IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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· Socialist Challenge sc-n136-feb-28-, 28 February 1980 · pp. 2-3 of the scan · 825 words

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minister and agriculture. Mason issue him entitled necessary?' No prizes for Duffy has written articles 21 February 1980 Page 2 how many Labour leaders have, at one time or anoerica Imperialism pay of revealed in the • State Receirch about Labour's "NATO moles' give certain topicality, Revealed were the links between the NATO-financed Labour Committee Understanding (LCTU) and leaders of the Labour right who write for the LCTU's Press information backs up previous disclosures that in the early 1960s a number of Labour leaders various •CIA front organisations. A selective list of the labour movement would read something like former Chancellor of the Exchequer and favourite to succeed Callaghan •as Labour Party leader. In the-1960s. Healey was a paid correspondent for ferociously comnunist magazine financed by the Healey now uses his talents to work for the LCTU, whose director, MP Alan Lee Williams, admits that the bulk of the funds come writes - for the LCTU's Press Service on such topics as why pay and productivity should Lord ROY MASON, former defence time Northern secretary, now shadow minister for is the current chairperson of the LCTU: The first of the organisation's! Press Service in 1976 caried an article by *Is NATO still guessing lunch TERRY DUFFY, president of the in Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, is secretary of the LCTU.

for the DENIS HEALEY Press Service attacking the Labour left, saying it wishes to turn Britain into an Eastera European style peoples' democracy:

DAVID OWEN, former foreign or ete CTeD. a vice vice hairs Other, vice chairs include former defence James Wellbeloved.

ROY HATTERSLEY, environment minister. member the CIA-financed Campaign for Democratic Socialism in the 1960s. Currently another vicechairperson of the LCTU.

MICHAEL STEWART, Stewart, foreign secretary Harold lember of her CS, member the CDS. president of the LCTU FRANK APP Electrea, secretary Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union. Chapple treasurer LCTU-sponsored Press Service. He has also attended a designed to raise cash Truemid, the right-wing organisation the unions financed by business.

BILL RODGERS, one of the current leaders of the Labour right in - paid correspondent for ClA-financed magazine.

Parliament, who recently threatened to split the Labour Party if the left control. light in the CDS, chairperson of the LCTU, and was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying that if NATO was funding the LCTU it would make no difference to his minister involvement in the organisation. In the current Press. shadow writes of the need to Former nuclear weapons.

SID WEIGHELL

secretary of the National Union Railwaymen. Weighell is one of the trade union vice-chairpersons of the LCTU, and has now saying that in NATO is 'the same as getting grants from the TUC'.

now Vice general Other vice chairpersons of the LCTU include Sid Vincent (Mineworkers), Bill Sirs (Steelworkers), and Hector for Smith (Blastfurnacemen).

well as big association with CIA and /or NATO organisations, all of them, as far as one can ascertain, are also opposed to the decisions of the last Labour Labour former leading coincidence. he is now a viceService Rodgers modernise general of been quoted receiving money from side these gentlemen's Party conference to democratise the Party. Now there's sal pries inchris for to in production of lie ild and Mel March.

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PAY THE STEEL WORKERS DONT proposity ¿urh "trade union power', Tory employment secretar? Jim Prior trying nothing

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