IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Founding conference of Revolution on 17/18 May Uniting revolutionary youth

Socialist Challenge No. 142, 10 April 1980 · p. 10 of the scan · 438 words

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THE NUMBER of young people on the No Nukes demonstration in London on the anniversary of the Mile Island disaster is convincing proof that the youth radicalisation is here to stay.

The recent events in Bristol, the South Wales Youth Unemployment, the amount of direct action in schoois. the 22-day Black Freedom planned for this summer, all demonstrate the extent to which the youth are moving into action around central issues in the class struggle.

Revolutionaries have 112I youth are dynamic section of society. This is still true today.

The reformists do not hold a great deal of attraction for those youth seeking a radical alternative. The young volver m me asan. you movenculs. the No Nukes demos, or fighting for their Photo: GM COOKSON (Socialist Challenge)

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youth are naturally attracted to the revolutionary left as an -012 preventing us from realising this potential.

The first obstacle is the disunity of the seems the youth. The second lies in the heritage of essentially among over the The IMG is committed to building an revolutionary organisation. The launch of Revolution as independent organisation, in May, will see this commitment realised in practice.

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democratic revolutionary programme. We have not yet managed to view that there should be a single united organisation, but the struggle for this will go on after the conterence until we achieve That's why we urge all youth to come to the Revolution conference, to help fight for that unity. The bigger the Revolution conference then the more the rest of theleft wu Have to useu lo our doocab 1or unity DEFEND Tameside Trad BRENT SC supporters seli Collective Pontestall in eve Trades Hall, Willed en × 20 co Bristol 6 45:30pm, Saturday I Th Thursday 45.30pm,

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