IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Red Weekly No. 198, 12 May 1977 · p. 8 of the scan · 323 words

The scan: rw-no198-may-12-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 8 of the scan

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