IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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· Socialist Challenge No. 39, 30 March 1978 · p. 15 of the scan · 753 words

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COMPETITIONS cun he a give-away, ideologically speak ing. Miss World and the rest parade women in one of the prisoms of their eppression: their bodies singled our for a mass gazeNune of the Year selects another role: women in the uniform of the lady with the lamp. bringing health solace to the sick and injured.

AnU S0 the London Evening News's search for the Perfeer Secretary:

The catries for competition, submitted bosses, cloquently express a key role of secretaries; as handmaidens to men whose status, erticiency, and Irequently their ability to function at all would DERErS YErISE. 4 Peak The entries TACNLITES selection follows.

•Withous Christine, my life would be much less complete.

Why STEVE MACDONOGH KULTUR KAMPF Int lus cicgant apartment the Protessor calks endlessly about cultures I mcntion the nasscs; he sulks, and Ilcave Over dinner we discuss a sehpol of poets the Professor favours.

Lask what social class they represent. He chokes on an olive.

QUANTITY INTO QUALITY

For hours we argued over Trotsky and the fox.

Asl was leaving he cistern overflowed.

We paried laughine.

AT THE MATCH The eminent dor know nothing of soccer *H's the British SOGIALIST CHALLENGE 30 March 1978 page 15 She # aware, natural instinct, of all the many and devious ways in wich 1 must be protected: from my debtors, relation», and — yer -even my friends, wile."

The lovel- Rosemary is not oniy an excellent secretary bul a punctual and skilful chauffeur. she can be relied on to take me to the airport at five in the and morting and neven at aih let me ac *Hazel arrives at NEO T Dur nami une n this nine so always seems to have by tune to sop andlak people's personal and husiness problems as well as russing the department smootbly efficiently. "Naturally Jane's shorthand and typing are immaculate but far the real difference between her and dull perfection is giegle. Our Jane is wonderful because she makes us fecl that we are wonderful!

SUCH QUESTIONS SPOIL HIS DIGESTION All the samie, ne velled wudly Jos the underdoes sense of fair play", he explainod "Yes", L said, 'We have some experience of that.?" semingly by TT MUHUR H SULEINIYOHT a prostitute was Bertalucci's Duapoue Cerrar to contront the issue head-on?

Alfredo and Olmo both to bed with a prostitute.

ERCIONARE OCSAE HICE EI 'fulfilment' the bopomes the victum of a viclent fil of epilepsy cight The film is clearly weak on sexual politics and in a contry where the Carbolic Church is so powerful this is a serious defect.

and COMPROMISE The compromise with Hollywood involved hiring Lancaster, Rohert de Niro, and Domald Sutherland te roles. This disaser, bur it does lend Sihn an 'epic couch which was unsecessary.

The compromise with the PCI leads ambiguous ruling class is shown commirTE suic. Barne o pa by a persistent opponent. This Is SacC brepsn Howerer, she tilm should be soen, Ir provokes taought and discussion on a emponant guestons. to.urguc that ins weaknesses make it asines s o iceore the real world, The films which disuss politics and history trom Dusin are lew AN IMAGE of struggle. The headline on the poster reads:

Muzzle for film-makers"- 11- censorship. refers to a campaign which began in 1971 when a group of film-makers from Berlin were invited by the Wuppertal city council to make four shor films oncultural and socia themes as part of a cultural week that was to be held in the objectivity. "'Bur thee of the films were The TeasOn: tbey *lacked objectivityh in other lo B lo1 words, acoeptable politics. Not SESTE TENSCXCRM!

Wuppertal councillors then demanded the return of the money they had Paco Coc mon-mak crs The Dusseldorf siate couTt a BerEn sE coute pacacu up this demand, ruling that the ISLIS CO TAACCE SOW ACE DI The back of the poster bsts the names ol over a hundred media and cultural worker in West termans whe have onderned this assault on cultural freedom The poster is designed by Ernst Volland, whose photomOntAges wcll-known the left in West Germany. Volland taught photo-montage at a universicy - until he was sacked a fes months ago for producing a Poster on Schleyer, the kidnapped boss whose Nazi pas. the West was so anxious not to reveal.

Volland's work bs shortly to be exhibited in Britain. series of anti-authoritarian youth cultures ovar the last 20 SCSID

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