From: "Marcus Strom" <MSTROM-AT-nswtf.org.au>
Date:          Wed, 6 Mar 1996 17:14:41 GMT+10
Subject:       Re: Scargill's SLP - which way for a new party?


On the SLP...

>     Carlos:
> 
>     Is it true that the Alliances "reject the method adopted by         
>     Scargill?" or are they pressure groups to *reform* Scargill's
>     organizational policies?

At the moment, they seem to be both.

I will quote from Trotsky on this issue. He was writing on the 
possible formation of a labor party in the US in the early 30s (which 
the cpusa derailed - i think).

In it he posed the question "must we join the labour party or remain 
outside?"

"This is not a question of principle, but a question of circumstance 
and possibilities. It is evident that the possibility of 
participating in a labour party movement and of *utilising it* would 
be greater in is period of inception: that is, in the period when the 
party is not a party but an amorphous political mass movement. That 
we must participate in it at that time with the greatest energy is 
without question; not to help form a labour party will exclude us and 
fight against us, but to push the progressive elements of the 
movement more and more to the left by our activity and propaganda" 
(1932).


This is a good point, no?


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