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

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· Socialist Challenge No. 190, 26 March 1981 · p. 6 of the scan · 575 words

The scan: sc-n190-mar-26-1981.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 6 of the scan

Movement, and other groups which threaten the black 4url must be taken on in the streets. action by blacks, Labass mass parties, trade Willis women auda ' organisations that we will stop th and bring BASCI Hallas. down the government and the society which creates the conditions in which they thrive. by minor concerns like how long it will take to burn to cinder. The state has. however, far TOTC difficult problems on its mind.

It is worried that those holocaust might two-thirds shirty that the population had wiped out, and that ain had been turned into a desert.

You know how funny people can get over even the smallest things As the secret 'Briefing Material for wantine Controllers' says: conditions in which death, destruction and were commonplace, penalties probation, ines, or sentences vi mil prisonment would longer be effective in dealing anti-social elements.

And most of the nicks will be heaps or radio acuive rud ble, there will be nowhere to bul Incil So, as you can see, state does have a problem But where there is a will LICe way. 'Briefing' says, there could keen be penalties like nunal labour', public disapproval...

suppose 'offenders' could be given useful and tips mind-improving jobs like burying the charred rem dearest bit harder cutting rations ethic though.

After the ops left, ; there will be few shops everyone is going to be on restricted rations. Maybe the 'offenders' should be been • 01 restricted to no food at all vide and worked until they drop dead Getting the public to morale'. disapprove might be very difficult. Firstly there is going to be a shortage of 'In ungrateful survivors are ikelv to be on the side oi injury the 'anti-social offenders' I suspect the state is aware of these problems so they have armed themselves with the odd extra power like sullilial y courts commis sioners' to deal with what the 'Briefing' calls 'capital Cases How they will execute people is not made clear and I understand this is the , the subject debate at Whitehalkating The more 'liberal' wing of the civil service is not so point in the death СОШ- sentence; instead they sugrestricted gest police officers could and exposure to be sent on courses to Chile and Argentina where they would pick up some usefu on how to deal with 'troublemakers'.

What I do find reassur ains of their nearest and ing about the 'Briefing' is communal that the old virtues still re graves. It is going to be a main. The protestant work remains unshaken ana. will relain even are. the Bomb.

As the 'Briefing' says, 'one aim would be to propossible with some form of work sustain Shovelling away piles of radioactive masonry Cues the public, at least fit and towns obliterated beyond live ones, and secondly the recognition is just the job for raising morale.

The nuclear holocaust will have taken place to de fend democracy and capitalism, which are inseparable. That 1s why we need summar executions.

That is why our so-called representatives have never been LOla about these plans and have no say in Couss onel and controllers will be And that is why after the explosion the 'creation of a new monetary system would be a national mat ter...

After all there is no thirty to forty dying capitalism doesn't survive

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WHEN the big goes off most of us will only be troubled

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