IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Women are not the problem purselyes the

Socialist Challenge No. 9, 4 August 1977 · p. 6 of the scan · 331 words

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Iso lalod, depandent be by reaction ary forcee. Strong. confident and CATTE hence the revolutionary dynamic of the women's movement. That beginning, re-discove physical strength should not be petron ised, • CruCISCO OULeRCOiFDAn ChalBoIoHE mvolutionary-than-thou" tude, particulary in view of NYCTIBE en Dy It TAAlS News of the World - but not trom a revolutionary newspaper.

EILEEN FAIRWEATHER, DIANE LANTOCIE DIDO HIAT LENON JOANNE O'BRIEN MARI JASTRZEBSDA [West London]

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