Gorbals and Govan Young Socialists to hold week end school by a Glasgow SS correspondent
The Gorbals and Govan branches of the Young Socialists are to hold a joint week end school in Late November, ixact details haven't been fixed yet but it is hoped to have as speakers two comrades who are very well-known in the Labour movement, one from Glasgow itself and the other from Nottingham. Details will be announced as soon as they are fixed. The two branches also collaborated in producing a leaflet on the problem of unemployment which they distributed to Trade Council delgates and other trade unionists. We produce extracts:
"Glasgow Trades Council is concerned about the rise in unemployment —and no wonder — 81,,000 out of work and the grim prospect of this number growing. The problem is simply stated: the extraordinary boom of recent years has come to an end. Since the recession of 1958, the economies of the major capitalist countries have stagnated, like Britain's or subject to a slower rate of expansion. Technological unemployment has become a growing feature, such as in the United States, and is constantly producing a growing army of men who are more or less permanently out of works.ccecece
But what policy will Glasgow's Trade Unionists propose to deal effectiv— ely with this problem? Perhaps the solution campaigned for by the S.T.U.C. leaders and the "Get more work for Scotland" brigade will win favour. It's more than likely: but if it does it will be a resounding defeat for the Labour movement. For the essence of this policy is: "To hell with the workers in Northern. Irlenad, Wales, Merseyside and Newcastle — our nation comes first. "....eee.
"Unemployment is not new, and long ago socialists had a remedy for its: "If the capitalist class cannot gurantee the means of life to the people then they must forfeit their claim to the means of wealth~production. By socialising the economy we will destroy the profit motive which cause unemployment and so much human misery. We will build a new society which will restore man's lost dignity and give to the world an era of peace ond plenty."
"All the propaganda of the early socialists was directed to this goal. they provided a very practical solution to the problem and at the same time educ= ated the people by demonstrating the incapacity of the bosses to rule, Their slogan was: