ON THE WEEKEND registered at its first have submitted four year ahead.
Women Against Pit Closures conterence showed that the Wal. still organised fighting despited the end of the strike. What must this conference set out to achiere?
Ahhough there were some problems at last year's conTerence.
still had story 16CtHIL) and a will to do things. This direct that same along the right paths. Ne need to use that energy to allach our enemy those who hate been trying to crush the :M. Women Against Pit Closures and our communities.
Our main job is to connuc to support the NUM the may forward is first to to fight to persuade the and labour inorement that our fight is right and that unless they hack il. downfall is their downfall.
Al this conference ire have to answer some consitutional questions well. order 10 20 forward. But be hogged down by them.
O"ward through the constituHow can WAPC link up with other unions The whole working class fight must be taken up in the Labour Party: We need the right type of Labour Labour government.
Unless we volved in the Labour Party *e naven t got any control what sorl of Labour Pariy it is. So the fight has got lo be carried into the The next Labour government nas lo reverse the attacks. the lories have made on That will mean changing the Labour Party.
Al the in Mansfield, the Party leaders saying that no UDM be out of the Labour Party: Yet these are the very people who conof 12-13 April, Women Against Pit Closures is holding its second national conference, one which will consolidate the gains conference last Resolutions, on policy and structure, have already been received from most groups and circulated for PAM OLDFIELD, Notts delegate to the WAPC national committee, told Socialist Action what was facing women from the mining communities in the tributed to the defeat of the strike. So we have to laud struggles with the Labour and associate two together.
The issue of the affiliation of WAPC to the Labour Party has been raised the movement. do you view this?
We should have affiliation lo ine Labour party. it Is We make un a big part of the working class, and the political voice of the working class is via the Labour Consequently we have right to sit in Labour Party conference, and to vote for what we think is right. We shouid fight strongly for Obviously there's a parlicular problem in Notts with the UDM and the viclaunching. against the be responding?
Other areas have to realise how dangerous the UDM The very fact that the ouclalc. Sializic. the NUM. But it is also an reinstated but we can put out call to the union and labour HOVe ment and demand public support for these brothers wro nave been sackea tor doing what trade unions Have generations for.
One of the features of the last CUICICLCC speech by a black woman the South Afican Congress of Trade Unions. How do you see the importance of the international issues for Women Against Pit Closures?
We have to have a recognition that the enemy of the black people South Africa is exactly the same fighting that's capitalism. Unless recognise this enemy the forces that oppress them will also oppress us.
We have to go into batbe under ahar ernona banner only make us stronger. Lots of women recognise that, and WAPC should affiliate to calibalell like Anti-Apartheid, and it should campaign on issues such a the use of plastic bullets. Women Against Pit Closures: it started with fund-raising and soup kitchens and resulted in the upsurge of a massive new movement of women
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discussion and amendment. Taking up the concern of last conference, April's will be a voting affair and delegation is on the basis of one delegate per pit. Who that is has been decided within the area groups. Notts women, still at the sharp end of the struggle,