International Marxist Group Archive

Magazines, bulletins and booklets of the IMG and its forerunners, 1961–1984

Most Sincere Apology to Raymond Williams

· The Week Vol. 7, No. 25, 23 June 1967 · p. 10 of the scan · 144 words

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from Pat Jordan I am particularly angry with myself for having made a careless error in putting Raymond Williams instead of Raymond Fletcher in my article "The Left and the Middle East", Quite from making a completely wrong statement about someone, the mistake was obviously very far from the mark, Raymond Williams is one of the authors of the New Left May Day Manifesto and it is clear from the section in that pamphlet that comrade Williams supports the liberation struggles in the third world. In fact the May Day Manifesto argues a case for an attitude towards liberation struggles which runs parallel with the argument I used in my article. So in fact my mistake was not only slanderous but politically wrong. I want to assure Raymond Williams that I will do all in my power to correct the mistaken impression I created.

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