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Socialist Press no. 6, 17 April 1975 · scan pp. 6–7 · about 332 words

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Culture living in poverty out of a total population of million families". 300,000 farmers and farmworkers eft the land in the FEC in 1971 This necessary development of agricultural technique and productivity, and the defence of the majority of the world's population in the 'underdeveloped countries from the tamines caused by the rapacious exploitation of imperialism, depends precisely on the revolutionary struggle against capitalism. The population and environmental theorists, by ignoring the wanton destruction of so-called surplus goods and means of production ti safeguard profit and by attacking the working class, stand as defenders of the most vicious excesses of capitalism.

İt is capitalist relations of production that destroy surplus food and bring rocketing prices at a time of possible plenty. As stated to begin with, the revolutionary movement of the working class is the only force capable of taking control of the forces of production to satisfy want and carry out a planned food policy. The next article will examine these issues in more detail.

By R. Roberts Glum times for the religious continue (reports our ecclesiastical correspondent).

A federal appeals court in Cincınnati, Ohio, has ruled against a 1974 Tennessce State law which prohibited the teaching of Darwin's theory evolution as scientific fact, and which ordered school science text-books to include the biblical account of the Creation! This set-back to the bible-bashers was followed by the ruling that to forbid "the teaching of satanical belief" violated constitutional guarantees of free speech. US satanists are believed to be overjoyed.

As if this were not enough, religious confidence has reached a new low after the death of Mr Denys Christian (sic!) who jumped from a 13th floor balcony, believing God would save him - only to be harshly disillusioned.

If Christians continue to test their beliet in this way, we can confidently predict that the materjal laws of natural selection will further diminish the size of Sunday congregations.

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