AWL discussion on "After Bournemouth", 2007

The AWL is debating how to assess the significance of the decision of the Bournemouth Labour Party conference to ban unions and local Labour Party from submitting motions on current political issues to future Labour Party conferences, and the strategic and tactical consequences for Marxists.

• AWL NC resolution on Workers' Representation after Bournemouth, 08/12/07
• AWL NC resolution on the Labour Party after Bournemouth, 13/10/07 [the NC decided to vote only on limited points and to delay decision on broader issues until there had been more time for discussion in AWL branches]
• Motion from AWL EC, 21/09/07
• Discussion Bulletin 275 (download pdf)
• Discussion Bulletin 276 (download pdf)

• Preparatory reading for AWL dayschools 29/09/07 and 06/10/07
• The Trade Union Movement, New Labour, and Working-Class Politics

• "We need a Workers' Representation Committee" [also included in Solidarity 3/120]
• "Turn to build Trades Councils" [also included in Solidarity 3/120 and Discussion Bulletin 275]
• "What to do with the LRC" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 275]
• "London Transport RMT votes for independent workers' candidates" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 275]
• "Marxists and the Labour Party" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 275]
• "Beating the Retreat" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 275]
• "Letter to M" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 275]
• "From SW" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 276]
• "From MR" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 276]
• "Still a workers' party if Bournemouth is consolidated?" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 276]
• "Six notes" [also included in Discussion Bulletin 276]

• Letter from a reader about Trades Councils, and a reply
• The East End Radical Clubs

Accessible to AWL members only:

• Summary of the discussion in the London AWL dayschool, 29/09/07
• Summary of the discussion in the Sheffield AWL dayschool, 06/10/07
• Minutes of debate at the AWL National Committee, 13/10/07