Tacticsused by students on 16 May turned a Nottingham Monday Club meeting into high farce nvited the South African Ambassador, Hendrik Luttrig, to speak at the Albert Hetel on Apartheid The Reasoned Approach.
some years ago. "Ah yes, Monday Club although they have suhsequently received the bills. At 5 p.m. the time the Ambassador LEYLAND MOTORS L Up at Leyland's in Lancashire the workers have been having magnificent relations with the nanagement, so good in fact that they haven't had a strike there for 40 vours. The management towarded them for this ommendable concern for our export trade (A nose nrders filled of time for ah tho: years, Lord Stokes) by paying them much less han the more militant follows in che West Midlands and Scotland. Since the amalgamation The Monday Club-composed of the right wing tories and several National Front members-had the police Several hours before the meeting a Rhodesian member of the University Socialist Society had equalities both within Leylands itself an between Leylards and che West Midlands an Sentland, Forty years of industrial peace is now at an end. Worst affected have beer some 1000g He men on piece rates. he rates have stave? the samo while the cost of living has rupidly increased. Further, Leyland have put a ceiling of double the basic wage on piece rate carnings and these workers were only getting a f15 basic. Worse still there aro many difficult job: in the factory where the chances of making an bunus at all are slight and wcek after week pase shen the workers tank home only this deductions. They Te [18.10.0 basic for semi skilled workers skilled and equal pay for wuren doing the same work. As well as the piece rate workers all 8500 men in Leyland's fise factories came out in solidarity. Conveners from the West Midlands and Scotland came to Leyland to express the known, so he gave himseit up constable 95. All three have been remanded on £50 bail for tral on 26tb June.
Apartheid, Let's hope they never do.
recent strike meeting, only one man opposed capital reeling strike to and he master continuit on eduction is if Every rice union member. At the time of writing, the men wreaks progressively more havoc with the finely notician so they hee not received a pay ladie from their Union - tho ALF. The men are asking themselves if this is what they have paid back against the wall, and half the world lost to their Union dues for - some of them for 40 American capital, your concern with your years. The union's excuse is the men's failure to stinking markets is going to be that much conform to the burcaucratic consuming procedure laid down by the unions for the rocognition of a strike.
truggle in purely economistic terms, aftluer apitalism is shown up for the sham it is. Th British Capitalist is no long able to buy off his workers with a tew more consumer g0odies.
more soma their way, he actually needs some of with what lack of conscience their services are socialists slond at the doors arguing with two Monday Cluh guards, other members of the Clah called the hotel. But Johnny had already been arrested once at a demonstration: his name and address were Immediately afterwards Paul Harrison was arrested, Finally Brian Dasey, after being pushe out onto the pavement, was arrested for using obscene language. By the time he reached the polic station the charge had been miraculously changed to violent behaviour in licensed premises and assaulting a police officer'. Police serjeant 124 Charles Underwood is alleged to have been assaulted by Davey, and to have arrested him. A number of witnesses agreo that he was actually arrested by Police Money is urgently needed for defence. Contact Nottingham University Socialist Society. In all the confusion the Anbassador was completely confused. He never made it and th was cancelled and Nortingham's businessmen didn't hear the reasoned approach te intensive industries calculations of our Captains of If you are a Brilish Capitalist with you the one strong urinely, Lord Stokes churns out the current bourgoois line about loss of export Whatever the outcome of this particular orders and ultimately loss of jobs for the men. But the multiplying contradictions of British Capital will teach the workers that the onry real socurity for them lies in struggle. For as a result amalgamations the real lack of WHITKEIS welfare raust become obvious. The men will see
Dear Sir, Recently in the press. there has heen a lot of talk about REpublicanism, reference to the Civil Rights Movement here. I am writing to your paper to explain just what Republicanism is since 1 consider that Black Dwarf is one of the few papers which will print the truth about our movement.
The Republican Movement (also known as Sinn Fein) is based broadly speaking on the writings of James Connolly: its aim is to set up an all-Ireland Democratic Socialist Republic. We assert that our frecdom has not yet been won, that the 26 County Republic (Eire) declared in 1949 is a sham. Ireland cannot be free until her whole wealth is under the control of the organised working people of the whole country.
and their foreign monopolist bosses.
The principle on which we hase our demands for the reunification of Ireland is opt out of the nation even though it may have a claim to some special concessions within the nation. For this reason, we refuse to recognise (de jure) the constitutions of either Northern or Southern Ireland.
Unionist Govertment which has banned our Consequently, lubs throughout the North. Our newspaper, Th inited Irishman, is also banned and anyon Found be bacted of post site copy i Despite this, Republicans continue to ave taken a tull part in other oppressed peoples and give unem whatever moral support we can. But we will not be dictated to or be dominated by a plilosophy ally US. interference in Vietnan tervention in Czechoslovakia and we woul expect that they would condemn British intervention in Ireland.
We in the North, though hampered by legality and other disabilities, are building a ovement that, when the time comes, will be able to draw on the support of all working whether Protestant. Catholic or system, the Irish in Britain, to help us in our struggle by voicing your support for our cause.
1 would like to end with a quote from the President of Sian Fein which sums up our cause:
*It must he made clear, however, that Republicans do not ask the people of the Six revolution, and long live pot Counties to come into the existing 26 County State. We wouk not wish that fate on anyone. Fe ask the people of the Six Counties to joir with the people of the 26 Counties in abolishing and in establishing a Republic for the whole island in workers wito create the wealth will decide how and where it is used."
Wishing you every success with your newspaper Patrick O Cleary Dear Comrade, your advice on 16th May. Hire the best lawyer you can find and then don't pay him. "I am sure you will not take it as a criticism of your leading role if 1 mention that this attractive metliod of struggle had already been evolved spantaneously by some clements.
You will I think he pleased to learn of a complementary tactic that some lawyers are working on. Guided of course exclusively by the long term interests of the movement, we plan to extract huge fees in advance and then to fail to tum up at court or cise so to handle the case that tite client gets at least five years. You will see that especially with in this way yourg people can be thoroughly cured of their illusions about justice and the state machine. an excellent cadre of martyrs can b ssembled, and the lawyers will be able to affor to buy the Black Dwarf.
Trusting all this has your approval, as they say.
Yours fraternally, Anthony Young.
Dear Black Dwarf.
I have just lit up a large joint, and am thinking about your statement that the "politically correct answer" to the question "Is pot helping the revolution?" is "No. Pot is essentially a middle-class activity and serves simply as a diversion away from the main task of building the revolution"
What do you mean, "politically correc!" simply that no minority group has the right to West Indian immigrants who are not noticeubly Pot was introduced into this country by middle-class. It is also used by thousands of ery social act, by the way), the type of society ve live in is implicitly rejected. Not because o anything inherent in the nature of pot (though this may have something to do with it, bu because of a number if cultural and socia factors that Marxists ignore at their peril Does "polilically coltect" include the concept of a new type of consciousness? If not it should. The new consciousness to do with non-aggressiv dentification evolutionar does epresent a break. Stopping outside the confine of the prevailing ideology is surely the first step creation revolutionary As for pot It's no country air, or sex - or anything else We don't think that plea counter-revolutionary; heads manage to do we? Com any plenty hard-working and effective revolutionaries as well as heads: you'd be surprised how many.
Don't let's be too facile about what's politically correct and what isn't Not human affairs can be entirely wrapped up (and dismissed) simply by pining the appropriate -Ism onto them. Surely the supreme lesson of the French May events is that a revolutionary consciousness can emerge in unexpected ways.
So long live Black Dwarf, long live the Red Head.
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o 1 recently spent seven days in Brixton jai efore being tried and found guilty of failing tr ditch ten bob's worth of hashish when accosted that in addition to prisoncis in beds there were wrote unt at once. Late that night it was news of my whereshouts could well have been delayed from Thursday morning until Monday Yorkur. 150 per copy. morningwhen arrested, yet the other prisoners were continually supplying me with smokes. My the depressing privilege of shouting al me inmate told me in the exercise yard that the tortured and destroyed peuple 1 met When I re-appeare at court, my details were can'. I was given a conditional ourt I had been a builder's labourer an stiffer. They thought me a sad case, which is not my own judgment. week to learn a lesson. Yes, but the lesson wa a workshy layabout went inside for a raught by men inside slipping me a dog-end and by my dumb knowledge that many of them wil be there ten or twelve years after I have forgetten that lousy jail.
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