay lrie market socialsls has aparlieular purpose. The piggesl 'mafl<e'I socizIis1 ollneiri all was eoraaaieii, and proiecl is in me dll§'aln oi l-ilslory Markel socialism is uselul, riolaecausel is possiale, aul aecause il serves as a bridge loilhose with nine workers riioiienieiilwllowanllo cmssover lo capitalism. Tiiis arldge rriiisl as alown up andils arclillecls exposed rhars a eerliial lask in liie le-oorislnlclierl 0! me socialisi nioiierrlenl.

Tile eapilalisllrumpellngollne iriarllalisllsellaiiiaorydl ideology over realily lnlhe era ollrle flsalh agonyolcapllalisrnllia piclllre olswashamxlinghuocaneenihg enlrepreileuia is lne puresl larllasy The irloderncapil ‘m resembles an enlraprenellr as much as agerialiic an olylmic alnlele ms in lne Nolln ol

lrelam produces a book weignlng seyeral poundsdelalllng all lhe grarils, sweelerleis arid kickbacksneeded lo sel lhe ll-odern enlieprerieur up in oasi-ness. slack exchange speculaloissuck in ns lrcrniheeeohcniy aul have lhe nerve lo looklorllieiiiiioneyback when llilrigs go wiorig. in me 25 oourllles lhelolallaxen in in PAVE lax iusl rrlalcheslne inlsresl ralepaynierlls on lrie nallnnal deal - incurred largely aspan ol an llidusrrialpollcy ollering lax iiayerisla rniilli—

lialional lliins,

PUTTING THE ALTERNATIVErnese lake nuflmls o1 lne n5k~\iklng capllallsl siilrepiensiiiand Ihl hill marks! serve a panieiilai puiposs. rlieypieseiii as sire.-lg and nlsinal a sysinni in ieiininal iladiniiwinl. insiiiying insisasiiigiy ilaspsiars anil savage allisckseniris wulklng class anil sins in me."sucla| waqe'nl hlahh,naiieaiiin anosoon. raiseaialisisoelandinglna pcsspiliiyand eesiraailiiyoi seeialisin nas piscissl ins epppsii. pa-isciiiin, Tnspoini is noi iiisilo aeleinl in iilii olsaeialsniaiii la ioslily wcrxars Vlslslirlg attacks on ininr riying sisn.dardsarlddemoclallcilgms Fieinsusnealsnsiyesirugglsswe snk la dsinensiiai. ina rlacssslly dl woiliais lakmqeainielinainsewns and aealinpanewsesiaiy Tmswlfllzniyooaui lliiey nay. eoniiaanso iiiai an alieinaiiye la isapiiai.isin eiilsis

rnis piooleni is qune cleaily in iwioance in Easlelrl Eumpiana ina loinisi Sm/ml uiiian Hal/lug ienniiliiiil sacl lsniwiiii eialinsni anil unainsianpaaly innialoie ionsworkers lhlnk iliai capilalisinand (hi inailisl ins anial- way mgalllslrlg saeiaiy and expsci ii VD dnliyei inssiaiiaaill ol Ilvlng al in. wallall in ins wesi HoweverWhfinm/if may SMIGI‘ ins consisis eiissis oi ins niarnslsudlasnsing prices and nnnniplaynsniiiiey naiisinsisiseNamtsslng and oigansing iliis iasisianeslei socialsin willonly bl: posslala ii woiliais have an alieinaiiie global VIEWio iiiai :1! line matksl

siiniai piisalenis Sxlsl in in. llldusmillsfid eaailaiisl eoniiiiisa. uiilsnilliig winlinis Ilvlrlg siaiiilaias can only inachllivfid ay pisaxing Wflh ins lopis oleapiialisi pieliiaailiiypill psneialislng any aliallsnge lo ins logic cl capiiallsin canonly as achlavvd ll ineie As seen In as an aherrlallva

uiilcrliirialelywmkavs will noi believe us il oiii socialism isslniply a pioniise apculliieliniiie lneorinisal lislanceis olsiaiaalisni, nu niallei how ooniiiiioing, will not as -iioiigri. inall liie sliuggles ei ‘vmlkllrs and ins opp:-eseci no maflavnow sniail oi panial, soeialisls niiisl an inn iiicsi eensisienilipiilsis and advacalasol llniii ipiiis Above all we niiislshow oiiisolyss la an ins iriosl mnssianl daleiioeis cl lls~niociacy. Yila StaIlnlslslSocla|DamDc1a|i and niany Na-lional liaeialion incyoniiinls haw aannilened socialismand an nappy In advocala iiis sliain dnlrloclacy oi boil!‘pools pailianiiinls and eleciioiis.ln inany placns lmly ins iniioliilianaiy Ml ieinains la adyeear. socialismand llernoeiaay, ruiniiigliiis srnall iaiial inlolhe liiaileisiiip ol ins wolklng class will mlan iiiaiiy pl ilsorganisaiions niiisl areali lionl rn. cbgmns anil vndnnlnniaalle iiineioning nl in ii own oiea saiions and iniili palmscal praau only aasalula opnrlrlass and aassnce oipnllllcalsaclananixm in dnball and nclion willllenionslialein werlisis iriai Manusm is inn wlial Oxlsled in EaslamEuropa and ilial ll isstill islsyani Ais ilia niililaiiis and oi-gznlsabns delenaing ulaixsin capable er rising in lneciialliiiiosv

JOHN NORHL

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pan 1 of a two-par! art cle

WILL THE FORMER SOVIET UNIONBECOME CAPITALIST?

The changes iakingplace in Russia and me mst of melorrnc-rsovielunion,nowrelerred was |hl:Common—wealth illndepu-ndeni slales lclsl. havea paincularsigniiiaance for Peoples Democracy and the Fourlhlniernallonal ro which we belong our poliucal onegins arc in lhe snuggle lead by Leon Tralsky in lhesoviei communisz rarry againsl lhc degeneralion oilheRusslan Rcvolutinn which was symboliscd by llierule cf Stalin Frnrnas cafiy as 1927 Trotsky began lo

argueinside |heCPSU lhalrhegainsol lhe lzewilulionwere in danger imm the burcaucvazy‘ which wasraking control of ihe soviel slale. when he was ex‘pelled fmm the ceminunrsc Paul} and men from mesovielunion heorganised hlscnrlhlnkersinlhelnlerrriuuonal Len opposihon which bnxdmc Lhe Fourihlnremahonal

As Marxists our siarung paint lor rrying la under—

sland wha~ is happening loday in the cls is lhethwrclltal work done by Trolsky which linds itsinosl hnished expression in his classic book'1'hcRevolullonBctray~:dwhich waslirsipublished in1937. Bcfumwe can go lo describe ihe cvenls or todayand lheir possible Dulmrrlcs I| is nccwsary lo explainsomeihing onheidoasomolskyandLl1ean|i—stahn1=|

Marxist tradition represenled by rhc Fouflh lnlerna-lionul which has been dislorled and tancamrcd byhour slalinisrs such as are workers rany and Lhe

commuiusl Party ol lrelaiid and ihose who say lhalall Marirism is only a variety of sialinisrn.

THE BOLSHEVIKS

The Russian working class, led by lhe Bolsheviks.seized powc-rinl9l7.The laolsliovikleadershipknewlhat thclrcouniry was the most backward in Europeoul uxpcded that successlul n.-vnluiioiis would lakeplace in more indusinally advanced slates williui ashorl period, Between ms and I973 lliere wore revolulions in Germany, Ausma, Hungary, Poland andolherparts or Europe laur all were delealcd. This lcfl|I'm SovietUnirmisoIaIed and banknlp|edby lheeivilwarand lhnnnllmrymtervcnhnlllvy evcryunperialisislare combined wuh lhis exrreme poverry was asevere reslricuon af democracy bolh wilhln liiesovi.er; (the elecled insduilions responsible lor decisionmaking in Lhecountry)when opposhon parties wereiendenelos and Iacuons wilhin lhe laolshevik Party

political as well. This was rnlcnidod as a shon Icrmemorgoncy measure lorced on me aolshcviks as ameans oi dolending rho revolution dunng and iuslaner the civil war oul n played a pan in assislingpolillcal conrrol lo b6.-mm: inure narrowly C(lI\C€n—

iraled in «he hands or scctians or me cnrnmunislFan's oiireaucracy.

soclalrsmieory havealwayspredicledrhal sucmsslulmvolulions would rakeolace in developed, Industrlrallsed counh1csflrs|nfal1. Thenewsoviclunioiiwasunable-coprovidcallilsciozenswilh adequaleclollies,housing. lood tosay n<)Lhlng oi lurury ilenis iaken forgraiiled in some weslern countries. All this has a

ianuliar ring. However, lhe greal gain that the rcvo—

luhon gave lhe new slale was a planned economywhich perrnillod a rapid growrh oipmdunlvecapacrlly, But ihe working class was no longer able toparucipalcinrhccconomicoipolincaldcrasion makingprocesses hccause ils role had been usurped hy lhebuxwucracy. As Troisky put IL

"Thcsouletburcaucracyhasnsc-nzbovuaclnsswhlrliis hardly emerging irorn deslilulion and darkness,and hasno uadiuon af dominion or command” (TheRevoluuon laelrayed, I’ 243)

NEW EUREAUCRACV

l\1Lhough|hlsnew bumaucracy had wrcelled poliucalconual {mm the working class lhis did nol mean thatlhe soviel union had cedsui lo he a worker’: siale.For Tiuisky and revoluhonary Marxlsls ii was a I:un—

tradlcmry sod:-ty oelween Caplhlllsm and socialism.ll is warlli quoling al some lcngrii Tm|sky'5 criierialor delerrnrrirng |he class nunire oi lhc slam. we will

use lhese as a rough guide in oirariirning today;SltI1a(lul’I'

"The lutinlulisalion uf lhe land, the means af in-dusla-ial producdon, uanspnxt and exchange, ro-geuier wiui ilie nmnnpolyof fonign h-ade, consu-lule lhe lmisonhesuviezsocial so-ucrure. '|'hxmIghniese rclalaous, escahlislied by are prolemlan revo-lurion, llae riaxiiie ox uie soviezuniori as a prulelaeian slale is tor us basically desinad~(op. cil. p 249)

nuough lhosc relarions ihenewacononiyand society

wasnol ruled oyzlrcprom mmlvcbulbyfivcpnofius0! are now rulrng humaucrzcy ms mean: (or ex-ample thatrusouruss were allocalcd according to thebureaucrorsplan whlch men, as the western rnodrals soorlcn pciming out, led lo l-M95 ve Investment lnloully bankrupt onlor-prrscs xhmugboul are wholeeconmny. The bun.-allcrdts were assured or their in-come and privllcges slmply by producing or evenprelendrng to produce Ihc goods demandcd by Lhe

plan. [I did nulnlaltcr |o morn wnelner moyacluallyworked and could be ”sold".

This Is cor-nplelely dinerenl to cnpualrsrn where theeaprlallsls only gain fllelr income aner me sale orgoods llrey produce

CONCESSIONSln addlunn lo these dlshngmshlrlg lcalums the Savlm urnran and \he othltr states or Eastern Eumpe dld pmvldrexnvcmclychzapmnspon and houimg, huge subsides onlha pl-me 01 all bask klodstufla, guaranteed employment$<Nle( wcrknxx dld not have to worry whether or run lhcixwork was pm!-irablc. ol mums n ls rruemal Glare was anenorrnouochasm lsowrsen lhv: hospllals usad oy lop CPSUnfflclals and these used oya wurking class ranuly our lneSovlet at-izul drd nul have as bpcnd a lrleorne dreading mehusplta] blus thalvruuldononoally cnpple ms Amnncanzouvmrrpan Because u clalmed Lu rude rn the name nlthl:worhng class use Svvim bur(-au(raCj/ had made tncscmn-ccsslmxsal the some um: rlul ii pxuvenled any allempt bymu wnrkmg (1:55 to lndcpcndvnlly urwnlsc nrese are thegums rnal the lwlrano mo Eundusbankwlsh roelnnlnaloasa nocosssry prelude lo ln. rornlrodoeuon cl copuslrsrn, Aswe xha|| 5-1: 1! l5 around (he dcicnmox me-so guns mat thewmkmg claw nl the cls and Easzorn Eumpc Mn rnooaloeand nreouleorneomnsstruggle wul determine lh: snayoolpolmml duvdupmcnls m lnc-so items far are Ecnscmblniulum.

Thus, olmougnaourraucmcdugentrdklunhas takun p\r1u'n ml! rcmams o worker’: uau» we \ask hung the SovwlMarking Elass was run In uvmhmw me mplkdlms and meTsar ngam but lo topple me pamsukour:-aucracyand rslremmml olrlu-reonomy and are Stall: Tm|sky'§ analyswofthe rlcgmivcnifefl nl ure bunnucrary on rlrc So‘/ls: acornnmy and use pan ll would play m are roesloolrsnmm oruplkalwm lshmdkmnkulg on us aralrzmy

’The ussx llrus eorlsodres Ienilic cdnrra nr. Bun llsull nmailu a dagenrmkd workea srala. srrcl. r Ill:nodal diagnosis. The yaliliul ha: an alknulxvr (lunelu-. eilhcr lhz orrrearmcy became! zvermek rlr. wganol are lorpeoala-u in flu worker's slale, win ovu-uuow the new I01-ms of propeery and plunge arecourroy back tocapilalism; or Ihe wnxking dass wi|lcmslu are buxeauaacy And open are way lo social-ism. (The dealhagony cfcapmlism and me tasksofllre rounlr lmernaliunal)

Due lo rlspla.-med economy are 5uvIc| unron wasable

Io urdusmalrsc at an unyreee-denred speed rn arewzos and gas, a urne oi eoonorruc dtprvssmn in nu:caplullsl world. Western sryle loelones borrowingthe must rnodern mpllalxsl techniques were con»so-mod by me cenoal lauroaucrallc commend. ButSoviet industty was nclormusly incflxricnt and l|sproducts were 0! lnlerror quality even llren ForTrolsky (Iv: pmblcm lay m the Earl llral lhc workingelnsslradbeen domed pollhcal pnwcrbylhc bureauc-racy.

~under a nalionallsed ccnnomy, qualify (Trotsky;ernplrasisl demands a democracy uf pxnducus andconsumus, I-reedoor or ariuessorand initizliu —eon.ditilmi incompatible with a lohlilarian xegimc oikn, lies and l'|a|Irry"(op. dz. p.275}.

NAVIGATOR

PART 2 IN NEXT ISSUE

An fieabhluid for a Workels Republ

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THIS SECTION OF THE JOURNAL Is OPEN TO SOCIALISTMILITANTSOF ALL ORGANISATIONS AND NONE To mscuss some OF THEBASIC POLITICAL QUESTIONS or THE IRISH REVOLUTION OURFIRST CONTRIBUTOR IS PD MEMBER JOE CARTER

THE LIMITS OF REPUBLICANISMNextyenr wIII see nhe Ienih annivcvsaryultheam-ssionnoiheieadn-rshipoisinn Fmn of nine ”lefl" annindCorry Adains. Pmpelled innn nhis posinion by a massslruggk around H—Elock, in promised a 5|rz|cgy |odeveiap a new mass struggle ihan would dnve omIai-inish nnixriahsm,

"nieie isan iiigenn need no build an aII—Iin-Iand niovemen which Wuuld be open Io cvcryanc eoinniinied InIhe pi-ineipic and abiecniveorinsh nahonal seII.dennnininanion Such a inovcinenn i-ninsn be open ...a niassmovcllvznl which wiII l'n0I7IIISC aII progressive forcesin Lhiscountryand whose dcinands...niusn nheieiorebe social, economic and ciiInuiaI as wen as poiiiicaiiiisn as nine eflecls oi pamhon are sociai, L-cnnomlc,eiiiiiiiai and pohnieai. Thcbnildingolsuch a movemen: must be put on Iiie agenda nov/'Icci-ry Adams. “A vanhway no Peace” P777751

This isn't the ins: hm: the Rcpublican movemcmopnniy acknowledged me need lolwuildaniassmbvrbnnenn. The signalling of nhe niii-n to die Iori in theurganisaiianisoflcn dancd Iioinnhe 19WBodL-nslownspeech on Jimmy Dnlmm which called nor;

"The [orgingof iha snong linksbetwecn (he Repvubliscan inoveniennand nhe workcts nl Iieiand and radicalnmde umolllsls wiii cream an iimpressihlc massniaveiiieni..."

Thineen yeaisaviei nhis §pe¢1chsIIchamDvcmen| is asdead as a IossiI Iiisnead Ihe snziiggie in Ihe Nor|l\againsniarinish mleismoreand nioieasiuggingi-namhbeiween Ihe IRA and ihe Briiishand Loyaiisns. E|ec—nions allow naiionaiisn walkers |o mould a vo

flu: highest lvnn of “spectator polihcs”, non a breakmm in as nive iepiiinican inaveinenn likes no believe.

A snanaaid Explznalion cl nhis siniaiion beloved orme bollrgnoisplcss is ihanan inc-masingly unpolihmland bnnai IRA flIIlI|a\’y fimpa|gn has sqiieeud oiiiany pcrspedxvn oia snianegy based on pohnis.

QUESTION

Nmone cuuld have any doiibn nhan nhe killing or eighnworkers nITeehaw: makes it very difficult to work Inniie trade union movcmcnl, Nornh Dr soiiih, |o win

‘in

no a niass inovunenn niian woiiid oppose Biinish rule.Tricquesnionnhanniusnbe pun is — does nIio Rn-pubiicanmovcmcnt mean what it says when H calls for build-ing a mass I-novcmcn|7 This is a Iegmi-me qiiesnianwhen one dlinksofuveryxhing is armed wing does tonuke such 3 (ask more difficull

Equally l1owCverI|iSalso cieai nhan Sucha snranegy ispan at ihe iepiihiican niovei-iv.-nns pcrspcchve. In hasbeen iepeann-d looofk-nloranyonclohaveanydoublsThccontradxc|innbi:twecn nheiniiinary campaignanda sincere desiie for a i-nass movement is Ihucfom an-aI one. This conriadiciian bctwccn |he IR/-\'s "fill-Iary campaign and me republicans snaind poiinicaisnzanegy [which ramim an an be reduced no a desiin fora mass movcmanfl 15 ml: subjcd on nu!/CH2-ndingpropaganda by iinpei-iaiisinand ins anies. The hypo-Cnte§ whinge Ihal you tannnl be involved in "poIi—Iics" and also in "violence" CcrryAdan'\§ now dalfllsin response nhai sinn rein does non suppvrl viokmccunhelRA but simply undmsiands why nIii- IRA nxisisin nhcmciimsnanoesonlhu Nonh. In cflndhe is sayingnhnn ihe IRA has ins sniancgy and me IRA has ins own,nhey snipiyagice aboul nhe nbjcchvc Thiissinn Fi-incan seek Ialks winh inie British or In build a massniovainennand nine IRA can ongagp in whatever formor iniIiIai-y arliviky in thinks appiopi-iane. Do weaaepi IhIs,and does inexpiain how nhe abjcctivcofufbuilding a mass i-novei-nem has nol been achieved?

DLSHDNEEF

Inis purely and simply dislwnest to pretend nhan nheslralegcs of die IRA and sinn rein are differrnt Ifsinn Fein does non suppoin nhc nnhnary achvity of the[RA nhen hnwdu2si1|I\m.kxhe British tan be drivenaim Does in think Ihan eiecioiaiisni and consninueneyamviiywill? Izepiiiaiiean slralegycan oesiiinniansodas Ioiiows: Thl‘ IRA wiII wear down nhe Em-ish whowin be larccd no nhe ncguriakiugtable where they willnngoniane nheii way out of Ireland. Iarinsin is " iasn

LURGAN AFTERlRA AWACK

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running oiii of nplinns”. sinn Fem will lead |hcpolincal mrivciiicni which W!” help push ihc llrihshout and will be lnvnlved in the negollatlons whichwillsccihenigo. lnihissiraicgyanyrnassi-iiiivcnvsniplays a submdinalemlo |() the miliiary campaign oriiicwi, Xhcso-called cuiiingcdgc, and ro ihe negot-la—

tors orsinn Fein.

wliaicvcr the schcincs or sinn Fcm any mass fl'\OV('-

rncnrcm-a|:d would havc an obiccuvc |endcncy 10 gobeyond any subordinaic rolc assigncd |c ii by ihcRcpiiblicans. More lmpoI1anlly,€vEn it in pracnccassigned a subservirnl ml ihc Republican ITIJVEVn'\cr\|5 saahcgy and aciiviry,and cvcn if is cicaiion ismade morediificuh by the I‘RA’5 i-inliiary campaign,whai is niii explained is inc failure to achieve ilv:beginnings of a mass niavcincni. Mass lIwvcrnm\|scan noi becraated iusiby wanii*ngihein,orbypassingiesialuiions,but at are same |ime (here has been abslrllncly no pxogcss or l‘V€1\ a bcginning io Huiecmahonat such a movement

NO MILITARY SOLUTION

Webelleve Lhls (allure ls truazl. Crucial becauseonlya mass niovunenx of all ihc oppicsscd led by ihcworking class vi all 32 connncs and supponcd IlI|('r—

naiionally by other such lllovemenls can alclc-an Bn|-lsh rule. TheERAcamIot. We areabsoluzelymrlzin oi

ihal, 1-hcic isna" m|Il|arysOlu|iDI\" rrir rhosc fig iiigimpenahsm The IRA, sinn licin and ihc narionalisiworkers lroin whoin ihcv dcrlvc ihcir supparido noihave me srrcngih or icsouiccs io WA ar down aniishinipci-ialisrnanclkickiiour Ir;-|and,nuHL'aSkbcC.1usuoliisgcogiaphical posiiion, I inuch loo iinpoiiani ID

the anrish and wcsici-n inipcrialisin io be glvcn inclcspcndcncc WIlhl)u| a sirong slate and a pulfllcal se|t|L>iiieni which could secure ihc couniry ior iinpcnalislcxplbiiahon in ihc rururc. 1-hcrc arc no iniligi-iniiisclassesor '0r(‘€a sirnng cnough io guaranlee a sonic»mzntand providc-ihcsirang s|a|c-. Bn\z|nI'us|osByThctask otkickingiiouilsiharcrorcancnoi-rnousnncand ilns is reflrxced in the ailviciilncs oi cmaiing .1

mass niovci-iierii which is capable ofdmng ii.

The Republican nnivcinani has unolcrcsiiinaicd ihisrezl.i|y. licland may be a small and unlmponanlcouniryiii wiarlil lCrns,bu|ns posibbn omhccoasioiwcsirrn liniopc, iis iclaiivnly advanced siiciczy andworking classancl is pepulahonspicaclovcrsoino0!H52 inosl lmponam nnpcna si counn-ics inakcs i|iinponanila wcszcrniinpc alisni. To brirain Irelandis viral Polmcal insiabiliry arising rroin any polxlicalradlmlisahon in Ireland coiila nor lail io have anxmpacl in many British aiiics such as London, LlvDr~pool,G|asgowc1:.,wl\hlhel1largclrish- nkcd popu—lations. However conservative Republicans niighiwarii ihcir ”r2‘volufian” io be, one capable ol kicking

An Heahfllo

ml! the B m an nverwhelingdaw wclcly could not hi] to be radical andinieciious. Tiveseaieiiiesiahesinvolvod inihesrruggleto defeat British mle in the North.

i=oLi‘ricAL RISKS

The preseni Repinhlimn anivity is a inilirary cani-paign capable oiconrinuing ioran extended period aihigher or lower levels hui wilhoul having any clearairn beyond ihaioriisown survival Al ihesairierirrieSinn Feinzskstubeinvalved in ncgoharinnswithrhoiarirish and promises to lake ~polirical risks" an iheoegoriaiing rabie. inilexibiliry in racries but pmmlsviiig flexibllxly in pnrieipiis (which is whai niusi benieanl by ihe phrase ‘political nsks" — or also ihcphrase is meaningless) is ihc saine iiawed coi-nlnna.iion lrish Republicanism has always lxon guiiry oi.Evenilsirui Femwere logmlnlonogonaoonswiih iheBnhsh lhey are in nOp(lsl|imIriinognnaie Bri|dinou|,hui only in a posioon to help negotiate iheir owndc-real. Just as ihe naiure oi iheir ”paliHcaI risks” isunexplained so such negrniaiions would, like preVl—ousonesbeconducredliehind ihebaoioorrhepeoplewho had suiiered and ioughi iii-iiish ruli:

For those in hie lzcpubiican rnoverneni whu dEs(I'lberheiriseivesas socialists and who may have piucd inthe lasr kn years «his analysis may be reiecied. ”Wemay have iaiied io build a mass nioveirieni bur we aresriii ihe only people capable or doing ii" may he iiii-irreply.

indeed we haveaireadyagrocd |ha|ncl|hcrXhcac(lvAlty 01 the IRA not the snbordinme mle Slnn Femarrachcs lo ihe niass snuggle is coinpieieiy rcsporr

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inay be exacerbahedby iiie Republican MuVnl'riAn(’5Iailnn: in realise rho real need iorsuch a rnovei-riiini,aneed criiaieci by die nalurc or rho rnsic oi rernovingBritish rule, but ihis again as we have said does noteirpiain why even rhobegiiniings ufany real progresshas nor been achieved. As Marxists we argue that ihereason for rheraiiiire is rho poiincai basis RepublicansImvclorsucha rnoveineni. ihe iaiiure or iheir pirnccihas us rooi in ihe poiiucai proieci and principles ihoyseeic ii to reprosoni, The (aiiure orrepublicanpoiincslies in ihese poiiocs rho-inseiyos These poiiiics in [heiasi anaiysisaiso explain Lhe prioriry given in iiin IRAand ihe marginal role assigned to rho woricingclass

POLITICAL FAILURE

This rncans ihai even If, in che very unlikely evenioisuch a iriovcrneni eriipnng ~sponraneoiisiy", iiire lheH-Blockskugglu fDl'e)iarnplE,(lYin a new iorrnnnsingiroiri souihern sociery, Republican pullllcs would iaiiihax iriovonieni. Socialists in ihe Republican inovei-nen: should realise mi, and coinmii ihernsolves torighiing for a socialist programme as rho only onecapable or giving ihe necessary poliiical leadership ina rriass nioveirieni capable or ending lznnsh rule.

REPUBLICANISM

sowhaiareiherepubiican poliiieswhich while aronomoment recognises ihe need tor rriass snuggle areincapable of crianng ii and giving I| leadership:Connolly described republieanisrn as a parry;

“whose vvlcmbcrs are iinircd on no single poini, andagree iipnii no single prlnciplL‘,:'K€cplup0n(|lcu5c or

Internationalmeeting of F.|.

The lnrei-nauonai Executive coiririurice mac) or iheFl:-uxlh Liiiei-iiaiionai nier in Europe earlier uns yearThe [EC is rho ruling body oi ihe iniernaiionai beiween conierenaesand iseoniposcdonhe ieadeishipsoi all ihe sympathising ssmons lohn McAniiiiy oiPeoples Deinoeraey arrended the i-neeungs

Discussions and reporis includai the Algerian ooup.ihe defence 0! Cuba agauI>¢ a renewed impcnaliskrnisiaughrand growing suppori iorourpoiieiesaniongocher sectionomie Pkroilirazil Plans werernaialeiora coordinared drive againsr raeisi-n and fascism inEurope. A rnaior ieiiorganisalioninsi-i lankaapphed

io pin ihe inrei-nanonal.

The iccyrinic-discussion conned around dcve|up-menisin iheiormer ussx. An inic-rnaiionaiiiinclhas been open in develop our wurk more and ihesecond edioon oia Russian language version ofrho magazine irnpreiror had luslbccn prinied.

Much irnie was given in plans iorhluldlng Lhcm—

ganisaiion in the coming period and helping lobuild a broader reconsolidarion oi socialisrs aspan of an iniernarionai response |o capiialisi meuinphaiisin

Pcoplns Democracy has agreed wiih rho m|Crlla—lionzl leadership ihar a discussion on iiciandshould be held ihis year, wuh iepresenianves oiiheieadershipeoiriingiolrelandiosceihe repression here iirsrhand

- for in workers Hepubl

physical fmcc as me soierncansoisculinginedispnicbetween thcpcopleonnisconnizyand inc-governingpowerof En'|ain!”

The myubllnli movcrncni ul connoliys unit: IS incsame as that of today, as the presem generahun orlvzpubliisalis are deiernuncd to reaffirm:

"The IRA which came rnio being |l'\ ine bullet swcpisums oi Dublin in 1916 is the same um, nglningin|he samccause, as lhal which conrronis annsn mic inarms Ioday." (Republican News 29—}91)

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e_::.ln inclrncwycanncssagein1991 the IRA spc|mu| uicrmson for iiieir mnsioncc:

'-nic IRA X5 In cxlslcntc in response |o a pan ollreland, and its pcopkr, bang held by rnliiiary iorceagainsl inc will oi the mi maiol-Elyof |hL' insn nahon.our arm )3 irisii Imityand democracy .~

Cv:rryAdal'I5hasstn|i:d lhL‘almoiSinnFcin in cxndlyinc same (crmS'

~slnn rcln remains convinced that thc bass [or pcau‘in lxtland nnrai oc naiional acif-dclcrmiiuiiian and anIrish naiional democracy." (lzepnbircan News 17r1—

91 i

”Our pnmaryobjectively Int nanonai llbcrali .. Hieiype otsocial ordcr which 15 requlredinireiand is onewinch IS politically a democracy and Economicallyademocracy also "

SOOIALISM?

And SocmIL~m7

irlsn rcpubiica m is i\o| a ienn which du‘InL'§ asys|cm of soaciy in inc way |hik socialism dons inour case it rein; kl lhe aim ul accunng nalionallndcpcnoiencc in H5 bmadesi simsc." iccrry Adams,”Thc Polmcs or Irish Frmarnn" p.I3H "5OC1al1Sxn

inclndesandisd stage In advdnceolrlspubllcanism”This means inai, ”ln irelandnniii pamuon lsgmnd ofand a unlicd irciand cs|ablishi:d, bcmggcnulnoly k-Ii

wing is in be an ou| — and — nu: republican".

in oflwr words naiionai sci!-dcienninairon flr5| andHien mdalism. This is beczuse'

”Cnnnnl|y ncld (h.1| nalimial ml/olu|lon (was) |hep1ercquisi|eoflh(-soclallslrevolution ~ (The polmcsoi lrisn Fmedonl P. 136)

These quoics iroin inc republican movemcm iisclradequately and succinctly sum up inc republicanmov2mum’s programme. How does the boclnhslpmgrammcadvocalcdbyIrish Marxisisstand in rcla—

lion |0|(7

MARXIST PROGRAMME

we are nbvlously ior dmiocracy— democracy not iusiwnnrn society bin between sociciics, beiween na—

llmls, medernand iorequalltyanddemocrrcymcansthat we suppon the demand of oppressed nalicins |oselfdelerminaholi We demand |hi§ because we moognisc |I'iat ]us| as black and while, men and wurncn,

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democracy so no rirusn nhrs be ihe ease winh lhc worleeisoidiirerenrnanions Theycznnnlunlk-on|hubasisof ignoring or miiiiirrisirig nhc pnvllcgt-5 or oppres-sion which arise benwccn sccrions of ihe wo'knl-Ag

class or course more are many socalled Mawho all for "workt'r>uniIy” or “.1 soclalisn iederaniorrof larirain and lrelarrd" bun eoiuplenely s|ep over nhc

hard Ian nhan workels uniny nnnionally al1dllIK'rnz—rioriallycanonly eoineabour iroma previous nighn iorcomplene equaliry. Canholie and Pronesranr wurkcrsin nhe Norrri cariiiin urine Llhlbs there is joint agreeirrr-rir no conironn hcadon ihe discririiiiianion aridsccnarianism which overwhelmingly hins carholicworl<e1s and nine marginal pfivilegcs llu| l’roIL'slan|workers have derived irom nhis smarianisrii. worleeis urury on any onlier basis is a sham.

so in is wirh any ”socIali~‘t iederanioii on arinaiii andIreland". To raise nhis demand now is no cover exisrmg Inequalities and oppression in ihe pruyn-nl rL-Iz—

honshlp benween nhc rwo coriirnrlcs. Nanional sdl~denerrrrinaniori is nhc mmcdy ior |hIsunL‘quial relaniori-ship. in fighnlng for nhis we will also seek ihe Huxl-rrruiii uniry on ihe workersoi lmlimd and narriairr andoi ihe whole 0! Eumpt‘ V bin nhcn nhe uriiny will clearlybe one or equals

Marrisnsrhererore supper! the ngh( ol |rcland no sen-dcnerriiiuaniori bin in is already cloar nhan we do so notbecause in is an end in inseln but because irisa rncansno agrcancmrdV nhcuiirny of Irish and nrinrsh wnrkers.Gerry Adams has Sald nhan,

"The cor-recn socralrsi anninude no li-clarion MUS! be anirinor-narionalisnoiic/'

True, bun his is non a socialisn alrinude since he nalksorrlyoisocialisrsbe gscpararisns we are scparallstsonly no csrablish unny on a more lasfing basis Thesoeialisr arurudeis innerrrariorialrsn bun Gerry Adan-ns

approach shows nhan nhc republican annirude nonF0l“'\il'nI!a|\DnalIIIdPp?ndO|'\CQIS!hL‘0b}Q(1iV€W}’ICl'E

lor us in is merely nhe fnezha to one.

MARXISM

Marxists recognise anonher limin no democracy whichreoublrcaiis do non. There \5 no such |hing asa parnyor orograirrrne which srarids above classes and doesnon have a class characner. There is no such thing as"democracy" in nlre alisrracn. In every snuggle benwecn dlccapilallstclasand ihe worleingclasssociablsb suoporn nhe iiincresns or nhe wankers cvc-In an nhe

expense of ihe ~derriocraderights” or are oipinalisns

ls ihe dciriaiiol fol rraniorral self—d£|e'rn|inalmn a de—

iriand omic workers nrnflhccapllahsls? Asfaiasilm

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gramme of ihe working class, nho demand nrrar tx-presses rheinneresrson nhe working class is ihe dngan;“Workers or me world Unite!"

The working class demand is no remove all obsnaclcs|u ins uniny in rnnerriariorral relanioiis and no dernandKlu: uniny and solidar v a! rianions lri ihe coiningrenerciiduiir on Maasnri hllobeheld in nhezscounricsrho soeialisn aniiriidewrlnbe Io oppose czpntzlisl \II\lf1v

canion rri favnur on a "50Clalls| nod snares 0! Eu-mpcl” clearly nhcn nhe demand ior iianional sc}l—

dener-iiiirianion and independence is not a workusdeirrand >1! is and has always been mgarded by mesocialisrnrovemerinasadcrrrarrdolnhe bourgeoisie. in

a bmlrgcols demand even it in is non supporned bynheoourge-oisie,aslnisiioninlrcland.Thi uocauseins rcalrsanion lsnntonlycompaliblcwirh nhe survivaliii capilahsm bul polnioally in has only ariscn as aresuln or nhe gmwlh alcnpllallsm:

FREEDOM

'Thmughou| nlic world, nhepenod oi ihe lirial vrcnoryon rapirilismover icudalrsm hasheeri ninlied up wilhnairorral rnovemenrs The naririnal srane is nhe roriiriiiosisuncd no pmscntday cnndihons. e. caoiralisn.cll.1'lI>(‘d,eCm-mmically progre§<1\'u eondinions,asdls»llnguished iroiri mediacval, precaoinalisn cnc.l, II isnhe noriri iii which nhe slate can besr fulfil ins task’ (i eihe rash on securing ihe fmesl, rvidesn and sixcdiesndevelopmorin or Capi|ah5l'l\" (Lenin, The righn ofNaniorrs no seliolcnerrninauonl.

The rise orrianiorial rrrovenienrsis associaoed wirh thefight no gc| rid of ihe leudal sysiem wrnh itsmultipliorny or orriieipalinies, cuswms barricrs, legal sysncins,local a.lx1endcs,and iindeiiiociarre di rioris andprivilogrs assoeianed wnlhvarmusranksafsaciety. ln

l| plaec are uiiihed siancs where each individual ismgavdcd as equal bcnore nhe law and which secs nhe

subordinariori on religion no nhe snane rrisread on ihesnare no religion

This is why Irish nanionalisrii and rcpublicanisrn wasbornounnhewnuldrbccnpilalnsxsufBelfaslwhos4.lugh|scpararjnm lrorn Brflam, Ihc rcn-naval of seeiarian,diKnmlna|0rylaws and nhe eornplone separaniononaiirinorrry church horn ihe snane sys|em. The unrrecllrishrncn and lush nanioiialisrri connoriris (omplemlyno me Maoiisn undersmndlng oiiranioiralrnoveinennsand rhcir role. or course ihe unrrcd lrishmen weredefealud and lrexand's bourgeoisie b\:C8l'I'\£ einherunionisn or "Home Rule”. Nnholulnsm in ins mosnradical varrann, repulilrcanism, oecairre ihe propcrryoHm|and’smnddle classeswhocoiininued recombine

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llieseaich loran independenl cap isl siaio wilh llucwinning of rho oiherbourgeois ireodoms which lackolinolepcndenoo helped lo deny c.g an end in rellgcions dlscrilrlinatiun

The fact rhal chederllandfmnab'onalsolldelcriiuiia—iron is a bourgfiols demand docs nol mean |ha& ihewurking class or sordalisrs should nor supporl I| wehave already explainod ihal socialism can only comelhrough rhe so-uggle ior and achievemonioi ihc lu!l—

5| democracy, sooalisis should lead rhe barrle ofdemocracy precisely ro stop ii being led by narionalisis even or rhe most radical vaxle1y. Gerry Adamslhereiore gels ii absoluiely wrong when he says than

’’the true socialisl will be an aciive supponorol lhercpnblian oharanar oi lne naul:-nal independencemuvT:menl"‘.('l'l'c1"olii'ics oilrish Freedom, p 135»

since Gerry Adams says socialisl demands which“haw-nopwss17ll>tya[bci|\gacnieyed unbl realiiidependen: is wan” should nor be adopiod he is reallysaying ihar unnl lhe laiaiish are kicked our socialislsshould nor be socialisls (except in lheir hmds per-hapsl bur should be wpubllcnns. ln iacl he says t|la|,'

~ln lreland, unril parririon is gol rid oi and a uiiilodlreland urablislied,being genuinely left wing is lo bean oiiiand our repul-.lican~'

whal isiriosi wrong wilh lhis is non lhal socialisisshould snip being socialisrs, someihing lliar pui sooaldly no doiibi ccrry Adams would reiecl himself,bu|dleidluthalkhcstmgflcfornaaoncllsclfd/.‘|v:rlrlianarion and democracy should ”ndluraIIy" he led bympublimns, indeed isa ~repiiblican~ srruggle.

“WIN THE BATTLE FOR DEMOCRACY"

Mar-iusls reiccr ilus. As wehave said nabonal selldeicrirununon is a qucsrion oi democracy. The socralisrpiogmrni-he is norless deinocraric ihan lheropublicaiione, ii is nioredemocralic. Mai-xiiisirueicdsocialisisio "win lhc baxlla for dcmocraty”, mt sunendcr il loradical nadoialisis. ll should hardly need said lharsocialistsdonorlrad lhelaallleiordei-noeiacyand Lhalrepublicans do, bur in no sciisc do we uccepi lius asnariiral and we openly say to repuolicaris lhar wewould raiher ii was rho olhm way round lxvszusesocialisxn is more dc'n\ocmu'c rhan republicaoism.

Lars give some ooncrere lnsli Clmmplc m show «his.Repllblimlis as well as socialisis demand an end toscctarianprivilcgc on are part oi Proiesiani workersand cor eqiialiry. Unless you area soclallslhoweveryou are uilering Prolosianl workers norhing morerhan equaliiy olmlsery. This leads some socialisrs |o

should noi becauserroiesianiworkersoannoibewonlo a socialism lhai shim around awkwardquesrionsoi democracy. bin republicans have a problem aswell. whai is «he poini oinskmg Pioleslaiil workers|0 remove sccrarian privilege if you cannol also placeinn-nediaiely on iho agcnda ihe iighi hir lhe onlycmrwmic sysiein lhar will desrroy poyerry, Imcm—ploymenr erc. — i e. sociahsin> For us lhc poini oigeiongvrolosianl workers loienounoesoelanan privleges is precisely in order io uriilo lhein wiih caiholicworkers in a righi ior socialism

Two more ropical examples A rcceni rcpori on iheNor1h’scdIInaIiunsys|mnsbowad|hd|C1lhu1lcsd'K)0)$were underfunded by ihe British goyernnicni com-pared lo slale/Proiesiaiii schools sinn F hasdcinandod greaier iunding ol caiholic schools. Sa—

cialislsdo nor supporr rhe biased allocaiion clfeducariirinal resources, bur we also do noi supporl lhe slalc,even me impenalisl slaie, handing crnacns moneyoulioreligiousschools.consisienldemocraiscalliorrhe sepaiaiion of church and snare, in schools, hospi~ialsandall slaleagcncies we demand rhis Norlh andsouili. ln ihedebaieoyerlundingiorcalholicschoolsrepublicans have reiused lo raise ihis basic dcmtrcraiic demand.

Thelasioxainplc is no siriall one enhm llailecisoircrliali ihe populaooii. in has recc-iirly been highlighredby are opening oia lirookcenrre in Bdlasl whose aii-ri

among ollieis is in give mnfldtnhal sex advice andcounselling ro young pcoplr Airermonihsoisilenocsinn Fcin cyenrually expressed ~siippori wilh reser—va|iuns"|7u|announu‘dagain ils policyoiopposilionno a W0l|'\Cl\'S nghi lo choose an abortion or an un—wariled pregnancy, N0'0flK) should be in any douhilhar lhc “righl Iochocse” isa iiindairiciiial deinociauci-ighi all lhe more imporlanl in a mayoriiy caiholiccounoy. The witc|'lIm| of a N year old rape yiciirnshows that this is an issue iliar will eoniinuc lo con-iroriirepuhlicansand lhaiihoir policyoiopposiiionloa women’: right to choose while supporrlng lhe i-igliioi li-lsh women lo go no larilain ioi abonionisiusipartof lho same hypocrisy characicnsiic of ihe rcsi oicalliolic lreland The iighl ior coiisisieiil democracyis in many ways no less diiriculi among calholicworkers ihari among Pmwsmnl workers.

lzepublicans believe llial naooiial democracy is lhekey uoolherireecloms, bulas rheseeaamplos show melinks are rim aulomaiic and republicans lbemsolyesliayelailcd nillylo nlakclhcm. Theyalsobelicyerhazbecause lreland suilers Imm narional oppressionriaiionalisis should load rhe riglu againsr ihatoppres—sioii conoary io i-iisi appoarancos ihere is norhliigauromauc or logical aboul ihis ar all. As we haveshown lhc programme or smzialism is more dcnm»Cralic man Ilia most Iadicz] nailmlalism.

JOE CARTER.

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Book Review; Labour and Parlilion: The Belfast Working Class1905-1923Austen Morgan. Pluto Press, London. 1991.

This work is useful for the immense ainounloi iniomiarion put into it. It is, if anythingeven more valuable as a 1550“ as to how allsuch work ean be neulralisedby being usedin a project that eonlradiels ihe actual sum oflhe facts

ll is not that the subject or lhis walk is mis—

taken. It is a worthwhile task lo examine theoldest niass loeal polirieal rnoverneni of theIrish workingdass and to reasseri Belfast’:mainly Protestant labour iradilion, parueu—larly now lhai ii seems to have been eibliier—

died by orangeisni and whai Morgan rerinsSloanism’ (after Paisley’: sueeessiiil pram!‘sor, Tom sloan, M.P.). It is also to Morgan'scredil lhal he does not chart as Coming rrornUlsier Liberal Unionisi (like B. co) nor inihe sa.idSloanism (likeHenryPanersonl. Hisproblem is re regard belrasi Labour as rhe

A NEW PERSPECTIVE, OR NO PERSPECTIVE?

lrish workingl:1ass’shighest<rarher than justiis earliest) aehievenienl which sol noi-inslhal could nol be surpassed in the period ofwhich he wrires

Sohelrlslslsforbolhnow and ihen, rm separannglhestrugglnsallhalrlshworlelngelassondorlrish nah0n—alisrn He soesilielariersiniplyasn Ioreedividing rhenisi beiweeii ihe ulsiermleslonlsand ihe resl, andposirioning iheieby ils own sueeess as parlah dcmo—erane mUVL‘fl\Dntof whieh ’BcIIa5t laboiirisni.. w span’ (Page xix). Frm-n nus ultimahstic (and skelehylposinon, dospi ie ihe inodequaey or his chosen lool. heis able lo dismiss ihe ldca lhai, in lreland, soeielisnimlghtbczdvanmd xhmugh lhe a(1uals|rugglcfnr|hedenioeraue aim oi lrish selideienriinniion: 'Theenrieepl of penriaiieril revoluiion nssoeidied wiihTrosskyllaslcd lhe lrishlerl tosuppofl repiihlieansiiillie riiislalreri belief lhal scpamtvon is laiilarnoiinl tosociaIl5m'1Fagcxxl). (He does nol pinpoini lhe toolswhom he alleges eoniiise denioeinne and iiaiioinland soeialisi inie-rnaiiniial del'nand5.D Al lhe end oihis book, he provides lhree allernsrive scenarios inthatof ihe artuzl L‘0ur<L' ollnsli lilsioryberween maimd1921 ,ihs~y.ill Wlvuhelnlhfllvesbyna|iona|l5Lsor lhcir roreign :lllcs' none give lhe wurkingdassii-iovei-nenlnr.-inypari on: even ilie role lliai Connollymed la play.

This is iusiilied by lhe ndrrdlive that Contains uasieinislalres rnaderhemore nevessaryhy Morgansneedlo do down ihe nolional struggle as well as givingliellasc labourilsdue.Thls group does deserve to belmnoured lor raising lhe lied Flag in a working classdivided against ilselr and is mayority hegeinonisedby «he rnosr predalory SL‘€hOI\ oninlisheapilal This135! parl (the imperial eonneeuonl is downplayed,wiih Morgan assenmg tha| it has ended lo be over-sOa|cd by nalionalisls and diner ahtrlmpenzlistscompared |o Ul§!eI’Sin|L‘l1'|zldlVl§iclIS.H(§bU\’\d5|hl‘Slick ilieollierwayand bieaksii. lrihischnseiipei-iod,unioiiisrnisaeoolirzon oflhmcgroups ll1nsQ,iIu|lalIyNonhoi-riers, concerned in defend ulsler agiinsr ihelhmaz of Irish iialionalisrn; olhers mainly ihe Anglolrish, seeking In use Ulsim lo rnainidin ihe l‘ro\e5lamaseondancy khmughout lreland, and, rrnally, inose inBn|aln, who soughi in use Ulster and lreland as a

whole to maintain Liv: empire, and see of! the libcralgovcmment.(I’.I24) The relative strengths of lhesegroups are not quantilicd.Acmrdlngly, Morgan can asscrl lIm|,’ today, tsriiainhas km the will in dominate’ (Page xvlii) and ihal,were it to withdraw i|s troops, il would liaveiosendthem back to avert filnhcr thaos’(l"317).

This leaves ulslerunionism, in particular, asa dcieirSWC reaction to the threatened impesilion or lrishHome Rule on its province. a demand purely ardsimply ior lhe same selbdetcrrnination righls oflunzduie Irish rnajoi-iry and allied only coniunctiirally withUnihzd i-zirtgdomreaction, iiisi aslhc Hmw: Rulers arealiiedciriiiiiiicrniallywilh iibcial democracy Hcdoosriotcirpuinhowarleran unsucccssriil altelIlp|,befomlhis paind, to iusiity unionisrn by winning d ' 'vcsoppori rioir. among the lrish inaiorily, the uLslerunioriisasset the paoe for not rnalonl}/s suppressionand as deunderoi lhe claims of every isolaicd Irishnrotisiarit to dorriinate his caiholic neighbour. Thepaniliori coinpronuse was not an ulsicr iniliativc itwas moved by a enrish Libcral, adopted by his parlyand nioieieluraantlyby lhe lnsh iiorne Rulers, onlyiobei-denied by ulsicr unionistsuntil the lantisli Un—

ionists Aacvpmd. The Protestant working class ofseliasi..ibe mosl important social force in Ireland’(P3) did not iust rry tri deiend ils own patch, it man-dated individuals as aggressively antidoinooiaticascould be found. This conscious synibioiic relation-ship with oonsisicni imperialism was causcd eco—

IIomiu.|ly, probably by beliast Il\duSh'y'S greaier doon Lhc Enhsh empire than was the united

Kingchriri; socially. there was lhe orange lradinon of

Prousrit ascendancy. what was certain is the iacloi this oonsciousness, than it lirniied beliast Labour'sability nor.-icpand and made ils actual aohievemenl all

the more irripiessive.

Morganisaisiialaboutall workcrs|haiarcno(B1-lfastProtestants Evcn the beliast catholics are deniedclassconsdousiiessand poriraycd as dominaled bythe Home Rulers save the bnet moment during the1920 pogroins, when lhe Republicans gota footholdvet, between ml and 1920, it was llie Falls ihairciurncd one labour councillor. His Labounsm wasprobabiy inadcqliate, he does not seem to be spon-sored by the iradcs council Nonclhclcss,in wil andI914, he contwed his seat againsi Horne R1112candrdates. Hciswonl\apdrdgraph,Margandoes noleveiigive him a line

I-rsarorsamequallygIi1nngoII|sideBelfasQ,pamcII—larly aster 1914. He repeats lhe orror or his connolly' as to the members of the liish ciriren

AI'my('H84—1B5), a cnioial point since ilie mistake ex-agaaies the imporlanco or that body in Connolly's

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siralcgic Lhlnkmg and makes him mom republicanthan hers HECIBIHISlhCR1:pubh{‘an5f0ughlKheI9‘6WLs(Corkby4:lccllon IIn5u«‘essfu|Iy(P19Z),|heydldnoliighlatall. Heclaimslhamcdmurud waspri-paredtfl’surrm\dercuslomsdu|1L's' lo win me unionisls aithelmconveniion Al".19A); in lact, it was years Sincethe Home Rulcrs had advocaicd iarins, ivhal lied-mond opposed was his eollcaguesattempt to regainlzepublican votos.

These errors are relarively minor ones but iiioy aresignlficam in springing rrom an overall nccd lo Cxnp;geraic Prmcsvanl woiltiiig class oonscioiisiiess. Hesees its political organisalion in laellast as r1.'present—

inga rriassvanguard ior s lrisii comrades land it wassoun|lla[|cr1907) Accor giy,hr scc-sitasliavinga duty in set Irish labours agenda according lo therroiosiani worltcrsinilscily. Thisopposes Connollyontwopoinls Firstly,laboiirhadlobeconstiiutional,revolulion had a particular nnlional identily in lmland, this being lhe rnaior polilical rnsiraint on Probestant working class behaviour. A sonnus challengeto leginniale autiionly in laeliast nvzmly pl iycd intolriehandsoilhcl R A(P.Z’l9). Thesccond point islheuiiio -, lhc iarthesthc will go to allow support lorlrish sizlldckirrrluni-)|laIl is the purely ioririal supportforil given by lacliasl Labourcaiidiciates llisalte-rna—Live peispeciive is purely elecloral and osscirliallyeconomistic.

Accordingly, he criiiciscs sh Labour alisleiiiioiiFmm uic 1918 elociion. The i lmorink 5ovIc| he con-sidcrsrepresenis ’lis wlllirlgnzss ’a| hmcs’ lo do thebidding of the republican command’ 0’ 2477 TheMay dayholiday ol l9i9, called by the social Di1mu—

ciats ai tho borne Congress, tie calls ’in no sense’ aprolelanan riianilesiaiion againsl the naoonal andimperialist bourgmlslc“ (P248). Two L'vv:n|a lhalCcnmbumd to lhe growth of lrish working class cansciousnossaicdcnouncedbccausoitisasstiinedagainslall the evidence or lhe past cenlury, (ha! oven thenalionalisrnoftheoppmsscdiiobascs such conscious-ncss utlorly.

MkhcmsonowMorgan’spCvapc€IivcfcrLhu{u|umuiNorltiorn lreland sccs lho calholic minority recon—ialed |oBnLis|w rule, ’cspccia||yw1¢I\dL‘vcluhun'(F.xvl|}and wilhlhclrpositian‘levelled upwardby mnsidcr»ablc economic growth '(I’.Il) since any devolvedgovciririienx is likely |o bedooiinatcd by lhc heiis oilhose who subordinaied economic growth mnsls—lcntly n-i rroicstanl scciarianism, tliiscoriinion senseapproach seems less likely ltian iho mopiaiiisi-ii’ cfii-ish unity under socialist leadeiship.

The project was a worihwliile one, its oxecuiion is themore to be deplorcd

D.R.O’C0nnox Lysaghl

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__.e{t{te1rs letters lleititexrs LettersLaral m cmmmoz Mawqhacabvai Pnpswn Na Mna n

Ths bmld uplo m1amalnnaYWomen'sDay saw women anLwuflhi wovld orgarwsmg ma many evnmsm cnlubvmaxhsda sat asI1Mnrwamnn,Th9vmmnn m Maghabutryara rman event, at lhis time: 01 ms year ws are busy mnlnbuurvgamsxas, sxaxamams and pcvtry In mass events wa om/.7ausly can‘! altand and muanlsing ms wrm ms vamuswcmen‘s debgalians ms: avrwa in xsam at m. my Inshwuman mas and amsms gavl

The mg. mp uacmsa maflllsivounmbumn In nusmamnaxWnman'5ea must be spectacular Aha! much Ihoughl msmale human: y dncvdtfl man we best way up apnmpms laMD was to exen xhewwnlnfl uvarnneohhe mas: vmnsr.awe groups cl wamen wnhir society, Anus: ma powermvaslad m mm and armed wnn wean?! a mysmnous‘Vans’ unglnalmgham anonymous smms- lhe pm washalchid On Mamay 2m March Wumen POW‘: were wema« a seavch puma am was in lake pbcnand ma) wewuwdmax be umpcxsa. As n lvme mama wave warmedthat wewnmd aaan bu sub acted no a s1Hp snalch ma scvswswivaxnlarmedmaIPDV¢,‘sub‘n::1ndvary5)von \y(u|msunpve(x—

wnh lassni 1em\s—

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What happenvd am ma next xa nsms can emy be du»scnhadessexual.pnyssamna p5y::hq\ogi1:zHunnrt Gangsac screws dmssnd m not gas: and armod wuh haxons andshiskis srllevsdlhn wings Aganq u) scvarws entered a canand set upanmaaauanasxass wnmen mswda‘ m each sass noIn 15 sa-aws rm vows ma seized and amggaa tome11L:L:v|hmH:ms pushsd ngmxy smn lhi llmv ss lhal Hwycomm see mew assauams and men mamhs mvelod IoSW5 ma screams Once msaa ma scnw: bbgan Ia mmavamawamams dawns urml she wasmmry nfimd Every mhavwnman m m. gam could nsaraasn allank as a tank ppm sam a<:miHa::1 each woman spam the mum day lvslamng Incnmraaes being saxuafly abused paopva and am no! awntum camn

Tm usa ac smp saammng nas paan wan resnanchad and n

has been mncmdesam» and mun agam man ms placlicehas no ssoumy vnluv Sacvely rewcls such pamans buhawpm as saxu:\ abusnIt is M: aoudamlhal man maaams d-asm to pulsualmshnl an 2.14 March (and unly m ma woman‘: gaox avepnsonsrs exunmld tn amp (Maw naked whsn psmgsnatched)

Whanonewomenu71usadInblsmpsna:chndandadov:|mensued Io hay ban campy smp saarcm she was Innlaaksd m mmu umi aaasam was made about mu nwasaaaaa4ma1 sm ooukl be saavched :2, Mo s usmg mauldemcmr: am: man she was umssm wilh saaumy mav-anca.Obvmus?y m.scarmotsaamn4wmsn nonooiuswnmdhave amaaad my was mough in sahsfy saaumy mqmlrmsms. wn Khan was ma fuvclblu snip ssamn at womenpuvsued’ nscan omy amsmasmsn dIgr.udamn,uunlvolarm submvssxmw mum man sawmy mm an ma ag-maThvough ma amms at lhn N no and Vriscn aammsn iunngmdnwnlolmrscvvwswmpanxnpalnd mm. assaunsma

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EXPJLAHNHNG MAJRXJISM

What is a Programme?wlmexmly is Marxlsrn” If younsked llusquosuonYou alight gel as many answers as me number 9!people you asked. Tnars bocausc lrs rnany llungs.A philnlsqpblcal mg-|h(1d — dlslocurs. An c(onL7nllcllmryreruredanLhelabcur ll-ooryol valul: An appmach lo unuerslandlng hlstnry V hismrlcal rnalrn-ahsm. ll is ccnslslcnlly malonoluz V In alhcr wordsMarxists are amolsls

Howr-mr .5you wanted lo loln PD we wrruldvflaskyou — ‘D0 you agree wllh dialcctics, |hE labourtheory cf value?” cw. ln rdcl you could mgarddlakrhsasnonsonsosud (hclabcuv lluoryul valueas rubbxsh. You could bchcvc In God — or a hundredGods. You could sun 10 PD. Ofcnulsewo wouldrry to show you that yau wrro wrung lu take Lhese

ews bul any dlsagvccmem we had would be or-mum rornrsdos In the same organisation.

PROGRAMME

Thcn: IS samdhing lndl we would lnslsl Lhal youagree wun. Thai is the Mamsl programrnl: — thepdlulosl domnds and policlcs whlch Mamsls pulforward 10 orgamse and dlrect me wcrking classand us allies in lno slnlggle agains| capnallsm and[ma sccia|ls|revolu|lnn.Thlslslhcmusflmporlantflung about Marxlsm As Marx hlmaall’ ssld, ”T'hlrIosophnls lmvo only Interpreted mo world In vanrousways. nupoinilslochangl-lLThcpmgraml-nols our pcrspcchve (nr cnangrng lhe world.

llwo wanllo learn whalthls Marxlsl pragl-anunc )5

we ran have no mu-r sldrung poIn| man me most[al1K>Il5sIzIcmznlofMab:is|polIKic TheCommu—nist M slo wrincn By Karl Marx and rrodorackEngclsln ms. The firs| line 0! me Mamfesm is:

”A spmro \S luunung lzumpo — mo spoclrv nl com’munwm"

Today that might seem rldlclllllux nu» rullnps.~ (ll

mo Berlin wall and 0! "cornrnunlsm IIV lhu SUMO!

Uninn and Eastern Eumpc mlghl susnv lu ruyulldnu|hls dorloruuon and undennlno .wr»ryllnn,; HV lhvmnlloslu. Surely C0rnVlVIlnL~l1II_»d«'.1(l7

We would disagree ll l$l\ntC0mn\unl\l r hlch hasjust suffered a rmrtal bluw bul Sl)I|H\L~m .l cormpr|lonofCommunlsm |h(:n':uV(llftht-~|r.Ingula|l\\n«llmo soclallsl rcvolullon .n Russla, ralhcr llusn l\s lulldcvvslopmcm There IS nothing 17! ms CnnlllullllslMam osld whlch gum llu- 1(\a.~| ~uppllr| ln Sklllllhlpollhcs

CLASS STRUCC l-:

1')wrc ls oudaler more Importanl mason why wehavcn’I sccn mo dCr1|h or Communlsm and llu, IS

cxplalnl.-d by Mum and Engels m the Malxllcuo

'"nu- thcmvllcal conclusions or mo com-uuruslsan:in no wayboscd on xdcnsorpnnciplcs lha| lmo been

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.jojinvented, or olisooycred, by rhis or lhar would-beuniversal Ye'f0I1'hE'r, They iricrely cxpms§,ln generalrenns, acrual ielarions arising iroin an oirisring classsu-ugglelroriian iiisroiioaliriovernenlgoingonunderoiir yory eyes.”

in olhor wordsrhcrealinveiirorolconiniiinisniisnorKarl Marx lini rhe class sl-rugge and rhe workingclass. The srrnggle ivr Communism, or whatever iiniighr lie called In disringuish ll iroiri sralinisni, willdisappear only arror inc working class and classsriiigglc disappears. Neiihor has happened or willhappen unril lheclass snuggle is resolved in layriiirorrhe working class

An old appmach ho dismissing ihc Manllesto is coclaiin lhaicapiralisrn haschanged arid rhar lheideas orlhL‘Maniiesla areno longorrcleyanl No onahoweycrwas more aware of lhe changing naiiire of ca lisrnihan Marx and Engelsi Again ironi lhe Manivcslo;

The bourgeoisie cannot eirisl w|Khou| conslanlly rcvolutiunising rhc instnlmcnlsor pl'0d\II:|iml arid, wilhihern, the whole In-la|iansafsociety.”

l3iii no inarler how rniieh capiralisin changes ir willalways need a working class,-as capiralisrnhas devel—oped so also has the working elass

”Whal ihe oourgeoise iherelore produces, above all,is iis own grayadiggcrs "

so wiial really is XhcMnrxls( programlnc? whaidoesI| sland for?

The eornniiinisls are disiinguished rrorn Lhu oiherworking class parrics by rhis only Lin rho nanonalsrrugglesolrlie prolemnansofdlcdiiietvnxcounmbs,rhoy poinr out and bring in lhe {um ihe oonirnonlnmmstsoftheenlivepvelmanal,indepcndcutlyofallnanonaliry. 2 ln rho variou5 siages ol deyeloprnenrwhich Lhe siruggle oiihe wor rig class agamst lricbourgeoisie has lo pass ihrough lhey always andeverywherc reprcscni this Inlunsls oi the riiovernenras a whale.”

working class uniry and iiireriiaiionaiisin has oneobiea.

“the theory or the Coirirnunisrscan be surniried up ina single senrcnce. Abolilion of privare properly."

Marxand Engelsheap scorn on Iheopponmnlsnfsuchan idea, poinriiig In the lad that the eapiialisl sysicirican only sorisl by keeping |hc inaioniy, llie workingclass, without pmpefly and (onkimully deprlvmgweaker rapiralisis ol lrieir propcrry during eapiraiisieconoinic crises (bankruptcies), Dy prop-my Marx

doesn't mean personal possessions but iaeinries, or.rims and rnaehinsi

Me by no means iniervone lo abolish lhc personalapvpmpriahon oi rlie produels ol labour, an approyflahon ihal is rnade loriliei-riainrainance and n.~pro—

dudion ui hurnan lite, and char have no surpluswlieiewiih lo coinrnand the labour of olhurs.

Marxalso pokes sin a: ihosc who say ihar alaolirion orprivalepropcnywilldesiroy all incenlive lo work. Ashe poinis our, in rodays socioiy those who workhardcsr olien ger leasi lhardly an iiiccnriye lo work]winle lliosc lhai work lhe leasi — rhe siock and shareawnEls—geHhEm05I[aI\ln(‘Cn|wcroolo norhingl. AsMalxsays; "accordinglo this,bourgeai5soc|ctyshou|dhave passed away nsell rhrough sheer ldlcncsa...”

REVOLUTION

To icliievo lhis abolition oi pi-iyare properry alongwiih ihe greed, Inequality, oppression, cxploiraiioiiarid poycrry ihal go wiih ii, II is necessary io have .ireirolulioii;

~coininuriisis openly declare iliar uierr ends can onlybe achieved only by ihe iorcilile overihrow ol allexisling social cl7ndi|lon5.”

The purpose of rhisreyoluiion is io pui ihe workingclass in power. "Fhc prolelarial organised as ihcruling class "

This shun summery ol whai Man<is|s siand for raisesinany issucs such as naiionalisrn and inicrnarionalisi-ri, ihe iiniied vronr and irisny nicire. we shall Iooka|Lhese in iuiurearnelos. The rnainpoinr ta underslandis rhal lor Marxisls; mic liislory or all hiuierlo C)(lS|—

ing slx1e1yls nie hisrory A)? class struggle.”

in capiralisr sooeiy iliis snuggle is one berwoon niecapiuilisi class and working class. viclory lor ihcworking class rncans doalh lo capilalisin and priyalepmperty. lr docs nor mean a "mixed eeonniriyr orolhereiiplieniisrns lor a coniinuarion of capiialisin.only one class can rule and rhc-re is no sucii soeieryKhalsrandsouiside orabove ihisclassslriiggle, That'swhy me iiindai-ncnral qucsiion Marxisrs ask aooin asociely or siaie is V what is ils class characirrl whichclass nI|L-5 rhe stale?

whai lor example is me class conlenl uf rlie dcninnritors Unllcd lrelandz whar is iheclassnariireol Irishrepiililioanisriiv ln iiirure ariicles of our ioiirnal wewill answcrilisequasrions, Bur filsl wo rniisl |llVdC1>

stand ihar the Marxist prograi-iirne is not iiisl abouiwhai we wanr io achieve our aooiii how we gel hornrodays capiralisi-ii lo ioiriorrows soeiallsrii.

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