Ross Dowson Archives

Letter to Reg Bullock [Vancouver] (July 14, 1970)

Toronto headquarters. Ontario expansion. Upcoming LSA/LSO convention. Opening of International discussion. International Marxist Group [Britain]. New Zealand. Philippines.

Letter to Joseph Hansen & Barry Sheppard [New York] (February 22, 1971)

Split in Ligue Communiste [France]. IMG [Britain]. Progress in Germany, setback in Austria. Addresses.

Letter to John Riddell [Toronto] (March 3, 1971)

Czech trials & response. The Pengs. Contacts. FI dues.

Letter to Joseph Hansen & Barry Sheppard [New York] (March 6, 1971)

British labor. IMG [Britain] National Committee meeting. The Pengs. Statement on imprisoned Chinese Trotskyists. Upcoming European congresses.

Letter to Art Young [Montreal] (March 7, 1971)

[Note: This letter is apparently misdated 1970]. No Quebec coverage in Quatrieme Internationale.The split in the Ligue Communiste [France].

Letter to John Glenn & Eddie [Philippines] (March 11, 1971)

Discussions in the SKS. Possibility of Phillipine Trotskyist journal.

Letter to John Riddell [Toronto] (March 11, 1971)

Militant & Intercontinental Press. Taxes & insurance. Personnel matters. The Philippines. Proposed [Michel?] Chartrand tour. Personnel matters. I.B. Tabata [South Africa]. Bengal work. Prague trial. Developments in IMG [Britain].

Letter to Manon Leger [Montreal] (March 11, 1971)

French & Belgian congresses. Commemoration of Paris Commune.

Letter to John Riddell [Toronto] (March 13, 1971)

Czechoslovak defense work. Toronto real estate matters. New printing press. Financial matters. Toronto youth.

Letter to John Riddell & John Steele [Toronto] (March 23, 1971)

Montreal minority tendency. French youth paper. French high school movement. Proposal to drop Jeune Garde [Quebec youth paper]. Proposal for someone to take Dowson's place in Europe. Upcoming World Congress. Red Mole line on Quebec. "The Tendency" & upcoming IMG congress.

Letter to Art Young [Montreal] (March 24, 1971)

Quebec youth paper. Montreal minority tendency. April 24 antiwar actions. Personnel matters.

Letter to Barry Sheppard & Joseph Hansen [New York] (March 25, 1971)

New Luxembourg FI paper. Peter Camejo. Argentina, Bolivia & Uruguay. "The Tendency" & IMG. Ireland. Upcoming European FI workers conference.

Letter to Art Young [Montreal] (March 30, 1971) [INCOMPLETE]

Montreal factional developments.

Letter to Joseph Hansen & Barry Sheppard [New York] (March 30, 1971)

Addresses. Italian FI group. The Pengs. FI European workers conference in Turin.

Letter to Jacquie Henderson [Toronto] (April 1, 1971)

Czech solidarity actions. Labor Challenge. YS/LJS comrades summer jobs in Europe. Personnel matters. Proposed educational conference. The Young Socialist. The student movement.

Letter to Pat Jordan [Britain] (April 2, 1971)

Czech solidarity protest in Canada. FI European workers conference.

Letter to Manon Leger [Montreal] (April 7, 1971)

Airline tickets. Montreal developments.

Letter to Joseph Hansen & Barry Sheppard [New York] (April 14, 1971)

German FI section conference. Danish comrades.

Letter to Barry Sheppard [New York] (April 21, 1971)

Pakistan & Ceylon. Swiss FI group. Intercontinental Press. The "Domingo Letter." FI East European Commission. German IKD.

Letter to John Riddell & John Steele [Toronto] (April 23, 1971)

Mike Mill trip to Europe. Ceylonese developments. Pakistan & Bengal. Toronto branch developments. Upcoming IMG conference. Personnel matters.

Letter to John Riddell & John Steele [Toronto] (April 24, 1971)

Bengal fund. FI dues. Travel expenses. Quebec factional matters. Personnel matters. Printing press. Toronto HQ. New Quebec paper [Liberation].

Letter to Joseph Hansen & Barry Sheppard [New York] (April 27, 1971)

Tariq Ali meeting in Belgium. FI Bureau meeting. April 24 antiwar protests. Ceylon.

Letter to John Riddell [Toronto] (April 28, 1971)

Request for literature. Mike Mill.

Letter to Joseph Hansen & Barry Sheppard [New York] (May 4, 1971)

Bolivian developments. April 24 protests in Europe. Vietnam. Ceylon. May Day. Commune celebration, upcoming Ligue Communiste congress. Upcoming IMG conference.

Letter to Joseph Hansen and Barry Sheppard [New York] (May 11, 1971)

Manon Leger reception in Europe. Belgian JGS conference. Upcoming Paris Commune celebration.

Letter to Joseph Hansen and Barry Sheppard [New York] (June 9, 1971)

Upcoming French cadre school, USec meeting. French translation of Hansen document. IMG matters.

Letter to Joseph Hansen and Barry Sheppard [New York] (June 10, 1971)

USec Bureau meeting. Cypriot comrades. Imprisoned Chinese comrades. Ceylon. Intercontinental Press. Upcoming Swedish FI congress & cadre school. Greek paper. Upcoming USec report on Cuba. Heberto Padilla case. Send Women's Liberation material to French comrade. Addresses. May 22 USec meeting. Brian Slocock. Antiwar movement. Commune commemoration surpassed expectations. Ireland. French cadre school. LSSP(R) [Ceylon] & Bala Tampoe.

"Greetings of Ross Dowson to Congress of the International Marxist Group [Britain]" (June 19-20, 1971)

Letter to Joseph Hansen & Barry Sheppard [New York] (June 23, 1971) [INCOMPLETE]

IMG [Britain] Congress. Pennington, Tariq-Jordan, "The Tendency."

"Report on the Fourth International," by Ross Dowson (Summer 1971)

As published in “Reports & Statements adopted by the Summer 1971 Plenum of the Central Committee of the LSA/LSO”