IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Funds for the revolution

· Socialist Challenge No. 181, 22 January 1981 · pp. 12-13 of the scan · 632 words

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page 12 of the scan

(evening, 2% 490 lan. 483 3905 SWINDON: SC on sale IT-l every La Midand outside Woolworths 1. 30 pm. an anurdam ear Beatries, above? if not and in details to his sales column porters only. Details pol 10p Socialist Challenge London Day School Sat 24 January 10.30-4.30pm East Europe and Poland Speaker: Oliver MacDonald Open to Socialist Challenge supporters Admis Stance f1. Venue: St.

Socialist Challenge 22 January 1981 Page 12

Youth notices

AnnAlix 01-359 wanting copis or he new gon I won't Thatcher MISSILES STILL AVAILABLE: the badge that shows where un you stand on Thatcher's war-mongering. 20p plus Up&p. Send Hackney Socialist Education Group, PO Box 50, London N1 2XP.

Matthews, Brixton (2 LARGE-SCALE money gathering is a very serious business - ask any capitalist. Supporters of Socialist Challenge, however, can't invest money to make money, or finance TV time for a personality to appeal for funds for the revolution.

We have to do it the hard way - penny by penny, pound by pound. Because we have such limited resources we have to think out seriously what we are aoina tc do and how we are going to do it.

Big opportunities are opening for radical ideas in Britain today.

To be part of this ferment and an effective part of the strug gle against the Tories, we need some basic facilities.

To print our pam. phlets, to send journalists around the country reporting first hand on the latest developments, spend time working with activists on their pontical lasks ana pro• blems all this requires a professional apparatus.

It means type. writers, ink, phones, train tickets and printing presses, collators, and photographic plies.

'Raising money is a chore, to be finished as quickly the real politics idea. 'Real politics' is taking serious proach to all the ques tions that are throw ip in the proces: of ighting for your idea:

Every task can benefit us if we look at it politically. When we organise a jumble sale a disco or a raffle increase our organisa tional skills and get a chance to work with people don't ordinarily.

When sell badges against Cruise missiles, against the Tories, and our ideas hold a banquet with a speaker Grena da, we inform and in spire people and help organise the defence of the Central American/Caribbean Socialist Challenge supporter Hackney, for example will be dropping their pennies into piggy banks every night as part of their efforts to raise over £1,000 the paper's fund drive the end May They have promises o to as a result or one night on the phone.

A whole series of events and ongoing projects NAVE organised around each They collecting goods posters Solidarity in Poland which will be framed and auc tioned at a social.

Two raffles • way one for a pair OT Who concert tickets and the other for large sum money.

Socialist Challenge is asking for £20,000 out of its f100,000 fund drive target from this sort of local activity To reach our target by May, we'll around ever month. all sup porters follow Hackney's lead, it can be done December got off to a good start with nearly £1.000 I in fund 'rolling in ove But so far in January we've onl £161 now's the time to start pulling out all stops. we've fighting to win new regular are are of had So the On every coach and train to Glasgow Socialist Challenge sales teams will be out At the demo itself we will be readers and subscribers. Make sure you're in Glasgow on 21 February selling Socialist Challenge!

page 13 of the scan

uses this as a political justification for murdering those who reject this schema.

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