IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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· Socialist Challenge No. 149, 29 May 1980 · p. 8 of the scan · 327 words

The scan: sc-n149-may-29-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 8 of the scan

Lobby the Labour Party Joint action now to kick out the Tories!

Fight the Tories' Employment Bill!

No cuts: support action against redundancies!

Assemble 31 May, 9am, Wembley Conference Halls Wembley Park tube; Wembley Conference British Rail station Called by 31 May Lobby Colamittee Supporters include Battersea and Wandsworth Trades councils and Swindon and Hackney North Constituency Labour ·1980 ever to bring within the working class.

has failed conspicuously.

The become far too orientated representative effective platform by and as Labour Party has parliamentary nationally and at local level is often little more than an election machine. Winning elections is vital in any democracy clearly it is not an end in itself.

Parliament can be used as an socialists means of achieving reformist measures but there is CLAY CROSS UDC. RIFLEMENT THE ACT WILL NOT THE National Exer bang and ends with happen to a governi They open with a st •Peace Jobs and Their draft isn't sho promises: planning; expansion; cracy; redistribution and even the 35-hour There's just Will a new Labour g carry out these promi is a familiar ring to heard them Febr when the last Laboi ment came into office What wasn't in the then was a set of fighti for carrying out these ! ises. This difference h made good. Repeat The only defen against a repeat of closing appeal for a effective party organi for "socialist policies ported and underst electorate'.

won't Capitalism is in crisis tionally as Even the mildest r meet violent resistan the multinationals, tional Monetary Fu civil service in White The Wilson gove! ed in to this_resist Went Wrong, the L own inquest on the g explains how big bus national banking, W the millionaire press thwart Labour's ma ensure the right wing day Only the organis of the unions could h this. But they were the Social Contract not any lack of vot tion, led to defeat.

How can we stop this situation? With

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