SocialistAction 1983–88

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

The agony of Social Democracy

Socialist Action No. 1, 18 March 1983 · p. 6 of the scan · 616 words

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FORMER US Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski just published his memoirs of the Carter presidency. in he reveals Carter's candid opinions of Begin and the Israelis during Camp David sumLIc mit.

Begin psycho'. The Israelis? tional bandits' Comthe 1970s which volved an attempted compromise with the Christian PCI leader Berlinguer WeCI Such an tion.

next day PSI Craxi approposal saying the yet ripe'.

THE TRIAL started in Italy on 7 March of 71 people accused of being 'ideologica founders' of the Brigades.

The trial is a bizarre political show trial, with the being Charced purely on the basis of their ideas and writings.

Most the ideolultra-lett movement engaged In Negri been in The charges against were brought Rome THE PENTAGON has attacked the Soviet for 'weapon after weapon and wanting to dominate the world.

Meanwhile, the US military budget this year is $9,200m (£6000m).

Main beneficaries of US military largesse are well known bastions of freedom and justice Israel, El Salvador, Honduras, Pakistan, Jordan and Egypt.

Military aid

Turkey is being doubled.

a founder 1981 In the the ing to strikes atter the martial Many appear LeCI the film Action will know them. BARELY A WEEK after the new post-war record been announced, the German stock exchange exconservative-liberal alliance had won a decisive victory in the 6 March elections.

Düsseldorf and Frankfurt told themselves, at least we are rid of the dreaded socialists. where Ronald and Caspar Weinberger could hardly conceal their glee at the return of a government firmly committed to cruise and Pershing missiles.

last thirteen years of right mne ever N01 Krano tempted to continue the basic course chartered by The question mark was federal government would soon have lea unet pressure on them from the deployment the price for makers demand The Liberal-National registered unemployed had Share prices went through the roof. The Kohl Never mind the worst economic crisis since the Similar relief was to be found in Washington DolICICs.

Kohl now has a clear free hand to impose an Pershings allocated to the right wing policies.

see West German politics (43.8 Hans-Jochen Vögel, defeated candidate of the SDP. that unemployment started to rise.

They decided to gamDemocratic Union (CDU) Christian still popularly associated with the years of the postwar "economic miracle Disillusioned vouth and the supporters of the peace movement did not trust the SDP. to stand up NATO and voted for the Greens.

In some respects the situation of the SPD today is broadly comparable to that of the Labour Party the Callaghan in 1979 Growing sections both the the trade unions are beginning THE FRENCH to realise that the era of social peace and prosperity and of painless reformism financed out of proceedings of uninterupted economic growth, are irrevocably gone.

While the of redundancies and closures and the populist rhetoric the conservative government doubtedly lead measure of demoralisation and disorientation, many activists Will demand more radical approach b the opposition and search for new political answers rebraci the old, discredited ones The outlook is therefore one of intensified debate but the Socialists also had within the SPD DGB (the West German TUC).

For the first time since the immediate post-war years there emergence of an anticapitalist left wing in the West German movement So the 6 March was not only a defeat, it was also a watershed in West German politics. year paralysis, of the isolation of an e left the mainstream of working class pontics are uver The period of debate regroupment now opening up will prepare the ground for future victories.

strikes amongst immigrant

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Jimmy with the wraps off

PCI wants 'unity'

Show trial Starts

Weapon after weapon

Anna on trial

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