shown. volence used by the Hoya wister the civil rights demonstrators in 1988/9. Ireland, but a rather more subtle esce atons in Ine use or me troops or scagog pay me manomers a aving wage.
bow against state intervention against sinKas, labour movement - set up to deal with strikes.
THE IRISH LABORATORY The tull horrors of Britain's war in Ireland have not ye eturned to the mainland. But the signs are there. For picket lines on 7 November was remarkably similar to the That violence and its subsecuent multiolication will be subject to an International Tribunal into Crimes Against lhe fish Peoole next vear. Hoceluly the lull extent or Britain's war against Irish people will then be on display. The use of ireland 38 g aborator for reoressive techniques against British workers will become clearer.
The use of troops in the firefighters' strike is a laboratory test as well — not for naked repression, 8a in campaign of public relations and strike breaking. If the Government gets away with it this time, we can be certain that there will be new The solution to the immediate problem is a simple one:
But there is more at stake. A victory for the firefighters would be an Important but the a campaign for disbanding of all those special forces - such as the SPG meeting — Order Act.
the rights.
In court the prosecution alSeged I had been shouting abus ively and had raised my fises in ALAN SOSKIN - railway worker and member of the Workers" League — went to a meeting of the National Association of Freedom in West Ewell last month. On 4 November he appeared in Epsom Court charged with asing "threatening behavior" and 'insulting words" at the contrary to section five of the 1936 Public He explains below just how little value NAFF - the well-known lovers of liberty for Grunwick sweat-shops attach to even the most fondamental democratic With the objeces The interests of workers and capita sale: Capitalism has not only created world market. It has created world politics: Thus we fight for wurking cla unit on an international scale. This unice wil in the he decisiee in defeaning hoth th perialise regimes in the Wr and İriting the Wish poople delermine cheir em 4 communies wings here any messiagful strate •lutionary socialist parlies are more ni r than rer belor, Conditions Joday decades, Mur let parties in prete bair ecades, lut such parti HERCE BUBI you"
aggressive manner', yelled out. ol strikin NAFF steward, What the evid Clapped me on into silence.
exit pector Jenkins police LOONY I could not ence showed was thar NAFF nasty little chug who despise democratic rights.
In the face of the star speakers Mass 1 exercised one of the Norris MeWbicter and Robert oldest established civil rights in a not was dad to shut up he h heckl tewards, The chairperson asto If everyone could bear at th back of the hall. I replied, "The Grunwick strikers can't hear MeWhiner talked nhour unions having too much power.!
"rubbish. 1 was approached by a character who the shoulder.
Others tried lo intimidate m 5,000 Up democratic rights. More and the coppers took They turned out to Superintendent Jackson and Inboth of 2 division of the Metropolitar In Court, the main prosecutio menbers and an ultra-right loony. -were in shambles admitted committing a technica reasonably be convicted on such flimsy evi dence, and was acquitted oth parts of the chang But scre's a sting in the rail. 1 b to retain a solicitor and counsel to tight the charge, nod I lost a NAPP thugs and although I wor the case Jeaving the Court wirhour a 'sain on my char o pay f40 towards legal aid. A for contesting a charge wiece should never have been laid is the flest place!
VINDICTIVE This vindictive decision could not have been - where legal foe paid from central funds: bu che Public Order Act is designes to exclude the righr to trial bi jury.
The lessons are clear enough Ruling class justice wil not work the left The NAFF knows - That's why it use: the lav against the lahour movement. 1 bas nothing to lose Detending -SERENE Ina is part of the class struggl like defending nurselves agains me 00ss ar work me call 1cis no the law to protect oursches NAFF if exposed by this case to froccon does not extend to allowing those who disagree with them their freedom to leekle. And NAFF are not above using One arm AIST feET T02I froedom.
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