IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 6, 21 July 1977 · p. 14 of the scan · 1,059 words

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солау 6-8pm, Thuraday Foot INCHESTER. Series of educationis for readers. Socialem - Te Detate in the OP hursday 4 August. The Crisia in the Thursday 1 September. "Hod for a onary Party.

All at the Manchester Sociallet Chall MIDLANDS Socialie:

st Economics 6.00pm. Wide WEST & WALES Friday LONDON more sening man the ache beneath it. analogy a little further.

CHICH OHH TRY GO NOL TOROS! their mistakes on the first night.

ur performance on 11 July wa laf from perfect: et I looked vain for Socialist critical assossment of this particular dress rehearsal.

Of course, all of Felt the ower and exalteme which expressed this ta clearly the stuff of which Grunwick that day are a potent confirmation that ership, communication, and formation we cannot harness the had intention the TuC deciaration that we were slaying 1W03888 and note that planned fare.) We had no golocue win ine sine ci of knowing target right THE 11 JULY mass showed the potential strength of TASTE CASS back against reactionary force and the hold of the trade unior comrades came away tram ir even betrayed that the picket had around North west Londor Think that if is importent that OUT TU SUCHON whowersresponsibleforthat: the TUC and APEX inadership who are anly too keen to diffuse including calling the secretary a scab'l the picket is to misunderstand 00D0 10 10 0117 stration, and passing and maist pressure trom tha TUC Chalienge s and the APEX officials could born rom theis anti Going further, s presc leam how to use mobile radio communication ts. And, despite the victory ov police not control tactics - anc how to counter them Learning such as Grunwick is an essentia drawing most of the right conScargilFe clusions aboul the way the strike should be won. lenge has neglected the catalied Hut at the tactics of masa picketing, and le rumour. the ba He for victory other BasSHou can ensure But we KAREN MARGOLIS (London)

flat the siriser months, have laced, particularly in constanty coposing APEr гезтистоля ол дава рісковіпуi is nor just a moral question: attacking the strike committee picke can result in and pushing them into the handa of the buresucracy, There were probiams on that of hands or unknown individuals.

MUST a march before as to whether the mass Dickat was to be called at all on t1 July did not heip mallers But Those ste lesson wiel both the strike committee and all those on the picket must inam.

lessons in may possibie, especiany aun those who are actually in the farafront of the struggle.

TESSA VAN GELDEREN [Brent] masa pick.

experience struggle. While the revolutionary exception, Socialist Chalyet the need for such •HEL picket line for alaver Intervention, Other to In such police astacks.

the most fratema intervention AT THE Grunwick mess picke on 11 duly the organise ors o failed lo live up heir political responsibilities 1o sation made a serious polltical Intervention into the pickel. And an. inter vention was apparent in every Toature of the cay's events.

y the TUC diverled the mas fortunately was needed was a determiner revolutionary using leaflete enc people to stay at the gotes. This would hava made It possible ic ale. noid me games unt loie arter noon. Yet no organisation took dissuade people from going on the demonstra ONCORAN. MO HUER CORCHE police onsumo chal there would be violent clashes.

circumstances revolu tionaries should have been pre In detending the picket against That would have meant the organisation of example In action to other forces on the picket, of a coordinated response to the onslaughts of the Instead, the revoMOR SUNG SCH DIGOR fusion and disorganisation. cracy had a monopoly of political bands, to bring a neglected cul- achievement.

tural form within the focus of the lell, seems to have had success, The response of compresents oar than paper a mooner Dum Drye o the thousande of assemble trade unionists Surely tempt could have bear made to tionares without coposino it, in.

1 ChinT 1 great pity that Socialist Challenge missed the 00D0Un Ty 1o seeklo Droanise a TO LONA IDENT ON HE with Is fight for revolutionary League, win tomi propaganda activities. Even If. as s unForused sericipation in the ca SWP lingent, It may have bean possible to mako an acroomont with them will not be overcome ifit fails, as it did on 11 July, to lake bold initiatives in the JOHN HUNT (Oxford] YOUR PAGE 3 coverage of the 11 July mass picket last wonk at Although the presorice 10-15,000 trade unionisis solidarity was morning revealed • great dea about the woaknesses of thi movement and the olutionary left, which deserves Firstle a maseive position a strength, where the mass picket controlled the streets even the what is a roa Whilst I accept much of what was written of the genesis of La kind which main road to Wemble the police were forced to cinse was abandoned at 11.00am for a totally ECSTATE cession?) round Willeeden Mesriwhile the bue darling the icabs, already turned away times, was allowed to enter the effect of demoratising many those prosant. Socialist Chal lange cia carter al say soap shall not pass on its front pagt ahip of the picket, in APEX and him sal dis opposition (despite the eviden mess or many presume Chapter Road unguarded). Wher • smal nucleus of demonsira mainly revolutionarie feminists remained behind and coursuedusiv allemaled to gro: the bus, were viciously attacked by the police and ther orbally disowned' by the APE) official present During the whole episode, the left. Inclucing the IMG. revesled The presented oppasit on 1o what many saw at your Grunwicks cover on lasue Despile the lact that there strikers are women, there is not one woman in your selection o cover photos A Hille more attention to sexist ideology as l presente itself in visual Images w0010 oron 9818 0381 CARL GARDNER (Central LonThat the engendered by various varieties OT COTICIOUS CODESEC hardly credible. It is alleged that In the 1950g they clally revived by the instruments

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