IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 149, 29 May 1980 · p. 11 of the scan · 708 words

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The school will take place between the 12th and 18th July 1980. A deposit of £10 will secure you a place, but the full £47-50 has to be paid in advance by the 31st of June, 1980. This will cover your accommodation, all meals, morning and afternoon coffee and the full programme of events. Detailed programme, reading lists and information venue will be received on registration.

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regarding the By Our Cricket Correspondent the nets.

bowling or batting time Derek to recall at any time.

will be gratefully acknowledged.

OPTIONAL COURSES As well as the main lecture course there will be a series of optional three part courses.

Two introductory courses are planned:

An Introduction to Revolutionary politics.

Introduction to Marxist economics.

There will be two other subsidiary courses on:

Marxism and the Family.

Aspects of the history of the British Labour Movement.

I am interested in coming to the summer school. 1 am a member of the IMG/Revolution I am a sympathiser of IMG/Revolution from TRIALS to select the Socialist Challenge cricket team for the first ever fixture against Socialist Worker in July (o Jay One of the IMG Summer School) began in earnes last week. several young - and not so young - hopefuls could be seen sweating it out at the first session in Highbury Fields. The venue is expected to move to the nets in Regents Park over the coming weeks We have been deluged with offers to play for SC from supporters in different parts of the country. However the team can only be selected after extensive trials and com rades wishing to play will have to come and perform at In response to other questions the answers are as libertarian nonsense in this regard — and no, tendencies in our team will not be given a proportional length of 2. The captain, however, will be elected and subject 3. Naturally we will be fielding a mixed side.

4. All offers of cricket equipment (on loan, of course)

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things leaflets, against OUT now! International, the IMG'S theoretical journal, price 85p.

This issue includes a reply to Beyond the Fragments by Valerie Coultas arguing that Leninism and feminism are not incompatible, and that socialists should challenge both male domination and bourgeois power.

Alan Freeman scrutinizes the Alternative Economic Strategy as popularised by the Labour lett highlighting the inadequate understanding this strategy has of workers, revealing the flaws in INFLATION TWO weeks ago the IMG launched an emergency fund drive. Inflation is hitting us hard.

Inflation under Thatcher is steel strike; and over the comnow well over 20 per cent and ing weeks we will be launching for a revolutionary organisation it is even worse. All the missile and British membership which we need - of NATO. posters, pamphlets, our newspaper — have gone up more than 20 per cent over the last year. Rent, rates, electricity and gas charges have risen enormously. Meanwhile, our income has not gone up by anything like 20 per cent.

Despite our financial dif- 16 pages. Help us ensure that ficulties we have collaborated Revolution in launching the South Wales Youth March Unemployment; have thrown resources into the Theoretical Journal of the International Marxist Group Drie Wait capitalist sabotage Historic Compromise, Socialist CI La campaign against the Cruise We are doing everything we can to reduce our costs. But there is one thing which. we cannot afford to cut back on our political campaigns.

That's why we are making an urgent appeal to all our supporters and sympathisers.

Help us keep our paper at we can sustain our political work. Make sure that Tory inflation doesn't cripple our ability to fight to bring the •Tories down! the AES approach to tackling capitalist monopolies and pointing out how the Labour lefts underestimate the effects of Anna Libera, in a chapter from her book, The Bitter Fruits of the , analyses the • failure of the Italian Communist Party to seize power at the end of the Second World War and Davic Tettadoro examines the Thatcher government and argues against some of the more alarmist analyses fashionable on the left.

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