Registered with the Post Office at & newspaper, Pubushed by Reigorest for Red Weekly, 182 Pontomule Road, London N. J. /01-837 d934) end printed by EJ. Litho (T.Ul) Lad., 182 Pentonsile Road, London N.J. (01-837 9987) Tarig Ali, who was arrested with several others on the anti-Cactano demonstra tions in July, was lined E50 last Wednes day, 31 Outcher. The fine was imposed by a Mr. Jobling, a Wells Street magis trate who studioury disrepared all the photographic evidence disproving the police case, which alleged that All End managed to assault two constables while holding a beel case in his hamd.
Throughout the trial which lasted almost a day - the magistrate was at pains to parent defence lawyer Rock Tansey from hreekie daren the police eriduno. Indeed, he partially touk over the role of prosecutor and was heard to munbur encouragement to the police witneses (all members of the Spocial Patrol Groupi.
The politics and activities of the International Marxist Group will be featured as part of a BBC-2 television programme this However, on the fellowing day even Jobling found it difficult to convict NUS Secretary Steve Parry and Communist Party similar charges, so glaring wore the inconsistencies in tbe palice evidenos, and they were eventually acquitted. Becaose all the charges flowed from the sanc alleged series of incidents, All's lawyers are making a close study of the evidence in the Parry/ Fauvet case before deciding whether or not to appeal.
In any caso, the trial of the five militants arrested on the recent London demonstration against the National Front is still pending. Money Is urgendy needed to cover expenses in all these cases: Please rush donations to: IMG (Defence Fund), 182 Pentonville Road, London, N.L. In Oxford University, normally a bastion of reaction, over 400 stodente are occupy ing the central Examination Schnots Mass mectings of more than a thousand people have been held in support od demarule for a studonte mina huildine Support has been pouring in from othes COURSES TOUSHEN country, and at Oxford Polytechnic a man meeting of over 350 students voted unanimously to support the occupation, with a big con tingent marching to join it. However the stadents own so-called Representatin Council executive has scabhed on th occupation, It has even gone to thi extent of organising strong-arm squads Largely composed of local Communist Party members, which have assisted the police in attacking students trying lo in the scepation The University is uning legal threats and victimisation attempts to defuse struggle, sumounding the building from time to time with police - hoth the special University police (known as Bull Legs? and the moe ordinary variety But the students have not been dis couraged either by these legal threats Of by the scabhing of the Student Rep resentative Council Suppott continues to grow, and a national demonstration in planned for this Saturday. 10 November.
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Saturday 10 November, The programme, for some reason entitled "Westminster", starts at 6,35 p.m.