BLACK THIS SHIP - the British-built Chilean destroyer "Williams", currendly being refitted on Tyneside afong with her sister ship, "fiveros plain-clothes members of the Special Patrol Group throughout the entire These events add to the fears already expressed by the Belfast Ten Defence Committee about the impos sibility of a fair trial for the Ten in the present situation, Press head lines about Sisters of Terror", in reparts which run alongside scare stories about bombings, will add to the already massive prejudice against the defendants.
At the seme time, the trial of four leading Irish militants is taking place in the Did Bailey. Bowes Egan, John Grey. Michael 'Kane and John ice" from military court-martials.
can affairs, but British imperialism as well. The two warships were orig mally built in Barrow for the Chilean Government. They are now being refitted in Tyneside Thousands of socialist militants have died in the heroic resistance to the recent military coup in Chile. Thousands more have filled the jails of the new military dictatorship, awaiting summary just Meanwhile, two Chilean warships are sitting in the Tyneside shipyards of Swan-Hunter, Their presence there is a reminder that it is not only American imperialist that has had a hand in recent ChilSupport for the Chilean workers, peasants and socialist militants must be organised throug hout the working class move ment. All goods moving to or from Chile must be uncondit ionally blacked, as the Hull dockers are reported to be doing. A movement must be created that can prevent the Tories granting recognition, ot continuing any form of aid, to this dictatorship, which has come to power over the bodies of Chilean socialists.
Of particular urgency is the struggie to get work on the two destroyem stopped and to ensure that they are not all owed to retum to Chile. Kesclutions to this effect should be passed by every working class organisation in the coun try, and massive protest actions organised to back such resolutions.
The Chilean military may have succeeded in destroying the Popular Unity Goverment, but the struggle of the Chilean wor kers and peasants will go on.
They will desperately need the solidarity and support of the international working class mo vement. We must do our part to ensure that they get backing No Recognition of the Military End All Aid to the Military Black All Chilean Trade.
Keep the Warships Out of the Hands of the Chilean Butchers
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Militants in Court