Trade unionists, for perhaps the first time in this country, have come to the aid of students at Essex.
Jack Collins, Kent NUM leader, which protested against the arrests and demanded the dropping of all disciplinary charges. Collins denounced Reg Prentice, the new Education Minister, for encouraging the authorities to continue their campaign CHUNGER aguinst students, and his refusal to intervene to stop the trials and keep the police off the campus.
Derbyshire miners followed up Collins call for support by writing a blank cheque for the bail of the arrested students, and two of the largest trades councils in the The start of the damonstration called last week in solidarity with the students of Emax, which was supported by contingents from collages and universities all ove Britain. Rut sudants alone will not win the faht for higher wants — that is why the support for the Essex struggle from the organised labour movement is so important. country -Manchester and Liverpool for the actions of the students.
ded by blacking goods destined for The In vory and toe campus workers are moving to black any goods delivered by scab drivers.
These are the moves which are it is this sort of strategy, backed up by militant direct action, which will win the students friends where it counts-not with the capitalist press and the college authorities, to be sure; but with worker, tenants, and can expect the rough end of the stick from the Labour Government.
months around their rapidly increas ing poverty. The real value of the grant is declining by over 6 per cent a year.
an extra fl70 a year, and an end to the system where students on nearly their local council's "discretion' A get nothing at all. have sent messages promising support Local trade unionists have responfrightening the college authorities and all the other groups in society who can E170 CLAIM Students have been fighting for 18 The NUS has submitted a claim for all non-degree courses have to rely on At the same time, the college and local authorities are being progressively starved of money lot the expansion Labour's budget this week confirms This means that the stakes in the The militant fight led by the left ess and raised the spoutre of a studentCHILE CONFERENCE (Continued from front page):
The opening reporter in the Other for 5 May.
Tariq Ali (IMG) stated that given question discussed.
The attack on students in Oxford.
Squads of strong arm men hired by the University administration attacking students. The rigged disciplinary triaks.
The violence shown by the police at demonstrations and the arrests during street fights between students and police.
Kent students being threatened with conspiracy charges and disciplinary hearings after their defence of the principle that students should not be expelled | For if the militants at these univers frown colleges. The rabed red-haiting campaign of the local and national press aimed at the 1MG in particular SHE FLAT MASSIVE COINCHAN KENT PRESIDENT at Essex Univenity. The arrest of over a hundred pickets and the bringing of charge on wtoch the Shrewsbury buälding workers were convicted.
The NUS Conference in Liverpeol this coming week must be the place where the call goes out to defend the struggle az Esser, Kent and Oxford.
ties camnot be defended, then the prosperts for relaunching the grants campaign and carrying it to final victory are dim indeed.
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