IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 117, 11 October 1979 · p. 16 of the scan · 335 words

The scan: sc-n117-oct-11-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 16 of the scan

ABORTION BILL Photo: LAURENCE SPARHAM (Report)

Britain:

Abroad: 12 months — Surface Mail Multi-Reader institutions: Double the above rate.

Name Address I enclose a donation for the Fighting Fund of.

'Socialist Challenge'.

12 months £12.50; 6 months £6.50 £12.50 Airmail £18.00 Cheques, POs and Money Orders should be made payable to Complete and return to: Socialist Challenge, 328 Upper Street. London N! RETURN well hardly defends full-page papers than vou can sel. It's a fac known all newspaper producers. Not even the Mirror and Sun balance their budget on alone. They make their deficit into a profit on advertising income.

Given that, their politics are surprising. Big companies aren't going to pay for ads in a paper that exposes what they're up to and working people and their We don't organisations. get those • ads 'Aims Industry' and ICI. As a matter of fact, we wouldn't print them if we So we have to make up the deficit between expenditure and sales income by our Quarterly Fund Drive. Last quarter we were working on a special Fund together with the IMG. Final totals for that aren't worked out yet. But we still have to get in £2,500 this quarter to Keep our water. sales week. Please give generously.

Tariq Ali fined TARIQ Ali, the editor of Socialist Challenge, is the latest to be convicted in the Southall show trials arising from the police •riot on Tuesday, Ali For obstruction, plus appealing the conyiction.

Stipendiary McDermott ignored evidence from a police surgeon that Ali had suffered head injuries compatible with a blow heads above 'The new Fund Drive starts this April. On fined f150 for to run a police costs. He is anyone. magistrate fromatruncheon' [he had been forced gauntlet] and was therefore in no state to obstruet On Monday, McDermott handed out a one-month jail sentence for "threatening behaviour'. For the latest on the Blair Peach murder, see page 3.

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