IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Feel the pain

· Socialist Challenge No. 114, 20 September 1979 · p. 16 of the scan · 278 words

The scan: sc-n114-sep-20-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 16 of the scan

PLASTIC BAGS and dirty professionalism and slick politics is here to stay!

socialist answers.

on the picket lines outside the engineering factories.

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don pro oth Reg ered crumpled Fantasy or reality? That's up to all of us who sell Socialist Challenge. Without expanding sales and without a readership who feel the pain from the Tories' boot, the debate in the paper won't mean very much. 'You can't make a paper live the struggle against the Tories unless those involved in the fightback add their ideas and experience of arguing for revolutionary Fortunately we found in Preston that the debate is not confined to smokey, beery meetings in back street pubs. It'staking place right now in the Campaign Against Corrie meetings, in trades councils, union branches and something to say and we need to be there too - with Socialist Challenge.

*. few technical points. A hefty wad of papers implies that it's worth mou is and harangue passers-by often get guilt sales but some of it goes in We don't have to justify why we're selling the paper. If you read it and sell it you're the one who should feel guilty and start selling. We're to be in the front of the fight to get shut of the Tories, let's get a few in on it too. Regularity doesn't breed contempt — just regular ive you got any tips about how to boost our sales? Write in and tell us if with the Post Office. as # newspaper: Published by Relgecrest. Ltd. papers are out. The era of We feel we've got Sellers who CODen Ine

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