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

PRISONERS' APPEAL

· Red Weekly No. 81, 19 December 1974 · p. 5 of the scan · 187 words

The scan: rw-no81-dec-19-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 5 of the scan

Vie are & group of political pris oners in the Curragh Military Barracks, and because of financial diff iculties wil are unable to abtain socialies literacare that would give us a better understanding of the prisent erisis of capitalism and the problem of resolutionary leedlership for the weeking olass. There ford we are appealing far any soe elist literatire fhat would help un in study, We fully undertend that most comrades are struggling to keep their erganisations ouf of linancial difficulto, so the contriterien -no matter ten smalt- will be appreciated.

The task of preparing the work ing class for its bisterical masion B erucial. The present leaders are unfle thair chen collaboration, coverdies and broachery can enly being defeat as it did in Spain, Germany and most regantly Chile.

While we ara in prison our duty * socialists is to politically educate surelves for the coming bottles, in Therefore, comesdes we are esking for your help to asset an iff this tak Yours Fraterally, i Seven political pilioners.

Piease send alf literature for farmand ing id. Fingbarr Dedurey, e/a 95 Norwond food, Stretferd, Manchester.

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