International Marxist Group
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 INTERNATIONAL MARXIST GROUP |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : International Marxist Group |
Date(s) | : 1969-1988 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 6 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : International Marxist Group |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The International Marxist Group is a British Trotskyite revolutionary group affiliated to the Fourth International. Its broad aims are the overthrow of imperialist capitalism followed be the setting up of a government based on direct democratic control by the people.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
The papers of the International Marxist Group consist mainly of conference papers for the World Congress of the Fourth International, and discussion documents regarding industrial relations, Labour Government policy, and ways in which the group planned to further their aims within the class struggle. The collection also includes publications from various trade unions and the Trades Union Congress concerning unemployment, industrial relations, and legislation affecting unions; pamphlets and information sheets opposing the presence of the British in Northern Ireland including issues of An Phoblacht (Republican News); and issues of Red Camden (the newsletter of the movement known as the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign to 1970, and Camden Movement for Peoples Power thereafter), and pamphlets on abortion issues, women's right to work, Labour Party reform and the Iranian revolution.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
This collection is arranged in four sections: 1. International Marxist Group, 1976-1985; 2. Trade Unions, 1981-1986; 3. Northern Ireland, 1978-1988; 4. Miscellaneous Issues, 1970-1982.
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
APPLY TO ARCHIVIST
Finding aids:
Online catalogue and printed handlist available.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
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Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on March 27, 2002
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
27 Mar 2002; revised 7 May 2002
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