this lot les the magistrates know what he thought about their judicious without ever them. magistrates retired tor 13 returned, smiling. to announce mation hate defendant par bail sureties of 8250 cach absurdly high in relation to th holders or relatives — restrictions for which there is no legal sapy otherexamplese/ Willesden • Earlier this month the cours calt with a 15 year old accused af housebreaking, who had been in abandoned hild. Quite plainly he had ino financial support of his own, ye ne bench refused to allow legal al CITE his means had been checked' A pupil barrister who w assisting researching its publication Bail or Body sal or three days While there attempted to advise two Germar students offence. They spoke no English The papi barrister let to ely fat ench altempled to remand contemptof court!
• Bill Nash, a consultant solicifor with the Saunders and Ware firm, told us:"1 was-dealing with a GRUNWICK "JUSTICE" - STERIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
pathetic case of obstruction where the defendant stuck to his case and ine police to theirs. His sory wa ud have men an should have meant acquittal. The police officer told me he'd never known a student to get legal aid, and never known an porn pickers ate patele Rail members of the Irent East Labour Part onlysix were allowed. Eight of the pickets were arrested and later convicted at Willesden. The police 15-44 PONCE Balt One solicitor Let Chancin plained to the about the Willesden bench i the Law Sister's colmalh Charles Wea told Socialist Challenge: *About five years ago 1 had a scandalouscascoftwostudentson a theit charge who were botl refused bail, in pite of their goo records and both having familie 30%aT91 police had little interest in keeping resed a couple of days later. vasutterly scandalise Wegg-Prosser's view, tbe Willesden bench mainly consist: bE right-wing Labour Party people, who — when they get in such a position become more right wing Lail Friday, Lord Shawcross -a former Labour AttorneyGeneral - publicly Joined th The sury seem he deterit the jury system.
MEIE obvious nogantals can witched some Gore li supporters to believe it -Form the legal system, has m mass Mie To te, no now is CECI lad the temeris to reri the reactionary Lord speral Election in the expe that ation of being followed by a Tor *Dorothy Oakley and her caborts might seem decisions have brought misery to countless people. com Direct action against them is not, if seems, unprecedented.
incident that occured a year ago Thirty men charged with burglit notels nad ocen remanded custody for some weeks. Wher they were again due to come up fo they leatned thai Dorothy Oakley was to be on the bench, and refused to leave the cEls Oakley, we were told, led the entrance: You are all remanded in custody for seven sefused to listen to the pleas that ensued, Wehave not been able to obtain firm confirmation of thi incident, style justice and the fascist posters that have decorated the court ATHEISE Oakley must be removed ar once, and a ful investigation must be conducted thorough teachionary couri side Congress headquarters of TUC The hunger they TELL I Grunwick strikers of its been small fry, But their Solici days? They CURILY into this defendant. Dorothy Oakley was no doubt delighted last week when the leadership of APEX suspended six Grunwick strikers from the union, reports GEOFF BELL.
The suspensions came on 22 betrayal is November, Immediately after four of the strikers had started a three-day hunger strike outHouse, the strike was in protest at the lack of action by the TUC concerning the cutting off of supplies and services to the Grunwick factory. Explaining the attack on the Grunwick strikers, APEX president Tador Thomas complained that the hunger strike was designed to embarrass the mittee', The strikers would probably plead guilty to the charge that put the Icadership of the trade union their movement on the spot. They have every right to. It is now ognition'. three months since the annua Congress passed unanimously a motion calling on all affiliat d unions to continue an ntensify their aid to th Since then both the TUC and APEX have done nothing: the indeed they have retreated from given where too.
previously coming. The Latest sickening judged according to the only the spectacular in a long line of sell-outs and compromises over Grunwick The suspensions have produced a torrent of condemnmorement who remam comm itted to the Grunwick struggle For exampic. SAPEX Food Branch in Glasgow last week passed a motion which 'severeIs criticises the decision of the executive to suspend members of the Grunwick strike comThe motion went on to 'call for the reinstatement of ull the members suspended and for the executive council to give - TEE support the struggle to achieve union recThe hunger strikers have also received the backing of three Labour MPs. Eddie Loyden, Dennis Skinner and Ron Thomas said on Wednes day a the day after the suspen sions, that they fully supported protest and urged the whole trade union movement to step up the struggle to achieve trade union rights at WANTED URGENTLY:
who has just been sentenced to leil by magistrates for the pleasure of being kicked by police officers YH.I demonstration A Lact weed, adelegate to the All Campaign medical avidence of his injuries im on the ludicrous charge of He is appeating against both conviction and sentence, but has were shoved southwards along Lewishem High Road, pesthe police starlon Road, shortiy before som on Ta August. Rush infor WorRie Silence John Lockwood - urgent:
Most important of all, the obvious aim of the suspensions - to divide the strike leaders from the otber strikers - has BIGWEDOO success. At a mocting of all the strikers last Friday a unanimous vote of confidence was passed in the strike committec officers and the hunger strikers.
Such determination to conabsent from last week's meet ing of the TUC General Council. Over two hundred trade unionists lobbied the TUC demanding they organise unions to cut off supplies and services to Grunwick. The General Council refused to even consider such action. Afterwards the TUC genera secretary Len Murray added deceit to injury when he announced: The Genera Council has done everything it possibly could'.
The failure of these leaders to act means that the strike committee will be organising a further lobby of the TUC when ially APEX branches - and trades councils should be urged to pass motions similar to the one quoted above from the APEX Food Branch in Glusgow INCORPORATION
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