IMGpapers 1968–75

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

LABOUR WINS- NOW FIGHT REALLY BEGINS

Red Weekly No. 71, 10 October 1974 · p. 1 of the scan · 435 words

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Like clumsy, areing acrobats, the Tories crawled over the barrier of confrontation to the pathetic offer of tule by television. They were exposed us discredited and disunited.

Despite the confusion and disarray inside the Tory party, despite a masswe economic and social criss The working class were not roused by Labour, Truc, millions of workers with a deep-scated class hatred of the Tones cast thei vote against the traditional enemy, but there was no grass-roots movement inside the wor kine class to campaign for Labour.

How could it be otherwise? As inflation ate into living standards, and the dark cloud of unemployment grew ever mure menacing, all Labour conld offer wis the socml contract The ruinous policies of the Labour Party Have allowed the Tores to survive. They have led the Labour Party into a dead-end. LABOUR HAS JUST LIMPED HOME. WILSON & CO. HAVE proved themselves atterly incapable of taking advantage of the crisis inside the ruling class and its main political party, the Teries.

As the clection drew nearer, the capitalist press threw up its hands in despair at the inept showing of Heath. The Tory party could not even put together the appearance of a coherent What the clection has demonstrat ed is that the working class must place no confidence in the Labour Government. Now the real battles will begin.

The employers know full well that they have to smash the power of the trade union movement, or else the crisis will drive them against the wall.

But Wilson techly gropes tor a 'united Britain', and chatters on mindlessly about how he has 'spent a lot of time with industrialists' Unlike the Labour Party, the capitalist class are serious about the class struggle. They are at war with the working class-after al, their system is at stake. The working class must draw the lessons-they must place Lheir own interests first. They must orginise to fighr cach and every atterapt by capitalism to drive down their lving standards. They must be aun now the strugale to challenge the right of capitalism to rule Kings lay with the Provisional IRA and the LBC had made no attempt whatse aver to contact the ING about these allegations. On hearing the broadcart the iMG immedietely issued a stat denying any responsibility for the ingo. Bat LBC's news bullatins to repeat the same allegations w any mention of our denial.

The Internationel Marxist Gros completely denies any connection soever with the Guildford bon condemns the totally irrespons haviour of LBC in giving curtency Red Weekly statement on the bombingu - soe page 3.

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