Committee presided over by Sir Edward Boyle launched recently by John MacWilliam on a A FEW MORE FRONTS Palestine: Demo The Palestine Solidarity Campaign held 1ts demonstration in London on Sunday May 11th, protest at the anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel, May 15th 1948.
The marchers assembled at Hyde Park and then marched down oxjora si. to trajargar sq. Jor a mass About 2,000 supporters took part in the was led bessex Palestin nes dressing th Palestinian flag and dressed in the neadress o fedayeen.
The slogans shouted were: "Free, Free Palestine "Down with Zionism", we are all freedom nenter.
Trafalgar drowned in the shouts At the meeting representatives from Arab and OrganIsaLIOns SDOKe. ines included:
or London Koor. Dave volpe of the Association of The meeting was chaired by Fred Halliday of The black Dwart.
The meeting began and ended with readings and the the Scottish nationalists who tried to disrupt the meeting had been routed. But the demo had not attracte nore militants than the previous one held in Februar information about the Palestinian issue.
Anis 010031312MS S18133804 170070a1 20030102 02 80 40050804 militants are moving from traditional nationalist positions to nationalDrOLESSES combine to mutually radicausine movemene.
THE R.A.F. GREAT COAT AND THE REVOLUTION An RAF great coat caused a row at Owens School Islington recently. It was worn by an SAU militant in the sixth form. Regulations are conventional style"
"one overcoat language teacher there evidently decided it wasn't conventional enough. He began to tell the schools action comrade exactly what he thought of his coat himself etc. Invective shook the building. Another member of the SAU heard it and decided this wasn't on. He wrote a letter to the noisy teacher suggesting he apologise When this was handed in on the Monday morning a special staff meeting was held. It was proposed to EXPEL the SAU comrade who had complained. A large proportion of staff refused to give their support to the head. County Hall was contacted and told the head to cool it. The last ming mney wanicu was al outbreak in London schools now, over an RAF great coat.
RSSF SEMINAR IN LEICESTER Comrades who have been a bit pissed off with RSSF conferences because of the prevailing sectarianism and the constant voting and re-voting ete have a golden opportunity to make their views felt in Leicester (June 14 June 17th). RSSF is organising a national seminar open to ALL students on 'STUDENT sierangines iscussions contende problems o STRUGGLES' organisation, ideological struggle, emancipation, counter-strategy LO une bosses (Vice-Chancellors) and of the contradictions among the students. All interested comrades please contact RSSF for further details.
in the following way: Yes He/she is coming over to your apartment, probably to stay for the night. Do you:
Frantically change 6-week-old sheets and buy a new Pile up red books, Newsletters, captured police helmets, marbles, NEr tags on the bed so it 0ok more like a barricade!
COOl and leave the apartment just as it is?
He suddenly brings out a set of old copies of Oz and insists on showing them to you. Do youBlush, but ask to see them a second time?
Treat it all as a bit of nostalgic and scabrous Australiana, making witty comments as to tie stagg. photographic quality, ambience and technique? suggest that you both try some of the poses? ARTS COUNCIL IN FACOP The attacks on our ossified institutions goes on. Suddenly A new group of cultural guerillas known as London has become have at last launched a probing offensive against Circuit magazine details their proposals for the Co-operative, setting up of an Artists council and includes a Section confidential report prepared by Hugh Willatt distributing agitational political films the Arts Council's Secretary General.
important occupation in the Arts Council's offices in Piccadilly. The intense planning and study by anyone considering similar action: the perhaps the most amazing objective was a meeting of the New Activities Cinema in the Portobello Road.
and containing, exact location of the meeting. With some weeks various organisations to go the occupation team began training. likely reactions of the committee and showing up the weaknesses of the confronters. The team uncontrollable tending to steamroller the arguments rather than present them with the incisive force required.
The six were; Helena Patterson, Jos Tilson, Susan Dave Robbins. Three girls were deliberately chosen for various obvious reasons; most of the John MacWilliam will be glad to give it. committee were men. Nothing was left chance. All the arguments likely to be used by the committee were discussed for many days and the counter arguments shaped and given style. The day came and in they marched.
It must be one ot the first organised invasions of a government. committee. All the initial reactions were exactly as predicted but their training told them how to cope pleasantly and efficiently with every obstacle. For two hours ten worthy administrators of our official culture were forced into a confrontation with the real world. Let's hope learned sometme FACOP is now calling a meeting of all artists would spend that 6 million pound grant a year in some beautiful ways instead of propping up a institutions like Covent Garden (£1,280,000). lot of insanely pompous middleclass ATTENTION SCOTTISH COMRADES Bolshevik pure and simple and was held in great esteem by Comrades Lenin and Trotsky.
was appointed Bolshevik Consul in Glasgow after the Russian Revolution and his opposition to the first World War led to his arrest on charges of sedition in May 1918. His Speech from the Dock has just been issued by the International Marxist Group (Scottish branch)
with an excellent introduction by Bob Purdie.
Many passages of his speech are as applicable today as they were fifty years ago. "I AM NO.
HERE Maclean: I AM HERE AS THE ACCUSER OF ACCUSED." declared DRIPPING WITH BLOOD FROM HEAD TO FOOT." The pamphlet is available from: Arthur Stuart, 156 Wilton St, GLASGOW NW.
DWARF BIRTHDAY QUESTIONNAIRE No . Results of the survey will be published in subsequent Dwarfs.
Ask her/him to pick it up?
Observe something to the effect that "Oh veah. there's been ar awful lot of clap around lately."
Realizing that you'll be going to a demo the next day, in regard to your wardrobe, do you:
Make sure to pick out suitable clothing that you can wear next dav?
Rush out and buy a chastity belt to prevent mishaps at the police staton s Just to be ditticult, wear a steel anti-tear gas protective mask from Japanese embassy In the heat of passion, you remember, too late, that she'll notice you're wearing dirty underwear. Do you:
Start an evocative bit on the erotic power of acrid male body smell!
Blame CACCSSIVE. bourgeois
ELECTRIC CINEMA IN LONDON the underground film scene in extraordinarily active.
FACOP (Friends of the Arts Council Operative) There are now dozens of young film-makers all blasting away from the hip. New organisations the ridiculous Arts Council. The new issue of such as Cinema Action, London Film-Makers Newsreel, Angry Arts Film are all involved in making and and showing them wherever they can. intact Last month FACOP carried out a very getting your film shown is one of the major problems. Several good new cinemas have opened in London recently, the New Cinema thoroughness of the operation would repay Club at Nash House is a good example. But is the Electric This was figures, Sir Joseph Lackwood, head of EMbable capital of 35. ll runs twice nightly for three days a week and all the profits are given away.
An inside man gave them the date, time and So far about £300 has been distributed to Men and Notting LSE students tund. Release and Hill Rehearsals simulated the situation revealing the Squatters. On 13th June and for the following latest Jean-Luc Godard GAIE was cut from 20 to 6. The larger number was SAVOIR. All profits will be given to this newspaper so we hope you will turn up in your thousands.
Anyone can run a film club after hours in their local cinema although there are some laws Braden, Peter Sedgeley, David Bieda, you have got to be careful about. If you want any help or advice about how to set this up SOCIALIST UNITY IN IRELAND? At last the socialists in the People's Democracy have started to get together to work out what they are doing. 150 of them, young workers outnumbering students, met in private on Saturday May and discussed their relationship with the Civil Rights movement and the Catholic middle class, as well as with the Protestants. Bernadette didn't turn up which is a pity, as they need her more in Mid-Ulster than they do in London, especially now that they are facing a crucial period of consolidation. They will be meeting again soon to build up their contacts with the South; we Jook forward to a united iris socials movement.
Dwarf readers ought to know the truth about fou National Freedom Movement, Campaign for Direc Housing, and rree Land rubiisners. A couple o months ago, National Freedom Movement oftere Agit-Prop an office in Sloane Street, Chelsea. They comrades were to meet at it were When they were told tha since their office had been raided several times, a ma was on auard there all night. every night. Since th original idea was to have been an Agit-Prop work ro , the National Front obviously jumpe Their chance ta die confrontation r out groups of thugs to bash up landlords whos tenants are up in arms against sium conditions - re.
Campaign for Direct Housing. Now they are invitin to come and work for them at 15/- or £1 a any Dire National Front, contact tiran this a the hour. Anyone prepared to -sHoe. onerwise. keep away Trom unem
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