IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

That's Capitalism

· Red Weekly No. 165, 9 September 1976 · p. 11 of the scan · 242 words

The scan: rw-no165-sep-9-1976.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 11 of the scan

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