Party News

Council by-election
Due to the death of a councillor a by-election is being held in the Bede Ward of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council on 3 September. The Socialist Party is standing a candidate. Offers of help and further information: North East branch.

Summer School
Over 40 people attended the Socialist Party’s residential summer school on “Marxism Revisited” in Birmingham at the beginning of July. Audio and/or video tapes of the five talks are available for sale. Details from:Tapes Department. (See box on p.18.)

Autumn Delegate Meeting
The Socialist Party’s 95th Autumn Delegate Meeting will take place on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, from 10.15am to 6pm both days, at our Head Office. 52 Clapham High Street. London SW4 (nearest Tube: Clapham North). As with all our meetings, this conference of branch delegates to review the work of the executive committee and plan activity for 1999, is open to the public.

Correction
For those who wondering what Owen did at the end of SC’s article “Minor Distractions on the Road to Freedom” in last month’s Socialist Standard the answer is that he done us proud. Our apologies for this omission due to a computer error at our printers.