IMGpapers 1976–79

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

DANGER-profits at risk!

Socialist Challenge No. 83, 15 February 1979 · pp. 4-5 of the scan · 262 words

The scan: sc-n83-feb-15-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 4 of the scan

press weekends events was up high standard. "The mob', 'the rag tag rebels', *their bloodstained grip', orgy of looting used lightly. This was a sure indication of something fundamental at stake -accept British profits.

The greatest fear is that any future Iranian government nationalise the oil industry, lock, stock and [dare we say it?] barrel.

But Iran is also a major trading the similar number of private defence contracts, the main one being the $800 million British Aerospace ann-aircran missies.

Iran has already cancelled $7 billion worth of arms contracts out of an reporting of the States. to its usual Fleet Street -such phrases are not British unemployment.

might simply There partner. British exports there totalled exampleof the Lucas workers plan for manufacturing tanks will probably be cut. So will a these plans deal for Rapier murder in Iran.

outstanding S12 billion with the United redundancies in Vickers turn to page 6.

will no doubt now expend considerable energy proving that Iranian workers are responsible for The answer to this already exists. The Vickers National Combine Committee has drawn up a workers' plan for an alternative to building Chieftain tanks. Instead they propose making manufac. turing equipment, mining machinery and energy and environmental device:

already the celebrated socially useful products. A fight for the arguments ir - and the development of similar ideas in other firms — will be the perfect answer to those who argue that British jobs are dependent on mass * For news of the struggle against

page 5 of the scan

MORALE is high in the heavily armed headquarters

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