IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 106, 26 July 1979 · p. 2 of the scan · 435 words

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of the Laboit Party and the trade unions offer solutions that are in the interests not of the workers but of the capitalist class.

Socialist Challenge believes that revolutionary socialists are:

• To huild broad-based class struggie tendencies in opposition to class-collahorationism in the labour movement. These should non-exclusive grouping rogether militants holding a wide range of political viets.

• To begin to fight for the creation of unified democratic revolutionary socialist organisation which can, through application of united front taclics. begin lo be seen Why thousands workers engaged in struggles.

Such an organisation should be based on the understanding that:

The struggle secks to unite the fight of workerk againsi le with that uf other oppressed layers of sociely trugging acor their struggling liberation. This socialism can only be achiered by creating new organs of power and defeating with all necessary means the power of the capitalist start.

Dur socialism I than what exists in Britain todas. political parties and currents that do not take up arms against the socialiststate. The Stalinist models of "socialism' in the dSSR and Lastern Furope have discredited socialism in the eyes of millions of workers throughout We are opposed to them and wil! piter fui sunpor tu all those fighting for socialis democracy.

The interests of workers and on a world seale. Capitalism has not onls created a market. il has created world politics. Thusweäght for working stale. This unit! will in the long run he decisive in defeating both the imperialist regimes in the West sustain in Latin America, Africa In Britain it implies demanding the inmediate Brilish irnops from Ireland and letting the Irish people delermine their own future.

The Communist parties in Europe are in crisis. Neither the rarocommimisi the pro-Moscon wings have any meaningiul strategy overthron of the capitalist state. Nen resolutionary socialist parties are more necessar! than ever belore. Conditions todas more latourable than over the preceding three decades. But such parties ran oni! he bullt rejecting sectarianism and sering internal democracy not as a lusury huras a vilal necessits. This means the right to organise factions and It you agrce with these principles and want InvO Ved activities by Socialist Challenge supporters in your area, till in the torm below and send It lo us am interested in intormation about actisities in my area. • I Hould lihe additional literature and enclase 50p to cover costs. frelete d ave applcanie;

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Address.. Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street. London NI 2XQ. Editorial: 01-359 8180/9. Distribution/ Advertising: 01-359 8371.

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