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3 not reason that men snarl. The young girl standing in the Supplementary Benefits is being twisted out of shape by society's pliers. The emotions of people are stirred by violent denunciations of their suf- ferings, by scathing jests against weak trade union leadership, by elaborate military parades whipping up the martial spirit of the masses, and giving them a new confidence in their organised strength ...but under the banner of fascism. Consider these extracts from an article entitled "The Next Depression" which appeared in the Fascist Quarterly, Vol. II, No.2 April 1936: "After the crisis yearsof 1939 the next depression will begin. How deep that depression will be it is difficult to say. As the slump of the 1940's dev- elops and unemployment creeps up over the three million mark the suffering of the masses will demand revolutionary action either of the Communist or the fascist order. The lukewarm Labour Party and the des- tructive Conservatives will be thrust impatiently aside, while the main antagonists will meet on the streets in the final struggle for power". The importance which the fascists place upon unemployment providing the conditions suitable for TUC SELL OUTS 12-MONTH RULE INFLATION MASS UNEMPLOYMENT 1957/8 - ARIZONA, USA → 1977/8 - BRITAIN BRITISH TRADE UNIONISTS "WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW MUCH EXPOSURE THEY CAN TAKE." Now there is just enough truth in this to deceive many workers who have looked for a long time to the Labour Party and the TUC for leadership and guidance in their struggles against unemployment and increased exploitation in industry. Another element of truth is that the Fascist Quarterly is correct that Communists are the main opponent of Nazis and other fascists. But the fate of the German communists in the thirties will be ours too if we do not recognise that a marxist -Leninist movement without its own organised party and a mass united front against fascism, is a lost cause. It is true that the National Front finds little support from industrial workers of contemporary Britain, but the experience of the Thirties was for nothing if not that "given the right conditions fascism can sweep with murderous fire over the plains of discontent". How much time have we left? It is utterly useless to thank God and/or North Sea Oil that things are not worse. The fascists know how keenly workers are looking for action against capi- talism and its present evil effects. As Moseley himself wrote in Aug. 1936 REVOLUTIONARY PARTY Now read Moseley's 'Ten Points of Fascist Policy': "But to resist change in an age when change is necessary is to threaten the stability and safety of the State and is the reverse of patriotism. Socialists have talked of progress but have sought it in (our emphasis) endless discussions of talkative committees. They have rejected and der- ided the great instruments of leadership and decision by which alone things can be done and progress can be achieved. So their talk of progress has ended in chaos and in flight from responsibility". spineless servility of Labour Party's spineless servility to capitalism with its wretched A.C.A.S. Criminal Trespass Act and sell out of workers at Grunwick by the TUC. But as usual, Mosely speaks with several yards of tongue in his cheek when he speaks of action! His action is further enslavement but doesn't read well. Hitler said the same and also did the opposite. The leaders of British fascism today could well have written the following: "We believe that the only test of the unemployed is the offer of a decent job at decent wages, and for this reason we have always fought the bullying of the unemployed, of which both the Tory and Labour agents have been guilty". It was in fact written by Raven Thompson in April 1936 for the fascist can- didates' address in the L.C.C. elections. The garb- age was used later in March 1937. And what about this little gem gleaned from the 'Blackshirt' of March 6th, 1937: "Strikes at their best are weapons very apt to injure the wielder of them more than those attacked, and therefore the working class should have their minds directed towards an effi- cacious cure than an expen- sive and uncertain pallia- tive". The disguised concern for the trade unionists is sickening. For instance in the 'Blackshirt' for Dec. 21st 1934: "The man concerned had his assistance stopped because he did not attend a task work centre when instructed to do so. On enquiry we found the reason was that his boots were in so bad a condition that he could not attend the centre. When our representative saw the relieving officer he was successful in getting a new pair of boots so the man could attend the centre in addition to which his benefit was immediately reinstated...and usually a satisfactory result is obtained". Makes you shiver doesn't it? Well, the choice is ours. We wake up to the fascist threat or they will garotte us in our sleep. To the unemployed they said in an election broadsheet of Feb. 17th 1937: "You can't expect tired out Labour bosses with full stomaches to think of the workers whose only food from Labour is hot air". The fascists must not be allowed to gain more ground but must be fin- ished off now. (Contributed by an un- employed Nottingham reader). RUSSIAN SOFT-SELL It is a well-known fact that all advertisements only tell half the truth. They cannot tell the whole truth because their aim is to make profit and not to help you decide what to buy or even whether you need to buy. The Russians have been ped- dling their 'Sekonda' watches on television recently, no doubt through some slick West End agency. They are using the worst possible techniques of deception to make people buy their goods. Nothing at all is shown or said about the watch itself. Ronnie Barker, the comedian, is shown in the role of a mil- lionaire whose 'Sekonda' watch attracts more women to him than his obvious wealth. In another ad he is shown as a fortune-hunter and gambler who loses his 'Sekonda' at roulet- te, then assures his mistress that he will be able to replac- it when he marries his heiress fiancée. It is all superficially funny, but scratch the sur- face to see how degrading it all is. It appeals to the basest in- stincts of viewers by laughing at liars, frauds and con-men and suggesting that the pur- suit of capital is the motive force of human behaviour. It degrades women, showing them as playthings without any real lives of their own, de- pending on men to give their existence any real meaning. How insulting and insolent! What makes it much worse is that this is done to promote a product from a so-called "Socialist" country. It is just one more example of the depths to which the Russian rulers will stoop to fascist development can be seen from the following in the same article: "It is particularly inter- esting to note that Fascist success in Italy and Germany followed upon capitalist trade depressions". Note the 'lukewarm Lab- our Party' - the National Front here are not sorry that the Labour Party is as weak now as it was then. "The first necessity of the day is action. Again and again then again the people have voted for programmes of action. Again and again they have been betrayed by the existing parties! Frustrated by the exist- ing system". (Ten Points of Fascist Policy). It is true they have been betrayed and frus- trated by the existing system. Who can deny these things when we look at the men of the Thirties - MacDonald, Snowden, Thomas Middleton and Citrine, and the Labour leaders of today Wilson, Healey, Callaghan, Jones, Gormley, Jackson and Birch. Who can deny the

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