A decision is expected soon by Barbara Castle as to whether the Elizabeth Garratt Anderson Hospital in North London is to be closed. Of the three hospitals in Britain which service women only, one has already been closed, and the EGA is now threatened with extinction as par of the cutbacks in social expenditure being implemented by the Labour Govern ment. These attacks on working class living standards, which are hitting women particularly hard, must be fought on all levels by a united campaign of the labour movemen.
Camden Working Women's Charter, supported by many other local organisa tions, is calling a 24-hoür vigil of Barbara Castle's house against the closure of the EGA. Support for this initiative is requested by joining the picket for a coup. le of hours (hot soup and coffee provided) between 1 p.m. Friday 13 February and 1 p.m. Saturday 14 February at 19 John Spencer Square, Islington (nearest tube Highbury and Islington) [the address previously advertised in Red Weekly was incorrect].
STOP THE CLOSURE OF THE EGA! GIVE TWO HOURS OF YOUR TIME! vellous stuff, the real question is how?
How on earth do they intend doing these things? Without a struggle against the existing leadership in the Labour Tary you won take te very nirst step along that road CruCIa Queston and that is really the