Die 24 October issue of fed Weekiy School desegregation in Boston, setts. This development rightly MEETa ronaE cOveraRe, DCCaLa ore than a local isoe The rrive naimea au the gsins rraon ik nDeraton struccie in tne Le rears. If the racists in COLO I SIaOH OrD deG TorOe SCrOs The 1 it E think that Red Weekly made an n enticising tne oemng made by dors for federal troops to protCSLUOCOES BEEETOTE TO DELERg demand has been raised in the ng context. The racists are trying ip a стт orogsg ausing pian, wy Bleck students are transported to achobls, and white students to ghutto schools. The goal is to des egate the schaols, enabling Black studits to get a better education.
The racists are trying to sop the buse by force, They have mounted a sustained ind effective campaign, Including mass bilisations of meny thousands, and gainst Black students, There have been atings and stonings of Blacks and ever ar lynching, It is in this context that ac wTanODI TaT TEC 3OyeTI ent take effective action against the racists, by sending troops.
What should revolutionists say? Our poel is to involve the masses of Bisck open an snei shes i acoon ager tae racuns, sucn mass accion will inciuos Part of the process of building mass actions is to make demands on she Goveamen In Ht CH. е заши пета that the Government enfance the court desegregation order and ensure that the udes are not stopped. If federal troops from his cor and beoten.
эти посовату то втогов тле coar оговт. we favour that.
Does supporting the call for troops violate principles from a revolutionary point of view? Of course not, What is involved here is simply demanding that While we would not be opposed to the nationalisation by the British stata of Scottish industries as a pertial step forwerd, the oniy real solution is proWhite racist mab in lysch attempt ogeinst Jean-Louis Andre Yvon, who was drogged the US Government enforce the laws ORI2 SCOrCSOn American revolutionists haee long put forwerd demand along this line For exampie, in the 1930%, the American Trotskyists demended the passage of fedC On EnIN C SICIOn, To CnaDIC words is required. nity has demandec them. right for self-determination.
TE STU TOG SLS turning the law.
In Boston soday, the local authorities It would hardly make sense to demand However, the Hed Weekly article is caught in 'this dilemima, It criticises Ford because NE DOUS DL wui to CaKe Du Pe EacE RER O IMO EMEITS COLT DTOEE How would you propose that Ford imp lerent the court order? Surely more then In the Red Weekly article it is argued that 'while federal troops or marshals might cool the situation temporanily. in the medium term they would back up the white racist power strocture, lt is nos completely clesr what is meant here. The argument seems to be that aven if troops mable the buses to move, they TrusiH Iot D CHinEa sil This argument is irrelevant, The strug de in Boston is not almed at overturning the state power. It is aimed et ensuring that the buins can move. If federal troops enforce the court-ordered busing plan, the racists will be dopit a big biow. Thet is whry the racists oppose troops, That is why President Ford doesn't want to send them, And that is why the Black commaThe Red Weekiy article compares the situation in Boston to that in Northern Ireland when the Catholic minority was threatened with pogroms and initially welcomed the Oritish treons. Tne cal for British troops to Northern Ireland wes & mistake, because it cut across the central goal of the struggle for British withdrawel from Ireiend so that the Irish peaple could freely exercise thair The situation in Boston is not anat ogous, Bostan is nat a colony of Amer ican imperialism. Furthermore, the de mand here is not for federal troops to occupy the Black community, but for The troops to go into the white areas and use whatever foroe is necessary agrinst A much better analogy can be made with the Bleck froedom strugale in the bouth in the 1So sno3TS mon ment was built langely around demands that the Government enforcs its own laws agalrat scorccacion, Under pressure of mest actions by Black peopie and their allies, the Gaverniment was aften compelled to enforce these lawe -in some cases using traops to prevent the racists from overThese victories geve the Black move ment encouragement and self-conlidence.
Moro mass actions deveioped, cresting B climate in which the incl natian to orgartise self-defence grew stronger than before.
This is the experience to draw upon in asssing the demand for troops in Boston. -GUS HOROWITZ, New York