IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Critique of individualism

· Socialist Challenge No. 83, 15 February 1979 · p. 14 of the scan · 398 words

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page 14 of the scan

I WAS both angered by Paul blinkered and negative review of Blue Collar.

Although the comments about the film have been a bit dodgy, I am frankly agnast mat a socianst reviewer should make them so important at the expense of engaging with the eloquent testimony of the film itself.

I concede that the film is very male, but one of its strengths is that the sexism of working class men is linked causally to their position as an oppressed class in the scene after the party.

This seems to be a correct position. I don't know where Paul was during the important moment of solidarity between the two black wives?

I am lost as to why he finds the film SO MOVICUaISE presents a critique of individualism by the way that individualist "solutions' to wage slavery are shown to perpetuate it. A closure operates at the end of the film as the key *Everything they do is to keep us in our place, to divide us are to join them, phone Pete on (0632) DURHAM ruFor details con DoRTers Group. For details Pittington, Durham MIDDLESBROUGH Socialist lenge saies. the lottery stand at Cleveland from Newsfare in avarlabid MIDDLESBROUGH local NUPE branch. Thur 22 Feb, 8pm, AUEW Hall.

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