IMGpapers 1976–79

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

A national workers plan Afuture for all

Socialist Challenge No. 66, 5 October 1978 · pp. 8-9 of the scan · 715 words

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and re-tool German industry for war.

early as 1930.

Trotsky urged the German Labour movement to draw up a plan for German industry on the co operation with Russia. The idea was Socialist Challenge 5 october 1978 Page 8 IN GERMANY in 1932 the labour movement was facing a catastrophe. There were over four million unemployed, with many Big banks had failed, small businesses were ruined, foreign loans were cut off. To the workers, there seemed to be no way out.

A year later, Hitler came to power. He had found a solution to unemployment. It was to destroy socialism and the trade unions Offered no other alternative, the country followed him. But as DAVE BAILEY explains, Trotsky argued a different course as basis of for machinery and equipment. to ser German factories to work supplying the needs of Soviet farmers In this way the unemployed would oc an alternative to Hitler, and woul capitalism.

Britain is not facing fascism today But there are up And, everyone beginning, recognise, structural unemployment. words, it won't go away by tinkering with taxes or other fiscal mensures Economists predict it will get much worse some say five million by 1990.

movement has ahyibus got to solve this problem catastrophe does begin to loom over the horizon.

There is now a growing movement in Britain for the 35 hour week - without strings attached. Dovens of unions have accepted this demand.

The Laboure Europeat, the al ILC, the European favour the 35 hour week as a national Sonne such as the Post Office Engincers, have fought for it in their industry as a reply to the redundancies they face from new technology, This shows the beginnings of a fight back. Obviously groups like the Post Gerinan Office Engineers must not be left to fight oo their own.

The labour morenient has got to force the government to redeem its IS and implement week for all workers — right across the IN DISCE In other board. And do it now distant future when it may be too late Nevertheless, warkers are going to ask certain obvious questions right Trom the start. For it's obvious that a before a national 35-hour week would have a different signilicance groups of workers.

After all, the hallmark of capitalism is anarchy.

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← THREE YEARS AGO workers in the Lucas Combine — a company involved in the production of Concorde — drew up what they called a Corporate Plan. Like workers elsewhere in British industry, these highly skilled workers were facing the prospect of large redundancies. The Plan proposed over 150 alternative products which could be produced in the Lucas plants. WORKERS PLANS-CAN Not just a nice ideaCrossroads - the elimination of a people →

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