IMGpapers 1980–83

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

FIGHT FOR JOBS & WAGES

Socialist Challenge No. 268, 5 November 1982 · pp. 8-9 of the scan · 331 words

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page 8 of the scan

One thousand Scottish supporters of the Triple Alliance (made up of miners, steel and rail unions) march in London to warn against irther redundancies. ,000 SCOTTISH workers came down to Lonon last Tuesday 26 October to demonstrate gainst unemployment and threatened closure 1 coal, steel and the mines. It has been called y the Triple Alliance. Dennis Skinner focussed he mood of the ghting the Tory government. He brought the ouse down in hroughout with cheers and ovations. sception was in sharp contrast to that given y Michael Foot. peech.

EVERY victory we've ver won for our class has een won outside ocialist Challenge 5 November 1982 demonstrators bent on speech punctuated His Here are extracts from his and shouldn't be mealyabout it.

SHOULCU have to get Labour Government which carrier our these wishes in practice. we need more of this sort of extraparliamentary activity.

had strikes on seperate days. We had a WELL NOTALE strike one day, a telecomstrike LOL then a health strike and then a steel strike. hell strikes together on one.

HIf did that weld frighten the living daylights out of the Fleet editors and Thatcher. We would be showing that the real power lies with you, the wealth creators You are the people who make this country tick.

'We have to dedicate ourselves to smashing the Tebbit law outside parliament.

1 say to Michael Foot and Ian Mortimer. From let's against the Tories. TOIL ty. We haven't got the time We have to go from this. this meeting campaign to get rid of the Tories: to campaign for a hour week: Shorer working hours; we need a better life of the Common Market rid of cruise aa lose missiles. Let's go this to dedicate ourselves to the most im portant tendency of all -the unemployed tendency WE CAN WIN

page 9 of the scan

'POR EL CAMBIO' - for a change - was a cen-

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