MARGARELLA, Frank Alan How strange it is that Te is still as busy and inresting after the strike as was during it, and how predictable. Never ould 1 have dreamt that i ould be touring parts of or kcalre a antolinlic all things, yet here l am 'Pauline oule Ily emole' bit in Margarella;
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THEATRE the Moles and the Moneytree, Brammah's brillant children's ing (like 1 did) at someone who very serious scene says 'Aye, our Ohs have OCCil eyepened now, instead of 'Aye, our eyes have been opened now' at the chiel onned pig (police inspector) who müddles the words of his one and only song and the tune as well.
Still, he promised to the following sal, so some bright spark shouted 'And while you're at it, type OUI LIC right bloody tune too!' don't you come along SCO when we're in your area? You'll find it's delightful and full Reviewed by Pat Thomas Sherburn Miners Wives support group of humour, a look at our struggle sauncal.
airytale way. Thẹ songs ON Sunday afternoon of the London LPYS rally of about 150 youth launched a mis-named antiracist campaign. This shows that the increased militancy of the black youth is beginning to have an impact on the LPYS.
Brent East LPYS But, yet again, the rally was for young socialists on how not to reach the very youth that have, and will continue, to go into action against their repression.
A campaign is needed around the slogan of 'self defence is no offence' which bullds on une Inks black youth have made between their oppression that of their sisters south Africa. Instead the London LPYS conference had already agreed to a resolurejected the acts of self-defence by the black communities in Brixton and Tottenham.
The London LPYS had furned its back on those youth that who ae SyLa HO HIVbe fighting back looking for support from within the labour movement.
Such support has already come heartedly the black section of the Labour Parwhich is increasing. its WIll the defence That is an example the YS should take in how to build support for socialist policies among black youth.
Instead, speakers used the launch of the antiracist campaign to make a bitter attack on black sections. The speaker SALEP, using Ine , exalll ple of South Africa, said that the black people who organised separately within the Labour Party weré racist.
Speaker after speaker continued this Where have we heard that before?
The launch of LPYS anti-racist cam paign saw an open atlack over that the Ys very section black should turn towards.
Self defence is no offence! Support and build the Labour Party black sections! Build the AAM! THE LONDON region LPYS branches represented.
As usual the COHference was dominated by MEnTOR Wile carried votes: • against supporting Kingsley Abrams, the black section candidate, the LPYS London regional committee; • against united left campaign fight the witch-hunt of socialists in the party; • condemning the 'riots A TWO-THIRDS majority for lesbian gay rights: that was one of the goals the Labour Campaign for Lesbian Young loting' in Brixton and Tottenham at the end of last year;
Hackney South LPYS • and against joint work with the Anti Apartheid Movement on the theme "sanctions now', posing instead 'direct links' with South African WOrKCI. • Wirets üçt ef fee aen •Printe Mortel/ laboration already deve loped between LCLGR and the black section, the Sw des Action Committee, other organisations which supthrough the South African Education Project Laboul (SALEP).
Resolutions which were passed on the witch-hunt did evel have any perspective of fight the proposed cuts against in the LYS budget.
This 1s a situation which must be turned around Unless the YS builds among youth in struggle, and particularly among black youth, it wil find itself increasingly isolated from the left in the labour movement.
Youth Action, the LPYS campaigning paper, latest edition just out. Kingsley Abrams, candidate for LPYS NEC member; Sparkhill LPYS againt Student anti-apartheid actions; Broadwater Farm and much more.
Landos Courl, Butler Street, Miles Platting,
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book about the miners strike, has now been turned sto a pantomime. Among those taking part is PAT THOMAS of the Sherburn Miners Wives Support Group. She writes about the fun they have had.
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