IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Compassion

· Socialist Challenge No. 115, 27 September 1979 · p. 15 of the scan · 225 words

The scan: sc-n115-sep-27-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 15 of the scan

Instead he has plumped for revivalist religion of the 'Either you got taith or disbelief ain't no middle ground." This religion lach: tren compassion (never his strong point). For example. 'Hon long can you falsit!

real? How long can you hate "'aliness that you feel?". or 'Imagine the darkness thai will Tall from on high/ When men beg God to kill them but they won's be able to die.' His new songs have one message: We are all helpless against Cind «ith no option but to serve him He know, what he'sap against as well. On When You Cionna Wake dip' he sings In order to dream you gotta still #fire tou wisht thing an apt comment on the spinn of the masses. But he goes on to explain himself:

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