As Gay Pride Week ended last Saturday the offensive against homosexuals was resumed with the opening of the blaspemons libel case against Gay News in the Old Balley.
Although the charge brought by Mary ders the incation betra ridiculous, the intention parallel the campnign of Anita Bryant, the US article on clanna back the few miserahle concessions that gays have exracted from the state and whipping up morality andtbe family itself asan clement of capitalist rule The Gay Freedom Week in the USA was a massive response 1o yunr's reactiona emonstrations of 25,000 marc ed in Chicago, Los Angeles and largest in the USA since the The 1,000 people who came out Fight The Go Skely to becau coming • in G clution to every dispute h are the only effe demagogue, campaign ists last Saturday.
Lesbian Left, Cay Proposals on criminal trespass are within the west sis weeks. In the and more workers, especially in the capy their workplace in response to attacks and they will be met by the Inal trespass in place of the blunderbuss legislation.
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In London at the beginning of Gay Pride Work showed how far the organisations movement in this country has to go. That was one of the problems racing a conference of gay social Thetraditional strategies of the Gay Movement are increasingly being seen as inadequate, but the movement capable of giving a new direction — the trade untien Socialist the removal of The picket line needs to b with the tactic of occupation one which is not limited to the TO 0- OCTE SEE TS advantages: workers in occupaon are in a better position to oil-well sibo-making and exchange of when they are not olated at home for most of the Fi in the manunder torrents of rain The control over property and apital which results from occu CHELSEANE central to their Bettocus waco the workers themselves occupying the Fisher-Bendix facrated fargayrights in Barcelona last month to aries ot: "We are ail a social danger/ The denio groups and gay groups in politica.
remain frag Members of all these group alcended the conference to discus issues like gays and class, "perbonal me and poone campaigns movement and socialist he all woten and men in the An autumn conference is now being pianned where the necessary -EDER SWO DECLOR THER strategy for the gay movement for occupations ALEX FRASER, National Organiser CACTL tory in Kirkby in 1972 ran out of fuel to keep the factory warm, it tes only took a couple of pbone calls to management — pointing out that the extreme cold might force theis to light a fire DCINIC IC company sent in what one worker called " enough fuel for an The Campaign Against a Criminal Trespass Law (CACTL) bas ordinate opposition to the law and to build active local unity berween workers leosol. saut ters, and students. Through close support and work with most of the current occupations, the camto extend ic vorkers who will have to decide whether to go into occupation A meeting for Health Service COuld Sari to he recover nationally based collective is to be SUL UP LO PAIR HIC COREET CHEC CEIL groupings and Individuals will be welcorne to joir Whitehouse's campaign makes the need for clarity VitaL:
• Contact Nigel Youn Craven Road, London W9 fe details of the national collective workers faced with closure batis being held this week, Jointly organised by the Landon hospital occupations and CACTL. One of the questions discussion will he the organisation of a natlobal cooferenoe in the autumn to take forward the fight health cuts. A further meeting between all five current occupations in London is planned. with the aim of developing cooperation herween them The Criminal Trespass Law can only be defeared by rank and file action on a massive scale and the practice. As Lord Hailsham has quite rightly said: A law is not enforceshie at all. H a sufficeal swaber of people disregurd it nod this is true of all laws.
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