IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Italian far-left

Socialist Challenge No. 13, 15 September 1977 · p. 14 of the scan · 360 words

The scan: sc-n13-sep-15-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 14 of the scan

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