strawberries their camp in Tunstead.
So we mohilised every available vehicle we could get bold of We were able to transport about 50 ME USELESS MISS HE was both the central office and the foreign workers camp When we arrived we spread th started ent fields and areas of the camp ard of our strike in the diffe explain, bur once they stood there was always an erup something was being done ORGANISED Japanese, Polish and Turkish corkers immediatel A meeting was held in an open sed. Our first purpose was explain our reasons for striking to all the different groups o Toreign students, everything had to be repeated in many dinterent languages. There were students from France, Italy. Holland, Scandinavia, Poland, Japan, Each paid 18.80 a week in rest, yet they slept in dormitories, with 20 mecal They received breakfast but Do other meal. The only shop in the area to buy food was owned by the company, the only bar was a I TAKE SCARE BaD OLL ages back over the bar and sho The next day ahout 50 pickets from Castle Farm were central transported over to Tunstead at find about 300 people on the Ciroled is a foreman: strike breaking 1977 style — with a shotgun.
picket in the Church Farm.
the head of the firm SC.
from the give way to a strike.
Geld about through an had arrived and the Field.
became more organi ricket then field. bich mean CLUTCHICH Clements.
Turkey Malaysia as rates had ed for them as it had for other grievances picket. Only to a dormitory Tago can oe into.
armed with a shotgun.
Intimidation their tents drawn out 10-1.10 1C4 ABANDON especially thestrike.
OLEE STI smashed the strike.
black and wile.
law action, main yard of The stoppage was During the morning Mr. Place, agreed to delegation of The only suggestion which came management was that they"d rather let the crop rot than the picket, news came that in a country up DOOR OTTO RAOUT TeMe agency in Norwich as the were picking.
The picket moved in a column to -100 people, largely housewives and unemployed from Norwich, were Attempts to persuade the people to stop work failed. Thi picker tear both ends of the broke out botween pickers and wardents and the farm manager, Norman DRAGGED A tractor stopped at the picket.
Clements climbed into the driver: sent and drove it towards the because pickets way did people avoid being run behind moe and saw a foreman тио гора нео шле аш псоріс dived far cover. Someone warted taking pictures of the gunman sun into a car. Tbere was a lot of car and disarganisation by cbis time, but the picker was reformed and a decision was taken to move the picker hack to the farm offices, and to call the police continued. Stri that if they didn't return to wor and belongings would be dragged out of the camp.
Is was obvious by now that th would mean that only a long strike could succeed the -This would be impossible for thi loreigo workers who made upthe majority of the strikers. After a migrant workers said that were at a point where they had to move that Plac knew this, and only had to wait.
At Tunstead, three strikers who discussion had been in the morning's dele Tram tbe camp. Foreign seederes had all been removed on visas, were now too scared to be see having to pay their way that was theirreason for having to abandon soldiers.
it was decided that only a total strike could have any effect - for ATHENOT ENCE BEINC strength, The pickers ar Castle Farm began to find work on Two wecks later the police still had laid no charges against Clen ris, the cunan, or any pin others who bad so barbarously NF recruiter A racist Rhodesian propaganda THE Is Deny some commercial! in Britain, Based on the book Whispering Death by the white been shown in London under th title Death in the Sun, Its theme is the pursuit by a white nasa of a "errorist" who has raped murdered the white man's The film glorifies this lynchwhich results in the deaths — some under torture -of some twenty Africans, Believe it or not, the film is implicitly very critical of the Smith regime for being "solt' on the terrorists.
Ir was made with the assistance 0l the Rhodesira Coveramsent, which provided various facilitie inctuding mailitary equi Christopber Lee (taking time off from being Dracula to be a Rbodesian police commander); Trevor Howard as SITE and won't give it up without a fight': Sybil Dannin raped wife: and James Faulkner will HE HIS DECIAL BESOE Death in the Sum that it would not be surprising if the National LUCICTO recruiting film.
We are confronted racist propaganda posturing as I mavie as we do nor tolerate National Fron meetings, neither should we tal crate the showing of this film. WHET BORE SWORE CHEC ive form of propaganda Challenge readers bould watch lie um adverts 1o see if this racist filth is going to be hawked in their town. Once to be shown, you should demand that the manager takes it off and, This tim is not an isolated incident. News has come through That Richard Burton is so star in a HE DESCE ON SHOULEE Daniel Curney. The Wild Geese Take lare be done mere- technica. advisor will be ryl Other stars will he Robe LAUL, SOPLE MOUSE DUDE Bayd, Trevor Howard and David Niven, so it's obvlously intended to be a big budget movie prob SENTIN RENE SEDAT The Wild Geese will have a ned-colonialist approach The tilm's producer, Ewan Llayd has said: "This film will be ver worthwhile to South Africa's relationship with the rost of the If the anti-racisc policies o Equity, the actors union, and of Association of Cinemato graph and Television Technicians are to be more than paper pieries he making of this film demand Martial law in Willesden?
A LABOUR Part merober re cencly met a an army camp in the Midlands. The veered around to the Grunwick strike. The soldier saic categorically that he was on 'Red Alert' to move into Grunwick. It involve soldiers being based at the nearest army camp in North London who would move in from there in wagons, each of which could contain 40 The soldier claimed that he'd been given training in riot contro and dealing with civilians outside would have a vil palice officer commandir tech ane be suoject 1o cava Jaw The "Red Alert" period was due to last for three months. Party itember a description the hest was to deal with the picketa: "First you'd drench then with warmt water ta open thei into the skin, and finally col La few pie farmoured carst in and tha would be that!' security correspondent writes: The information sounds authentic enough. The Govern ment could act brough the Civil Contingencies Committee, first set up by Heath to deal with th miners strike of 1973-74. The committee is authorised not by Parliament (bough) to use th deal with terrorism. disasters (such as Flixborough). or to provide sullitary aid to the civil power pory that the army could be used in Grunwick. The composition of THE BICE IS RESPO bul Muley and Home Secretary Freed both Defence Minister SiE On it. * Those *ty the National Front havent WHO wondering be Interested in the following.
sales of she Nationa Association for Freedom paper Free Nation, have heen reported it over the cownry in Can brider two men selline in the market place were apprached br Workers Party The conrades recognised one of the sellers is a Natiomer Fron member who had participared in assaulting an SWP member lest The Free Nation sellers when confronted -Ліза argaressive, then defensive WIR THE MAM BE NEAREM Ler's hope Robert Moss NAPPY director, con be relied MW TRADERS DRUE ERU of subversion within his ranks.
THE POLICE Federation Jour nal's boob ont Paul Foot 'dentifying' him in a picture of the Grunwick dassic example of hora careless the police are when it comes to identifying people, as Peter Hain and George Davis know to their CoSt What is even more galling h that the person they mis-identi Fied is none other Grist, a militans of APEX (the which has called the picket), a member of the Inter. mation porter ou and an ardens supporter Socialist CRETEVIER THE LETTER WE Melen STONES THE ATE N Hungary by our East Earopean correspondent Oliver What Ms Maclean ones t mention is maut we discovere INALIS works for the press departmen of the Hungurium Embesy i LONDONE IS LINSU entitle her to stale her views in our paper, merely that it was a bit naughty to conceal the fact.
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