IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 241, 15 April 1982 · p. 4 of the scan · 378 words

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incredibly Britain towards war with Argentina under the blind simply asking class relaliols i areenuua dna brilaln. ana ll is on ini. basis that socialists must look at the possible outcome. Whose class interests are served by the SIOIl mintarv exeon !

From the point of view of the Argentine regime, there is no doubt that the whole adventure arose because of the growne ooboscon a nome to any complete absorrtion of the islands into Argentine, other than the British traditions of the residents, was uncouolemiy ue auscnce or acmocrauc renls unere..

effects of the invasion on the Islanders themselves, there can be no hesitation in condemning the invasion that took place on 2 April.

But it would be jingoism and the chauvinism of the Tory press and the Thatcher government in Britain ... Workers can give no support whatsoever to the lunatic adventure now being prepared by the Thatcher government. In order to save face for itself, it is gambling with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and sailors, Argentinian ...

une labour movement cannol aren usen elner witn the Argentine regime or the Thatcher government. The interests of workers in Britain and Argentina will not be served by supporting either capitalist government in this Ultimately the only action which can in any real way help the ralkland islanders is international Class action against the junta.

tons, the eec and other international capitalist bodies The labour movement should give no support to such a policy, which would be based on purely tions against a regime which they have belatedly found to be unacceptably movement has Falkland Islanders and the Argentine working class ane bruisnlabour movement must take mne inıtıatıve in calling for the blacking of all trade with Argentina, calling on the labour movement internationally for supDOTE. The origins of the crisis itself are not to be found in 'who struck the first blow?' but in the Argentine invaand whose class interests are served by a British La nomena coscace Given the class basis of the Argentine regime and the equally wrong to support the and It is not excluded that Thatcher will of a trade boycott through the United Nacapitalist sancLa duty to take action in support of the Nevertheless the labour

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