IMGpapers 1976–79

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

OUR POLICIES 2

· Socialist Challenge No. 71, 9 November 1978 · pp. 2-3 of the scan · 353 words

The scan: sc-n71-nov-9-1978.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 2 of the scan

CASS revolutionars socialists are:

To build Capitalism is in crisis. The leaders of the Labour Party and the trades unions offer solutions that are in the interests, not of the workers, but of the capitalist believes that the two broad-based class struggle class-collaborationism in the labour moven in character grouping together militants holding a wide range of political views. * To begin to fight for the creation of a unified and democratic revolutionary sacialist organisation which can, through an application of united front tactics. hegin to be seen as an alternative by thousands of workers engaged in struggles.

such an organisation should be based on the understanding that:

The struggle for socialism seeks to unite the fight of the workers against the bosses with that of other oppressed layers of society - struggling for their liberation, This socialism car only be achieved by creating new organs of power and defeating with all necessary means the power of the capitalist state vital tasks confronting opposition nent. These should be non-exclusive - women tendencies them and wil outer tuit support to all those lighting for socialist democrac The interests of workers and capitalists are irreconcilable on a world scale. Capitalism has not ons crealed a world market. it has create word ponies, nus we nent for working classunis oran internalin. scale. This units will in the long run be decisive in defeating both th imperialist regimes in the West and the brutal dictatorships thes sustain in Latin America, Africa and Asia In Britain it implies demanding the immediate withdrawal of British troop from Ireland and letting the Irish people determine their own future The Communist Parties in Europe are in crisis: "Euro-communist nor the pro-Moscow wings hase am meaningh strales tor ine overlarow of the capitalist state Seu recolutinr socialist parties are more necessary than ever before. Conditions todas are more favourable than over the preceding three decades. But such partie- car only he built by rejecting sectarianism and seeing internal democracy not 1sg luxury puras a viral necessity, anis means the right to organise factons an Neither

page 3 of the scan

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