SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

GREETINGS

· Socialist Action No. 1, 18 March 1983 · p. 12 of the scan · 633 words

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make a valuable contribution to the fight for democratic socialism in this throughout the world.' es Hucktie 1P for Nuneatc 'Socialist greetings and all wishes Socialist Action.

Allan Roberts (MP for Bootle) 'I very much welcome your are yat emergence of another paper to express the opinions of the left of the labour movement, and I wish won my Robin Blackburn (Editor, New Left Review) I very much welcome appearance believe it is of the utmost importance to advance bold socialist politics al Savart renewed cold war socialist party struggling to be born out of the impasse of the left and I hope that Socialist Action will make a creative contribution to realising Peter Tatchell Peoples Democracy (Irish section of the Fourth internatonal Meeting conterence 12-13 March we send greetings to Socialist Action. We hope you will build on Ken Livingstone's visit to Belfast and Owen Carron John MacNulty's speeches the LCI plastic bullets conterence.

Links are being built between the alltiimperialist movement in both countries. That can • only benefit both.

A nation. that presses another can never itself be free.

Joy Hurcombe (Secretary, Labour CND and prospective parliamentary candidate for Wor 'I welcome a new paper that will fight for the policies of the Labour particular look forward to the opportunity for wider coverage of our paign for unilateral Bob Strother (NEC NALGO)

I am pleased to hear of the launch of on the lett and wish you every success in spreading the message 01 socialism and encouraging working people to fight in these depressing times.' Andy Harris (GL.C Councillor for A member of the rulley CLPD Executive, and joint secretary of Socialists for a 'I welcome a new labour movement voice will campaign in favour of taking forward further democratic changes within the within the trade unions.

Ken Jones and Bernard Reagan (NUT Executive members - in personal capacity)

vur best wistes lo lie new paper.' Walter Wolfgang Vice-chair, Labour CND 'In one sense there can never be enough socialist therefore welcome Socialist Action. That is not to say I shall always agree with it!' Dave Ward (Secretary of Horsham and Crawley Post Office Engineering Union, and a Natona mitter the SOISE LU onslaught. Socialist Acwill provide popular crusading forum in order to build a national, radical alternative to Thatcherism.' Ray Davies (ISTC Branch Official, Llanwern PPC Cardiff North)

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If Action we can defeat the witchhunt, we can defeat the register, and we can go • LU win the SOCAUS policies we've all been struggling for.

Ernie Roberts (MP TOI Насклеу . North and Stoke Newington) "The Tory Party with the aid of their establishment - press, TV, radio and big business have brain-washed many workers into believing that the present state of affairs (unemplovment cuts in social services, the dustry) is not the fault of government policies but the result of some world crisis.

'Socialists HUS understand the nature structures capitalist point out the inevitablity of such problems, as they are inherent in capitalist society. Socialism is the Photo: GM COOKSON only solution TOI the working class wish your paper well in trying to spread the message socialism.

Nigel Williamson (staff-writer Tribune) 'All members should welcome the Socialist Action. Following the behaviour of Fleet Street during the Bermondsey by-election. the Labour Party needs a diversity of papers putleft LilY more than ever before. Richard Chessum (PPC for Warwick and Leamington)

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"The antiquated, Saxon leaders alien philosophy must challenged throughout socialist society won I look for unilateral ull. nuclear and comworkers for withdrawal British . the South write, but

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