Typescript titledThe NUS and the Soviet Union Workers' Democracy or Bureaucratic Dictatorship? An Open Letter to the NUS Executive

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Reference
- GB 248 DC 65/27
Dates of Creation
- Nov 1974
Physical Description
- 1 typescript (7 pages)

Scope and Content

Written in November 1974, but published by the National Organisation of Labour Students for discussion by delegates at the Margate NUS Conference in Feb 1975. Subtitled In defence of workers' democracy and expresses anti-Stalin sentiment.

Archive Record|Table of contents

Collection of Hay and Woolfson Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ephemera collectionDC 065

UCS - the fight for the right to workDC 65/1

AgroDC 65/2

Press UpsDC 65/3

The struggle in Bengal and the Fourth InternationalDC 65/4

John Brown's Body: A brief synopsis of the origins and course of the UCS work-inDC 65/5

OzDC 65/6

The WordDC 65/7

SkelfDC 65/8

Glasgow NewsDC 65/9

Scottish TenantDC 65/10

Gorbals ViewDC 65/11

Rank and File, ScotlandDC 65/12

Red WeeklyDC 65/13

Red MoleDC 65/14

7 DaysDC 65/15

People's WorldDC 65/16

International TimesDC 65/17

InkDC 65/18

Irish CitizenDC 65/19

Workers PressDC 65/20

World MagazineDC 65/21

International Socialists' Student SpecialDC 65/22

Clyde ActionDC 65/23

Untitled typescript draft of bulletinDC 65/24

Typescript copy of essay titled Problems of EntrismDC 65/25

Typescript copy of essay titled The Problems of Stalinism in GlasgowDC 65/26

Typescript titled The NUS and the Soviet Union Workers' Democracy or Bureaucratic Dictatorship? An Open Letter to the NUS ExecutiveDC 65/27

Typescript titled An essay by Christina Paulson-Jones on her daughter's experiences in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, GlasgowDC 65/28

Typescript circular letter from Stuart Bothwick on the Upper Clyde Shipbuilding crisisDC 65/29

Papers concerning the Council of Academic Freedom and Democracy (CAFD), particularly its activities at the Universities of East Anglia and GlasgowDC 65/30

Parliamentary Reports concerning shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/31

Press cuttings concerning the recession in the British shipbuilding industry - particularly with reference to UCSDC 65/32

Working notes for J Roy Hay and John MacLauchlan's interim bibliography of UCS emphemeraDC 65/33

Papers pertaining to various agreementsDC 65/34

Case study concerning industrial relations at the Scott Lithgow YardDC 65/35

Papers concerning the UCS Fighting FundDC 65/36

Glasgow NewsDC 65/37

Papers concerning the campaign against the Housing Finance (Scotland) Act 1972DC 65/38

Publicity material generated by the work-in campaign at UCSDC 65/39

Publicity material and records generated by the work-in campaign at UCSDC 65/40

Report of the official liquidator on UCS Ltd (In Liquidation) for the year ended 14 Jun 1972DC 65/41

UCS press releasesDC 65/42

UCS file of Joe BlackDC 65/43

Reports on the effectiveness of the work-in method of protest in resolving industrial disputes on the Upper ClydeDC 65/44

Labour Party and Scottish Nationalist Party reports on shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/45

Papers regarding the effect of UCS on Babcock & Wilcox Ltd, DalmuirDC 65/46

Aims of IndustryDC 65/47

Magazine articles pertaining to UCSDC 65/48

Notes on press reportsDC 65/49

Institute of Workers' Control pamphlets concerning UCSDC 65/50

Press reports and publications on the work-in protest at UCSDC 65/51

Communist Party reports on the work-in at UCSDC 65/52

Reports and notes emanating from the Clydebank and District Christian Action Group and minutes of Clydebank Town Council pertaining to the UCS disputeDC 65/53

Photocopied extracts from the minutes of Clydebank Town Council and Glasgow Corporation pertaining to UCSDC 65/54

Papers relating to the UCS fight for the Right to Work campaignDC 65/55

Copy of Daily RecordDC 65/56

UCS Shop Steward BulletinsDC 65/57

StruggleDC 65/58

Red MoleDC 65/59

The Butchering of UCSDC 65/60

Scottish InternationalDC 65/61

The ObserverDC 65/62

The ObserverDC 65/63

The ObserverDC 65/64

74th Annual Report of Scottish Trades Union CongressDC 65/65

Report of General Council in 75th Annual Report of Scottish Trades Union CongressDC 65/66

Press cuttingsDC 65/67

Press cuttings concerning the disposal of John Brown & Co's archivesDC 65/68

CommunistDC 65/69

UCS - the fight for the right to workDC 65/70

Shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/71

Statement by the directors of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd of their intent to make application to the Court for the appointment of a provisional liquidatorDC 65/72

Glasgow University GuardianDC 65/73

Scottish Catholic ObserverDC 65/74

The Complaint of Scotland, article by Kenneth J W AlexanderDC 65/75

Crisis on the Clyde, article by Andrew Hargrave,DC 65/76

SkelfDC 65/77

The WordDC 65/78

The Marxist-HumanistDC 65/79

Scottish Coal Mining, Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Industries in the 1970s - A report on employment prospects by R A Robertson,DC 65/80

Workers PressDC 65/81

Keep LeftDC 65/82

Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs JournalDC 65/83

InkDC 65/84

Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs JournalDC 65/85

Glasgow NewsDC 65/86

InkDC 65/87

InkDC 65/88

Accountancy AgeDC 65/89

First draft of UCS master catalogue and chronology of events in the UCS disputeDC 65/90

Business ObserverDC 65/91

Press cuttings concerning the liquidation of UCS and the beginning of the work-inDC 65/92

Press releases by the Scottish Liberals regarding UCSDC 65/93

Press cuttings concerning the UCS work-in campaign, demonstrations and the fighting fundDC 65/94

Press cuttings concerning the UCS work-in campaign; the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) Inquiry; and redundancies in the yardsDC 65/95

Press cuttings concerning the UCS work-in campaign and talks over the proposed Govan Shipbuilding Ltd companyDC 65/96

Press cuttings relating to the British Shipbuilding Industry, particularly to Upper Clyde, but also covering Court Line Ltd, Swan Hunter, Marathon Oil, Lloyd's Register and Japanese shipbuildingDC 65/97

Free MinerDC 65/98

People's WorldDC 65/99

StruggleDC 65/100

StruggleDC 65/101

The Upper Clyde Crisis: Why it happened - and what Aims of Industry said beforeDC 65/102

Poster titled UCS Needs YouDC 65/103

Great Newspapers ReprintedDC 65/104

Typescript of an article in The London Times by Frank Vogl of FrankfurtDC 65/105

Comments submitted to the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) Committee of Inquiry into the UCS crisis by J B Grant of the Department of Social Administration and Social Work, University of GlasgowDC 65/106

Papers concerning the events that led up to the collapse of UCS and its aftermath, with a chronology of the main eventsDC 65/107

Upper Clyde News Special IssueDC 65/108

Morning StarDC 65/109

Papers relating to J Roy Hay's application for grant aid for his UCS ProjectDC 65/110

Correspondence of the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) Committee of Inquiry into proposed run-down of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, concerning evidence given to the Committee by Edward Taylor, MPDC 65/111

Unemployment: Urgent Concern for Social ImplicationsDC 65/112

Papers relating to the work-in and other events at UCS; the Oral History of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders; printed and published material relating to the work-in, and includes the Scottish Business School Project Report on UCSDC 65/113

Estimated statement of affairs of Scottish News Enterprises Ltd (In Liquidation)DC 65/114

Reports and correspondence relating to shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/115

Reports relating to the West Central Scotland economy, compiled by John R Firn and G C CameronDC 65/116

Correspondence and press cuttings relating to the financial plight of UCS and plans for reconstructionDC 65/117

Letter to Ian Smith, shipwright, from the Divisional Personnel Manager of UCS, withdrawing his guarantee of no redundancy because of Smith's involvement in an unofficial strikeDC 65/118

Poster titled Clydebank Division ASTMS Staff Sink or Swim with UCSDC 65/119

UCS Shop Steward's notebookDC 65/120

UCS Employment CharterDC 65/121

Posters and cartoons relating to UCSDC 65/122

Press cuttings relating to Marathon Oil and the end of the UCS work-inDC 65/123

Red MoleDC 65/124

Photocopy of the grant of arms to the Burgh of Clydebank and two pamphlets relating to the town's historyDC 65/125

Scottish Daily Express article on Scottish shipbuildersDC 65/126

Pamphlet titled An interim productivity agreement between the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths & Structural Workers and UCS LtdDC 65/127

Scottish Daily Express article on warshipsDC 65/128

Poster titled The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, with Tom Buchan and Billy ConnollyDC 65/129

University of Edinburgh conference programmeDC 65/130

Questionnaire for Glasgow General Strike ProjectDC 65/131

Glasgow Herald article on UnionsDC 65/132

Correspondence between J Roy Hay and Professor T C Smout regarding Hay's paper on the oral history of UCSDC 65/133

Correspondence between J Roy Hay and Professor K J W Alexander, Scottish Business School, regarding Hay and MacLauchlan's interim bibliography on the UCS work-inDC 65/134

File marked 'Roy Hay' contains entire typescript of the study Redundancy & UCS LtdDC 65/135

Papers relating to the Save UCS appeal and flag dayDC 65/136

StruggleDC 65/137

The WordDC 65/138

Workers ControlDC 65/139

Mounted photographs of cartoons by Stevie ConnoyDC 65/140

Correspondence concerning collections of UCS materialDC 65/141

Strip of 'Save UCS' stickersDC 65/142

Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) interim and final reports of Committee of Inquiry into the proposed run-down of UCSDC 65/143

File containing various Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) reportsDC 65/144

STUC Reports of proceedings of public inquiry into loss of shipbuilding on ClydeDC 65/145

Recorded interviews with people involved with UCS work-inDC 65/146

Publications concerning UCS work-inDC 65/147

Interview transcriptsDC 65/148

UCS work-in posters and outsized ephemeraDC 65/149