KENTUCKY: Miners, pensioners, women and children have been among these thrown in jail for pickering during a three month fight by Brookside coal miners for the right to be covered by the natione! United Mine Workers contract, Previousty they belonged to the Southern Labour Union, a local. outfit run by the meesive Duke Pawer Company, which STA A DUODEE OT IRC IA LC AMAE Beause it could set a precedent in an ares which produces 50 million of the 135 million tons of nonUMW coal mined esch yesr in the USA, the employers ara using avery method possibile to crush the strike: state troopers heve been brought in to beck up the ase of stabs, and 91 pickets have so far been arrested. However the miners are equelly amore of the strin's significance, and are appeeling for support throughout the area, especially irom students on the local 108-03-3 GUINE-BISSAU: Luis Cabral, head of the Republic of Guine-Bissau which uss declared on 24 September, concluded a 10 dey tour of the liberated areas ast. weekend. Together with a porty of officials and toreign journalists, he visited heath centres, schouls, and training camps, thus disproving claims by tha Partugues co ortal forces that they stilf remin control ouar the whole area Raul Condi Sendic since his arrest in June 1972. PArIs university on 9 November. This new threat to their lvis comes at o-time when activity by the Tuperaros has revied and is once more beginning to woery the regine. A halt to any further a perationt is demanded as a condition tor the vapriove of Sendic and nis comrades. But this danger can be mullified if suft cient international attention is focussed on the case. Already defeno: committees are functioning in Buenas Aires and PARIS: A new weve of attacks on leftists has been laur ched in regent weeks by the fascist bands in Frenes, Particu arly active have been militants of the New Order" group, which was disselved afong with the Communist Leegue on 28 June bot hes now been reconstituted around the jarnal Faire Front Among incidents so for reported heve been an accack on neym. paper seliers at the Rambuteau markerin Park on 4 November, as a result of which a seller of Rouge and e militant of the Workers Struggle group were hospitalised, and anttack on tivo facultis of the A further provocation planned by the fascists is a mosling et the Mutualite hail on 19 Decanbir in support of the Ch-inan Junta and aginst ittegal immigration, Qur corracus of Rbuce have welcomed NAME the Coromunist Party's call for anci-fascist committees to be set ap in the unisersities in resconse to these provocations, but stress the need to go beyond this to organise joint workers defense groups. In December meeting to taka place unchal enged would be aserou seback for the whole working dass unjust and criminal ver." His couragenus action alls for international solidarity, and inside Israel support is aiso being organised notably by the comrades of the Foarth International in Matzpen-Marxist aunouen they treinseloes nave poted tor rausitioner work inside the army.
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