IMGpapers 1980–83

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

900 ATTEND HUGO BLANCO RALLY

Socialist Challenge No. 140, 27 March 1980 · p. 13 of the scan · 525 words

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member of the entusiastic reception spèak about his presidential election campaign.

Also speaking at the rally were:

Tariq Ali of Marxist Group: ol t orkere leader, Bernard Connolly, a representative of Zimbabwean Patriotic Maurice Keoghly, Peoples Democracy; and Anne Henderson, ILDHI LIC YUULI olsallisallon Revolution.

The rally was chaired Michael Boulter, deputy convenor ol Dritsu oxygen, паскпу, and d member of the IMG.

Bernard Connolly received huge •vaLU ] Wieu DOU IL the *Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire'. He Tank -in -me seer workers had fought for solidarity actions DullCl workers and expressec Ineir delerminaton to through the struggle victory.

The main theme of the rally was Maurice Keoghly both hailed the victory in Zimbabwe and related it wor e-wire maurice Keoghly called for a stepping up of the fight sulluarlly the H-Block prioners, now facing their fourth year 'on the blanket'.

of 1CILCSCHLaLEVC Patriotic Front was given standing ovation when Nub icalce Zimbabwe for struggle against HIlLa *Anne Henderson orkevonIon realled the role that youth had played revolutionary struggles The Revolutionary Unity International Socialist Alliance has decided to implement fusion Marxist Group.

formed to promote the cause of revolutionary unity, split last autumn because these of us in centralism as a method of organisation, continued to press for fusion with the IMG with the longer-term perspective of fusion with the Socialist Workers Party:

success of the IMG's unity offensive would result In encouraged by the clarification at the IMG's recent conference iegroupment, and by the reaffirmation of the commitment to work for revolutionary unity.

The IMG must help to answer the most urgent need of the formation organisation capable of alternative to the blind alley of reformism. HUGO Blanco, a Peruvian revolationary and a leading Fourth International, was by 900 militants at the Meting House in London last Friday. He had come to youth had been in the forefront of the struggle. In Nicaragua, people sommermes ony a venr. old had led the fight against Somoza and were now leading the Pronl. reconstmcuon enort.

Anne outlined the next steps for building Revolution „eeae enc revolonary Youth March or anisco South Wales Easter and the founding conference of the organisation in May.

MugO Blanco account or ine struggles workers and peasants in Peru. He ono w a coc vœu were unemployed; how most of the working people lived Doventy «me now over ue Dase cu years the Peruvian to fought back against Today revolutionaries in Peru were campa l WILD Hugo presidential candidate, despite the of Ucheil him stalluli osenirancrce illiterate people The campaign was not about building support! for Hugo Blanco said, but a conscious the SiC revolutionary party which he the Peruvian VICLUIY I the The audience entusiastically by donating over піо ностч сона но? campaigns the . More than £270 was collected at the end of the meeting in support or une steel strikers.

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