IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 31, 2 February 1978 · pp. 15-16 of the scan · 447 words

The scan: sc-n31-feb-2-1978.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 15 of the scan

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I consider that the damage Jas been done by lan Sproat and others. boen showu that his rigures (on the so-called scroungers') arc invented, they have been very effective in from worker; against the unemployed. Many and a muted workers sce the unemployed as 'untouchables' cinss solidariry.

The comedian in a working men's club can ger away with endless jokes about the unemployed and people on social security shows bow far things have gone. The worst of it is that shortly. among themselves, the unemployed have no unis, political muscle. ascept the system's claim chat it is a personal ficilure.

This point is taken up in the worker gets angry ar Pauline saying that happenate to her is her own welfare and emplosca can just about survive on what I's having the worst effect on the kids on the dole; they ane petting no experience of trado HISTO CHS They have to bustle to survive sec competition with other workThe revolutionary left has no Langley estare near Middleton, militant action would not have come naturally to them. Not having an 'author's message' made the play dramatically much stronger, argues JIM ALLEN in this interview with Peter Anderson.

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like children.

Spongers waS Imed, The Labour Party is discredited since they CILI obviously responsable for what With coough moment. financial sapport and fullNacional Front could establish a hase in areas like that, especially among the youth, because their politics which is the polities of despair marches the mond of many carry out natipnal Government policy. And Labour councillats each otber. are just as eficient as any otber in administering capitalism They are just as keen to spend money on the Jubiee and beber The social workers" roie is to make their 'clients' adapt. To be of any use to people, they would have to see their task as Tact. they are be filled in profcasional bumanitarians who see their job as a lirst-aid station. Idoshow theio arguing with their boss, but at the end 0f the day their job is to make the sestem function smoothly.

And thar's where their wages The critics bave been very good about the play, bur people complaLing And wnen tren bicurtua, mal a con people speak in real life, they there should be swear words on amazing and depressine that people can sit through a tragedy that ends in a mass sulesde and about the bad Janguage.

page 16 of the scan

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