IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 140, 27 March 1980 · p. 2 of the scan · 739 words

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('apitalism is in crisis. The leaders of the Labour Party and the trade unions oller solutions that are in ine interesis not ol the worker hut of the capitalist class.

Socialist Challenge helleves that Iwo vital lasks contronting resolutionary socialisís art:

To build broad-based class sruggie renatacies m opposion class-collaborationism in the lahour HYCnCII.

Mm enccre grouping together militants holdinf a wide range of political views.

To begin c'reation ot unified democratic revolutionary socialist organisano wneca can. lnrougn application united racucs, nepin lo be scen as an alternative thousands workers engaged in struegles.

such an oroanisation should be based on the understanding that:

The struggle for serks in unite the fight of •workers with that of other oppressed lavers women, black people.

VI SOEIC!! — Beration. Shrssocialism can only strugaling he achiered by creating new organs of power and deteating necessar! means the power of the capitalist state.

sociailsm I than what exists in Britain today, tull rights for politicai parties and currents that do not take up arms against the socialist state. The Stalinist models o* *socialism In the LSSR and Eastern Europe have discredited socialism in the eyes of millions of #OKE throughout the We are opposed to them and will offer full support 1o fighting for socialist democracy.

T he interests of workers and capitalists are irreconcilable on a world scale. C'apitalism has nol only created a marker. il has created politics. Thus we fight for working class unity on an scale. This unity will in the long run be decisive in defeating both the imperialist regimes in the West and the brutal dictatorships they sustain in Latin America. 9n0 A98.

In Britain it implies demanding the immediate withdrawal British troops from reland and letting the Irish people determine The Communist parties in 'the 'Eurocommunist" the pro-Moscow wings have any meaningful strategy for overthrow ol the capitalist state. New revolutionary socialist parties arc nuTe hecessaly • than Conditions today more f'avourable than over the preceding three decades. But such parties can only be built rejecting sectarianism and seeing internal democracy not as a luxury but as a vital necessit!. This means the right lo organise factions and CUCHN If you agree with these principles and be involved

CHANCELLOR

Exchequer Howe's second carries on where his first left off.

HIT are the poor These should such as those who depend on social security, old age caracies.

pensions, allowances.

fight for the CLOBBERED is the average and man and woman in the street of the pleasures available to front the Tory rich, but rely instead of and a packet of the big capitalists, nationals and CECCLOrS. socialism None given the : record, bosses LENe their wilh all Campaign People (CHAR)

THE TORIES through all clear for in November.

changes. The link all those in line with prices.

The Denerls (ob) system overhauled.

to all suplementary determined by rezualiuls Cuts government Africa reduction WuCI thousand of while it cuts staff in the year through tax evasion benefits should be cut.

On the Neither nor will octaculasd DUllE the earnings and price increases. If this change had heen 1974, pensions ever Dresen are put off for up to three weeks.

by are as harsh aure Labour conveniin Challenge of the Thatcher's government. Geoffrey Lne Scr saying that afford decent nosala chap they Wal and child Now and again the Tories try to justify their attacks on the old, salvato.

and working people by the "nation' can't Wielo uis. houses o senoos. sorry. od murmer, but the country is bankrupt so there's no bad now avolaing a two milon plus dole queue next year. For example will do - how North for Sea oil would prove the country's people That always was prophecy, but certainly if the oil nae pen useo cor tne benett o all of us things would not be so in Slalc.

instance, in past couple of weeks two of the oil the benefit of ordinary the HCCU IOr Howe's would disappear, at a stroke.

Let's look more closely at this public spending deficit. It comes part high LILCICS oaeu0 hich i ng industry money which from education £242m from housing and £88m the social services run b local authorities. If just over half banks nad emmauncopriated be profits announced by the government there would have peer need to make these So don't believe the nonsens about the cuts being absolutely necessary Thes are only

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