political campaign to get the miners' case across to the general public, and link it with other attacks on working people including unemployment, health and education cuts, tion, reductions in the living standards of the old threats to women's interests, to civil noerdes ana to me democrauc rore vi local authorities.
It is no good waiting for others to move when te abou moveucal de the power, and the duty, to take the initiative where we live and work. What are needed are political campaigns with public meetings, rallies, canvassing, collections and street corner gatherings exactly as is regularly done in general election or by-election campaigns.
These campaigns would need to be jointly planned with, and supported by the NUM, Labour councillors, MPs MEPs, Women's Action Groups, the trades councils and its affiliates, and if possible by community groups and the churches.
To be effective they need to lead up to a particular day of action so that Collecting money those who LaKe privatisathe best gramme would be by extent of support, annoorsed means the only the they themselves live and work.
Darl will have something to look forward to, those wno are Invilea lo lake acon will know, in advance, why they are doing it, and the miners will know that they weeks that lie ahead. It may be that JUDOUIl the fares iauict proarranging public meeting at which all those who had indicated their readiness to assist could explain what was to be done and seek support from everyone in the Ideally we should aim at a general stoppage of work as this would be the most effective way of establishing the but this is by no way pressure on the government. The really important thing will be to consult vices. on the widest possible basis and to encourage all interested groups to think out how they could best assist where Some examples might be these are only given as illustrations: