The publication of the newsletter of Marxist Studies marks another step forward in the progress of the journal. The aims. of the newsletter are modest and designed to allow an exchange of ideas and experiences among comrades who sub- ‘Scribe to Marxist Studies. Just how this will develop will be determined by those who read the newsletter, because it will be up to them to send in the reports of meetings, activities, discussions and comments. We hope that in this way there will be some continuity between the quarterly issues of the journal.
The newsletter will avpear at the beginning of each month, so comrades are asked to send in material by the last week of each month.
The main activities in which comrades associated with Marxist t Studies are engaged are four areas of work: 1. Workers' Control, which we “believe to be central to our work as Marxists. 2. Womens liberation, this is an area that has been neglected in the past because of the oppressed position of women in society and the ritualistic manner in which it has been treated within the Marxist movement. Today women are on the move, and our task as Marxists is to be a part of that movement. 3. Youth, we have witnessed since 1964 the emergence of a revol- “utionary base among the youth, even though it has been mainly confined to students. 4. Work.in the Labour Party and other traditional organisations of the working class.. Despite the manner which the present Wilson Government has acted as the spear-head of the attack upon the working class, the Labour Party remains the only viable alternative to the Tories in the eyes of the working class. This remains so despite the apathy displayed towards this party by large sections of the working class.
The newsletter will, we hope, play a small role in helping comrades to co-ordinate their work in the various localities. If comrades need leaflets producing quickly we shall be able to do this for them.
Having taken the first step, the ball is in your court comrades to assure the success of the newsletter.
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