Defend Democracy Support the Miners! | Socialist Action 1983

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THIS WEEK we saw the brutal face of Thatcher's Britain: • Eight thousand police occupying the lottinghamshire coalfield in the greatest police action against a trade union since the general strike. • Sarah Tisdall sentenced to six months in prison for having brought into the open the lies of Michael Heseltine. • Opinion polls showing a three to one majority against the abolition of the GLC but the government ploughing on with plans regardless. • Local government minister Patrick Jenkin exposed as suppressing elections to try to prevent 'a major debate' on the abolition of the Metropolitan councils.

This was the record of only one week for a government that in 1979 and 1983 was elected declaring it was going to set Britain free tyranny' and the 'stranglehold of bureaucracy'.

But the actions'of Thatcher's government spring from misjudgements. Even less the pet epic es, Po Box to, Londe s NI.

'spirit of the times' the Guardian editor bemoaned last week. tacks on democracy flow logically, day, from every policy purpublic sued by this government.

unemployed they are going to want to fight back.

When 20,000 track jobs are going to be scrapSped the NUM is going to fight back.

When the Health Service is attacked 'socialist ninety per population fight back.

pool, or London, or Shefdon't field is going to see its services gutted they are going mysterious to fight back.

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The Thatcher government has no answer to any except more and more repression and greater and greater suppression of There is only one force that in Britian today condefends democIt turned out in tens of thousands on 29 March in demonstrations throughout Britain to defend out cities.

fall defending Sarah Tisdall. It is fighting on the picket lines in Nottingham to defend not only its jobs but the British economy and our political liberties from the attacks of this governFALL movement must support the miners. Miners supported the healthworkers. Now the labour

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