IMGpapers 1976–79

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

SWP and movement

Red Weekly No. 186, 10 February 1977 · p. 8 of the scan · 328 words

The scan: rw-no186-feb10-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 8 of the scan

WITH reference to your article now Damonier mom ine SWE WAY YOU Snould Socialist] in Red Weekly, 27 January, it indeed has to be said that case for building a new party might not be 100 per cent waternont. inars a matter or obinion though. And it will be for future practice to show.

One thing is clear at least tnat our evidence for the case is more Dersuasive than your evidence against.

For example: the charge that single worker depicted in Phil Evans very funny accompanyine canoons is a man nis you seem to think is very significant - strange, ally wrong [see pages 33, 38, 42, 51,79 and 80, comrade Bell.

A cood case or deliberate dis. fortion to back up a claim [that IS never has nor ever will have any etc] that is Clear Incorrect? Again. see pages 31-3 if you need further proof.

Your good work of countering the slandering of [see the same page in Red Weekly ancie reTenTec Io Is DuT completely undone by your own wide use of the same techniques. BILL COLLINS (Sec., Durham * Geoff Bell replies:

The cartoons to which Bill Collins refers show women writing a letter to an agony column, reading a billboard, redoing noiding a placard and shopping.

The men depicted, on the other are mostly wearing factory COTICEWIL posses, or actuany working in a to the IS/SWP and Is SocialIst Worker was me only caner on me en - incilding the Star which the recent NAC Tribunal any previous issue before it won pace, ano tis une oniy daper has yet publicise the rally on rights on 26 February The best way the SWP can show its seriousness to the women's movement is to outie its camoarwhatever criticism i man lave of them. Until it does, I will Be A G. Healy turns it on for the bourgeois press.

WHY SUCH a defensive we would have told him to go take

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