IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 66, 5 October 1978 · p. 14 of the scan · 263 words

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page 14 of the scan

RICHARD Carver's

August on the death of Paul Vi is deplorable on can counts. First, il is written in an unnecessarily abusive and insensitive manner calculated to offend those socialists and progres sives working within the Carbolic Church arguments of those traditionalists in the Catholic Church (of whom people like Carver are che mirror-Image)

Catholics work cogether for common aims Secondly, and more importants.

Marxist the article betrays an asconishing insularity and indiffereoce to the global significance of the Catholic Church, to the struggles among tbe different political tendencies within relation- the Church, and to the manner in which socialists should relate to these trends.

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