IMGpapers 1976–79

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

BIG FLAME

Red Weekly No. 198, 12 May 1977 · p. 8 of the scan · 618 words

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page 8 of the scan

interesta of TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST CAHIT Dear Comredes We in Big Flame have decided whi to wiile you this latier, because WHIR amaUa ABouT tno stana no or twE Hsulonary candidaies in te rewhole question of participation ми июня а maconard local elections.

lelt volcame a repry to thie Let's start with our position in SHEN CAA VEU NEUM.

Flame supported the rational Marxist Group (IMG)

which extremely open their Heron Desiden bein n Thei: CATHINI, CHial local shop-steward Longbridge plant actively involved in the struggio Thair alallorm was ooan to athe revolutionary organisations (like paign drew the support of shop prominent member of the Com HULH pommittee Heron said: Wa are running thie class atruggle candidate could lo encourage the Big Flame's general position on electiona hae a lot of similerities with yours. Taken for gran as revolutionaries we soo the real changes in TIRO OSCE DUE OE CHAHI WN SHrE SOU WIRW TARI FAVOU lonaries muat stand candidates In the nest elections - i.e. must se elections in a tactical sense tanis a foous. a rallvino point This is aspecially true in a period when after a low ebb in the fight back is Doa mane io Land Piace Like you, wA ballava that electione can be an attactivo But that does not mean that the number DEVIN НITИIMИ1O in ordar to make an elective propaganda, we must also show that we have considerable sirenoih. Just think of 1e var CamOr SanG HENen0 1s hear on tee colerain n saly lel1. There, campaign want incredibly well, but tho loint slate oot only 1,5 per cent of the votes, when possibllity of tighting for the O NO AnO DIEr TOrOs Em of a class strupgli alata. But wa'll come to thi In our opinion the autoome of . The Stechford by-slection shows ua that there is TreILnEnC HOE HOU sults in elections in thia period MOi In tIMS a CHMaCM AnOl lerma of votee. But thig fac wasnt helped by lact that two revolutionar standing.

WOIS MaNS WORINO CIbS BOOSIe WErE us during Lem Hone tly o dd o a we did not haw an answer. We can cerlainly say CS OCH UR BEReE cent) would have been had you Furthermore you should esk yourselvas why your candidate votee than that of the an orgenisation which smaller and less influen SRAnOUrS.TAE anSOr this question lias in the different nature of the two campaigna nass of the idea of class strucale ConO ON'Hy We would likn about unless you really belleve you are, on your own, the onl country: or that the process o TeD uC OnaT Increasing the size of the SWP Which leade us to some con crete proposala. As tar as we are paign for iha next general ele Gon poHie LIDI TaS Drils 3 Is КЕsEЧ IsHTA for the formalion of a class Labour's capitalist policles. MOUC MC UCH CHVD TREY OI ganisations, local shop-stewart rank & tile bodies women's groups sall as narratianed individuele prominent intellectuals etc.

one Taking into account thelt relativ AIOn] and importance aroas where we would stend Our greatest hope is that the SWP. the single take part in the formation af thia organisation, slate.

tustin of the bi band anthusiasm which created all tver Euroce by tne lutionary slate elections in France and # INVER VoTo oboues matters further.

The National Secretariat Big Fleme This lerter was sent by the fe HrE Woua Da rivna 00ea4.t To dale they have race/veg na Or a united far left In TOPLO INTO BIECHD eds.

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