eventually so transformed that the hand which holds the hod takes over the drawing board.
It is a natural ambition - although one not necessarily entertained by all the sufferers will be black as well as white.
in Rhodesia.
over-haste elsewhere in Africa.
Who runs the Un-Free Press in is, retelling of the trivial so as to cotland? The famous firm of make even the dullest of readers nomsor think he'd a story in him. This dora Doory, Deste Fate Dat Not a bad name for D. C which loves Sir Alec Douglas atypical.
* Cos in Scotland's bAnd Britain's They include, " Mr Thompson publishing company. brings a dog back from the dead' most reactionary newspaper group. • We've found the hov Mr Robertson was lookir Their main publications are The ' Glory Sunday Post circulation 1,800,000 a week, The Weekly stuck in the window?
circulation 1,200,000 a eek, the Dundee Courier & The next few weeks will be criser ano e bardi Irening Telegraph, both of whic Crest of drea din in the o on the East -PALICaL 1U on the AEU for daring to ask for La pay increase. they publish a huge number of comics for children and a series of If course every newspape estigious is the Scors Magazine.
timated that out 30,000,000 copies of children's caics pubished in Britain each week, Thomson's issue But the Sunday Post and the 20,000,000. oiner nomnson ozners oive nothing else - except for he organisation is strictly nor be 1926 strike. (In Thomson's his is called the "Hold-up '). New Why should my taxes go to pay For the big families of th immigrants o the ateniois ot the brinand unions to maintain an organisation Essentially they hate anyone who within the firm. The unions lost. disturbs the even tenor of life in the suburbs; anyone Since 1926 most of the printers roduces a ne n the nem nave been non-un10 nited talk of the bus into tow To keep their loyalty DCT anyone wno Ininks there Is a promised that anyone who didn't world outside the cosy well-li houses of the lumpen-middleor life. Manv unskilled me suint wowre tiavc a ju class. agreed.
Im 1952 another attempt wa ade to unionise the firm. 11 the country gets it.
wide blacking of the firm and its Why? products. This time the law Intervened and the strikers had to Basically they promote an attitude of Christian •causeu win a declaranon ua setorin membershin ot a union Belt-tightening and self-denial i wouldn't automatically get a wnat every workine man and worker the sack. won period ol be dine during this period of crisis.
Now the firm's rules state: * The stimated that the profits of the Irm doesn't recognise trade Sunday Post are £30,000 a week ons. Any employers who seek to force others to join will be We all like to feel we're Especially it the oct al-demot oatt Despite this, many departments Deme Do aeainst itis not Fairly well organised Іл оде ourselves but some outside agency. of the major offices the Pressroom - 985. the Stereotypers are abou Thomson's deny being colour 506, while the Caseroom is about Chis has unusual piece in their opinion column, docts. Where the pressroom makes you think". But it's surely not actionable to mention that ensca incy get plenty of over- time and a good rate. But the One worker in six in the Rova caseroom which doesn't have any Mint is coloured threat to hold over the Ian Smith has no truer supporter in Britain than the Thomson dregs The most interesting feature of African terrorists is sure to get a 1cos. any piece warnina o he Thomson Press is the political age. The Duke of Montros hodesia's top Scot, is a ver atitudes held. To call them reactionary is wrong. They are so latisfied reader. Another Thomson wonders if the avounte is enocn rowerne realise latter s crude racialism finds a bas taken place. responsive chord in the Sunday Post.
he atritud obably stem No one hus yet discovered how upar Thomson. nakes. It's a private company nuch profit the Thomson empir although they have a half share in Southern Independent Television". When they got the homson group is complicated Those interested can find it in Jamrose's book, British Newspapers and lher On the editorial side of the business, there is no comparison will any other newspaner. On the Sundav rose tor examoe ine editor, Johnny Martin's idea is for the to look as if it has been pparently there's a sub i ndee who re-writes all th •us all - it's an attack law to legalise misbehaviour between men The language used in the paper is No one in Scotland speaks this ' Jings Haly Smoke , "Gosh '.
language - but by now everyone Woring conditions for journalists are incredible According t political eporters in their Glasgow offic it's only a few vears since ecutoria stait were rectireo to put in an hour's linotyping practice on a Saturday morning.
When a staff man in a country branch office crashed the office car, he was sent a Raleigh 3- -speed rear bike - on which he had to pay carrage at the station idea into the A surprising thing is that so many of the journalists employed on the Labour supporters of They still have to write what wat medas anytning nowadays.
the e ult andy by ir Harold® (1 homson)
Every Friday he lumbers into the Dundee office of the Sunday Post and confers with the Editor. Most or me ume ne ponders unon the Destes dicas for y e scads page stories. Ocasionaly he an edict. Mostly it's on politics.
But a few months age it was about a non-existent plague of weeds affecting Scotland. A story was written. even Social-democrats Some time ago he walked into Ine Leopte s Journal onice in Dundee and flourished a number of blank sheets of paper.
"The tournal circulates te tarmers, he said, But how many of you know how to spell the most important word in the farmer's vocauulaty and uttered an explosive cry.
1c me Il azal 'Now write it down', he said in a normal voice and passed the Sheets round the reporters. They looked blank. Harold noticed and performed the motion and uttered the sound again.
sound a farmer makes to his horse. it should be speit versions of how Harold examined their efforts rather disapprovingly. Then he onwards you will receive the Dwarf regularly at fortnightly intervals. We have been foreed to reduce our size because of printer difficulties. Yet Friends and enemies please note: The Black Dwarf is here to stay. We are growing every day. They have been exceptionally patient and understanding. We would like to emphasise again that the Dwarf is your is prepared to sell it please get in touch with us immediately.
We hope that the new year will see the struggle against capitalism and the Dwarf continue as a paper of and for the revolutionary Left in this country. That it not be allied to any particular tendeney. This is crucial if we are to maintain its non-sectarian nature. It is a pity that some selfin a society such as ours we should let even half a dozen flowers bloom.
A Get Gorton Ad Hoe Committee has heer formed to organise demonstrations against the during his visit to London for the Prime Ministers' Conference (7 to 15 January). Sew Zeanaerer Against the Vietiam Wat (ANZAVW), the committee will co-ordinate plans to picket Australia House during th week of anti-Gorton protests. The political motives behind the protests are clearcut.
Austana las troops in viemam, opposcu tae bombing halt and now opposes the Paris peace talks. This emphasises one of the essential points about Australia's involvement in the var: Australia is not simply a running dog of he US imperialists. It has struck a more hawkish posture in Asia than any other countr except Formosa. . Throughout the war whenever been the 'ally" which has blackmalled the Americans into escalating.
report was sent in James Dance is our MP. He's old, MP's made a big mistake when 447 37076 they wisted soun y ternam at ine request of the Saigon Government W e disiTRe James - We diStIRE Stooges " in their efforts t suppress our Vietnamese onservative Club - so mu their country) organise!
• we are anarchisis and anarchistic Trotskyites - some are VSC standing to attention.
The town look becoming the winners - he Monday, 6 Jan: Anti-apartheid The Polities of Communica Pouse, Sut James Street, SWi: eve of the Commonwealth Pop Minam Tuesdatence Prime nclude Raymon to: Communications 7 Jan: Commonwealth P.M.'s Conference, May Day Conference. Should be Manifesto picketed throughout. Represen London WI tatives of fascist state Malowi, Kenya, Pakistar Sunday, 12 Jan: Ad-Hoe Ghana, Australia and New Committee on Rhodesia, in zealana, will be tere!
Marlborough House.
Corner to the Round House Saturday, 11 Jan: ANZAW Confrontation outside Australia House, onwards to the Savoy, where Gorton will ion. Africa Centre, King be staying. 11 am. Most of our difficulties now seem to be over and we assure you that from now another 50 printers in the London area have refused to print us mainly for political reasons. So the struggle continues. Those who have been spreading rumours to the effeet that the Dwarf was about to fold up will be disappointed.
apologise for our irregularity to our subseribers who now number 1,000 and newspaper and help of any sort is always welcome, particularly in the sphere of cireulation. If you can help distribute the paper or know of any shop which imperialism continue on a world-wide scale. As far as Britain is concerned the Dwarf will do all that it can to support those who are struggling against capitalism regardless of what political group they belong to. It is our aim that proclaimed Maoist bookshops in the Camden Road refuse to stoek the Black Dwarf because ' you've got Trotskyists on your Editorial Board '. True. We also have Maoists, Guevarists, ete. For a left-wing bookshop to discriminate against us on vulgar, Stalinist grounds is a disgrace. No one is surprised when W. H. Smith and John Menzies refuse to stock us, but we are surprised when those who call themselves Maoists behave in the same way. Surely, comrades, Racialism is implieit in Australia's Vietnam Before they get down here,' is the grotesque logie of Gorton's foreign policy Gorton is maintaini the country's immora White Australia and allows British pastora interess to siamelessy expone Aboriginals. Whenever pressure Is brought to bear to improve the conditions of the Aboriginals, Gorton finds it convenient to call the agitators to operate on the campus and defended in the Hou se of Representatives the action of oops in Vietnar who tortured a 7 year old Vietnamese girl. When demos strations erupted earlier this vear over the Vietnam policy he described the partieipants as 'nuts" and added: *I will only tolerate dissent in this country as long as it remains ineffective?
Get Gerton during the Prime Ministers' Conference!
Use wait/joke/plot and answe the uestions of journalists and M Large, the Tory Party secretary. 1 minutes later his car pulls 4t last Friendly Timmie appear up the drive and we sit down nes not gome e ReeD nis one minutes comirace menore read appoinment! our declaration offering a Reward Tory Councillors swear, I faught Area castaras says one tu the Pentagon and their Saigon throwing a flag at one of us. We apprehend him while he was in Our James says he knows a great The arguments continue but tere ends on a good note; ' we've illustrated Parlamentary stumbles/mutters and becomes Democracy to be the farce we confused and utters statements know it to be' By rave, with CAST etc, a tion: Conference at the Africa New Merlin's Cave, Marger Centre, 38 King Street, WC2. Street, WC1, 8.30 pm. Incande Raymond piakes. Pagieton, Tom Naten, and Free Terry Communications Group. 30/cheque/PO's abour Party, Parliament and The Struggle for Socialism. , 11 Fitzroy Square, 7.15 pm at Central Hall, Waltmie ter kert and Tribune. ociation with Black People's LUXEMBURG/KAR 25 Jan: ROSA Saturday, 18 Jan: IS meeting:
Luxemburg Commemora- ed by Inte Street, WC2, 3.30 pm. Followed SOTT
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Black majority rule in Rhodesia is not just as matter of political theory. What we are confronted with is a country, whose hod carriers are black, being
present hod-carriers. But will it be feasible to attain this in a span of 15 years without the risk of a lot of jerry-building? Lives will be disrupted in the process and, if the experiment fails, the
* Hasten slowly ' is ancient advice. So, too, is " more haste less speed '. Both should be applied by Parliament when it considers the pace of black advance
There is more to this than conforming to the theories of political idealists whose eyes are so set on the horizon that they fail to see the tragic results of
This was the leading editorial of the Evening Telegraph' of Wednesday, 16 October, 1968. It is a typical example. The rag is printed in Dundee.
the peney one pes i. on! The bull's head was