The long-delayed Forde report was finally released earlier this week. Commissioned by the Labour Party as an independent inquiry into the findings of the 2020 leaked report (aka ‘LabourLeaks’), Forde confirms what many on the left have known all along.
by Socialist Appeal
Part 8 - Storm and struggle
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Rank-and-file activists must learn the lessons laid out in the Forde report: there can be no appeasing those who are our class enemies.
The left must wage a ruthless struggle against the right wing infiltrators in our movement, and fight to transform the trade unions into weapons for the working class.
This means calling for the election of all full-time officials, accountable to members and subject to recall; for representatives to take only the salary of an average skilled worker; and for rank-and-file democracy and control over disputes.
The left must wage a ruthless struggle against the right wing infiltrators in our movement, and fight to transform the trade unions into weapons for the working class.
This means calling for the election of all full-time officials, accountable to members and subject to recall; for representatives to take only the salary of an average skilled worker; and for rank-and-file democracy and control over disputes.
We must prepare for the stormy period ahead. This means steeling ourselves in the ideas of Marxism, in order to toughen up and be able to withstand the attacks that will come our way.
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