Over 40 anti-fascist militants, mainly from the International Marxist Group, picketed the Home Office last Saturday to demand that all charges arising out of the 15 June demonstration in Red Lion Square be dropped, and that Pater Cooper (see abovel and IS member Nicholas Pitt be immediately released from jail, Photo: ANDHEW WIARD (Report; Lord Scarman's Inquiry into the 15 June anti-fascist demonstration reached one of its climaxes last week when Brian Heron and Dave Bailey appeared to testity for the international Marxist Group.
Their testimony was an important opportunity to outline the arguments for mounting the 15 June action and stressing the fact that the political responsibility for Kevin Gateley's death must rest at the door of the police.
Every pathetic little twist and turn was tried by lawyets from the Home Office, the police and the National Front to confuse and fudge the issues. Farquarson, QC (representing the police) dealing with the fact that a section of the IMG contingent linked arms to march away from the Square, produced such gems from his brilliant legal mind as so the IMG hold each other's hands, ch?' When it was pointed out by the IMG that they advised demonstrators to wear and use the minimum necessary protective clothing and sclf-defenice, in response to the level of violence and armament of Red Weekly 26 September 1074 Page 2 as introducing the language of civil war' The 'evil war' of the picket lines, the factory occupations and the whole workers stragile seemed so far away from the cosy atmosphere of the Tribunal that Scarman boys when it was introduced to disturh their comfort.
The IMC's decisson to appear at the liquity clearly proved correct. The ING IS the number one candidate for scapegoat for the results of the police riot. they passed the agreed route of the demonstration, and intended to put a propesal for a mass picket to a mass meeting of all the demonstrstors outside Conway Hall, the IMG is made out to be the villain of the mece. but the appearance and tel resentation of the IMG at the Tribunal to get away with this.
in the Tribunal the IMG begins to put the Tribunal on trial before the working class. The police action on 15 June was part and parcel of the upgrading of police actions in the class struggle. Aay sirensliening of the police or the state's hand proposed by Scarman will come from the real fear of the ruling class of more Sals leys, and more factory occupations. This too was inade clear by the ING witnesses The final indictment against the Tribu nel must surely be Scarman's hurried intthe police and National Front, this was seen couption of the testimony on the IMG'S the June 15 demonstrators.
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the Industrial Relations Act, Finally, be pointed out, Lord Carson, a leader of the Tory Party between 1912-14. had called the working class, quite another for the ruling class.