IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Fund drive

Socialist Challenge No. 227, 7 January 1982 · p. 12 of the scan · 334 words

The scan: sc-no227.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 12 of the scan

Scotland North-West North-East West Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Midlands East Midlands South Wales South & West England West & North-West London North London East London To be raised nationally Our support for women's rights will continue. In particular we are actively involved in campaigning for a woman's right to work. Our supporters in the Action Committee for Woman's Right to Work back the committee's demand to turn the Labour Party's festival planned for 5 June into a massive demonstration. During the year Socialist Challenge will be sponsoring a tour by a woman mineworker trom the United States. Our work in support ot women's rights will cost f800 each quarter.

Then there is the cost of our solidarity with trade union struggles and the fight to build a leit wing in the labour movement. Last yeal Socialist Challenge reporters went to assist the struggles at Laurence Scott, Lee Jeans, Staffa, Longbridge and at the many demonstrations that took place against unemployment.

bnsvcaroDenso witaaoacwoe Ford strike, where we have already assigned - with the miners and train drivers to follow. We want to be there both to bring you the facts and to use Socialist Challenge to build support for these struggles.

We want better photographs, we want up to the minute reporting, we want to be able to Lavei arouna tne country. lo une pils, depots and plants. All that takes money least £2,000 a quarter.

Our voice should be heard where the enemies of socialism are doing their best to strangle it — in the Labour Party. The present witch-hunt against the supporters of Militant, Peter Tatchell and Tariq Ali has to be met with unitea response trom the left. Challenge intends to continue its coverage of what is happening in the Labour Party, both past and present.

Socialist Challenge was born during Grunwicks, and we've been battling ever since. We are certainly not going to give up now, in the Foot's onslaught and On the contrary, we intend to intensify the

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