SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Speculation

Socialist Action No. 63, 22 June 1984 · pp. 8-9 of the scan · 252 words

The scan: 063-jun-22-1984-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 8 of the scan

We are using hard currency to buy, first of all, medicines and milk for children, for mothers, fo the sick, and for the com batants. Secondly, to pur chase oil to the tunchonig Thirdly, for production And there remains the problem that wages very low and are not sulli cient to buy products of primary necessity.

Imports to saturate the market solve it Subsidies will not solve it.

the because midst of an aggression. The phenomenon of shortages, companeros, we are going to have with us for some time.

What has exploded nere in ane mast of the phenomenon om ehonges Ine speculation The Ministry of internal Commerce says that pound of corn Fi he good worker 1s going make more money. He who produces is going to make more. thère is going to be a standardization of wages, an increase in wages, and inbetter tenuver workers.

other two measures will be the We have to in tervene in distribution. We direc products through secure channels. We have to remove ducts from channels where someone is taking advan heroic larc patriotic efforts of the peopie in acrense, m un economy, and in work for Ine Ture How is it possible for us to have here workers who cut sugar cane 10 or 12 hours a day, receive their pay, and toen speculator, speculator, over to a criminal, to a parasite who cannot even be called a revolutionary?

page 9 of the scan

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