*We must argue for a democratically controlled Welfare State, a hundred social workers attending the Case-Con conference on 19-20 May were told by guest speaker Lionel Sims, a member of IS. And for Cresey Cannan, another guest speaker, the path for radical social workers was to struggle. in the unions for the implementation of universal welfare benefits; support for claimants' and clients unions; and and to demand control over our work situation.
The conferenes revealed the conflict between those social workers who believe that it is possible to democratise • part of the State apporatus, while anxious to shed their role as social policemen, and those who are attemp ting to formulate a revolutionary strategy for social workers, which would include resistance to the crosion of wellate bonelils As a militant from Camden argued: "It is not sufficient to have a class analysis. Case-Con must work out a political strategy which social workers can relate to their day-to-day experiences, for example around issues such as homelessness, and which would indude alliances with other workers in strugele.' The newly elected editorial collective for the Case-Con journal was instruc ted to organise a campaign against the proposed legislation which will re move the legal obligation for local authorities to provide accommodation for homeless families. It was also agreed to support demonstrations and pickets in support of the Shrewsbury building workers, and to organise a couch to attend the themingham conference against racialism.
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OCCUPATION: fast 10, the people arrested after the London car bombings in March, are having to undergo a series of aggravations before they are allowed in the committal proceedings now taking place at Lambeth Magistrates' Court. This is a blatant attempt to discour all women visitors were subjected to strip searches - they had to stand in only their underwear while they were examined in close detail. Similarly, two days later, all male visitors were required to undergo the same humiliating procedure in a room underneath the court.
Two babies carried in their mothers' arms had their nappies removed to permit searches by those masters of subtlety, Special Brunch officers.
These renewed attempts at harassment, aimed at weakening morale all round, coincided with the arrival at Lambeth of an Irish member of the British Special Branch, who personally ordered the searches.
Photo shows workers in the process of tearing down a management-erected barricade in the dispatch department of Gardner's engineering works in Manchester, parts of which have been occupied for nearly two months. The action took place during a mum picket on Wednesday, 23 May, which hus well supported by other engineering workers un the sres OOOH Visits to the 10 by their relatives during lunchtime recessions are also being made unnecessarily difficult as part of a deliberate policy of demor SALTOL.
When these matters were raised in court by a defending solicitor, the Sir Frank Milton, replied that they were outside his jurisdicton in they concorded 80 Cartly 188068 We SATE HIREC therefore that such treatment will continue for the duration of committal proceedings. Michael Farrall, a leader of People's Democracy in the North of traland, was sentenced to eight months in Jail last Friday for musing a breach of the peace during a march through Belfast last r cartary On the same day it was announced thet charges of "promoting the aims of the IRA against Republican Labour MP Paddy Kennedy had bean dropped. The contrast in treatment of these two men has of course nothing to do with the fact that 'Republican Labour are playing Britain's game by tering candidates i te od and Assembly alections, wherees PD have been in the forafront of the campaign to Doy cott tem The Royal Berkshire and Wiltshire Hegiment is about to undertake its first tour of duty in the North of Ireland and according to its commanding officer, can't wait to get there. As a morale booster, the Hegi mental band is giving a display in Reading Internment League is organising a demonstration against this. charade, _and is appealing for support from the Londoni Home Counties area. Pravisional assembly point is Forbury Gerdens Inpar Reading station] at 11,30 a.m Thrae more irishmen have been arrested in the mounting police offenshe, this time in Blackburn. Seen Colley 130) Patrick John McCabe (21), and Michael Kneeseley 123) appeared in court twice last week charged with conspiracy to remanded in custody to appear again this Friday.
Socialists in Canterbury are mounting a campaign against the National Front which for the first time is putting up a cardidate in the local ciections. Recently a picket was organised outside the main hotel where the NF were holding a meet ing, as a result of which the fascists were asked to leave by an embarrassed manage ment who feared bat their trade might SLITTEE. An anti-tasert united frant ha been established on the University campus to fight the NF propaganda and if neges