This is the superb responss by joumalists on the HornJournal to the march of the National Front THOUSE 1108T0980518 On two inside pages, -THA journalists document racists to partiality of the police, and draw the an Do out or place in Joumalists on the newspotent to companding role in the campaign strip INCISITOM medie. Two years ago most of the staff refused to work on an Issue which an advert for an NF march LOST WOCK EYES THE TUTEL , who took a unantfour days when the editor DON'T VOTE FASCIST 1080 part of the National Union of Joumaliste North London branch, which held a ЗD THE HI TEM SEATE O NO OCA BOC ONSED discuss how Journalisis deal with candidates and the general 1800 01 00 5A THE CUNTH ALUSHL ware strongly supported by a speaker from the Cam published a 500tar Martin recom mendations and denoun cing such an 'outrageously we cherish.
In the case of the Evening News, owned by Associated Newspapers. this led 10a 14 million Toes last year and a drop in daily circulation from 1.7 million is 1950, to 573:00010085 However, the main motivecion for The merger Talks comes from Herverbrook Newspapers, owners or the Daily Express and Evening Standard, who un like Associated rely almost entirely on the press for capital. Their scheme is 10 sell the Standard, which has been making a small profit recently, around ES million; they can then use this to shore up the ailing Express, tbe blue jewel in a rather tarnished Heaverbrook crown.
Ironically, It is likely to Paul Chamberlin, loading member of the Transport and General Workers bulld ing workers in Bristol and de agate to the Trades Union ed, dracged and punched by fascist National Front stew ards at a meetin Speedwell School in Bristo on Tuesday. Outside, deHant picket, including stuwho came to protest schools by Eight NF heavies moved La racist posters Toree, u50d eject him from the meeting including banging his Led on the ear the 50 peaple atlending th Gannaway is the Chairman of the Bristol NF He is also a delegate fram Sharis THERE RIOT Council: He supported the violent assault an a "telio» TUC delegate:
I don't regret what hapsened CHORE HARS he ioafers and the wasters and Immig - they are the pe with the most to lose I! the The meeting ended with a CLEVELAND paign mounted a picket at a National Party election moating held at the Darthe picket was one or e picket was one of the first actiona of the Cam which was launchec after 10e Front standing a candidate In The Campaign's first in financier Janey Gold. smith, best known for hi ruthless and single-minded attempt to crush the salirical magazine Private Exe in the courts — obviousiy a man well-suited lo nlay the role of "press defender"! Waiting in the wings also for ibeir chance so pounce are Loncho's "Tiny" Kow land, plunderer of half of Africa, a Kooc wan well, fresh from his abort ive rescue of the Scottish Duily News. FROZEN Whether a straight mer ger is on the agenda, ar some orm of tinancial support for Beaverbrook, whole dan has Dou been frozen for four to six police atlack four THIS HOMOSTED are defanded and an and pu Dy me scistain be brsto arpa Is to set up an ongoing TANT TUST THRA TE ASCOT sibility in lighting the reac tionary ideasol the taacists toning he la 150 1818095 up such acommitten oucestar was the scene of the tallowing evening's Inan attempilo AVOIDSTE the speakers and audience ushered by the police out of a rea marched through the town.
• Three orthose arres led on charged with concuct Akely * The other faces breach of the an obstruction charge. The De fence Committee which na: been ser do is Garng for a picker of the Court on 19 May. Please send money or orthearrests presses Brent Road, Horfield, Bristol.
sorted by the Teeside Poly MOSE DEERO ETE groups as well as severa the loca Woman': Action Group Since then, anti-faeciate nave been busy lowering town centre and amongst residents of the Brus ward. They have dec COUTCH fascists from using Council Dan to premises in tuture boen COLTIMIN mainly on a futile appeal to Roy Hatersley, Prices Se retary, to intervene, advertisement by Slandend workers in their papor dem that the publis have a say in the paper's On the journalistic side the first joint meeting between the two NUF chapels never even took place, due to the Standard journalists' At the level of the bur caucracies, Joe Wade of the NGA and Bill Keys of SOGAT have put forward nothing resembling a strategy for their merbers — as far as they are concerned it doesn't marter who takes over so long as these jobs are saved.
Unfortunately they don't Anti-fascist activily ls holling up in the Wesl Country. Two successtul anti-fascist pickets were mounled there last weak.
Each attracted over 100 militants determined to counter the racist propa ganda of the National Front.
National Front thugs beat up anti-fasciat militant Paul answer the question of what will happen when any merger or financial aid is made conditional on jobs being cut.
In addition, it is likely that the monch's breathing space will be lost, while the sorkers allow the employers to cobble together the most profitable deal for them.
Central to any strategs for dealing with these problems is the question of workers' coctrol of edtorial content - unfortonatcly the Achilles heel of all media Freedom all prevails o freedom" still prevails It is clear that printers alone. However, no oter STORIC BEAU TOOL ment is going to lift a finger to nreserve the Dews or li Standard in their present Form. They are both ans working class newspapers. which consistently accack and denigrate trade union OCCUPY What chen could done? A tactic which conle begin to put the workers in control of the tempo events would be an im mediate occupation of pne or both papers hy printers and journalists The papers could then be opened up to the views of the bronder labour move ment, COILAL and other bodies normalls denied access to Fled Street papers Warkers oil Lie TWD papers could use the press to campaign in the broader labour movement for a salation which did not in volve redundancy. For ex ample, Incy could demand that the Government supply finance — possibly levied from other sections of the media — to maintain che two London papers DIVERSITY In the process tiey would then be seen ex-che. bes muchcounted, bur little practiced "maximum dicersity of press ownershin us be clear what should not he attempted socialists are opposed t ny solution of che worl ers co-op' varier No worker chauld take th responsibility for the cuo ting of a capitalist enter prise. The Scottish Dail News experiment shower the disastrous results of such a policy Neitler does the sourior Lie na state-controlled press — me gueston D financing vin the state mast pe separate tons that DE edirorial control of sucti must rest fiemis in the hands ol Le DrOdUCCES whose responsibility 4 lo ability.
Given the current scare of the Fleet Street untions and undancy concy which wil be Moated to divide and carve up the workforce we should be under no illusior that such proposals will be taken up.
However, only a strateg which preempts the pres barons T wheeler-dealing through direct action, relies on the labour movement for its defence and takes up the vexed question of editorial bontent can begin to provide a socialist solution to the chronic problems of the "cocsciousness industry: Cart Gardner & Geoffres
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