Issue number 16 of International Socialism contains a very useful article by Colin Barker on the Wages Struggle'. Well-documented and in general shrewdly thought out, it provides a valuable picture of the balance in Britain at the moment, and illuminates this by a number of well-chosen examples from U.S. experience. Although Colin Barker is a little bit naive in his characterisation of the role of the trade union leadership in britain, having an exaggerated picture of its cohesion and fortified separation from the rank-and-file, and underestimating the possibilities of differentiation within it, his article is a most serious attempt to come to grips with the need for an offensive strategy for the labour movement. His conclusion, that socialists must oppose all forms of wage-control, with the demand for workers! control, is one which should interest all readers of the Week, International Socialism is available, price 2/6, from 47, Fitzroy Rd, London N.W. 1.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 2, No. 3, 20 July 1964
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