The ruling class realises that with a Labour Government in power -and from their point of view a weak Government whose 'social contract" management. has done little to stop the working cinss from nunching militant wage struggles- it has to rely far more on the law, the police and the courts. Since Labour came to office not only have the Shrewsbury two Te mained inside but wore attacks on Hardly was the February elect ING lou over than bordes of police waded indo student pickets at Essex Univer sity, arresting 105 in two days.
Asian workers on strike for 13 weeks at Art Castings. Nunerton, were consistently harassed. Police used the excuse of examining inn¡gration papers to remove pickers.
-In April workers occupying the Strachan's factory were evicted by police acting in consultation with On 15 June 1974 hundreds of foot and mounted police smashed into an anti-fascist demonstrution in Landon. Kevin Gately died. The response of the Labour Government was to appoint the Scarman tribunal which whitewashed the police action and tried to make a scapegoat of the - During the summer pickets came under police attack at imperial Typewriters, Leicester (with the help of the National Front), and Ford's Dagenlum. Even a nurses, demonstration in London was attucked!
- Police next rioted at the Windsor Park pop festival in late August 1