IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 181, 22 January 1981 · p. 14 of the scan · 434 words

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page 14 of the scan

prove that Tory policy is the main problem, he minimises recession I ne following figures for the seven largest capitalist caker from che Economist:

Britain's i eat unemployment rate of pery sapan cent highest, and Hiany rave less unan l be 2. The decline in British production nearly per past year is the sharpest, bul Only Jabal las experiencea some decline.

In other , even if Britain's crisis was no wors al is welc still be the best Dall or LI Deoole on ine cole Thirdly, even that part of the crisis which is uniqu in Britain is not only causec least wo omer raciors are important:

The historic decline of Britain as an 1 imperialist The empire both gave a marker ol into exploiting the rather than introducing new This Britist compenliveness, wach nas the Empire's collapse. delay towards the EEC the problem sales of North Sea oil on the world marke have kept sterling high and further reduced British manutallulls cavila • Kelative Iv lew worker. nave beer needed to achieve high oil sales because a large part of the price of oil is currently enjoyed by the oil companies.

Government policy

Situation and Thatcher has worsened been quite happy to see ris unemplovment reduce the confidence of workers fundamental blem is the crisis of world build lunary international cava ble of leading the working-class in the struggle against LYN EYNON, Cardiff Redgrave ERICA Flegg's review of Playing 11S humanist stulemen.

January. out Vanessa Redgrave's perfor and dismisses the suggestion that Redgrave has any truck wIll slar distasteful, only absurd, but almost obscene' moral enthusiasm could well have been balanc Redgrave's known political connecuons The Workers' Revolutionarv Partv. of which shi is a leading member, has for Month oly Colone Gaddaffi's Alau Socialist military junta).

Redgrave been honoured guest at Libyan vuicial celcorallons man who distinguishes his anti-Zionism Semitism. Last week he add Cal TavouraDe vlew whom, he thinks, suffers a bad press only because 'It is the allies who hav turned Nazism into a bad wine and nave portayed l As is well known the call for 'historical revi today'i Redgrave repudiate European Nazi:

WRP's patrons? Unlikely. Instead Gaddaffi's pro-Hitler Newsline carried its Usua OTTICIa handouts glorifying the annexation of and the democratic reform of Lloyal Office (to enlignter humanity large').

I'm neither Jewish not Zionist But I feel little of Erica Flegg's moral exalta tion when Newsline's advertising (rOn recruiting adverts for Gad colonial army) augmented royalties from Auschwitz. ADAM WESTOBY, London N4.

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