Defend Anne Francis | Socialist Action 1983

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AMONG the variety of activities Labour CND has underway this year, the most immediately pressing is defence of support for Greenham woman Anne Francis, recently jailed for 12 months by Aylesbury Crown Court for keeping the peace the missiles site.

"That's whv we're encouraging support for an this weekend's Party women's conference in support of Anne. This should be tied too to the detence eXCECISC planned by the Tories in territorial volunteers and 2000 reservists, along with thousands regular forces, practice commando attack by the AS, the Spetsna Labour CND (personal capacity)

This represents massive waste or which could be used for crealing new Jobs for Bri tain's thousands of unemployed and ploughed into vitally-needed services the NHS. Instead it will user for "war practice' and to reinorce the Tory propagand that Russia is the enemy That's Labol CND is demanding that as Well Calla cul support of Anne and the women like her camped at the Greeham airbase Labour-controlled authorities give time ofi with pay all their employees willing to spend a day demonstrating peace, and organise their own anti-missiles two weeks of Exercise Brave Defender • Anne Francis' appeal against her sentence will be heard this Friday at the Appeal Court the Strand. Gather outside at 10am.

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