February.
unionists.
I would like to wish you every success on behalf of the firemen of the West Midlands Fire Service. During dispute relations between the police and firemen strained to say the least, and it opened the eyes of some of our members who thought police were our friends.
It just proved that they are nothing LOOS capitalist class who will go to any lengths to divide people. If you lose, the whole of the trade union movement does also. Keep your chin up and will see you Stafford."
This was the message sent by Caven Foster, chairperson of *E' division of UnC Midlands Fire Brigades Union, to the Wolverhampton defence campaign.
The campaign will picketing the trial of Dave Messages of support have been flowing into the defence committee, many of them from local trades Stevens opens Stafford on demanding the assault charges. our The West Midlands firefighters see this trial as a threat were to the trade union movement, because it involves the right to peacefully protest. To get rid of the the fear that when your march is attacked by a racist, it is the marchers who will end up in the the dock.
Dave Stevens was stewarding our demonstration against racist violence one individual march.
Dave was the one arrested. on charges of assaulting police officers. If he is convicted, it possible West sentence.
The firefighters are not the only SUDDOLLIE picket. The Wolverhampton be Trades Council, the Midlands Area Committee of February, dropping of protesting when attacked the prison the CPSA, Cannon Industries AUEW Shop Stewards Committee, ate among local trade the bodies UHOa sending contingents to West picket.
Over nine colleges in been handed in to Renee Short, Labour MP in Wolverhampton, calling for the dropping of Despite her request to submit these to the Home Office, she has been informed that game at rull last scason wach Chiedozie, a black player, took an awful battering from the fans decided that enough was enough and have set up Orient Against the Nazis.
The first leaflet got a really response Orient Brian Winston, Club Chairman, was not so pleased myself and against the Nazis,' he said, 'but we don't have that problem More into about the grow Gc/o ANL Hill, London E17.
Badges 20p plus 7p postage Anti-fascist cleared THE POLICE case against four anti-fascists arrested on the Digbeth Young National Front counter demonstration in fair February last year eventually came to court on 26 January.
I was one of the defendants but the case against me was successfully dismissed police officers gave evidence of having arrested me but my solicitor was able to produce a photograph from the local paper showing me being arrested by somebody else The police tried to cover up for a while but on the second day of the case they dropped the charges against me.
The case against the other three defendants unfortunately continues, with possible prison resulting from the charge of 'affray' if they are matter is sub-judice.
Such legal evasions will not prevent a picket of the court making the same point there at 10am on Monday 19 Stafford rcoruary -TOW Court.
YNF turn up at APPROXIMATELY 15 mem bers of the Young National Front have surfaced Leicester Polytechnic, many of them on full time courses.
They are seen in student pubs wearing Communist League badges. These badges bear a blue arrow pointin down - as opposed to the rec upward arrow of the ANL Recently Mackenzie Frank, an outspoken anti-racist at th Poly, had his jaw broken in an attack outside the Central Library. Other students have been followed home and threatened.
Students have replied to this Campaign Against Racism and Student Fascism in the Poly.
•far have included calling an anti-racist and issuing a leaflet exposing the NF's activities and naming some members.
NF responded by spreading rumours about their opponents. And a threat of legal action came from Reed Herbert, a local lawyer with a history of NF sympathies.
A LOBBY of the House of Commons has been called for Monday 19 February at 6.30pm on immigration.
The lobby is supported by the Southall IWA, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, and the Campaign Against Immigration Laws [CAIL].
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DAVE STEVENS, the Wolverhampton anti-racist, charged with assaulting a police officer last March, is due to appear in Stafford Crown Court on Monday 19