... political party. We are a group of socialists committed to a real trade union that will effectively defend members' interests. Of our 40 or so active supporters, only five belong to political parties (three in the Socialist Workers' Party, one each in the ...

... straight on Equity Left Alliance, the missed target of N. Smith's paper darts, we are, as our name indicates, an alliance of socialists of varied opinion who agree on a clear set of policies for Equity and the entertainment industry, but we are not party political ...

... Square whose let ters you published boldly describe themselves and their friends for the record as they say as a group of Socialists. For all the world as if that were some kind of recommendation. The actions of which Act for Equity stands accused by John ...

... by not party-political, and I quote from his letter: Equity Left Alliance we are, as our name indicates, an alliance of socialists but we are not party-political What could be clearer than that? er r Nicholas Smith Highfield Road Sutton Surrey ...

... people vote for Act For Equity as vote against it, a single letter from me brings out the 'massed bands of the fragmented socialists' who for electioneering purposes describe themselves as a Left Alliance, trumpct- M, ing their scorn and derision. And there ...

... Alliance. so, some tacts to set tbe record straight: ELA is not a band of fragmented socialists, as Ottaway claims. We arc an pressure group, formed in 1979, of socialists who have agreed a set of policies for the Union. How can ELA be fragmented if we're ...

... Socialist issues should be remembered at referendum SIR,-A number of important and basic points have been ignored in the current debate over the Equity Referendum on General Secretary elections. First, many socialists in Equity, including members of Equity ...

... had dawned on a politically active sec tion of our membership, who claimed to be workers and boast ed that they were both socialists and revolutionaries, that in order to run the union they needed to pack a meeting once a year and vote for what policies ...

... to tackle them all, whilst motivating maximum membership participa tion. Equity Left Alliance was formed in 1979 to unite socialists in Equity. All ELA candidates are pledged to fight for a genuinely democratic branch and del egate structure; to campaign ...

... indomitable courage, a man who suffered more than any mother's son should be asked to suffer, and he was betrayed by the Socialist dream; ideology' doesn't pro vide plays that really live. 'Goad, flay, lacerate, raise whirlwinds!' said the notice over ...