IMGpapers 1980–83

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

What are transi- tional demands?

· Socialist Challenge No. 164, 18 September 1980 · p. 6 of the scan · 240 words

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CAPITALISM isn't working. But what is the strategy for socialism?

Inside the labour movement reformist misleaders always tried to erect a divide between the fight for term aims - solving workers' problems here and now the eventual goal of socialism.

Socialist Challenge argues transitional which link the immediate struggle with the goal of socialism, order overcome divide. demands?

The policies which can defend workers unemployment and galloping inflation are quite forward. The available should be shared among workers with no loss of pay. Wages should rise with the increase in the Of c But this is what it takes to defend the workers' against those of a tiny handful of profit-makers.

Such policies fight; no capitalist class grant them unless the consequences of refusal are made too terrifying for them. struggle, mobilising the enormous power of the working class, would lead the workers to begin to impose their control over factories bosses, since sharing the work the same dramatically cut profits.

have In such a situation the need for other measures would short- raised fairly quickly economic breakdown is to be - and avoided.

Control Opening the this books to gain these economy; expropriation of the OCCLULS key firms and the banks so that planning could begin; and the against self-defence of the organisations against straight- physical attacks of the bosses' work thugs and the police are among the the measures: that necessary.

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