IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 150, 5 June 1980 · p. 11 of the scan · 538 words

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page 11 of the scan

STOP THE ROT RIGHT Conference for Rank and File Engineering Workers Holborn Library Hall, London Saturday 28 June 11am4.30pm Credentials from Jack Robertson, 265a Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 GET DELEGATED! • IMG NOTICES The Tory Press & How to Fight It Post rat i bet ch the this Socialist Challenge media's assault on the TUC's Day or action. working class can fight for own voice to be heard Single p&p), bulk orders 8p a copy pror paid, sale or return) socialist Upper St, London N1.

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B'ham centre AUEW Traction. Sat 21 June. Note change of mal mere nariona centre; secretariat, Sat 28 June, 11am to 3pm, nationa tre; national fraction, Sat 13 Sept, 1 lam till Socialism in the Eighties Tour Speakers invited from Labour arty, communist rarty, and ocialist Workers Party 6 June Liverpool Phil Hearse (IMG) rades in Iran have revealed that one of the people executed in that of a member of the HKS.

Two people were executed in Ahwaz after the attacks on the university but neither were HKS members.

I would like to apologise for any confusion caused by this error.

FIROOZ SHOOSHTARI, London NELSON workers' state, however degenerated or deformed, could existence on the unprovoked violation of the rights to self-determination of a neighbouring (capitalist) country!

In addition, the oft-repeated assertion that DronEs not tie as far as the Soviet Union is concerned. OK, is a planica cconomy, mal doc not prevent the Stalinist apparatus from the overt exploitation of overseas markets to feather its own nest.

In view of this, it would seem thatsoenis nave no arenave but to argue for disarmament the SWP , I would question DURING the steel strike, manne orne dane so the Soviet Union Anel us win sondarity and targets we were picketing.

Corby why we left in Divisions 1, despatched to thousands of steelworkers had to picket outside their own areas Very often it was only due to the national networks of the Socialist Workers Party and the International Marxist Group that we were found accommodation, contacts in workplaces, unions to finance, and assistance with the Talbot, Lianwern, Shotton and By the second week, divisional • strike committees had been set up 3 and 7. A national network started to emerge whereby flying pickets could be all areas.

In the opinion of many militants. the main nroblem we faced was one of leadership, not Just organisation. ror exampie warnaton. Komerom and Stocksbridge gave no dispensations; but Port Talbot Scunthorpe, and the Midlands, where there wasn't the same determination, spent weeks giving dispensation after dispensation.

It was this need for leadership, On returning from Skegness, we found that our views had been censored from the discussion publissca in socialist worker We have come to the conclusion that, due to the difference oetwcen waarwe exterenced cur ing the strike and what the SWP leadership considers to have hap-.

we cannot coman ma Lit SWP. We can't join anything without having complete faith in the way it deals with the memberShe leave with a great deal of members, and will always be prepared to work with them in any way li lie are We have decided to join the

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