IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Action (League for Socialist Action) Vol. 3, No. 12, December 1980 · p. 5 of the scan · 226 words

The scan: Socialist Action v3 no12 Dec 1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 5 of the scan

A workers' government would mean our representatives in the White House and Congress. It would launch a campaign to end joblessness, hunger and illiteracy. It would re-open the shut down plants in Youngstown, Detroit and around the country.

A workers' government would make the Equal Rights Amendment law and enforce affirmative action on the job to end race and sex dis. crimination. It would put the unemployed to work meeting the needs of society. It would tax the rich, not the incomes of working people. It would draw up an economic plan based on producing for the needs of the country, not the profits of a few.

Workers would be the masters of the factories and the administrators of the social programmes. who work to produce the wealth of this country would make the decisions on how to use and distribute Aren't these the kind of goals that the majority of working people favour?

These are the goals of the Socialist Workers Party. stop the cuts. equally utopian call for yet more rate increases - showed was an unwillingness by either to lead a real struggle against the Tory government.

A third - and more realistic position was put forward in an amend. ment by Lambeth Trades Council The amendment called on both councillors and unions to begin organising now a serious campaign to

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