IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Red Weekly No. 200, 22 May 1977 · p. 9 of the scan · 469 words

The scan: rw-no200-may-22-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 9 of the scan

Secretary, Caledonian Road, London N1.

Name would like information about the INTERNATIONAL IMG MARXIST GROUP Fill in the form below and send it to: National International Marxist Group, 97 but disappeared today) - raised questions of fundamental and immediate importance for the revolutionary left in Britain.

developments that new politicn. alignments are forged: it is as a result of the fest of poticical lines in the living •Party columns ensured that the framewark for the debates on splits anc fusions was given a firm theor question.

secton of the democratic rights avallahle to British readers.

anti-racist paverage Of Fleet Stre WOMEN left papers Campaign. throughour its It is around these kind of class struggle. The Faction' organising etical and historical basis. This becombe comerstone of the debate which spans therevolutionary left on this Finally, aided by Rovas, th laily nemspaper of the French Fourth International the reg nise instruteles TOr in Eastero Europe bave been made readily In addition to the strong international coverage, and the imporcontributions made by Red Weekly, it has been able to devote resources, on acrásico, to serious investigators STEVE POTTER Red Lion Square in June 1974 emerged as a turning point, with the recognition of the National Front as a fascist organisation. The continuing activity on this isaue — including the decision of the Nacional Union of Students to sapport the op platform fascists" position — was in large part due totbe campaign launched throuch the pages of Red Weekty. This bas been supplemented by the stretching From reports on struggles launch ed by blacks, libe the Imperial Typewriters dispute, to counterog the racist campaign of bysteri The fight against women's oppression is another area of cover age which has been strengthened slose Red Weekly's carly days. Red Weekiy now bas the most extensive coverage of any of the ADOLIO! campaigo and on many DE the demands raised by the Charter Improvements to Red Weekly four years of But weaknesses still persist, These partly rellect the weaknesses of the Teft as a whole. A paper cannot b measured in the abstract. ir car only be assessed in the light of the developments within the class as a whole and the role le has played in fotoes on a clear nolitical line of advanc Many of the weaknesses of Red Weekiy have beco pinpointed, and will be tackled in the new Socialisr Challenge. But successes achieved will depend very much on whether the political goals set by Sockats are reached. If the paper is able to draw into it Editorial Board organised force hroader chan those of the IMG: If central role against Labour's anacks; and if it is able to build on the political basis left by the strengthe of Red Weekly, Chen It will have every chance to overcome those weakteases.

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