IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

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Black Dwarf Vol. 13, No. 9, 10 January 1969 · p. 3 of the scan · 610 words

The scan: v13n09-jan-10-1969.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 3 of the scan

Wenants in their fight against are currently supporting the rent increases. We are invited to their local tenants association ceung, woere we perform a farcical sketch. This goes on at the beginning of the meeting and lasts about ten minutes. It is solid elect but digestable propaganda intended to whip up and refresh feelings of solidarity among the tenants present, to prepare them for une meat of the meeting ahead.

In this respect we hope that it at times commits waverers; even that it attracts those who might not otherwise have attended the not be enough. meeting into doing so.

We are small - a single group of six; the tenants cause is enormous.

Their crucial confrontation with the GLC is close. We have a which is in rehearsal and second play, a sequel to the first, issue at the concerned with this confrontation.

But we not large enough to By our Science Correspondent that we see as necessary. We want supoprt this struggle on the scale would be that groups concern.

The minimum degree or coto capan. rour coordinated groups, synchronised with an intensive poster campaign, would far more than quadruple our representatives from each group operation, or centralisation, that we envisage would involve meeting or making contact at regular intervals, to plan the While the tenants struggle is coordination of the particular important, it is clearly not the only issue with which we must We are holding a meeting to Decome involved. But if we chose for example, to support a which we invite person who feels that he or she every committed particular strike, four coordinated could contribute to or participate groups operating in London would expansion to include the formation We want our m neping us to realise this projected expansion. of groups outside London; and It will be at 8 pm on 12 January, meetings, but in the streets. we want to operate not only in at 6 Southcote Road, London N19. For any further enquiries, For effectiveness, coordination of or for those who would like to attend this meeting and are such groups to deal with the same unable, please ring 01-636 9520, same time, would be or write to us at 37 Gordon essential. But obviously the paracuat form tnat the common London WC1. issue took within cach group Terry Brindley * Profit is not a dirty word?

CALLAGHAN Hireling baronet of confections emperor of toothpaste shah of soappowder prince of petroleum you sell your mind to sell products for profit and not for the use they have suburbia language filched from the mouth of the people to bind them in half truths feelings stolen from the hearts of pauper the poets to bind them in cash profit is the thief of labour and renters the assassin of peace for profit assassins wear mink and the workers limp in old shoes with pr with profit the work is done in fear and the owners despise the makers for profit with profit motorcars are profit leaves ch imagination a constructed and the roads are paved with corpses (with profit the heart is hardened yet you break; and sharpened into bayonets) and stab truch! with profit the love between man you sell your m and woman is broken into have for profit and no With profit our bread is baked with too much water that fall down and murder the and they are ridden to their graves

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with profit there is war between friends and friendship between with profit the wives of the

with profit the dentist spoils teeth and the doctor spurns the dying with profit habitations are built

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