IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

AMNESTY!

Red Weekly No. 157, 1 July 1976 · p. 12 of the scan · 145 words

The scan: rw-no157-jul-1-1976.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 12 of the scan

will organise a general strike.

the sort of step that should be taken in Massey factories everywhere. Amnesty at work - Solidarity with Motor Iberica' reads the banner on a 15,000 strong demonstration against repression in Barcelona last week. The two month long strike at this Massey Ferguson subsidiary has become the focus of mass solidarity in the Barcelona area. A number of factories have already staged solidarity strikes, and workers in a number of firms have said that if the workers' demands are not met by 5 July they Last Saturday the Solidarity Conference organised by the Manchester Trades Council heard an appeal from a representative of the Workers Commission to support this struggle, and a number of measures of support were discussed. Two shop stewards from Massey factories in the area pledged to take these back to their members. This is

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