IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 160, 14 August 1980 · p. 10 of the scan · 356 words

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page 10 of the scan

The working class here found it Party, which at that time was the traditional party of reform, to win uchuwall meals such as tre rant to vote, and working class rights such as the right organise and imitations on tne working day.

wasn't until run Into s the basa decline = ahat wenders the last century - WORKERS Tolte mense ves torced to tiant independently for their rights, and to form their own party.

Unike Ine contnentai workers and Italy, they did not form action that fought in the streets as well as for seats in Parliament.

The British ruling class enticed the sober-minded trade leaders into parliamentary system after the defeat of the CharLISTS, The leaders of the Union Congress waited until the last liluic to lorn a soluca Da.

They hedged it around bureaucratic controls. They fought agallist i Havlig a soclanst poncy. It was a party to represent labour in Parliament; never to encourage the revolutiollary Lanstormalion society outside Parliament.

Shackles American socialists today find themselves in a situation similar to British socialists at the end of the American bourgeoisie has been able to offer sulliciell material concessions to Ine workers the discourage them their own party.

This was made possible by the rapid and unfettered HOWLE Amenical capilal, tree trom teudal or absolutist shackles after the civil war in the 1860s, and by the rise of archican American capital did run into real difficulties in the 1930s and an Sacialist Challe Will union Trades explosive wave struggles led to the formation of the Confederation of Independent Organisations (CIO). portunity to form a labour party was missed The Communist USA aligned itself with Roosevelt, backing the Popular Front policies of the Kremlin The Trotskyists of the Workers Party maat breakthroughs ticularly in the Teamsters were still too small to suc cessfully initiate the project of forning a labour party he Seconc World War American capital a new lease of life which by'hurling it into the position of the world's leading imperialist power ¡ac worle was rebuilt in the image of the dollar. Hopes of a working 1% Most 1900 Pace 10

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