IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 98, 31 May 1979 · p. 10 of the scan · 331 words

The scan: sc-n98-may-31-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

much for them to contemplate. the deep percepene overseas murket capital Alliances FEC alliances • ГЕР НИИН to he destroyed.

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linental Press.

These arguments were repeated in a speech last week by Edward Heuth, the Tory architect of Britain's entry:

"Much of Europe's industry being progressively squeezed between penetration by the countries of traditional markets — at home and - and increasing American und Jupanese domination of world's rapidly expanding high technology markets..

"To emulate American achierements, we will have to make more use of... the opportunities which such a (the EEC provides of achieving the economies which will enuble us to compete more successfully worldwide.

The aim of the EEC is not merely to strengiben imperialism as a whole bul, by encouraging the free flow of and Nexibility of cheap labour, simuifaneously to strengthen the capitalist class of each member counity in relation to its own working The Treaty of Rome, by which the EEC was founded, ailows for the ase of the armies of the member states against the working class in any one country; it serves as a cover for the concentration of power in the hands of the cupitalist cluss behind the bucks of the West European working class Above all, alongside NATO, the constitutes THAL component in a system of globa which the imperialist powers allempt lo protect themselves -spread As such the EEC can t be transformed into its opposite. It has withdrawal. combined with a fight for workers' unity in struggle throughout Farope (East an well as West), would be an Important step in that direction.

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