IMGpapers 1980–83

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

THE GUTS SAVE LIVES

Socialist Challenge No. 214, 24 September 1981 · p. 13 of the scan · 385 words

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completely Willin with the block vote.

represented popular GLC leader inon the left.

Labour Party each trade Any conference where have a majority of the votes lo be democranic, nave democratic proLnOSC I recognise that I get the publicity that I do because I'm class struggie.

but then that's never discouraged any Labour rightwinger in a national posifighting tor they actually felt was right. strikes me as quite remarkable. all of a sudden, people are star- Mail.

doubts whether you should do this when you're I also detect that a lot of hose people on the left who ar critical of the positions on gay rights or Ireland, take this view Order that this is a diversion from the something..

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class struggle, comrades, or this is not the issue. I think that women and the Irish are just tired of being told by peo ple who claim to be socialists tal lney are not parl or lie At the moment a supporter of Socialist Challenge in Is!ington is under • turious at tack from the Mail... Who is this? I don't read the Mick Sullivan.

What's the attack about? He's supposed to have coordinated the left Iside une local Labour rar.

We'll have to give him the press.

I think there's a most ap palling standard tha people like Hattersley can get up and complain that Benn is supported by a whole range of groupings on the left and no actually try and explain to us all wny ll is inal every natona newspaper has, at some time or other, with the exception of the left press, urged the Labour Party to support Healey rather than Benn.

We exposed in last week's oocialist manenge unat ivel Kinnock has organised • TOU o† VIPs to abstain.

Nhat's your on these people?

I'm not surprised that Neil Kin nock is organising a block of We have to remember that it was Neil Kinnock at the last Labour Party conference who, when we were lobbying him to say what support could we hav the Labour Party ecutive in the struggle between Heseltine and Labour councils sala. and i quote 'You don't expect me to stand here and hold wal for you. do you?' Socialist Challenge 24 September 1981

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