Registend with the Post Office as a zeuspaper, Publisbed ip Redoes for Rol Welly Pretopdd Protop Rowd, Loader V.I. 007-837 6954 and proud bo E.T, 1i2ho, 182 Personitie Rood, London N.. (01-837 9987) A storm has blown up in Nottingham over the council's outline planning permission for a massive 140,000 sq. It office block, to be rented by the council for the use of its officers.
Nearly twice this amount of office space is already vacant in the dity, and another half million sq. ft. is presently under construction!
Meanwhile, the provision of adequate housing for working people has been held up through lack of tinance and materias. The council's rehousing programme is already 20 per cent behind schedule, and there are an estimated 8,000 slum bouses, with 9,000 families on the council waiting List.
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Among the old hunds in the Nottingham office building nie is Colonel Solert the Cantre Point mustermind who is the surveyor-architect responsible for negotiating the deal for the 140,000 NIL monogEn And rusponsiblo for pushing the doal through the council's and illegal haste is the Labour majority.
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Lesbians hold first national conference The handiest 'smear" to use against the Women's Liberation Movement is that it is made up of lesbians' Why is it thought that this charge should stop women dead in their tracks?
Those who apply the label bolleve they can dismiss activists in the Women's Movement merely by indicating that they do not fit in with the role laid down for them by 1 May 1974 Page B ERNEST MANDEL, leading member of the Fourth International, seen addressing a meeting of 250 people in Manchester last week. At this and othar packed meetings in Drids, Birmingham, London and Oxford, comrade Mandal explained the importance of the upsurge of workers" struggles in Europe in relation to the developing capitalist crisis. At each meeting, other speakers called for a massive mobilisation for the Chile demo and stressed the importance for students of the Revolutionary Students Rally on 4 May, has made is peated attempts to oppose the uffice block develapment, and to securu from the committee information about the procussing if the planning applications For this admirable interest, Evuns has bour expelled fom the Labour group on the council ACTION COMMITTEE An action committee has been formed to oppose the office block, demand that humes be bust on the site, and that the details of all dals botwuun the council and the speculators be peblishen The committoo was initiated by the Raleigh Street Arun Residents Association, and it has been joined by a numher of athur lenants and residents poops, Labour Party Young Socialiss, IMG, and trade union branches.
A local UCATT branch is presently CONAL MUCKIE TIL AL WINC proposed offices, and a demonstrution is plannud for 28 May.
With all the muck now beginning to come to light in the North-Fast Labour strong-hold, -and that is likely to he permed beer by a parliamentary soyal WE WOKES LEKC ACTION TO EUTES OFFICES into homes and expose the graft which brings the speculators miltions society.
The Women's Movement is indeed anxious to free women from a role primarily based on having kids, and challenges the definitions which society imposes on women.
Lesbians, Loo,reject these definitions, and last weekend three bundred lesbians attended their first ever national conference, held at Kent University, Workshops were beld on lesbian colliers; lesbians in the National Union of Students, definitions of sexuality: and lesbians and the revolutionary left.
A vanety of political organisations Moves to cut down the British millitury presence in the key Ander sonstown area of West Belfast indicale a shift of policy by the Labour Government towards an increased the Ulster Defence Regiment, and the Free State Army, to hold the line agpinst the IRA.
imminent evacuation by the Brilish Army of its Silver City and Falls Road bus depot posts. This follows the pull-out from Casement Park a few months ago are increasingly being re equipped equipment used only in the North of Ireland. It was the RUC which rearrested escaped Republican leuder Ivor Bell: they are showing their faces more often in catholic areas.
Rapublicans in Ardeyne told me that about two weeks ago they followed throc Inack-loads of troops to Aldergrove were officially supposed to be ending (beir tour of duty ut that time, hocuse it is anxious not lo frighten its Irish laneerson A unanimous Swel al angush arose from the SDLP, the Faulkner Unionists, and the fince Stare Government after Roy Mason's roomi pull the troops out clear warning that Labour Is beang subjected to severe internal and extornal were represented, including the Gay ment, International Marxist Group, and the International Socialists. The necessity for lesbians to organise independently was stressed, and un important debate was begun on the need to fuse the struggles for sexual biberation with those of other opressed groups ism is the most under-discussed subject in the Women's Movement, and resolved that an afternoon should be sel aside at the next national women' conference for workshops on lesbianism.
in Belfast use of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Andersonstown News reports the hiding there.
Signs of this trend can be seen withdrawal. everywhere in Belfast, Army vehicles with VHF radios to replace the UHF probable.
The Governmont is keeping this quiet speech, which was a Liberation Froat, the Women's MoveThe conference fele that lesbianThe execution of a Pakistani ten boy by the IRA in South Armagh a fortnight ago will have jolted many on the lett. But the IRA had become suspicious after he bad been supplying tea and suger to local houses When unusually large quantities were purchused, the houses were raided by the British Army, presumably on the chance that someone might be The fRA rimply does not carry public. out random murders, Its intelligence is excellent, and its discipline light.
pressures to commit Itsell to a date for Hut this seaung down de troop numpers does out mean a toning down of repros sion Juste the reverse. Army positions in the Ardoyne, and probably in other arcas bat mure intense military effort is Rees shriously hopes to boost recruit ment to the REC and UDR ood the Seathern Army will step up it border patrolling But since no substantial Topwitment from catbolics can be expecbed, tho RU! and UDR can only be beefed up from the protestants. This means even loss screening Out of Calme lovalist element:
At the L.DH's moeption in 1970 there was an attempl to exclude the worst of the old 'B' Specials. Hataftor internment the Remember that when the next witch hunt blows un It was significant that the Irish edition of the Daily Mirror on 23. Aptil placed the story on a front page, with scraming headlines, while coverage in British pupers was relatrely muted. Editors are evidently concerned that Horror' stories about Ireland are likely now to produce a why don't we take the troops out?" reaction, from the British Remember that when they tell you that the British Army is winning need for troops was so great that the door was thrown wide open. TDR arms in large quantities have since found their way to the UVF and UDA.
Rees's cowatilly pollcy will eventually position in an attempt to blackmail Labour into poncessions, and this will in turn strensthen the hand of repression and reaction at Bocain-as indicated by Powell' moves towards an alliance hetween Orange tam, racisms, and the yearners for Empire.
The British biboar morement must demand the withdrawal of thie troops from Ireland-But firmly on the basis of ending the repression, and civing self-determinathon to the irish people. As the Troops Out Muvement conference on 11 May will escablish, this is the only way to broak Essen University student Bob Findlay, one of those arrested during pickating incidents makes a point during last Wodnesday's NUS rally thera. Bob will be one of the many students from all over the country attending the ING REVOLUTIONARY STUDENTS RALLY in London thes Satur day. The rally starts at 10 am in Conway Hall and will include speakers from abroad For final details phone 01-278 9626 Photo EZRA NATHAN (Red Wcekly?