SocialistAction 1983–88

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

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Socialist Action No. 23, 2 September 1983 · p. 9 of the scan · 221 words

The scan: 023-sep-02-1983-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 9 of the scan

Two different approaches emerged at the meeting. The first, expounded by Orlando Millas on behalf of the Communist Party and the right wing, proposed consolidation of what had been done. proposition that interventions and nagovernment should be restricted to the 91 enterPopular Unity manifesto. Also that IU workers' control in the private sector — in fact such measures should be acso as not to scare off the middle classes and the forces regulate the operation of the economy so that these peoplé would be guaranteed 'an adequate and rational margin of profit': According to Millas 'control over the enterprises, Policy. He called for a 'battle of production' and insisted on the need to inapose efficiency criteria on the functioning of national production. Of course Millas failed to explain that Russia's NEP was in a workers' state, whereas his NEP was in a capitalist state. His analogy was Economics, had an alternative to the Chilean NEP. He wanted to increase the size and influence of the state sector and to make it the dominant sector. This, he insisted, would ensure would have real power. Vuskovic said it would not only lead to an advance toward socialism but it was the best way to defend the gains already made.

He argued for workers' control to ensure the best means of distributing

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