IMGpapers 1980–83

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

MANDELA

· Socialist Challenge No. 150, 5 June 1980 · p. 11 of the scan · 453 words

The scan: sc-n150-jun-05-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 11 of the scan

AS PART of the 'Free Nelso Campaign', Jaunched recently by the Anti-Apartheid Movement, we have produced a new badge (see above)

unis campan been developed following the massive response to the call for the release o1 Mandela launcnea by the -Sunday Post newspaper after Robert Mugabe's election victory in Zimbabwe.

We also have available leaflets, posters, stickers, and post cards, as well as a Nelson Mandela Declaration for endorsement by organisations and in•violas we are banning a picket outside South Africa House on 11 June from 1-2pm.

In tae gut or tne much ap Fri 27 preciated support you have shown for the aims of our Movement the call for the release of Mandela and all political prisoners in South ATTICA we are wriling to ask you to kindly publicise the attached badge (price 20p, AAM nanote treet! London W1), as well as our forth. coming event as outlined above, as part of the launching of the Nelson Mandela Campaign by the Anti-Apartheid Movement. MIKE TERRY, Anti Apartheid Movement from a neutralist position. Neutransun In unis sense docs nol mean class neutralism, but implies the refusal to take context I would suggest that we build the peace campaign. on the basis provided by E P Thompson's pamphlet, Protest and Survive.

Secretary, Cabot Labour Party, Bristol West CLP (in a personal capacity) sides between East London, ca ror nearly tree weeks for Socialist Worker. Othe trenn perore local are manora level We personally will never • forget the friendship and gener: osity shown to us in areas such as where we were bas While at Skegness we decided to join the SWP to combat this capitalist system. However over that weekend we were invited to Tony Cliff, which was to be taped Scunthorpe also attended, but unfortunately we had never met nationally and locally, based on committees, that made a national strike committee necessary an easy task. On 25 February, the first meeting of the unofficia place, attended by 17 delegates This built up through the weekly meetings to 80 delegates attending in the last week of the strike At the first national meeting we decided to invite the divisional and national officials of all the unions in steel, so that they could IMG for many of the same also because the IMG recognised from the beginning the need for leadership from a national strike committee, and sought to build it. We share a common view of the strike Joining the IMG is also join. ing an international party, the Fourth International. This was brougat nome to us during the strike, when it was clear that steel workers in rrance, Belgium Germany, Japan and the United States, are all facing the same

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