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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

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The Red Mole Vol. 1, No. 8, August 1970 · p. 3 of the scan · 205 words

The scan: v01n08-aug-1970.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 3 of the scan

SCHOOLS ACTION UNION-LEAFLET RAID ON ST. DUNSTAN'S COLLEGE, CATFORD On the morning of July 11, 1970, twenty members of London SAU ran madly about trying to make them selves look "respectable" enough to blend with the invited guests for Speech "Open" Day. One of our girls actually went so far as to buy an elegant summer straw hat, priced 15/- from C & A, . which she said she'd re-sell to her bourgeois friends. No one wore the detested school unifurm except our boys inside St. Dunstan's who were not to be involved in the action, although they had proposed it. We were eleven in number from five schools, including five girls, plus eight inside St. Dunstan's.

We had nine genuine invitations, and two faked ones. About six of us got into the Great Hall, the rest into the small hall for the overflow boys and guests. Comrades will have realised that we are only producing monthly 12-page Moles during July and August. We will resume our fortnightly schedule from September 15th.

As you know we have not let this fact hamper our coverage of important struggles. We have produced 4-page Broadsheets to deal with the General Election, Greece, Ireland and the Dock

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