the overriding issue confronting revolutionaries in the NUJ - that of press freeThis is not surprising, since comrade closed shops has nothing whatever to do being forced to question the mass media's whom they depend for support, are pre- access to information.
What a splendid way of breaking down the vote on technology and other issues!
nue it is true inat-resolutions or technology and incomes policy supported by the IMG did not reach the conference Under any circumstances a high rate of innation outes into me services wiica libraries can supply; when the Government decides to combat intration py reducing funds available to social servies then our standards of living are doubly threatened. And as the President of the Library Association recently pointed out, not only is service threatened, but democracy is, for democracy depends on a knowledgeable citizen with ar a recent conterence on ciorare. and social change held at the North London Polytechnic school or Librarian ship, the opinion was expressed that while the Library Association might have the influence to minimise damage ir some areas, only the trade unions have the power to prevent these cuts in the first place. This in turn calls into question whetner senior Horarians actuary oopost the cuts or are concerned with administering them as painlessly as possible.
It is necessary for the Association to take a stand in principle ana to negotiat with all other concerned bodies, profess ional and union, before we have another Buckinghamshire, not apply first aid afterwards. How this can be done is not always clear Librarians for Social Change (LfSC) is going to organise a short course for all those involved in librarianship and infor mation work wi want to invorve mem selves in an active campaign. Briefly it will consist or sessions on why th crisis?", 'Why the cuts?", "How to fight them", and Organising the fight. All those interested please write to LISC, 19 Redman's Road, London E1 3AQ. The length will be either one day or a weekend, the cost probably E1, but these details will depend on how many peopl It is not property speculators profits or shareholders' dividends which are being threatened by the failure of industry to invest in the future during the boom. wis ine social services we art committed to providing. It is a figure out or the past which says Agitate, educate and organise', but it is a ghost we must pay heed to if we are not to repeat the mistakes of the past. - JOHN LINDSAY, Librarians for Social Change
Next Tuesday's local council by-election at Darnley in the south of Glasgow would normally have passed unnoticed under a combination of working class gut loyalty to the Labour Party and cynicism towards the inhabitants of the City Chambers. But the present disarray Red Weekly 27 May 1976 feeling. ley, is reported to have made last week to The Scotsman: "I feel it is nonsense that there should be two parties with the same ideologies contesting eleetions. Many workers who see the SLP as an opportunity actually to fight that same pro-capitalist ideology can only angrily share that SLP/Tax deal/ Youth 5 tax deal