could really feel the insurrection happening, particularly description of the workers surging across the bridges into Berlin in 1919.' Dave's main point was to show in- how the revolutionary potential of European workers was Dutch, by German social democracy at the French, end of the First World War.
One discusion or brought home the revolutionary Europe todav. The dictatorship's failure to deal with the national the as Peoples colones Mozambique, and Guinnea Bissau led to splits within the army.
ousted from power and Portuguese workers, peasants and rank and file their own hands. movement had no clear political ine major workers par rades expressed similar views. 'We their different ways, contained the revolt. with the the November 1975. when some rank and file power. the Portugal suil nad connacuce. tie dissipated vote for the workers' parties in the last election had been high, over 50 per celli.
relevance of movements War drew out a similar theme and showed how the Stalinist leaders of The discussion on Cuba reveal ed how the July 26 movement, led On 24 April 1974, Caetano was by Fidel Castro, was won over to a revoto a Kisouve. ing fully with imperialist domina But the mass cconoly In 1sok.
Joss 16, Sarah, a member ties, the CP and the SP, both 'in Democracy in Ireland, enjoyed the school but pointed It was pointed out that despite start SEOH suffered periences. soldiers tried to sieze her. Iner workers movement in • Revolution troduction ticular. * reall The session on the Spanish Civil know very much One of movement Salutacu on Topics such DICak' establishing a planned received. •Brightor of People's analogies and could out that she situation. thought it would be a good idea to The •CODIC S Ical The comrades who at- Union ended from Pakistan agreed with highlighted this pomted out that the British comrades were very fond of Youth, really liked the • marxism in par- necessary for found educational,' she said, 'because I didn't the most popular of tional courses was the one given b Alan Freeman and John Harrison rades Introduction to Marxist reading habits. Devinder, well attended and most participatns expressed entusiasm at the clarity the atentanve economic strategy and the discusMarxism perhaps pay more attention te the concrete debates on Afghanistan 'nature to the soviel although exciting, problem. participants found the style of presentation rather abstract 2000 wanted riore facts. Emma debates that it Wak sociainsis more directly and use language that everyone could understand.
Ine Imu booksnop aia a roar ing trade as more and more comdecided to improve their La sympathiser who worked at GEC Coventry, explain- both know where to start buying books tionary "I've never read a great deal abou school's Boven ano cay and sir away reading. I've got some idea of what to buy in a bookshop.
A discussion took place among * this year It was vital to involve more women and more proletarian comin introducing items as this would probably lead to a les. abstract approach The importance was stressed of individual and collective education in fighting for revolurevolutionary marzist buituIc did not have a strong tradition. NeR year the IMG intends to organise a school to cater for a larger number 'of comrades. mare sure vor con miss out on it if you couldn't come
is here, and most of our supporters are trying to safeguard the little maney they have from the effects of inflation, and the escalating costs of being revolutionary socialist (fares up in price, up, internal bulletins etc.), go away on holiday.
But Socialist Challenge sand. Nicaraguan revolution one first anniversary of the Nicaraguan revolution.
It was Anastacio Somoza fled from Nicaragua, defeated the National guard. -ine who spoke at the and, en. was syuulla A THOUSAND people crowded into London's Logan Hall last Saturday evening to celebrate the on the 17 July 1979 that the hated ferced out of his country by a mass upsurge of peasants and workers after a fierce battle in Managua had tories he said He gained a big round of applause when he said that the developments Latin America, including the being challenged • ever • Uncic Sam's own back yard' Arthur Scargill, responding to the mood of the au dience after the speeches the Cuban Vietnamese concentrated his fire on, American imperialism He was 'sick of listening to Western hypocrisy about une invasion Afghanistan'. Where were these people, he askea, when ine Vietnamese countryside was being raped and pillaged American bombers? it cost to buy school materials for a Nicaraguan cule. pointed that if all the MOneV military weapons was used construc tively 'could wipe out starvation, and sufpoverty, meeting had been a good launching pad for the calll paign in Britain, he said. Nou the campaign had to be taker into the British labour move " All the bromers anc sisters present should give practical aid the Nicaraguan revolution.' An enjoyable evening enthe Latin American folk MIST Saraguru, dancing to Aswad, Approximately people marched through the
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