IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Conclusion

Socialist Challenge No. 283, 4 March 1983 · p. 10 of the scan · 254 words

The scan: sc-no283.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

defeated Gaitskell's attempt Clause Four from the Party Constitution Despite Bevan who as Labour's shadow foreign secretary had reneged on supportin by 1960 the Labour Party Conference was voting for unilateralism. Horrified The victory was short lived. The right horrified at the decision under Gaitskell's leadership said they 'would fight, and fight again to reverse the decision. The left, unable to capitalise on their victory, lanca to moolise on a olg enough scale in the party and allu year later the Conference reversed the decision Bevanism and its continuation, the Tribune group of MPs, had passed their peak and the lett was in decline from which it would not recover until the emergence of Bennism in the late seventies. events of history.

German democracy failed to mount serious challenge to the rise of German fascism and from being the biggest workers' party in Europe outside of the Soviet Union it was swept aside by Hitler.

In France under Leon Blum the French democracy failed to lead the mass radicalisations of the workers in 1936 to a decisive victory. The price for this was the advance of Hitlerism in Germany which led to the collapse of France in May 1940.

In Spain despite radical programme and having the support of milnons or workers and peasants seeking its policies of acChance. commodation to the capitalist politicians pu the kiss of death on th Republican cause.

In Britain despite two pre-war and six post-war governments the capitalist class still remains firmly entrenched and only last

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