we don t neea to worry about what they are because our leaders will tell us.
Where does this leave Respect as a vehicle for the regroupment and revival of the non sectarian left and the base for growing a new type of mass party of the left?
I believe that until we become clearly the most open and democratic organisation on the left we are likely to continue to lose influence within the labour movement and become increasingly politically marginalised. Jane Kelly The conference report back was given by Mary Phillips, a long term SWP member.
Hers was a very up-beat report - highlighting parts of the conference which were indeed positive: the international speakers; the debate on social issues (health, education and pensions); the report from Blair's constituency against academies. She concluded: 'It was the best conference I have ever been to!
I argued that while there had been some good, open debates, there were also problems.
I highlighted the debates on resolutions and amendments put by Southwark: on civil liberties basted and caricatured.
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Terry Conway from in Islamic countries. In these