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

LETTER

Red Weekly No. 63, 1 August 1974 · pp. 5-6 of the scan · 438 words

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In of the nature of the EEC is, however, int of most arguments about whether n'sentry into it. solutely faise basis of the effects of the h working class. This applies to those nds that it will help develop internationse who oppose entry on the grounds that and those who argue for no position on ting class will be carried out anyway. As indoubtedly the correct one. eet of the EEC and Britain's entry on the the beretiongi working class From dear that the existence of the EEC alters king class and in luvour of imperialism. an of the United Socialist Stater of vour of the destruction of the BEC Attitudes to any referendum on memberand labour movement must follow from The crisis racking the Common Market expresses the deepest flas in *the capitalist system - capitalisat is totally unable to tum to the social good the immense productive powers which it creates and sets in motion.

These forces can no longer be contained within the boundaries of a single state. But there is no capitalist solution to this crisis — the only answer is the Socialist United States of Europe.

To defeat oil the different sections of the European capitalist class and establish a socialist Europe the working class must be prepared to seire on, and take advantage of, every weakness in the position of the capitalist enemy. Dear Comrade, soyalisr workers. I would like to comment on two recent articles in Red Weekly, concerning the Britain maves of the National Frant to build a base in the North of Ireland. Both John Marshall's article in No. 60 and Bob Purdie's centre-spread in No. 61 miss the mant poant a cout the wr spouts on the question of the Six Counties and the Vie have surely ofter anelysed that -creased by British imperialism's new fields of investment in the 26 Counties - between the ГОСКАПЕАХЛАС ave tR OtoolC and Union with Britain. All the Unionist splits from the Grange monolith havi been forood to opt for either the main tenance of Union with Brigain and in creased civil liberties for the catholics, or continued ascendancy of the protestants over the catholics in terms of Jobs, housing, etc, coupied with demagagic threats of independence from the betrayers' of the loyalist cause in ГНИ КИНТ НИСПР BSHELMOCHSE have opted for the first course and power-sharing with the catholic SDLP land have lost much of their support), while Paisley, Craig and West heve been forced to choose the second in order to maintain come signlicence of the rational

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built as a united front of all organisations

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