IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Bad Taste no. 47: Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant

· Socialist Challenge No. 100, 14 June 1979 · p. 14 of the scan · 168 words

The scan: sc-n100-jun-14-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

This text was corrected by hand against the scan: the strip at the head of page 14, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 47 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant.

page 14 of the scan

Four-panel cartoon strip: a reader of this very issue of Socialist Challenge finds Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant in the collage around John Ross's centre-page article, and a sectarian pronounces it a capitulation to loyalism.
Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 47, Socialist Challenge no. 100, 14 June 1979, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE by Cormac #47. "I'm sitting and reading 'Socialist Challenge'" "No. 97, 24 May 1979" "Price 15p (cheap at twice the price)" "Order your copy now!"

2. "Centre-page article is by John Ross — 'How our rights were won' — surrounding the article is a collage — photos of UCS and Ford workers — notices about strikes — engraved pictures of riots and demonstrations — but included was this →"

3. (A figure in front of the text of "Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant".)

4. (A voice from a briefcase:) "Evidently a capitulation to loyalism!" "I rest my case!"

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