Used the recent big upsurge in Scotland. But I must say that while I'm pleased at Red Weekly's full cover age of the struggle; I'm a bit puzzl ed by the confused tine put across in some articles in your paper.
Your peper has correctly given full support to the lead which the forrymen, bus drivers, teachers one have given in fighting the social con-trick, and in one article by Alan Freeman (Red Weekly, 31 October| e proposal is made for an alliance of striking workers throu ghout Scotland on a programme of action. Yet in the same issue Alan Jones equates the rise of the SNP with the racist ideas of Powell!
How can Red Weekiy praise the Scottish workers for their class instinct, vot imply that they toler ate a big racist party in their midst?
I don't think that any Scottish worker should support the SNP in any way, as they are a middle ciass party. But it must be realised that independance is a question which is relevant in Scotland. The Scottish workers have shown that they are far ahead of their English coun tioned John MecLean in his article.
MacLean was a great working class leador, but does Red Beekly know of his views on Scottish independence?
MacLean's line today would have been the same as in 1923. Surely Red Weekly wouldn't equate Mac Lean's line with Powall's! So how stand on this? Apart from this, keep up the good work.
DAVE ROBERTSON - Motherwell. Editors.
A reader hos sent us for publication the following letter, which he hos written to the Morning Star On 12 January you published a letter from me stating i had become a new reader of Your paper and on 14 January 1 sent 8 cheque for E10 to Zelda Curtis for your righting runer twice since a nave som you items for publication without suceess.
Now i have decided to discontinus subecribing to your paper since it appears to me you have deliberataly chosen to relegate the matter of the very greatest importance to progressive worker power, to a position of non-importance.
I refer to the Shrewsbury 2, who, Judging by today's Star of 16 November wilsich gives no mention to them or Page 1) are to be abandoned to the humalisting experience of eerving out their prison sentences with the daily taunts of the 'screws" that their friends have deser You know it was only action that secured the release of the Pentonville S and it was only action thet could have What is the use of pleading to Roy Jenkins. The men has no heart and certTrade anion militancy and reactionacy political positions on key questions such hand-in-hand. Capitalist politicians Jite Powell ar the SMP are a threat preasely because they can win well-organised and militant groups of workers to racist and chauvinist positions, Afrenal, the Prowstant ivorking was in Northem fralend is cansole af tuitari stroggie for in the recent general strike; but remoins thoroughly tied to the valing cass no chanary omar The sane goes for the London docker who marched on support or rower on and bus As convade Roberteen points out the SP is a middle class party and in from the Scorlish workers they are doing the yame job of spitting the working class as the Unionists in the North of Ireland OF SPOT WIN AS I KOTO JINN TEN TWE CRUMENT John MacLean is in a different ciass altogether. Even though we might disa gree with his position on Scortiat indep endence, he was a revolationery who ferociously defended the independenc of the working class from the capitefists that coe. Robertson raises abour Scortian natas will be the subject of a cont haring deduce in our columns. - The ainty no concern for workers who fail to obey secrosancy capitalist laws. (You also have chosen to forget the Price sisters whose pleas to Roy Jenkine have also The deterrent effect of these santences Istrangthened by the Prabbles" decision!
can effectively cripple all future picketing unless someone with power or a loud voice quickly wives a lead to stragiling militants for action now lon a massive scalel. 1 am convinced that call is not coming from you, or from John Gallan who in a half-page article on the Labour Government, devotes Ton woros to say the Shrawsbury 2 'should be released".
No, I have decided, your paper is not for me. The only way you could ever win me back would be to publish this letter Iwhich of course you will not do)
and to play your fulf part in demanding 'action now" to secure the immediate release of Warren and Tomlinson, and for good measure, the Price girls sant back to serve their sentences in N.Iruland - L.s. CHELL, Brighton