IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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· Socialist Challenge No. 173, 27 November 1980 · p. 4 of the scan · 284 words

The scan: sc-n173-nov-20-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 4 of the scan

bus workers and many others faced levels OT- reoudancy This Isne oasis tor translating the passive support that exists for occupation into ac tive solidarity.

needea Is a common focus for the whole labour movement.

...as support floods in Having, got to see Dave, he first insisted on explain'I'm not fighting for my job his lucities.

Ils SaIe, but members who'll be sacked and our kids'll need jobs too.

He believes that it is this of fighting on behalf of other workers, , which has won the occupation support Over 700 labour movement and organ cations have donations so far tara or Scotland to the thie Nigg Bay in the of Wight.

Dave says he's 'flabbergasted' at the support. showed me one of the 40 o so letters he'd received that day and read it out. "Telford TASS and Dawley Labour offer We'll be delivering a 2-tor truck load of food on 29 November'.

In the Manchester area there are five workplaces on Ichulal Weekly Chionde, Utt, Massey Fergusons, Shell CarrReaction Delegations have been touring vorkplaces and the main industrial centres. meetings • all reSDOrSt been cemencons . That day news had come from a delegation Glasgow would down sicwall. lex week from UCS with a fourA group of four Gardner's had relurned trom Birminghan wilcre stewards and union activists have formed a sup port committe which had Hunarce Julius One of the Gardner's stewards who had been in tioned the Kevin Coen, men Whenever he'd spoken to reaction there

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weren't on short time or suf fering redundancies Again the suppor t was massive over f5,000 was pledged t occupanion thought they were giving because they wan Thatcher out'

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