Britain's civil and military nuclear programmes.
workers who mine the ore in the most inhuman‹ victed and fined.
However the women, some or whom experienced campaigners Greenham Common, refused to pay the they sent the money to the South West African Peoples' Organisation SWAPO), adding that this should be regarded as merely the first of many repayments due the Namibian people. For as the women point out, it is British companies and the British government who benefit the illegal mining OI Namibian uranium ore.
"The mining of uranium ore by British owned comRio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) has been declared illegal on the basis that it contravenes the United Nations Decree No 1, 1974, which makes it illegal to mine or export raw materials Namibia while it is under military occupation by the South African armed forces. Under the terms of the United Nations ed to compensation from the companies and countries who benefit their illegal mining tivities. The Capenhurst women are being jailed for carrying out, to the letter the decisions of the United Nations!
Support for the women is extremely important. So far the women have receivTOTIN the United Nations Council Inland 6 months £8; LAST YEAR women protested at British Nuclear Verbal condemnation of conditions imaginable, they were arrested, confor the Namibia ference, but need moral and financial support too.
On May the women were due to appear in court for non-payncil of fines. They will be sent to Risley Remand Centre near Warrington The picket at Risley on 15 May will be the first of many of solidarity with them.
Labour Party, LPYS, branches should all be ar proached to send messages help sustain the campaign. theid regime is cheap and seem to hear enough of it from the leaders of the labour and disarmament movements.
Just Greenham being shown by the Capenhurst women can and should be the nataral ales on the natural of the Namibian black masses in this country; that is, those in the labour and disarmament movements who understand the need support the struggles of the workers and oppressed the world over.
• Messages of solidarity and donations should be sent to: CANUC Office PO Box 16, London NW5 2L W. THE DEATH, two days after being released from police custody, the Chemical Workers Union and executive member of the strongest independent body of trade unions the Federation of (FOSATU) — recalls the deaths in police custody of earlier martyrs of apartheid Steve Biko and Neil Aggell.
The South African police have launched a 'high level enquiry' into the death. The situation was then made significantWUISE with the allnouncement that the student leader, Sipho Mutsi, had died in police custody from an apparent brain of Andries Raditsela, — leader of Trade Unions was subsequently changed to charges under the Internal Security Act These charges were withdrawn on Monday only hours before Mr Raditsela died at Baragwaneth hospital, near Soweto.
By Charlie van Gelderen current wave of unrest though others were rested after the elections to the Botha His deatent January. death will undoubtedly draw the trade unions into the arena of conflict. In the words of Dr. Alex Boraine, a leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party Reace more difficult peace more difficult was like putting a match to dry grass.
Even before the veronci Sipho Mutsi, black trade alla organisations called on African National Congress towards combination of the armed struggle with HICO mobilisations black workers through strikes, indicate the direction the campaign should now take.
tion that from the beginn. 1ng the arrest of Andrie‹ Raditsela was a put up job. The original charge was so obviously a spurious one and he was kept in custody only long enough to be beaten up When Neil Aggett diec in dentention on February 5 1982 workers all over South Africa came out on
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Fuels Ltd (BNFL) uranium enrichment plant at the Capenhurst. They were drawing attention to the il- legal plundering of Namibian uranium ore for use in For demonstrating solidarity with the Namibian
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