SocialistAction 1983–88

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

30,000 demonstrate to defend metropolitan councils

Socialist Action No. 43, 3 February 1984 · pp. 3-4 of the scan · 272 words

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dards. It is also plannine to campaign against the projected parliamentary elections if these do not give people a real choice.

The government's handling of these ISSUCH gives some support to Bujak's assessment of the situation. has not brought the Solidarity "Seven and KOR Four to trial seems keen to avoid doing So. has moved with great caution still debating how to handle election arrangements.

In short, uprooting the traditions of trade unionism is proving to be a long and difficult battle. ALTHOUGH you may not have seen it in the press or on the TV, London had its biggest-ever weekday 30,000 people marched from Hyde Park to a rally at the Festival Hall, attended by a packed audience of 10,000.

More than 300,000 children did not attend workers took strike action, council offices were closed.

Ken Livingstone poined out to the rally that the proposed f700m saving from axing the GLC would not buy a single Trident missile.

last Tuesday.

Transport reflects GLC itself.

21,000 education and many metropolitan February.

Despite the impressive demonstration and the strike action in education and councils, a major weakness was the decision by transport unions to keep London working This decision erinasion in the campaign to defend the unity It also reflected the fact that the bulk of the campaigners have so far staked the campaign on protest action rather than a campaign of industrial action and non cooperation with the Bill to abolish the councils. The TUC organising a day of action at the end of

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Socialist Action 3 February 1984 Davy Jones, Islington North and Finsbury Park Labour Party

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