IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

COME TO THE BRANCH MEETING -BUT YOU CAN'T VOTE

Socialist Challenge No. 128, 3 January 1980 · p. 9 of the scan · 440 words

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dows our throats to. 'THE workshop on the unions bighlighted the problems young workers face in industry. Derek, an apprentice in the Boilermakers' nnion from Middleton, put forward his view:

"The union does little for apprentices. We get terrible pay, the mors conditions and when I started to kick up a fuss I was invited to cons along to branch meetings — only to find out I couldn't have a vote! Al first I thought of getting all the apprentices to resign to win us rights in the union, but my friends told me that this was a cop out. "It's not the mis that are bad, it's the leaders. We can't fight them outside", they lold Barbara from London agreed, but she thought the NUSS cond do lot more to introduce school students to union principles. The morkst decided to call a special school for Revolution supporters organising inside the unions prior to the launch of the new organisatio Jim from Birmingham explained the more general problezas of yout in the workshop on youth oppression:

'The capitalists want a society where no-one rocks the boat, challenges the status quo, where the rich get richer and the poorer. Youth aren't trained to fit into the •designed not to educate us, but to make us part of th "The family is fundamental. Parents can get awa they have the right to beat kids, just lik NOTVT ME Labo mould so the → CHESTER cannot be finally ruled out — but more often such killings are Rhodesian operations dressed the maximum confusion Tongogara himself was the victim of just such a frame-up in 1975 when the ZANU chairperson, Herbert Chitepo, was murdered in Zambia In any case, the break-up of the Patriotic means just a ZANU tactic Although ZAPU now poses as the defender of unity, it is equally keen to contest the February This split - and possibly many smaller ones - will add to the general fragmentation and paralysis of Zimbabwean politics which will be one of the first fruits of the Lancaster House The Tory government hopes that Zimbabwe will remain just this side of civil war until the February elections are over and the 'transfer of completed. Then, the plan goes, the can consequences of the deal they have done.

Asthings are going at present the crisis may The white forces could use the privileged position given them by Soames to provoke a total breakdown before elections can take place. British troops would be far from neutral in such a conflict. That is why they must Socialist Challenge 3 January 1980 Page 9

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