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hard" school. stop it. THE CAMPAIGN to save Socialist Challenge has got off to a flying start! £1639 given in pledges and cash has meant that we are still here fighting against the Tories bloodbath in the South Atlantic and backing the health workers in Thatcher's 'other war'.
The need for a workers' press has never been more evident than since the start of the South Atlantic adventure. Let's look at how the bosses press has covered the • The Sun. From the very beginning Murdoch's rabid rag has been demanding death to defend imperialism's Interests in the South Atlantic.
The headline 'Gotchal' when the Belgrano sank with hundreds of its crew perishing, will go down as the most infamous response in the recent history of a grub• The Mirror. While holding its hands up in horror at the attempts of its rival to cash in on chauvinism to boost its circulation, the Mirror is frightened to death that its own brand of soggy reproach to Thatcher will lose them readers. So at the same time as violently attacking the Sun, it gets in on the act with photographs of 'Forces • The Daily Mail and the Daily Express have both acted as the mouthpieces for the Neanderthal wing of the Tory Party egging on Thatcher and promising retribu tion for those Tories like Pym who look over their shoulders nervously at international reaction to a blood • The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph have both acted as the mouth pieces for the military top brass Peregrine Worsthorne has barassment, transformed himself from the Argentinian junta's chief apologist to another hero of the "hit 'em • The Times, while calling for negotiations, reveals itself to be Murdoch's other arm in its firm support for the actions of the government. • The Guardian turned up a surprise in the shape of SDP champion Peter Jenkins' continuous opposition to the war. But for Jenkins the war in the South Atlantic is the product of the mistake of calling an emergency session of Parliament and the rash decisions taken in the heat of the moment. Jenkins will never explain that the reason that the Tories sent the battle fleet to the South Atlantic was not misplaced patriotic ardour, but the fact that whenever imperialism's interests are seriously threatened it will respond in the most determined way whatever the cost in lives.
Where the millionaire press has either backing to the war or has sought to disguise its causes the workers' press in Britain, however small its circulation, has convinced a growing number of people that this war is uniust and that action should be taken tc We can claim with justification that from the very beginning Socialist Challenge has played a leading role; never wavering in its denunciation of the sending of the fleet, its call for action and in its reflection of rank and file feeling about the war.
But it is at this time when Socialist Challenge faces the most serious threat yet to its existence. We face thi threat from two fronts: • The rent on our premises has just quadrupled • Mounting debts have threatened our ability to pay our publication costs Last week we launched a campaign for 'A Week's Wages to Save Socialist Challenge'. We are quite aware of the tremendous sacrifice we are asking from our readers and supporters. But we think that to keep the flame of revolutionary internationalism burning, sacrifice is worth it.
Both journalists and business management workers on Socialist Challenge have helped to start the ball rolling by donating a week's wages to the paper. How Received this week If you have any enquiries about the fund ring the editors a 11-359 8180 or the business manager on 01-359 3371 without the slightest em given full that E2536 E6073.14 8615.00 £2542.00 Socialist Challenge 28 May 1982 120 CIES
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