IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

IN THE SCHOOLS...

Red Weekly No. 75, 7 November 1974 · p. 2 of the scan · 263 words

The scan: rw-no75-nov-7-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 2 of the scan

The headmaster of Latymer School may not be a fascist sympathiser, but the nonetheiss invited the fascist leader. Martin Webster to address the Sixth Forn at his scheol on Monday.

The incident would have passed without comment, however, had not the National Union of School Students (NOSS) mounted an effective picker of the sebool last Monday, Over a Hundred people turned up, and many students from inside the school came. out and expressed support for the PICKeT A nomber of them who jained the picket were forped back in by tenchers though, who threatenod 'severe punishments unless they obered and "went back to class Six students who refised to obey were physically dragged into school by toe coppers.

Red Weekly 7 November 1974 Pag: 2 AGAINST burcaucratic way in which the NUSS so s orces of this nature. Instead of building action committees in the schools, and linking these ap with teachers and trade unionists, the NUSS leadeship merely wants Lo patrot the petions of the TEN for instance, maved a resolution at a conforcaco on odocabonal spending the weekend before the demo which supporred the Social Contract, Given this attitude it is hardly surprising that cannot he mobilised by NUSS.

We must demand that more money is put into education; that more schools are built; that teachers are paid more: and that there are more facilities. We should also demand that all 16year old students receive full grants with crushevold clauses arcached The NUSS presidont (a CP member)

the most milicant core of school students

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