Striking miner | Socialist Action 1983

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was suspended from Mansfield Labour Party support of the miners. Valerie Coultas reports.

able to attend the meeting. ana made it clear to tne Mansfield executive committee that he was not a supporter of the Militant Tendency, that he was not a seller of the Militant and lat me gen n money lo the Militant.

Paul Shawcroft, who explained that he was a Militant supporter, backup Graham on this point. 'When the Exduced a leaflet advertising. ecutive Committee meeling said that it had been printed published under my name he both pointed out that this had been done without my perThe EC was convinced decided mend that no action be taken.

This didn't satisfy the McCarthyites on the GMC. Happy to be in the Graham Naylor was one of the 46 miners out of a total workforce of 1200 at Bilsthorpe pit in North Nottinghamshire who stayed on strike until the end.

8 days later, on Wednesday 13 March, Graham His crime, according to the right-wing General was having spoken at a public meeting of the Militant tendency on 4 June in throughout the dispute the Party had sat on the fence was to seek vengeance those miners who had fought against pit closures backed the NUM leadership.

Paul Shawcroft was expelled and they voted to suspend Graham pending an investigation. "They told me the Education Officer that shond have phoned up the officers and replied that I hac been asked to speak as a striking miner and that I nad spoken at manv meetings in support of the miners dispute SWP, - and would continue to do so 'I asked the Chair and Secretary if it was normal practise to ask permission 'Lessons of the Miners Snowdown Colliery Welfare Club (New Club)

Ayelsham Kent Workshops include Women's Liberation, Black Liberation, Ireland, the Young Socialists, the Labour Party and the Miner's strike, Internationalism and the Strike.

Registration will take place from 10am. First session starts clam.

Transport: British Rail from Victoria to Ayelsham, Kent Road by the A2 to Dover.

Coaches from London tel 01-254 0128

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