IMGpapers 1976–79

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

9th June

· Socialist Challenge Pilot, unnumbered issue, 19 May 1977 · p. 1 of the scan · 344 words

The scan: sc-n00-pilot-may-19-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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Challenge produced Meet the editors The tasks of Socialist Revolutionary press in The challenge of the Fourth How Socialist Challenge is your money! Fourth Big responsibilities face revolutionary socialists same time there is a sizeable minority which is prepared to fight - a minority of tens of thousands of militant workers. It is these workers and their allies in the student Socialist Challenge is one of these footpaths, but the footprints we want on its are not simply those of the IMG. We launch it as a paper of struggle which will fight broad class struggle opposition in the trade unions; a paper to meet the needs of thousands of non-aligned who want to fight against racism, against sexism, ag ainst the Social Contract.

Narrow Circle Secondly, we hope that and women's Socialist Challenge, with the help of its readers, will break out of the narrow circle of tar left politics and, fighting for left unity and, ultimately, a unified revolutionary organisation, will become the focus of a Sunday 5 June 7-10pm battle against sectarianism.

The far left in Britain is divided, fragmented sectarianised. This trend has to be reversed if we are to face up to our responcoming ernest Mande speakine on workers Comrade from ine LCH In DE Democracy and the Dictatorship of • Other international speakers Prim and neatre St. Pancras Assembly Rooms, Kings Cross movements who signal a socialMost of these workers will support anti-capitalist policies but they aren't prepared to join any of the existing far left organisations. So we have to build footpaths which will lead us to bridges linked to the main We hope that our readers will join us in the struggle to achieve these modest bu very vital aims which serve te interests or the workins class as a whole.

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