The choice of headline for the front pace of Red Weekly of 25 Novemoer was most unonunate To raise the slogan of Detend Free Speech' after the IMG and the attacked the liberal fetish of free speech for arieast iwo years makes me paper appear hypocritical.
Free speech in the abstract is incerensioie. we nave succeeded in getting this point across to the vanguard and even broader layers, 25 NOVEMBER 1976 and we cannot now turn around You ue wasis or aostract nont.
we detenc them because what have and the attempt to silence them is an drack mne workine ciass.
Inis orincio ed position is solutely consistent with us acting fascist and racist charlatans.
WEEKLY No. 176 IMG contingent on 21 November anti-racist demonstration defends Philip Agee's right to free speech The article on the front page did ana nosenoal emoocv mis aooroacn. Was in acrani contradiction to the headline which deabte onto the terrain of bourgeois democracy.
This sort of confusion and halfDakec oooonunism can onv dam age the struggle to drive the fascists off the streets and the CIA out of the labour movement and out of Britain. We should say: "Defend mne workers movemenu hell with free speech!' - K.M. and J.H. (Brunel).
Price 10p Tacis T DUT IRIS HONT shifted the and the glib, of the lead confusion and to -in a class context headline of Red Weekly (25 Nov- No Red Weekly has an excellent struggle agains Cane Tascism central Te wich nave been the arguments gainst giving racists and fascist an abstract question, nor an absolute -ontonunatev tne neaoune orze November cuts right across this 'clever' journalism article fails to allay the caused. letter that same issue from L.F. Holley makes clear ine eec tor continu ing work to explain in the most lucid and concrete terms the cas and fascists; and for locating the TaUTOl!
Issue or Treedom or speecn Tirmiy I must worried by the rree Absolute Broadening the understanding ot une working class struggle and fascist tenacHcie witnh me womers movement.LK rOS CH Uxiora.
• OO DO P0 OVi Ciner afford to buy it, and in state power can grant a hearing to those who suit it, like the reace reopie, and deny on -to tnose wnc threaten its cerns, just as Rees is denying hearing to Phil Agee in his efforts dom. They must tight in order 1 De neara. oociaists nave o suD port that struggle in the clearst possible way.
For examole we nave to derend the right of anti-imperialists to put their views in public not because i to bring about the con ditions where it can become sucl a rignt we must doin destroy th present myths on the subject and specifically advance WOEAING Class asals me capiaiisis
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