IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Bad Taste no. 54: kith and kin in Rhodesia

· Socialist Challenge No. 116, 4 October 1979 · p. 13 of the scan · 163 words

The scan: sc-n116-oct-04-1979.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 13, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 54 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: kith and kin in Rhodesia.

page 13 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip: a Tory frets about his kith and kin in Rhodesia and the betrayal implied by colleagues saying "Zimbabwe", but what would really be sad is losing the profits from his investments there.
Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 54, Socialist Challenge no. 116, 4 October 1979, page 13. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE — Cormac #54.

2. Thinks: "I'm worried about my kith and kin in RHODESIA!"

3. "Certain elements in the Tory Party even use the name ZIMBABWE without flinching! Does this not indicate preparation for betrayal?!?"

4. "It would be a sad day for Britain if the white population of that heroic country were sacrificed on the altar of whatsit .... but what would be sadder — much sadder —"

5. "How sad it would be if the profits from my investments in that heroic country were sacrificed on the altar of etc. etc."

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