IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Tasks for socialists after US elections

Red Weekly No. 183, 20 January 1977 · pp. 6-7 of the scan · 289 words

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page 6 of the scan

This week Jimmy Carter takes over as the 38th President of the WOLFORTH, National Educaion secretary of une SocialisI Workers Party, American Red Weekly his assessment of polnical Carter faces and the perspectives of the SWP.

Carter has a tricky ahead. For a long time in the elections he trailed behind Ford. This expressed a of interest SaCK Carter could in no way stir anything like thusiasm Kennedy did with the New Frontier or Roosevelt with the New Deal.

So Carter had to change his He sooke to the lett of He spoke a lot unemplovment. and in the last few weeks of the campaign the trade unions stepped in.

Every single member of the Trade had their entered on a computer. A personal call was made to eacn ol the 18 million trade union memDers, CalS ferried. backwards and forwards on election day. It was the most massive effort ever made. I think this was very important, because it showed what the trade apparatus alone could do for a candidate independent Democrats and Republicans. eave time badly about PRIVATE Halle The unions, it they wanted to, could overnignt create a mass party which could replace the Democrats as the second party union at one stroke.

DeCaUSe tightness of the election many or tne workers and blacks came out to minute on the basis that Carter was just little La little VULC would have been normally. very that about 97,000 only approximate, vote at the last votes are not better than

page 7 of the scan

other lettist organisations, since none of these groups can afford to ignore or to preach moderation to students whose support RED WEEKLY 20 January 1577 1

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