IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Thousands fight cuts in Avon No to Tory privilege in our schools!

Socialist Challenge No. 126, 13 December 1979 · p. 3 of the scan · 400 words

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THE TORIES education. Not just cutting it back, but further boosting the system of privilege in our schools.

But thousands of teachers and school preparing themselves to fight for the right to be educated.

Inese are lie lory plans.

The Tory Association of County calls for 'the obligatory provision of free school transport, school milk, school meals, free nursery education and the education of they are 6 or after 15'.

Dismantled Grammar • schools are comprehensives in some areas like Tory Bexley dismantled, 100,000 'assisted places' will be introduced at direct grant schools.

Meanwhile, primary prehensive schools will teachers sacked.

Education is being crucified.

the areas of cut-backs iș Avon County Council in the West Country.

Cuts totalling f4 million means that 400 teaching jobs must go in the Bristol area by the new year. Job wastage is the main method.

But teachers are being sacked. And its likely that at Christmas about 100 supply' teachers, mainly women, will be given their cards.

in the area 1s a poweriu one. biggest strike in Bristol since the war took place on 15 November. demonstration that day 7,000 people marched; teachers and white-collar and manual workers and many other public sector employees.

The demonstration itself was the product of a mass meeting of 1,500 teachers who, two months earlier, had gone out to fight for the action.

Photo: LINDA WESTMORE London Authority offices last week pummelling But local determined unions. largest workers, students are shoD toor.

engineers' union.

end of The Avon national leaders, subsidised confrontation.

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IcaCHers are also the support •of Workers in the tobacco factory in Europe, Wills, have reproduced material from the campaign and distributed it ot the Arrangements have been made to address the District Committee of the Tories, like their are looking for By taking traditionally weak sections like the teachers, they hope to teach the rest of The Avon teachers are taking up deserve our SUVIL. To stup the and continue the fight for education as a School students on the march against TORY DINNERS: WARNING. THESE MEALS MAY BE A DANGER TO YOUR HEALTH IF USED OVER A LONG PERJOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE MALNUTRITION

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