IMGpapers 1976–79

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

OUR POLICIES 2

Socialist Challenge No. 70, 2 November 1978 · pp. 2-3 of the scan · 317 words

The scan: sc-n70-nov-2-1978.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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offer solutions that are in the interests, not of the workers, but of the capitalist Socialist Challenge believes that the two vital tasks confronting • To build broad-based class struggle tendencies class-collaborationism in the labour movement. These should be non-exclusive in character grouping together militants holding a wide range of political views • To begin to fight for the creation of a unified and democratic revolutionary socialist organisation which can, through an application of united front tactics, begin to be seen as an alternative by thousands of workers engaged in struggles such an prognisation should be basco on tue onuctstanang bar The struggle for socialism seeks to unite the fight of the workers agains the bosses with that of other oppressed layers of society - women - struggling for their liberation. This socialism can only be achieved by creating new organs of power and defeating with al essary means the power of the capitalist state opposition to The interests of workers and capitalists are irreconcilable on a world orld politics. Thus we fight for working class units on an internation scale. This unity will in the long run he decisite in imperialist regimes in the West and the brutal dictatorships they sustain in lati America, Africa and Asia.

In Britain it implies demanding the immediate withdrawal of British troop from Ireland and letting the Irish people determine their own future The Communist Parties in Europe are in [Euro-communist nor the pro-Mosen wings hase any meaningin strategy for the overthrow of the capitalist state. New resolutionary socialist parties are more necessary than ever before. Condition- todas are more favourable than over the preceding three decades. But such parnes ca only be built by rejecting sectarianism and seeing internal democracy not tv luxury but as a vital necessits. This means the right to organise factions an i defeating both the crisis. Neither the

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