IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Letter letters ries Conservative Manifesto

· Socialist Challenge No. 197, 14 May 1981 · p. 11 of the scan · 280 words

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page 11 of the scan

In the interests of the nation And to beat inflation You must accept our explanation Of the economic situation. It's the fault of unionisation, Disputes of demarcation, And wage negotiation. So give up the expectation Of an and to exploitation And regard your degradation As a sort of expiation Ideas above your station! We have a strong detestation Of political excitation And democratic protestation We view with consternation Left-wing Parliamentary infiltration And workers agitation. So just accept with resignation That our aim is conservation Of capital concentration. With industrial modernisation And manpower rationalisation We'll continue wealth creation And profit accumulation. We'll reduce the population By preventing immigration. Perhaps introduce repatriation. Then with arms proliferation And nuclear escalation We'll provoke a confrontation Which could end in radiation! And this process of alienation Is called simply - For the sin of wanting more participation;

In the form of peaceful demonstration.

Thatcheration. Tory wet St. John-Stevas in 1950 (top and Geoffrey Howe in 1945 on Alasdair Beal's letter (30 April). In talking about the CND • Labour Move. ment Conference in March he wrote: "Many delegates were furious at the Socialist Workers' Party threat to disrupt the proceedings if it didn't get its way.? He-also implied tha the discussion of resolutions at the conference was a waste of time.

There was no SWP threat to disrupt the conterence members conference there to tion to the debate. The motions ference by union and endorsed time which strategy CND was again, the Lee Jeans, the conference organisers out of the of the delegates.

which on building could only resolutions were con.

PETE CANNELL, Lonon W9

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disruption • by the swP

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