The news ‘that the "erent Engineering Union's National Committee has voted against the Government's incomes policy is great news. Unless that unspeakable man Carron finds some way. to manipulate the vote, the A.BLU. will be. against. the wage, freeze. at the T,U.C. and Labour Party conferences. This, together. with. the. TGWU vote: and others, is: sufficient to ensure that a majority will. . gO against. the Government. Whilst, we are. aware of the contempt. with which Wilson; and, co, treat such conference decisions, we should not underestimate. the. value of such votes in igfluenping the rank and. file... Zz pn Geter a oe 2 Pap ated ayes aN pete, a This decaai on ake the importance of, ‘the | . "rowndr of ‘elections now : taking place in the A.E.U. Of vital concern to the left is to ensure that these-elections are won by,the, forces: opposing, the. Government, In the poll to.replace Carron .it;is a shame that there, are two left candidates. The reports which reach us- indicate . that, the ‘final -vote; will be, between Boyd and Scanlon, ..I+-is-to..be. hoped. that no;one will underestimate the importance of winning this election for. the. lefte:; We. trust-that A.E.U. militants encouraged by their ,suecess at, the National Committee will.realise the key role that their union plays. in: the entire development of.a left in Britain, A left A.E.U. together with the TGWU would create immense difficulties for Wilson and would, in fact, pose.an.alternative centre ,to Wilson and his Cabinet, .The. difficulties. of having two left wing candidates should not impede this. process,., Our readers from the A. ,H.U, tell us that Reg, Birch isa iiinay militant but that Seanlon is. more keh to. wives
The last time we published. anything. by Che. Guevara rumours had.it: that: -he was dead, .Many tendencies on the ledt glandered., the. heroic Cuban leadership without having any concrete information, .. We. and. our co-thinkers maintained that it was necessary to be objective’ and try to analyse in.an all-round manner the evolution of the Cubun revolution, It is, therefore, with some pleasure that we publish this latest. article..of :Che,...We, will be publishing the second. part next week, and the.whole.as a,pamphlet,....We are more: thrilled than -we,can.express by.the latest devopopements..of the- Cuban’. revolutions Isolated on the American hemisphere. it expressed a. selfless. solidarity position with the Vietnamese revolution, Unlike. Russia and China it hag not got huge resources, Despite. this it offers ‘the most: cconerete support. for the. Vietnamese: the opening of second : ‘fronts against American, imperialism, When the history of 20th centry socialism. is written this will ; ‘surely; be,.one of the most heroic chapters,