Ola nRapuns
The appearance of any new publication, even aa humble as. thia ona, raquiros an explanation, This is all the more the, case beacause of the proliferatior of journels on the marxist left. Anyone who has taken part in the mase rallies in London will remember their asuccesiva feelings of bewilderment, amisumant, anger and then sadness, as they surveyed the various brands of marxiat truth cffered for Galo, But do not worry, this bulletin is not going to enter that-markat. On tho eontrary our declared ain is end this confusing state of affaira as rapidly se possible. \ There aro in Hritein teday numerous comrades,sometimes in isolation, sometimes in groups brought toyether by the notesslty to organise agsing?t the right wing, who have no confidence in eny of the existing marxist socta, Not the least of their criticisms of the sects 1a the latters' atitiude tawards tha only genauina international marxiat party — the Fourth International, ‘The secta ara aleo charecterised by their wrong approach to the problere of. tudilding a maaea loft tondency in the workers’ moromants, Ome of the comrades who share these two major criticisme of existing groupe met in Nettingham last weekend, aa reported elsewhere in thia tulletin. One of the resultof tha meeting ie this bulletin.
The two major tasks facing tho comrades who went to build a viable merziet orgenisation in this country are: firstly, to initictoathe political, idooogieal and organisational preparations for auch an orgenisationy secondly, to have the ways and means available for comrades to coordinate their wrk during this transitional period, Tho first task is absolutely esasntial to avoid « now round of splits, the second is easential if we ara to intarveno at all in the = atruggles which are taking placa, It is the mature of these taske Waiol toide the nature of this tmllotin,
The balletin, which will appear weekly, will be on the one hand,an instrument for the pPreparatery work to be done in building a marxist organisation and on the other, be a msane of coordinating and initiating joint activity in tha day to day struggle, The tilletin will usad,too, to ditsaminate ail kinda of information which ie of uss to the comredos in their work, Not the least ioportant of its functions will be that of helping to integrate the various curronte, aach with ita different erperieances and histery, within tho movement which we are trying to regroup.
Tut you, comrade reador, hava a part to play in all this, If you agreo with our aims and wish to help thia bulletin to. piey ita part as cutlined eboye, thore are many things you oan do, Firet of all, wa need infcrmation sand especially news of whet is happening. in tha workers movement, Send in all you can about resolutions passed, local atruggleaa and the, like, Secondly, we need you ideses and opinions of thia tullatin, Only in thie way oan wa conetantiy soak te improve it ané widen its scopes, Lastly, wa will nood financial sagistanes - the exact form thia will take will be determined at the first mosting of tha balletin's steering comittes,
One final note, we arc well awore of the deficiercies and instequaeias of a publication of this sort. Obviously something moh batter is needed beth tochnisally and from the point of view of distribution, That ia-why thie is the oni journal which has as a imaoedisate chjective ita own denies, That ia boonuse tha schierement of our aime will on -the one hand, end the ccnditions which demand thi+ Kind of tulistin, and on the other, will onable ua te replace it with something mech more effective,