THE Women's Day Kally in Londonon8March was an overwhelming success.
The hall and balcony of the Old Theatre were crowded with women who were there to sisterhood and to express their SODOHERE around the world suffering TOR ThE COES ASSAU racist societies.
AfterwamenDadsunesonesot sisterhood and struggle there were socakers TrOm groups. They all echoed the call for an international tribunal on the repression of women.
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GENOA was one of the few -lies in Italy where Internutional Women's Day bet celebrated this year. On the ave of the event, police armed machine guns arrested sad badly beut 23 fensinists as They were decorating a local sqmure in preparation for the celebration.
The following weekend 1500 demonstrators marched brough Genor to protest this naprosaked attack and to demand the release of seven ol he women still in custody.
Americaspokeabout thetorture out the way scxuality frequently used. guards followed cither forced abortion or the London School of Economics refusal of abortion facilities is widespread.
The issue ofabortion was also odebratetheirstrong lechnes of | raised by the speaker from the National Ahortion Campaign, all WHO BALAEWLES abortion is the focus of attacks upon womens rigate troubl our the world "democracies. Black womens groups from this explained the difficulties they faced bringing up children and finding jobs with bad housing and unemployment.
Perhaps the best response was Despile this show of force the seven were not releused Was until 13 Murch and all 23 w face charges of resisting arrest.
In other major Italian lowne TOILES gave out sprigs, used by women to Middle This somen flowers on 8 March Communists as well as the CELICA.
Involved in work on women in Kape by by from Irish hrutality of British towards women attacks by the SOUR DICTAR Inthesumming up ar the cod of the evening the international tribunal on the repression repeated and it was decided to even in nicetingstostart organising this. country The many women at the rally feltchatithudbeenanexampleof how effectiveh organise, SECTOO HERE HOTALSELSCI and necessary event.
To make the sharper many cumpaigners lied paper to their parsley sprigs. The paper was a mock voucher awarding women free whortparsley lons If they were members of the Communist Party [PCI.
the The PCI has never promoted gesture Tree STILISH LOBEIONS unmen's right in its efforts to uchseye. Ibe promise with the Christian DEBULAIS They read evidence women on the troops and about Garda in the call for an wotten was of HANDLEE great show of sling even pro-abortion and bus compromised historic Seems these here miners don't LIKE Mah Edward Heath impression!
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