SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Wapping: a deliberate police attack

· Socialist Action No. 140, 16 May 1986 · p. 11 of the scan · 439 words

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page 11 of the scan

AT its delegate meeting this coming weekend in Sheffield, the national Justice for Mineworkers campaign will be launching •a further drive for funds for victimised miners.

leaflet being prepared for circulation throughout the with an appeal President Arthur Scargill, calling minancial suppori lo NUM's national solidarity …ne o Descoocuub.

'One of the biggest commitments of the Campaign, said Anne Suddick of Durham Women Against Pit build financial support for the solidarity fund. News that the fund In a altogether healthy state means that we will be making every effort, inside the union and out, LO increase the our victimised colleagues'.

• Further information about victimisied NUM memoers and what you An urgent appeal from the National Union of Mineworkers to miners support groups throughout the UK:

victimised by the ule because they by the many gavell since the end of the 1984/85 strike.

can do to heop, contact:

St James Vicar Lane, Sheffield, SI (phone:

700388. More information on the Justice campaign, contact: Durham Mechanics Offices, 26 The Avenue, Durham DHI There are 502 NUM members who are still locked National Coal Board fought to save their pits, jobs and communities. They still need the magnificent help miners' support group. throughout the United Kingdom both during and Saturday and has refused to hold a special salaries conterence to discuss ine settlement.

The deal is a betrayal of teachers. the Neil Kinnock and Scenes Giles Radice, spokesperson, were instrumental in getting the deal agreed. Every unionist needs to look at what is happening to teachers to see exactly what kind of wages policies a future Labour government is likely to introduce.

The fight is by means ovell however.

Socialist Teachers Alliance steps will organise a fightback conference that will aim to defend the no-cover action prenare the ground heart attack, and he had to make an appeal over. the loud speaker to allow an ambulance to come to pick him up. The police however continued to oc cupy that road and would not allow the ambulance in for quite a substantial period.

YOU DIRY lights of some of the television camera units. Certainly an ITN camera unit got into the bus and was able take close photograph of one of the most badly-wounded men with blood pouring out of his head down his neck.

YOURS 100.

PICKE FEARLESS CROSS EDITOR judgement, wholly unjustified police attack upon 10,000 people who had come for meeting outside the plant over the Day weekend. This must have been planned by the police deliberately, no doubt the instructions • OT the FEARLESS EDITOR

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