IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75: Black Dwarf, The Red Mole and Red Weekly. 4,740 articles. To read or search, each page linked to the scan it was read from.

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The IMG’s newspapers are on four sites by period. This is IMGpapers 1968–75; the others are IMGpapers 1976–79, IMGpapers 1980–83 and Socialist Action 1983–88 (the Socialist League’s paper). The magazines, bulletins and booklets — The Bulletin, The Week, International, Socialist Woman and more — are at img.redmole.org.

Black Dwarf 1968–70

The revolutionary paper edited by Tariq Ali from 1968, revived under the name of a radical paper of 1817. IMG members and others wrote for it; the split on its editorial board in 1970 produced The Red Mole. 583 articles in 33 issues.

The Red Mole 1970–73

The paper of the IMG from March 1970, fortnightly and then weekly, until it became Red Weekly in May 1973. With its broadsheets and special issues. 949 articles in 76 issues.

Red Weekly 1973–75

The IMG’s weekly paper from May 1973 to 1977, with its supplements and the Battle of Ideas supplements of 1976–77. 3,208 articles in 130 issues. Red Weekly 1973–75 is here; 1976–77 is at IMGpapers 1976–79.