IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

THE ELECTION

Red Weekly No. 69, 26 September 1974 · p. 1 of the scan · 217 words

The scan: rw-no69-sep-26-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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that. In practice it means; collaborate reorganised their forces, strengthened But the key question is: how does As the miners understood at the of school-leavers. working class could not be furthered real solutions. Lies, lies and more lies-that's all that's been served up by the politicians on the question of unemployment.

First, Sir Keith Joseph, ex-Tory Minister of Health and Social Security, says quite blatantly that a big dollop of unemployment would be excellent in the fight against "wage inflation." A day later he denies it.

Then, Harold Wilson comes on the box to tell us that only the Labour Party has the policies to prevent a rise in unemployment. But the Labour Manifesto has only eight words on the subject: "to create employment in areas of high unemployment."

Worst of all was Wilson's comment on the latest jobless figures-he claimed that a drop of 9,263 between August and September showed that Labour's policy worked. But the latest figures are distorted because of the time of year: fluctuations in seasonal employment plus a drop in the number What the figures really show is a rise of 5,900. Where is the success of Labour's policy now? What force has the Government's guarantees to the Ferranti workers? Only the action of the workers' movement can provide ......

← FORD WORKERS STRIKE THE FIRST BLOW VOTE LABOUR-BUT SMASH SOCIAL CON-TRICK'NATIONALISE FERRANTI' —say Scots Labour councillors →

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