THE ELECTION AND THE MARCH No matter what result is achieved on March 3lst, the slogans of this year's Easter March will remain the same, The only thing that will have to be altered will be the name of the Prime Minister, This simple fact, speaks far more than all the learned essays on the convergence, or continuity of Labour and Tory foreign policies, Also, it goes without saying, the need for the arch will as great. Perhaps, the need will be slightly greater if, as seems now most likely, Labour is returned with a bigger majority. So the first message of this editorial iss: do not allow the general election to hinder in any way the mobilisation for the maximum turn-out at Easter, To all those Labour activists who are working so hard in the election (this includes the bulk of the workers and readers of The Week): having gone through an exercise in sham democracy, you should recuperate and restore your spirits by participating in real democracy, the democracy of thousands of people in action for something they passionately believe in. After being choked up in the intricacies of getting people to put "X"s on paper get out into the fresh air of the fields and of real political discussion and action, Our second message is to tell you what The Week will be doing on the March, We will be joining forces with the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign in their efforts to persuade all socialists and progressives in this country to take their stand with the Vietnamese revolution. You will see us marching under a banner with the N,L.F. flag on one end and *’:The Week on the other, Two great causes will dominate political action during the rest of this year: the struggle against trade union legislation, to stop the clock being turned back to pre-Taff Vale , and the struggle for solidarity with the Vietnamese revolution to try by ‘all means to prevent this country from supporting genocide and Hitler-like crimes in Vietnam . The Week will be to the forefront in both these struggles - and many, many othe - but the emphasis at Easter must be on Vietnam. The problems of linking these struggles, which have been discussed in our columns this year, stand more chance of being solved ifv-it can ‘e demonstrate@that one can fight on all fronts within the framework of the Labour Party without making concessions on principle This is a far more forceful argument than that of the written word, no be F eloquent.
There is no finer cause in the world than that of standing together with the heroic peasants of Vietnam. Left wingers will feel much cleaner if they do this after all the agonising - but necessary - canvassing for Labour, so the Marnh anmec at Anat the richt ¢imet