IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

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Red Weekly No. 176, 1976 · p. 8 of the scan · 255 words

The scan: rw-no176-nov-25-1976.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 8 of the scan

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These tactics are of a piece with the 'military discipline' of the Right to Work March leaders. Thev are the wrong way to put the Harts on the spot and deny a platform to the Powells, and Red Weekly

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