various frioge groups which upenly exist to leflurnce our policy decisons, the Executive Councit feel bound to draw the atlention of all Branch Officers and Committees to the dangers which exist for our organisition if these activities continue unheeded. The Executive Couneil feele it in only necessary to draw aftention te the activities of these groups for the good sense of cur Branches and members to prevail, and that having done this, anse of our Distriet or Branch Officials will allow their names or the name of our Union to be used to further the aclivities of these fringe graups For the basiness of our Union is che business of its membens and not the concern of any outsde political group. If our members decide that political action is necessary, then we have the means of pursuing that through our affilution to the Labour Party. Hat we oursehes intriate such action, and in that sense it is we who direet the politicians and not che politicians who direct us "Meanwhik, the Executie Council hopes that this slatement will scrve to alert Branch Officials to the dangers of allowing themsehes and our Union's name to be ued for the political purposes of the ringe groups we have named Branches receiving any such material as instanco ii thes slafement should snd er firthwith to the General Secretary for report to the Executive Council in accordance with our Rules.
This artilicial division between poltics and coonernics (though of cocrse Labour Party politics are excluded!) is typical of trade union bureaucrats in Britain. They prefer to ignore the feet that the Tosies decided that it was important politimily to inflict a defeat on the postal workers and prodeeded to do so, while Mosars Jackson, Stagu & Co. restrained themselves to delivering plous homities about keeping polities our of the strugele. Wherhe: they like it or not ali the revolerionary graups will continue to try and win ufluence in the UPW and all other trade unions, beesuse ae tuas beneve chat anly politieised, revolaticnary trade untonise can succeed in eficelively combatring and siding ia the destruction of capitalisn. There will be mare white hain in the bg mostache before long..
-Clarissa Howard and pointed out that the real tragedy lay not only in the brutal killings of George Jackson and the Attica prisoners. but also in the fact that there had been no gencralised response from the black communities inside the ghettoes in reply to the imarders. This reflected a certain demoralisation which had set in with the breakup of the Black Panther Party and the inability of other revolutionary organisations to gain an implantation in the ghettoes.
Other speakers followed, first a black militant from the Angela Davis Defence Committee appealed to the Spartacus League to set up a branch in Notting Hill Gate ( this was accepted!) and then a defendant in the Mangrove Trial, who had the meeting rollicking with laughter at his brilliant descriptions of the crude and blatart racism of the Notting Hill police: "Fourleen pies charge in, heat you up and theo arrest you and change vow with assaalt." After orher centributions from the Hoor, Piers Corbyn explained what the Notring Hill S.L. was engiged in doing and invited all militants interested in further activities fo attend Red Cirdle descussion mectings organised by the S.L. regularly. The meeting ended with watching a TV film on the state of American prisons For those interested in further activities in Notting Hill Gate, the Red Circle meets regularly in Monday erenings at the Ladbeoke Pub, near Ladbroke Grose.
-Jem Noble On Saturday 24th September. the River Don Shop Stewards Committee called for a demo in support of steelworkees fighting against the threatened hiving off of profitable sections of BSC to Firth Brown, sew 2,500 workers march against unemployment. 4.500 jobs are directly threatened, but the possibility of the eventual closure of the entire factory involving 7,500 workers, remains a real threat. The demo was seen as part of a compaiyn which will link up with the TL.C's campaign against unemploymont. A nore detailed analysis of the situation in the steel industry will appear in the next issue of che poper.
LOUIAARLE monk intel Ranke the frist westour angerisoned bE LONELAOHUTAPTRNACVNS LIan isden, irreles d po she 30c Septenber 1971. He sasle the followige siatemene do & Nod Mole reporter win poete fim cotaide the prison. "After It months of deporling on press reports. 1 want to gel up lo date on what has really been happening. E want to be of whatever use 1 can to tie inti emperialist struggle in Irelund. This Sarusday 12md Ocmberi 1 will he speaking at screet meerings in the Ansi-filerrment League's mass rally at Hyde *The Heitish Army and the Stormont government wield every weapon available tn smash opposition to Unionisn. The Hainswweth Commitiee has obliged hy DOUTLnE awmeaNne teurE dOER GEeI felling diat to the men, women and chiblren that I have seen suffering in Hallymurphiy that it does no hat" The Berish guverament has declared war on the
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