POLMAISE WALL NOT SURRENDER Saltley Gates the police were overwhelmed sncer numbers 10.45 on the morning of 10 February 1972 the gates were slammed shut stayed like that until th strike ended Power was woll because the miners were prepared to take extreme measures. The pits were closed, the safety workers were brought out, the coal was stopped moving by the violence of the police was met bv the power ol organised At Saltley when there were too man! coppers the workers knew the answer - swamp them by greater This can only answered by doing At the pickets did in 1972 defying the law. government and its police thugs can be defeated the miners can't do it on their own this time. need the support of the workers in transport, the power stations : and in ine National Seamen.
Whenever the police bust up the picket take a leaf out of the book of the workers who wen to Saltley the miners broke the law In and won a victory for all the working class Now with the support of the left of the labour movement they can once again challenge the law and win a victory for all working people.
A London meeting with a senior Kent miner 18 April 8pm The Freemason's Arms 81 Long Acre, London WCI All comrades welcome Further details from Theo Dennison 01-692 4998 Organised by: The Socialist Socier! 1972 Hall, Red Lion Square, WC2.
NGA, CPSA, NUR and others.
RALLY AGAINST POLICE BILL: 'Policing and the IWA More details 555-8151.
(01-249-8334) SATURDAY 12 MAY at 1 pm, Conway Speakers from: Labour Party, NUM, WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL, 7.30pm, East Ham Town Hall, High St South, E6. Speakers: from Kent and Yorks NUM, All details: The National Campaign Against the Police Bill, 50 Rectory Road, London N16 7QY