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CHRISTMAS REVIEWS '1’.F--‘-I4'-*_‘é‘-55-" ‘. ‘‘I0 International s\\\“ . __ an_ ii"“NNAA T0 ALL -' oun ANARCHIST (ti ' C READERS » Black Cross ' I I . \ _ '5"‘I"$' i "W-0" Lies at Tactics nuwuuulun--.1» JANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJA §§§_l2§h 3D (independent anti-poll tax network) National Activists meeting Manchester Town Hall, 10am-6pm. Details from Nick Finley, 20 Troutbeck Rd, Stockport, SK8 4RR. t Zflp Sat 26th Annual Bloody Sunday commemoration march, London. Phone Troops ,~0ut, O71 609 1743 for details. v NUMBER 23 ' I g L t g pkg t ,3 MERSEYSIDE ANARCHIST NEWSLETTER P.0.BOX 110 LIVERPOOL L69 8DP Ber, LLFE AFTER TIJATLHER , Niarflig i . " So, it’s over. Thatcher has finally, unbelievably, thrown her hand in. Anarchism is revolutionary anti- For many in the anarchist movement she had been the dominant figure for the state socialism. In practical r whole of their politically conscious lives — the enemy personified - Hello, and welcome to issue terms. anarchists aim for the capitalism made flesh. 23 of Merseyside Anarchist destruction of the power of the ruling class_and of all relat- The last days of Britain‘s longest premiership since 1827 have indeed Newsletter. ionships based on domination marked the end of an era - the question is, what happens next..... and submission. This means Who would have thought we §g§iQg_g!§£ our industries and communities and changing them , THE BLOODLESS COUP would outlive her! (poli- to meet the needs of all, as tically speaking, of course) well as the ecological needs of Margaret Thatcher's victory over Ted the environment. Without this Heath in the second ballot of the 1975 If we're to see off her takeover we can struggle within Tory leadership election was a triumph successor we need two capitalism but never replace it. for the 'radical' right of the party. things off you, the reader. They, along with many figures in the mil- Anarchism will be created by itary and political establishment, and lst, we are always looking millions of people. not-a dict- members of the civil service, were fright- for good articles and atorial elite (we are not marx- ened by the failure of successive govern- ist-Leninists), and all will ments to, in their eyes, get a grip on letters of interest to the have their part to play in snap- the economy and smash industrial milit- -_II".’-. " ,_ — ancy. When Heath was brought down by the anarchist movement. Why not ing it. Power will lie with the .,-.dQ-'5' dF_@ _ no _ T’. - -I‘ 1,14 1974 miners strike many on the far right organisations thrown up by and -d an R1 write something? - A -*;}é§;L .-:::::::: saw this as the last straw. Some, like p for the revolution, not with ' ,.-r=' - industrialist Sir James Goldsmith and t 2nd, we want you to subs- the political parties who will ~ is -—"""T ex-environment minister Nicholas Ridley, try to dominate and destroy them. cribe. Just £3.00 will get hf~e ~:;;,see““”E' went as far as to discuss a military. you the next TEN issues. The new society will not be born coup with sympathetic generals (read MerryqChristmas, through abstract ideas, but will 'Spycatcher'!), but others such as ' come out of the realities of Airey Neave believed that the necess— struggle and the need for work- ary policies could be implemented while maintaining Britain's sham of ‘democracy’. NEWSLETTER COLLECTIVE. ing class people to unite. Such €Q struggle doesn't just involve Neave and the radical right did resistance to ruling class power stage a coup, but it was bloodless and (strikes, mass protests and other happened inside the Tory party. Much to forms of direct action), but also _ . the horror of grassroots party workers ‘ construction - the building of and the old Tory establishment, Ted AS EVER, THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS new. locally based federal organ- g uswstsmrsn ARE THOSE or rue Inorvtouat Heath was bundled out of place by the isations (examples of which qo right's stalking horse challenger, Mar- AUTHOR AND nor uscsssaarnr or trvsn- from the original soviets of the soot AHARCHIST snoop AS A wnots. garet Thatcher. Plans for a military Russian Revolution to the Miner's takeover were dropped and Thatcherism Support Groups of the 1984/S was born. strike), plus the forging of solidarity and the willingness to THE THATCHER FACTOR SUBSCRIBE £3.00 for 10 issues go further. ' A Payable tozr A Thatcherism; the aggressive form of A "Mutual Aid Centre", There is no truce in the class war. Conservatism. that dominated0 the 80_sI was at the address above, The answer to ruling class power is .,'.'i a new departure for politics in Br1t&1H- continual and ever-widening »o66'fi@92ogo£>' Even though they were rooted in the Tory struggle - for social revolution tradition of maintaining class differences DEADLINE February issue .. and anarchism. i and protecting the rich, it differed MONDAY JANUARY Zgthv LIVERPOOL ANARCHIST GROUP. significantly in style and substance from that of previous Conservative administ- §\;,¢~¢- rations . ' so-as '8 n - - /\ (and a good many Tory M.P.'s and minis- voters couldn't actually tell you what the party stood for (who could ?I). ters) were calling for agreement on B ._I'I '1 .'-:-5 .-$0 '|I‘I .l:0. ._'.I-‘ -.' Ia,no‘QV\ In-‘:-'9:-r-_--:4 ‘I1:95.’-'1,"-.-':-‘:5:'u‘ 'I.,' " _. 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