port of Mining Communities. The conference is being held at Maesteg Town Hall in the Llynfi valley near St John's colliery which the NCB has announced is to close. GRAHAM ATWELL reports.
The aim of the conference. the states, develop united of resistance and action for the future.
Congress undoubtedly will act as a locus for Ine support groups still active in South Wales, it is unlikely to succeed in its aims.
The Congress was set up last year by supporters the Communist with the ales NUM.
South Wales drew in Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour MPs as well as the backing of many trade union officials.
During the strike the organised little activity but provided 'think tank' for the rapidly rightward-moving South Wales NUM leadership.
They stressed the need to OVCr criticised public Scargill's support for Orgreave and refusal condemn violence.
Following the end of the the unholy alliance behind the Concracking. Radical Plaid Cymru's monthly has warned that 'the Wales Congress faces its own extinction through the sectarian sabotage of SATURDAY JUNE THE DEMAND that a future Labour government grant a pardon will be a key issue at this Saturday's All Wales Conference of the Wales Congress in Supan increasingly irrelevant LUCT criticise the Labour Party for failure of its MPs, many of whom were members of the steering committee, to turn up lo meetings, let alone make tions to the miners' strug. gle.' But in an article entitled at they come UD forward. ides deshe wad forward. Besides raising, they propose turning the congress into 'back up team TOT miners in Wales' undertaking social audits, helping the NUM research department dig facts and arguments in favour Meanwhile the Communist Party sees the Conress as an 'anti-Thatche broad bringing sections Welsh society to defend They want the Congress to start taking up local community issues.
Neither offers hopes for the miners' jobs under threat, or the miners facing trial for offences in St John's col lierv will not be saved by a social audit of the Llynfi valley. last week in solidarity with pent sogether hit the walk-outs at Merthyr Vale And in three weeks time LOYCLICIEL only mass ac
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