IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Spain

Socialist Challenge No. 162, 3 September 1980 · pp. 14-15 of the scan · 333 words

The scan: sc-n162-sep-03-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 14 of the scan

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Socialist Challenge 3 September 1980 Page 14 WITH the Catholic church receiving such good publicity in the West because of the events in Poland, and with the Pope himself due to visit Britain, it is instructive to glance at how the Catholic Church has fared in Spain since one of its staunchest allies, General Franco, departed to the great dicThe verdict is that it isn't doing too well. A sign of the Church's problems is that it is now being forced to advertise for nuns. The Order of St Jerome recently placed the follow'We seek young girls with a religious vocation, healthy in body and mind, who would be welcomed without dowry into the Hieronymite Sisters' Convent. Communal life is a happy one in a recently built convent. Write to the Mother The number of nuns in Spain has fallen by nearly 20,000 since Franco die 1, which suggests that religious enthusiasm wanes along with authoritarianism in politics. That is one explanation of why the Polish Catholic Church proved so

page 15 of the scan

- THE DIFFERENT Skip Laszlo talks to drummer MAX ROACH THE first black drummers to arrive in the Americas did so without their instruments. The white slave traders saw the drum as a rebellious link with Africa.

But the heirs of those slaves have been hitting and tapping out the censored sounds ever since. The distinguished career of jazz drummer Max Roach spans five decades and yet the DRUMMER ed and debated like in a meeting.

you can have no "Bach is God"' composer rule the rest of the musicians like slaves. In jazz an idea is presented to be discuss"This music lets each generation speak', Roach continued, listing a succession of tenor saxophone players. 'A Coleman Hawkins (the first great saxophonist) doesn't mean you can't have a Lester Young and he doesn't prevent a John Coltrane. You got Louis Amstrong but

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