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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

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Red Weekly No. 104, 5 June 1975 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 139 words

The scan: rw-no104-jun-5-1975.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

policies would produce a short term effect of an increase in living standards and a reduction in unemployment. It is ridiculous to propose to the working class that they should be indifferent as to whether even in the short term their standard of living is rising or falling, or whether they are in jobs or not.

This is particularly the case as increased employment would increase the confidence of the working class and lead to workers themselves going beyond even the most radical Bennite proposals. Certainly revolutionaries must warn against the inability of Bennite policies to tackle the basic problems facing the working class, but it is only complete Sunday School socialism which can equate Bennite policies The effect of Bennism in boosting working class confidence has already been seen in

page 11 of the scan

General Medical Council ruling:

← BENN and the Revolutionary LeitRACIST COVER →

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