IMGpapers 1980–83

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

NAC and the TUC

· Socialist Challenge No. 158, 31 July 1980 · p. 11 of the scan · 424 words

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page 11 of the scan

hook and makes an anti-Tory movement even harder to achieve.

S Wales IMG JAN Parker is right to point out (25 July) that the 8 February lobby or Parliament on abortion was only sponsored, rather than organised, by region of the TUC, and that the crucial driving force was the calluals.

July) of my involved in building both NAC and CAC either the role of or the strength and significance of women organising around their own demands to fight for them unless we women do us. *is simply However, Jan tends to counterpose the "feminist' aborton campaign to the maledominated' labour movement.

We believe that it is necessary to take feminist politics into the labour movement and that it is possible to do this because of the thousands of women in the Labour Party and the trade unions who have shown their willingness to fight for their rights abortion demonstrations and so forth When we talk about the labour movement being 'maledominated' to frantic irrelevance male chauvinist, membersale are wornch. true that be mobilised to fight back and struggle for women's rights. the campaign against Corrie, we South East Wilal we wallt.

Against Corrie. London N1 the last five years.

would be the last to deny suer camoalki Socialist Challenge — no one is gong 'The Future of Socialist Challenge' (10 July).

For tne paper by coming out on the we have to remember would like. between 30 and 40 per cent of the 1ciuldl ca • Wilo Call • leadership when After the support wo got for.:. • for our rights and who know But it is also true that we cannot do it on our own! JUDITH ARKWRIGHT, political direction of Sociali: Challenge over te past ycal scem fully justified by the editorial This is quite blatant about how it sees the paper going: want to popularise the paper. Ihis means writing shorter articles, revamping the language and style It is to the credit of Socialist Challenge that in its earlier years, 1977-78, we had a paper that was directed exclusively to the revolu tionary vanguard. It may be because of the style of SC that not as many workers read it as we Another reason/excuse for this detection to workensm/ econo mism in its crudest form is what's happening in the Labour Party.

It's a historical fact thạt while in office the Labour Party ham mered the working class into the ground. But the instant it is in op

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