IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Vanishing People

· Socialist Challenge No. 242, 21 April 1982 · pp. 13-14 of the scan · 331 words

The scan: sc-no242.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 13 of the scan

Steve and Jake see their chance and take it. They club a warder and go on the run. Reunited at the end of the incompelence not quile the trio achieves a dignity as outlaws, a "pride Slaughter stopped, I started to have doubts. The shift into seriousness doesn't quite come off. The warders and the careers officer same language as James yet their power is much more real. The music hall routine wiin waich the inree mee again almost allows us to forget....

The closing song, from which the title of the plav staken. celebrates the courage of the stateless, and salutes in The play is socially aware but problems of the young unemployed, without analysis, They have a right to If you've just left school and can't find work, the Old Red Lion offers a good night out, but things will look pretty much the same at closing time as they did when you went in. in the words of one of the songs, there's 'no will be interesting to see Trevor : Griftiths, a playwright with a more developed political stance, handling a ob Allison and Busby £2.95 IN 'Why the Efe are not afraid of lightning' we are told that, although the Pygmies ure the smallest people in the world, they is a traditional tale which explains how the Pygmies learnt to live with lightning and not be afraid of it which explains how the natural elements in the surroundings of many ancient tribes came to be, as told trocitiono folklore. John Mercer has collected over 30 stories from all over the world.

They are exciting and often humourous. They would appeal to children from about 7 to 12. The black and white illustra LI07S Cuban artis;, Tony avora are simple but attractive. well worth reading and I enjoved it a lot By Stephen Lloyd aged 13 Socialist Challenge 22 April 1382 page 3

page 14 of the scan

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