PEOPLE all over the country want to know the real spoken at in the past few weeks, complete strangers have come up to me afterwards and explained how they have been victimised because they were trade unionists or politically active.
¿ Val Stockport has been victim of blacklisting since 1978, She applied for 50 jobs in 12 months, but couldn't get a reference her previous employer where surprise, surprise, she'd Deer Snop steward Every veal since then, Sue s sent a resolution on blacklisting her union to the Labour Party So far it's never been discussed!
At Crouch Construction in South London union members have been viciously attacked by subcontracted One young trade member had his nead smasnea open will a hod, and even last week, sent home 'for their own It's time the movement acted and put a stop to these practices.
Ken Livingstone Knows what he's talking about when, speaking at a Stockport meeting, described the press as 'part movement and anti-racist activists to support a story of the Cowley sackings. At the meetings I have of the front line attack of the ruling class'.
Slanders He's been at the receiving end of two years of Ivirulent attacks and personal slanders from the gutter press. he latest one entertained the 80-strong audience with was Private Eye managed to make a lurid, suggestive story oll Olad fact that he had been to San Francisco, the say come citi bond bought some sci-fi and and then 90 P when people heard strikers Britain's Toys at an East London anti-witch hunt meeting, they were reminded why the press have led such a vile cam•alan about women ack workers at Cowley. At Britain's the women workers are exclusively in the low paid assembly jobs, on piece work, like many women workers blatantly exploited by the management.
Peter Tatchell has heard a lot of lies in of witch hunt politics, not only about himself. He reckons Margaret Thatcher should take the prize for "big blue pork pies' over ner record Malvinas War last year, when she ordered the sinking of the Belgrano, as it was returning to Argentina, defending her action to the world by saying that the Belgrano was a threat.
Bristol, speaker Steering Committee against Witch hunt explained that we are facing witch hunts use our own novener. sich the national expulSUll the editorial board, even though most of their local parties have refused to expel them. recently. But the repeated racist attacks Asian youth and the compliance of the police has been the Ted conspiracy Newham.
The Cowley victimisations have uncovered massive area where trade unionists, socialists, activists are under attack:
But we should take the message that has come out of every meelng l nave spoken at, which is that we snouran l be acmoranscu. we should fight back!
Further meetings in September Thurs 22 Sept Wakefield, speakers include Steph Grant Fri 23 Sept Stoke, speakers include Peter Tatchell and Steph Grant Tues 27 Sept Birmingham, speakers include Clare Short MP, Peter Tatchell and Steph Grant Wed 28 Sept Deptford, speakers include Richard Balfe MEP. Peter Tatchell and Steph Grant Further details in Listings page 10.
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* Stop deportations now! * MUHAMMAD IDRISH