IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 154, 3 July 1980 · p. 2 of the scan · 261 words

The scan: sc-n154-jul-03-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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Capitalism is in crisis. The leaders of the Labour Party and the trade unions offer solutions that are in the interests not of the workers but of the capitalist class.

Socialist Challenge believes that the two vital tasks confronting revolutionary socialists are:

• To build broad-based class struggle tendencies in opposition class-collaborationism in the labour movement. These should non-exclusive IA grouping together militants hold. ing a wide range of political views.

cation bein to finitied and unified Credo democratic revolutionary socialist organisation which can, application of united front eaters be in to bensends an alternative thousands workers engaged in struggles.

Such an organisation should be based on the understanding that:

The struggle for seeks to unite the fight of workers against the with that of other oppressed layers of society — women, black people, aeration. This socialism can only struggling be achieved by creating new organs of power and defeating with necessary means the power of the capitalist state. P infinitely COUNSH will more democratic today. witn full rignis Tor political parties and currents that do not take up arms against the socialist state. The Stalinist models of 'socialism' in the ussk and Eastern Europe have discredited socialism in the eyes of millions of workers throughout the We are opposed to them and will offer full support fighting for socialist democracy.

The interests of workers and on a world scale. Capitalism created market. has created politics. Thus we fight for working class unity on an scale. This unity will in the long run be decisive in defeating both character,

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