Lesbians against pit closure | Socialist Action 1983

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In my own which tion, women have been 3¼ per cent.

alright' The employers able to to 100 male members, had were hardened politicians and the other two walked out in disgust! Clearly the meetings were not attrac ting the significant numbers of lesbians SUD porting radicalising around the strike.

Out of this situation came a new and important development: Lesbians Against Pit Closures.

While this group started as a way of maintaining sanity for women in LGSM, it now involves a majority of lesbians who not organised by LGSM. still though 20/30grom is. this represents at least 300 The group is growing all the time and has just twinned with Rhodesia Women's Action Group in Nottinghamshire.

While friendly relations with LGSM, which continues to be a mixed group (ust), we are also beginning forge links with other groups like Greenham Nomen for a miners vic tory and the Mineworkers' Defence Committee women's group.

Although some baulked initially at the idea of an autonomous lesbian group in the gay movemenl self-organisation within self-organisation - the ex perience of the last few WCCKS alone positive proof of the need for such a group and the opportunities it provides.

While lesbians have a fight Will movement and the gay male movement. we also face oppresion in both, which is why this autonomous lesbian like labour movement lesbians before it, represents such a positive step forward.

While there are miners who actively oppress lesbians and gays it's vital that we support the miner against the Tories, who pose the real threat to lesbian and gay liberation. LGSM has already shown support lesbian and gay LIZILS It is links like these that have been crucial the miners' strike so far. No to the oppression of lesbians gay men. Victory to the NUM!

Lesbians Against Pit Closures meets every tri day at 6.30pm in the Dril Hall, Chenies St, WCI. Bold in Lancashire in October is anything to go by.

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Socialist Action 8 February 1985 at French.

that in such a mere propagandist society, comes the German party, and then the What in reality explains the fact powerful, cultured, educated, civilised country as Britain, the Communist Partv stil exists as a HOL yet know, to create a privileged position for the upper strata of the British working class and thereby to blunt class antagonisms. The British working class is becoming conscious of itself as an independent class hostile to the bourgeoisie much more slowly than the