From the moner t started.
Indiana the National Guard is protecting scab coal and already two pickets have been shot dead by miners' pensions Ehrlich. have been cut or n a Did to turn them against the strike, It has Jailed, will nians nid and disabled miners backing the In Indiana agaio State police intervened to arrest 194 pickets products, the few docks mubers have already the signalled their intention to Carter's Tall-Hartley income tax.
The injunction requires them work: Relusal henefits such as food stamps effect and could face military inter- exports, But Carter's unming and of ahhing over whether to invoke trading Taft-Harricy shows his trepi european dation. And with good reason.
The last President to try that one on the miners was Harry S Truman in 1950. The miners laughed in his face, continued their strike with massive labour moversent backing... and won.
In the new atmosphere of Class struggle in the US they can associate similar Meany of the AFL-CIO (the equivalent of che TUC) saying he favours Taft-Hartley and the miners canstew in their own The UMWA. like the British miners, has a special place in the labour movement as one of the roughest and best organised stringent.
The 13-month struggle for uniDe recognition in Stearns, Kentucky - a sort of Grunwick with guns — is an indication of of Israeli fruit, because it may the main result of a visit to South Africa by 20120-010 Israeli economic delegation led Finsnce Minister Simha The deal Is that Israel will package and re-export South African goods as its own. In certain instances Israell firms will also finish South African If the value added in such cases is more than 40 per cent, South African company will not be liable for Israeli Unfuvouruble tariff harriers and the reluctunce of the western public to buy South African have had a serious South African This deal is designed to make vile isruel's privileged status the Market United States. For examole tiere 27.10 Kinds oi products Israel can export to the Us tree of customs dots The Israell paper Ma'aris comments: In the wast israe used to deny emphatically that it was "hiring" its position as an member of the Common Market to other countries. But this offer made by the high-level Israeli delega tion to South African businessmen confirms these rumours.
has offered Israel a good deal in retorn, organisations to take money DUE DEALTALATER, South Alrican currency regulations але авин Boe wonos mos Israel has long been one of South Africa's major trading partners, hut this new deal confirms a rise in trade between the two countries at a time shen the white racist regime Is Teeling increasingly embattled.
Co-operation goes beyond the economic sphere. When the Uniled Nations voted for an arms embargo of South Africa last year, the initial Israel Defence Minister Mushe Duyun corrected this when he met a visiting delegation from the US Congress, though it wus noticed at the time that brael could continue provide expertise through the Zionist Federation of South Africa Now the CLUSH CIN Post reports that Israel is continning •arme exports to south Afro the grounds that the embargo only applies lo new contracts decided since the EN Eren the L.5 State Department has been forced to admit that Israel is the only country to hase biterpreded the emburgo in this way, astados so su conjunto, las luchas w Subscibele ya, a00pa lu prena 1С потніся . E3.50 ambre de Combete Cheques a pusces escrip a: P
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