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Fascist thugs strike in Brighton

Red Weekly No. 38, 8 February 1974 · pp. 11-12 of the scan · 225 words

The scan: rw-no38-feb-8-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 11 of the scan

the bookshop of the CPB(M-L) in Brighton Last Saturday. They turned over furniture. threw books on the floor, and tore down posters. The comrade looking after the shop was knocked to the ground They then sought out Cam Matheson, Presideut of the Students Union at Sussex University. They intimidated Cam, who is a member of the CP. into sticking up a National Frout poster, and warned that they would return a week later to see that it was still up. They also made antisemific remarks about a girl typist, and threatUnion paper 'into his eyes'. of all NF activities from colleges. ened to smash the glasses of the editor of the It seems unlikely that the four were from the Brighton aren, but known NF members were seen on tbe campus the week before, posibly on a reconaissance missión, If this means that the Front are urgunising groups of NAME travelling thugs, the implications are serious. Any attack must be met by the united self-defence of all working class organisations, and this must include the expulsion of all NF mem bers from the NUS, and the rigorous exclusion (British Section of the Fourth Internationed) 97 Caledonian Roed, London N. 1 I would like more infor mation about the ING and its activities Red Weekly 8 February 1974 Pege 11

page 12 of the scan

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