fin international ca re school for 300 selected members of the suropean sections and sympathising organisations was held in Luxemburg from July 17-e'1. The cadre school conducted in French was followed by a two-day working conference on specific fields of work conducted in French, «mglish ahd Germen,. CADRE SCHOOL: The general theme was the construction of the revolutionary perty in Western Europe and Latin jmarica, The sessions on “estern Zurope consisted of a plenum introduced by ode Mendel, fol.owed by discussions in four commissions: workers commission, the FI— past and present, tractitional orgenisations (Gic-democracy/Stalinism) and the construction of the Party in Gurope. The report on Latin America fiven by Cde Maitan was followed by separate coumissions on Cuba, irgentina, Bolivia, Draxil, Chile. WORKING CONF“RuNCE The two-day conference discussed the different sectors of intervention: workers work, atudents, echools, teachers, apprentices, an’ anti-imperislist work.
It is not possible to give any detailed analysis of the discussions which took place at Iuxemburg, but all cdes should study the International documents (available from the centre) in some detail and branches should ensure that discussions take place on these documents, so as to integrate the membership as a whole in the work of the FI,
Cde Mandel listed six major problems, common to all the sections in Western Europe: a) Youth work versus industrial orientation b) the problems connected with industrial work, in particular the question of precise transitional Jemanis. ¢) National political campaijns a) governmental slogans, (e) international campaigns end coordination; (f) the problem of organisation. And with the exception of the discussion on Latin smerica, the school gravitated sroun2 three inter-related problems: (1) Transitional Cemands and workers ‘control (2) Organisational forms and (3) “international centralisation, The fact that the question of agitetionsl ‘ewands and organisational perspectives were at the heart of the debate clearly indicates the progress alresy made on a Guropean scale. In the workers comission the debate on transitional cemands was posed from the point of view of the practical needs of the sections rather than abstract propagands. (for more details cf document procuces by Industrial Commission).
Debate in the stucent commission aleo centred around the question of demands: offensive vs defensive demands. Spucific examples such as the Swiss proposal of universal scholarships cuarantee< by the govt, were discussed and criticised, In terns of analysis the French division into university struggles/workers solidarity and anti-imperialist issues wes (enerally favoured to that of the Italians who placed more emphasis on s ecifically unive sity issues, On the anti-imperiaslist commission phe a question was raised of integrating the entire work of the sections so that the /aivision between this field and others could be corrected.
Discussion of transitional demands and orgenisational norms only acquires real Meaning within the framework of an International: the clarification of Suropean perspectives and joint action, Thus Luxemburg was not simply an exchange of experiences. Rather on the basis of a common analysis the school discussed the co-ordination and cantralisation of cur work,
Unfortunately the Uritish section has a ba record in internationel participation anc this is worse as we have obviously a lot to learn from the Buropesan sections. With the approaching world congress the international discussion acquires a real importance and necessitates serious study of the problems and disputes confronting the FI. Any realistic perspective for the furopean revolution sees the necessity of active british participation as a major partner rather than the weak link. The IMG must take She Setope nn eo ene) oweark eerdanely en nerki ws rnote an internoetioansal meetinece.