A setback for the Socialist Movement
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THE SOCIALIST Movement an- now structures. nual general meeting, held in Manchester last Saturday. marked a further decline for an initiative which drew significant broad support when it started at the Chesterfield conferences aller the election defeat of 1987.
Less than 100 people attended, with only around 60 of them paid up members with the right to vote. The movement has clearly suffered both and serious mistakes made over the last few years.
The feet main debete was over a proposed new Socialist Movement constitution, which left its various soc tors - Socialist Movement Trade Union Committee, Women for Socialism and Labour Party Socialists - in an ambiguous position, with no right to representation built into the The second was over the direction of the movement - essentially a debate between the 'networking" proposals promoted by the Socialist Society, and the need for a campaigning orientation put forward by Socialist Outfooksupporters. Finally, there was the question of the future of the movement's paper, socialst itself as an effective campaigning or. ganisation.
Damaging campaigning were both adopted, but Socialist Outook supporters ar- it is clear where the priorites of those gued that if the movement was to be now in control of the new co-ordinatWing committee - effectively the damaging mistakes - particularty over Socialst Society - fie. sociaist and its transformation into Red, Green and Radical - wil have issue of the to be taken on boerd and the movesally condemned. A decision was some key cantpaigns in order to prove taken to proceed with a new publicaThe Socialist Movement has falled to give support to campaigns like this NALGO strike in Birmingham fon if possible, jointly with other organisations. The new name was not The resolutions on networking and decided.
socialist The movement would have a 'golden share' but would relinquish the new project The change of name of the piot Unsatisfactory new magazine format Eloctions to the new co-ordinating comminee were ano unsals actory Although a deadline for nominations
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