IMGpapers 1976–79

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

IMG debates Fourth International perspectives

Socialist Challenge No. 118, 18 October 1979 · pp. 6-7 of the scan · 673 words

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SWEDISH KAF election poster Party. Both won a large number of votes at the expense of the bourgeois centre parties — the Centre rarty. Ine Christian Peoples Party, and the New further bourgeois party, the Left Party (liberals), made La third alternative by with traditional bourgeois politics and taking a radical stand on An evening of songs of struggle... with FAUSTO and ISABEL BARTOLOMEU (Portugal) and JAMES MEDHLOPE PHILLIPS (ANC, South Africa)

and political discussion with OTELO SARAIYA DE CARVALHO (operational commander of army units which overthrew Caetano)

Fri 26 Oct, 7.30pm, Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq, WCI Organised by Portuguese Workers Coordinating Committer environmental questions.

But the search sections of workers for a militant alternative of their own was reflected in Norway in by both the pro-Moscow Communist Party and the Maoistinspired Workers Communist Party.

Sweden an effective campaign was mounted by Trotskyists of the Communist Workers League (KAF).

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Every main Issues Congress itself. sections in Africa, the Somoza dictatorship.

applauded your victories.

Tonglise the THE REVOLUTION in Nicaragua, the struggle for women's liberation, the world political situation and the fight for socialist democracy — these were among the themes debated by the International Marxist Group at a three-day conference on 5-7 October in preparation for the forthcoming 1lth World Congress of the Fourth International.

few years the thousands of International around the world debate perspectives for the movement in the light of new political developments such as Nicaragua and Iran. After exhaustive discussion at every level of the International, each national section organises a democratic conference to debate and vote upon the under discussion, After one year of discussion in the IMG in the national leadership and local branches, the conference delegates voted by a clear majority in support of the mainline documents being put forward to the World Congress of the Fl's United Secretariat: resolutions on the world political situation; capitalist Europe, women's liberation, and Latin America Amendments were also carried by the conference to be put forward to the World Congress on the first three of these resolutions. The theses on socialist democracy (publicly available in pamphlet form) were also passed overwhelmingly by the conference.

The highpoint of the conference was a full day's debate on the situation in Nicaragua and the tasks of the Fourth International. Conference overwhelmingly passed substantial amendments to a United Secretariat resolution, sent a message of greetings to the FSLN leadership on their heroic struggle (printed here), and passed a motion condemning the expulsion of the Simon Bolivar Brigade from Nicaragua Finally, money is urgently needed.to ensure that delegates from the FI Congress itself. If you can spare any cash please send it urgently to: Week: PO Box 50. London N1 2XP. Cheques payable to 'The Week'. Conference message to FSLN THIS conference sends its warmest greetings to the FSLN of Nicaragua.

The heroic struggle which the FSLN has waged over the last decade culminated in an armed mass insurrection and the overthrow of the hated The victory of the Nicaraguan masses was made possible by the existence and struggle of the FSL.N. It has opened up new revolutionary possibilities in the whole of Central America. Ii has placed the socialist revolution on the order of the day in Vicaragua itself.

Comrades of the FSL.N. revolutionaries throughout the They Nicaragua will have its "Secrind Declaration of Havana' We pledge to build the hroadest possible sulidarit! on evers front with the people of Nicaragua in Britain. We pledge that we will fight in nur country against any imperial inter ery airse colnirs.

members of the Fourth and to elect delegates to the Asia and Latin America can attend the World : The world have wait eagerly to see whether

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• you are illiterate, as the large majority of Indian workers are, then meetings and discussio. become crucial because the workers hase no other way of obtaining information.

We wanted to establish a rank and fi of unionised and non-unionised

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