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This was a fitting conclusion to the "law and order" activities CLICKACE • The police minder of Binir Peach in Southall was followed denunciations OF: demonstrators by all the major * Merlyn Rees turned aside the demands Tor 12 DUDLE enquiry into Blair's murder and SUBSCRIBE Domestic: 6 months, 15; 12 months, E10 Abroad: Airmail, £16.50. Surface, £10 per annum. Multi-reader Institutions: double individual rate Special domestic election offer: 12 for 3 months Name I Address.
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with the Post Office as a communities ALLARGHS GICLES CO stepped up. All such groups will in West be the targets of a new "law and order' offensive.
Both Eabour and Tories have found made it clear that they intend to agaInst outlaw traditional union prac tices such picketing: both have tried to equate the left Sun for Socialist Unity and the Socialist Workers Party — with the NF:
Southall the police murder Peach — police profection was there in plenty socialists and the racist enquiry into Southall on 23 April.
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FIGHT FOR YOUTH RIGHTS!
NATIONAI. REVOLUTION RALLY
Saturday, 5 May, noon to midnight Speakers include:
Tariq Ali, Bernadette McAliskey, Barney Mogatle (Soweto Student), Rock Against Sexism, and others.
Tickets: E1.50
Workshops include:
Sexism • Sexuality and music• The nature of fascism • Ireland and internationalism • Students as youth • Building a wtion at school BLACKS BRITANNICA and others.
Militant films • food • drink • stalls • exhibitions disbanding of the SPG. There is also a need for a trade union METIE events n Most importantly, the visible growth of state repression in couple of years. highlighted most clearly in the past two weeks, means that militants must once more put to the fore of their activities the defence of democratic rights.
The mass resistance shown in Southall is as good an example Films include: make fundamental changes in everything thut mutters in the next Tive years. The form of the nexi government won't in itself determine whether the living standards of people rise or Tall whether the rucists are finully driven from the streets: whether the young unemployed continue that way:
ithdrawn from the North of Irelund; or whether women's limite abortion rights ure further restricted.
These questions will be decided in the same way that we have seen events developing in Soutball, What was crucial in the mus defiance was the lead given by all those who provided u militune and united answer to the racisis in und out of untform, in und aut of the main political parties.
Of course the result of the generul election will base an Importunt bearing on whether working people will refuse to accept the vicinus policies put forward by both the Tors and Luhour leaders, A cole for Labor represents a class vole, It is the working close voling for the party if sees as its own, against the party of the This doesn't mean that every sole cast will he in agreement with Lahour's policies, In fact, asigniticant number of sorking class voters will abstain, demorulised victims of the government's measures.
Furthermore, it will be easier to light for a socinlist ulfernative lo the left of 1 abour when this party is in office. When Labour formi: The opposition, it poses thie alternutive If that li why we are for the return of a Labour posersment, if is also why me une voting for socialist Linity where it is stunding in sufe Labour seats. During the election Socialist Enity hus, in a modest way, begun to outlibe how that socialist allernative can he organised, and what policies it will he bused on.
Socialist Unity has not been used us u marron sectarian esercise. Nor has it been used lo put over abstract propapanda with mr relaticinship to the strusgies presently going on Rusher Socialist Cnif has beerused in the election to prosnote the type of wait shown in Southall, and to promote the tope of tired organisation that is vital on every issue that concerns the Socialist Unity has argued that it is possible for militands to worl together and to fight hack together. A vote For Socialist Unity is a vote for the policies thut can hiring this about, Rock for Revolation Gig in the evening with:
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