French Trotskyists - threat of ban

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Last Friday the French fascist mass meeting in the centre of Paris to mobilise support for a bltantly racist anti-immigration campaign.

A counter-demonstration was organised by a number of groups on the extreme left, most prominent of which was the Communist League French section of the Fourth International, French authorities undertook to protect the meeting and placed hundreds of riot equipped police at the disposal of the fascists. The counter-demonstration was massive success, and led to hours of pitched battles between the police and demonstrators. The demonstrators, used to the ferocious brutality of the police riot squads, came fully equipped for combat, and generally seem to have carried the day The police promptly replied by a raid on the Paris headquarters of the Communist League, The raiders did widespread damage inside the buildang. and took twenty five members of the League into custody, Fourteen ting the weapons laws, and central committee member Pierre Rousser has heen kept in custody for almost a week without bail campaign calling for the banning of the League and the arrest of Alain Krivine, a prominent League member often treated by the capitalist press as its leader.' The French cabinet meets today. 28 fune, to discuss the matter Fascist activity has increased over organisution Ordre Nouveau held a the past few months, and a number have occurred quite recently. But the actions led by the League have prevented the French fascists from asquiring the kind of mass support they have in Italy. They have abso revealed the close links between the fascists and the capitalist state, thus taking it difficult for the former to capitalist. masquerade as radical" and antiThe League i receiving very widespread sympathy from trade unionists and other groups in French society Internctional Marxist Group & Socialist Labour League JOINT MEEING BOB PENNINGION (ING)

GERRY HEALY (SLE FRIDAY 6 JULY 8PM ACTON TOWN HA HIGH STREET ACTO Conchas to the meeting King's Cross - Yuek Way, N.T Si George's Cireus (nr. Eleptiunt & Castle) - Melliam Hill Building who have leas than pleasant memories of fascism, both past and present. of armed attacks or striking workers One of the main trade union confederations, the CFDT, the congress of the French Socialist Party, and the United Socialist Party (PSU), have all blamed the incident authorities' decision to allow the meeting to take place The whole British left has a duty to solidarise with the Communist League if any further repressive moves are made against it. We could well learn much from the way in which the League has cartied fight against the fascist organisations.

Colechon wil be made for Strewstiny 24 Ept leave at 19:00

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The Tory government's wage freeze (from Nov

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