SocialistAction 1983–88

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

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· Socialist Action No. 85, 18 January 1985 · p. 11 of the scan · 727 words

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has made just surviving at Greenham a full-time job. Support and solidarity of the most basic kind is now needed to ensure that the camp continues to exist.

Women are presently enduring evictions, constant harassment and physical violence. It means that possessions, including the necessities for survival, are constantly removed by bailiffs.

The women are unable to regularly collect wood, keép fires going or maintain shelters. They are suffering HUSL Call cule cold and hardship. In adalmost 01801 SlOW public facility, including hotels and bars, in Newbury refuse service TO I Consequently, bers the camp have dwindled on some Cocca sions recently. The women are dependent on material aid from outside just to ensure a basic presence there continues through the months. parWille ticular, frequent supplies proof sleeping bags and bedding desperately needed.

Glasgow Women for Peace Women London Greenham groups have begun to organise to coordinate more effective support for the camp. Food supplies rotas for planned, and it is hoped to cruise watches are Delue further build support communication netWork rOn peace sered by CND, later in one year Women elsewhere must follow this example and try to organise to give the camp the supported needed to hold out through the winter. • All women in London are invited to attend the next London meeting to coordinate support for the camp Friday January at 144 Caledonian Road, at 7.30pm. women from the delegation, representing among others the Women's Peace Losette with women members of CND counci has been set up to start the work of organising what will be a huge event All women's organisatons witn an involvemen! in this issue are invited to send representatives to the steering committee, which will be meeting on Saturday 19 January, 2pm and Saturday 2 February, bpm at County Hall, don; on Sundar March — no venue yet fix• For more details conTOCE CND'S Judith. Hanna 01-263 0977; or Annette Taberner, on Blackpool 895353.

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would have to spend on repairs.

We are adding to our typesetting equipment by purchasing a new machine — considered to be one of most reliable on the market. It ha the added advantage for the future that for an extra £3500 we run another keyboard on the same typesetter, thus improving our output facilities. And beside this we are buying a guillotine camera.

provide, the equipment, Call increase productivity standards. This can only be of benetit to Socialist Action and all the other political campaigns we serve.

bul Genes improvements cost money:

We will have to pay for the move - shifting our NAC petition Services that: as set out in the DHSS Circular on the organisation and development of family planning service.

pray, etc. We're on the move!

SOCIALIST ACTION is moving very soon. We are making the move to improve our efficiency and to avoid the heavy rent increases which are due on our It will save large amounts of money that, under the terms of our present lease, we Printing equipment mean hiring a crane, for exam ple. In collaboration with a sympathetic architect we plan to build work rooms offices, means erecting partition. ing and paying labour.

The equipment means our printshop needs a big cash injection. Anc finally, there will be plum and painting to do. WOrK. painting to do This is why we are appealing to you to make s donation to £50,001 fund drive so that we can these im provements pet Socialist Action sound financial footing • Please payable to IRG Develop ment Fund, and send them To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Parliament assembled. The Humble Petition of UK Residents Sheweth That to prevent unwanted pregnancies amongst young women under sixteen years of age the DHSS Circular of December 1980 should be fully implemented, wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House do urge the Secretary of State for Social If the House of Lords upon Appeal in the case of Gillick v West Norfolk & Wisbech AHA and Another do uphold the decision of the Court of Appeal this would leave many young womer.? danger of unwanted pregnancies and preser abortion and cortraceptive advice and treatmer.

And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever

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With the better condi- tions a new building will

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