KeD WHere t urees us readers to attend the picket of the Old Baileyon The facts of the Deason case are by now well known in tne lapou! movement. • Deason is secretary of the Right to Work Campaign, whose march in March 97b encer in Volence waen the police attacked the marchers at Stables Corner. North London. • 43 marchers have already the police attacks, but the most serious charge has been kept for Deason himself — grievous bodily •DEISUL sentence could be the result if he is • An independent enquiry into the events at Staples Corner, conducted by Barnet Trades Council, completely exonerated the Right to Work marchers from any responsibility for the violence. Instead they pointed the finger of guilt at the • Already 42 marchers have appeared in court, 17 were acquitted, 24 received fines or suspended sentences and one, Mike Lynch, was Subscribe NAME. jaHed tor taree montas It is these facts which have made many trade unionists. The 6 Shrewsbury building workers jailed by the Tory Government have made their own personal appeal in support of Deason. Now, over a hundred trade union bodies have voted to send delegations to picket the Old Bailey on 4 May. These include 27 branches Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, 10 branches of the building workers' UCATT, 12 trades councils and 11 shopstewards committees.
It is important to stress that the Right to Work Campaign is organipicket throughout Deason's trial, and not just on the opening day of it, so if you are not able to be there on 4 May attend on one of the following days.
Defend John Deason!
Defend the Right to Fight for the KOnLIO WOrK.
Picket the Old Bailey on Wednesday 4 May, oeginning al 0am, and on each succeeding day.