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

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Socialist Challenge No. 159, 7 August 1980 · p. 4 of the scan · 251 words

The scan: sc-n159-aug-07-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 4 of the scan

Of course the policies of the PO Board reflect their position privilege:

bening me ser ding to the 1978/9 figures, more than a third of the telecoms contes TOnI ousidesses Private circuits (lines permanently hired for computer links, etc) ac. counted for less than 3 per cent of total income. Yet, when System X is introduced in the early 1980s, this cw exchance system is colle lo 00 used exclusively for business traffic from the major conurbations. Oramaiy suoscuDers. of the bills, will have to wait till the demands of the large companies nouses aa ve satisfied.

System X rip-off - the new, all electronic. digital, controles exchange known System X is being jointly developed unic Post . ULL. , Piessey and STC. These private companies get the advantage of a guaranteed market (the PO) and the use of the Socialist Challenge "7 August 1980' Telecoms naid out £2.373m in interest payments of almost an entire year's income. 1 his money goes, vla the ficasury, London banks nouses.

Workers' control and workers' managment are traditionally suares oriue rodo lo socalist vialSuch planning cannot come 11111g about without the without the working class whole being organised to run sociecouncils or soviets.

Nationalisation of ned, socialist economy.

Deelt together all the privately secuons o any neustry mnu single nationally organised unit, where production, •simoudon can oe rauonansca 1s the first step to socialist planning.

The wasteful anarchy of private owacisilo mucans ular compallice compete against each duplicating every aspect of their

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