Greek Result Worries imperialists

ABOVE. PASE leader, papondreou Thetisands of Greek workers and Youth have taken to the streets ta celebrate the victory of Andreas Papandreou's Socialiat Movement {PASE } in the general election.

PASOK tuck seme 47 per cent a thewote compared bo 3 per cert for emer George Kallis’ New Demoergcy army generals cane to power and democracy was only restored in 1974. Since that tines the conservative Mew Democracy party has bean in office with a lumping parliamentary mays la NATO Bul one thing. certain: KATO military bosses won't be reqoicing at PASOE's y chery. Because part ot , Papandreca'’s clecthon canipatign war his promise to withdraw fron MATOS military wing and to kick out ihe US. military bases, just-as the NATO boswes thought they had ‘owed oat’ the Mediterranean countnies with the Turkish military comp!

Papundreou's programme: included Oller aniiecapitiis! measures which won Tbe to the lbp of the imperiilists, He hak promised a referendurn mn withdrawal from the FEC and it mlioninatin of cerigin impor Ln BOURnie Sacto PharmaceuNo, Manne. shielding and cement Hebd ales promised to lower the Ving ape Irom 200 1K: and to carry oot e decentralisation af BPC tal achirinalion. iamilar to thet promised by, Mitterrand in France FRANCE The victory of the befi_in the Greek ehections follows swiftly on the heels of the French Socialists: slection success. Bonth Sascialist Furties swepl in to ellige alter. years ol comiservalive cule on the basis ot a widespread desire for radical change and policies.

The workers of Europe have tried the politica ol the comservalive parties cver (he past five years and tound them wunting, Imcreasinely they are locking to (he mas workers: parties foc u refommist abernacive oo ee ee ee

THE PEOPLES DEMOCRACY hanes itself on the following pounis:

We agree that the central political question for the [nish people is the political economic and military domination of lrelind by imperialian ani! thatthe central task for the brah revolution i¢-the solution of the national question through the ending of Partition and achiewement of pobtical andl economic independdetice, We are united in-our reection of the claim that amy lasting solution to the oppression of the Inch people can be found within a 6 county framework, and in our rejection <a any “right” of the Loyalist minority to oonitione Partitien, As Mancate we beliewe thai the capitalist state must be smashed mic replaced by a workers stale and 44 SOCIALIST REPUBLIC that only the organised working class can provide the motive force for doing this, We believe that a crucial area of coplialiot oppression i women, and this is especially so in Ireland, given the history of clerical power here, Women a oppressed a3 a ara amd cen a succesful rewolotion will not gutomathcally pushes the tlimination of this oppression. Fi hs reason, we unconditionally support the right of women to cnganise independently to fight for their emancipation As Marxists, we believe that the working class has the ability to successiully challenge and defeat enperwlien, lt produces the wealth of saciety without being able to control or distritvute it. Tt is pocenttally stronger than any other class because of its ability to organise on amass bast, combining its ecomomic We accept that workers have the right to defend themselves again imperialism. However, we dio net accept the ideology of militackan the belief that armed groups can substitute themselves for the masses and win freedom for therm.

We believe in the building of an in a Marxist Party based on the Leninis theery of party organimation: the central feature of which is democratic centralism.

The organisation is internationalist, Tt commits itself to holding an tives of the Fourth International on the question of affthation to the Fourth International Members of the organisation may hold individual membership of the Fourth Untermuticnal.

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organized and experienced leadership, can be feel, orpanised discusson with representa niwernenit, PEOPLES DEMOCRACY has taken a big step forward in opening a new central office in Dublin. There are plans afant to develop the resources availThe key aspects of our plans are the provision of: * A Book Service, stocking a wide range of socialist and anti-imperialiat literature not * A Library, with a broad selection of works on history, economics and politics; * A Public Mecting Room, where discussions , forums and socialist education classes Plans for these provects are already undereay, We have an initial aiock of maternal for the Book Service, a selection of over 1,000 titles plus files of namerous papers for the Library. In addition we will sce have finalised details for the launching of 3 James Connolly Sovkty whieh will organise forums addressed by prominent members of the national and intemiatiotal sevehitionary We hope to bring these plans to fruition by January.

The Financia! omilay will be substantial, Already we have met the purchase of (he lease (£4000) and initial reconstruction oosis (£1 O00} of our new heatquarters largely from contribu toos from our Gen nbenbers. This, plut outstunding debts from the Belfaat and Gublin Kerth Central election campaigns means that we niuat book to cur friends and wppartere io help ws finance the next-phase of development.

We aim to cruise £3,000 by the Kew oar. A quarter of this bug been pledged by our own members. A further quarter has been pledoed by aur sister organdations in other countries, The remaining £] 500 we ase our friends to help ws with, There ure acnumber ol ways in which YOU can help:

PO looks forward to your support for this project, Donations may be sent tous c/o 38 Clanawley Pud., Killester, Dublin 5, or ginaed directly mto the Plough Bookseraee fo. 2 Account, no. 4004751, Bank ot _ Ireland, O'Connell Bridge Branch, Dublin. in the meantime, if you have any sogecstions please cemtict us al the abowe address or ring #44524,