SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Upper Heyford vs the People

Socialist Action No. 13, 10 June 1983 · p. 16 of the scan · 439 words

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MARCHING squads of police, rain thunder, nuclear bunkers fringed with barbed wire and the 752 arrested At our gate there were of us police, but at least we La bit of humanity interfering of the military machine.

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depressed scared.

No one felt like getting arrested after getting soaking wet, but in the end we had to defy them.

The arrest itself was a set-up job. They had to go and find a car to come through our gate. It took them about 20 minutes.

It was a political set-up EUU. Heseltine had already implied that there would be mass arrests the radio Monday morning!

We were taken to a tent and photographed against our will.

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man refused to stand to be photographed so the officer had to lie on floor nim and noid ms acad up by the hair to have their photo taken together.

That wasn't the only Plain-clo ies WOTK police took videos people decorating fence and dancing about at the women's gates. No coult wey are studying this strange phenomena people doing something about their futures.

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