IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 91, 12 April 1979 · p. 8 of the scan · 502 words

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vote for candidates of the Communist Party is that over the last five years it has consistently covered up for many of these betrayals. "left-wing' union leaders Scanlon and Jones who have played an active part in supporting the policies of the Social Contract.

Indeed in SOLIC Communist Party candidates are to the right of the Labour candidates. A case in point is Hackney North, where bOuT candidate Ernie Roberts is generally to the left of his Communist Party opponent Ireland, for example.

The CP's programme is reformist. On many DOnCICS qualitative difference between and the left of the Labour Party - and unlike Labour the CP is not the mass party of the working class.

The CP has all the disadvantages of opposes the movement; the promoted struggle left wing in the unions.

such Rather than constituencies have disgraced workers movement.

The Socialist opposes the on the issue of them Its decision not to present a common women's liberation self-organisation of black people; and the building of a class fighting the Labour mis-leaders, it makes the job of these bureaucrats much easier. Its slander campaigns and manipulative politics Trotskyism in the Workers' Party government's class collaborationist policies, it encourages independent action by the labour movement, and it stands on the side of the working class on most major issues.

However, it does not have the correct tactics for fighting the Labour leaders.

socialist alternative slate in the elections — despite Socialist Unity's appeals — is evidence of the SWP's confusion.

Thus SU opposes cuts in public supports the abolition of and backs all workers in struggle fighting for a decent SU also believes in organising round such policies — building the Anti Nazi supporting the current Anti-Concordat campaign, fighting for in Cardiff standing similar as giving special emphasis to the demand for Troops Gallagher. respectable vote for Gallagher against Northern Ireland Secretary Roy Mason would be a tremendous boost for all those struggling in Ireland and Britain for the removal of British troops. GLASGOW — Socialist Unity, Troops Out demo, 21 April Intr BLACKPOOL - NUS conference 17-21 April LEICESTER - anti-NF demo 21 April THE CUTS. EVERY time you pay for a pint of beer you become involved in politics. About two-thirds of what you pay goes to the tax collector.

And then the government decides how that money will be whether on tanks for the Army, hospitals for the sick; pay rises for the bosses of nationalised industries, or pay rises for school caretakers.

We cannot escape politics, though the professional politicians, the media manipulators, and worthies of varieties encourage uS otherwise.

They put naked women on page three of newspapers and say it's good fun' BIRMI CARD and harmless records and say they sponsor must be kept o At the same spent build against teams encourages rac Glad to be C Queen' are pol banned; pin-up the millions of all at, taunted or think objects.

Polities are the time we are

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