IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 52, 29 June 1978 · p. 14 of the scan · 564 words

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page 14 of the scan

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1 11 Hi but IN YOUR positive article on the Amnesty report Northern Ireland th June), you say that Amnesty have been trying to Keen secret the Tenort. Your readers should realise that all Amnesty governments concerned for comment (and hopefully action) a considerable need publication. In this exactly the same consideration as the many (25 May). Can't you see that it goes that 10% look part in May 66 were fighting for to turn it into another super-event In fact, the spectacle of May '68 l more or less irrelevant. It is the ideas that were and are subversive, and Socialist Challenge about them. Ideas Like: * The relation between the personal and the political; which questions the practice of being * The relationship between out society and alietnatives. For example, the free school movement, alternative psychiatry, the free radio stations in the revoluticars oceaniation and the autonomous movements — the TOUCHE gay black movemeat, prepared to mate, but rather for us to see what remains of traditional Marxisat after made by these 00815490203 HUODERSFIELD Socialist Chai HACKNET bOCIeSE Challenge Walmgato Thuradays на апсикі спанапни огаш MOUCH Ans cn group or the bullesin irosvenor Terrace, Tock digested, Tariq Ali's analysis of the period very predictably mourns the lack of a revolutionary party.

the absence revolutionary party has got little to do with 'a correct strategic line...that would have made inroads into the base of the Socialist Party and the Communist Parly.

It has much more to do with the uneasy relacionship between terolutionary organisation and movements that are the vanguard of the struggle in Europe today; many revolutionaries today question the for an overall political organisation.

Together with heroic victories over US imperialism, May 68 showed of us the possibility Is most important contribution was to make us question all the accepred doginas of revolutionary Marxisti. It should bot be Turned museum-picce only to be whecied out in a spectacular manner every ten PETER ANDERSON (Manchester Big Flume) cent!)

We are now establishing paper sales on the local estates, frequently elling to white workin (thet) and women who must, if we dare sel the paper, read of themselves as 'Alf Garnett types*:

There sometimes seems to be a eard and the betting che Ental lers of general politics, but in an a member of the working class, or class men forcibly hureaucracy! reporter Icel contained in a document by Soviet disidents which we reprinted. referred to his role in uncovering the details of the massacre of working the regime in 1962. Moreover, there is a SEN SUNDIC TEEDE ME does not remain in the UISSR: he was expelled by LEE

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