IMGpapers 1976–79

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

OUR POLICIES 2E

· Socialist Challenge No. 80, 25 January 1979 · pp. 2-3 of the scan · 542 words

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Socialist Challenge 25 January 1979 page 2 revolutionary socialists are: • To build broad-based class struggle tendencies in Such an organisation should be based on the understanding that:

the bosses with that of other oppressed layers of society cessary means the power of the capitalist state. 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 Socialist. Challenge believes that the two vital tasks confronting opposition to class-collaborationism in the labour movement. These should be non-exclusive 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 socialist organisation which can, through an application of united front tactics, begin to be seen as an allernative by trousands or workers engageu in struggies The struggle for socialism seeks to unite the fight of the workers against black people, gays - struggling for their liberation. This socialism can only be achieved by creating new organs of power and defeating with all them and will offer fulf support to all thove lighting tor socialist democracs.

imperialist regimes in the West and the brutal dictatorships thes sustain in L atin America, Africa and Asia.

In Britain it implies demanding the immediate withdraw al of Britsh-aroopfrom Ireland and etting the Irish people determine their own future.

are more favourable than over the preceding three decades. But such parties can only be built by rejecting sectarianism and seing internal democraes not ird LUXUS DUSAR VHR BOCHS-TE WERNS ER IU DELEN CaCS 2 The interests of workers and capitalists are irreconcilable on a world scale. Capitalism has not onls crealed a world markel. it has created world politics, Thus we fight for working class units on an international scale. This unity will in the long run be decisive in defeating both the The Communist Parties in Europe are in crisis. venner tn Euro-communist" nor the pro-Moscow wings hase ans meaningful strategs for the overthrow of the capitalist state, Sew revalutionars

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KEN JONES (TGWU, Thanet ambulance station) attacks union leaders at Monday's rally. Inset: NUPE leader Alan Fisher. day low-paid rose up ending low pay.

On FOR WEEKS the Government has been attacking low-paid workers - offering hand-outs instead of The media has screamed 'murderers' because ambulance drivers and other health workers are not prepared to go on doing vital, heavy, and often unpleasant work for a pittance.

Monday 80,000 public sector workers ambulance drivers, nurses, hospital ancillaries, school keepers, water workers, sewage workers and many, many more — came to London to tell Callaghan what they thought of his offer and his solutions.

us what we're worth. Camden - END LOR PAY WANDSWORTH FIGHTRA/U LONDON YE READING NOS NO A WAY!"

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