SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Lambeth and Liverpool surcharged

Socialist Action No. 105, 14 June 1985 · p. 10 of the scan · 436 words

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authorities who have refused to set a rate.

This latest attempt to beat controlled councils into submission week after Lambeth had voted again, by 32-30, not to set a rate and continue the fight. As of the campaign, Lambeth organising series meetings to publicise and campalgu public rally has been organised for 22 June at 3.00pm at Brixton RecreaEmergency resolution to Labour Party women's conference recent decision by Aylesbury airbase fence. Conference notes:

of the campers, the campers at the beginning of the year by 'silen defence exercise since Defender', sitourutor In view of this, conference therefore agrees:

Wing on all Labour MPs 1o raise question: Commons, regaraine tne case, ana (i) consumenev narres organise a rota for visiting the peace camp, b. to demand that those campaigning give their employees nationally to eses do norme to derene ms country. one fu soorsor place on 23 October this year in London charge certificates have been issued to councillors in both Lambeth and Liverpool the only remaining tion Centre with Jo Richardson other leading labour movement figures. addition Lambeth councillors planning to take the message up and down the country and to link up the fight with Liverpool's will carry more detailed material on the likely ef fects of the surcharge and the way forward for the campaign now.

This Labour Party women's conference condemns the Crown Court to jai Greenham woman Anne Francis for 12 months after fin ding her guilty of a mere £130-worth of damage to the 1. the increasing harassment of women at the peace camp, evidenced for example by the daily, violent evicup of two womel 'assailants arrest and detention overnight of 400 women protesting against the introduction of the new by-laws to restrict the 2. that the government intend to hold the biggest home World War II, Brave in September of this year, which will include the use of 7000 members of the territorial army and 2000 reservists who will be paid for their iwo week war a. to campaign in every way possible for the release of anne rrarc, mictuame ro came or ine Lurour rurt] nationally to organise a suitable form of protest, (ii) callin the House of #004 in especially women's sections, for peace have war, namely by (i) calling on all Labour-controlled counPrime off with weubers weeks of Exercise Brave Defender, (ii) calling on the use time during a party ercise, to point out that party policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament is the best contribution Britain can make 1o peace and disarmament world-wide and that such exer.

ing the CND national demonstration which will take

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