30 JANUARY 1975 No86 PRICE 8p. movement. Last week our January Fund Drive reached the £250 mark. This means that we still need another E150 to make our January total of 2400.
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FRANCO CAPRINO, the imprisoned Italian militant threatened with deportation, has been Teleused trom jail and had the deportation order against him lifted. This is an important vietory for the left and the whole labour Caprino was arrested five weeks ago and presented with a deporta lion order signed personally by Home Secretary Roy. Jenkins, ordering him out of the country in the public good. This step was taken under a little known section of the Immigration Act which gives the Home Secretary sweeping and arbitrary powers.
He need not give any reason for his have not yet pot the message, and have action, and there is no legal appeal against his decision — only the right to ask three "advisers appointed by the Home Secretary to take a look at the case.
Unie Caprico's decision to appen: before the advisers prevented him being put on the next plane to Haly and Have the lest and immicrant proups a chance to publicise his case and organise solidarity actions.
NO EVIDENCE In the end Jenkins reyursed his order even before his "advisers" had time to consider the case. This makes it obvious that the police had no evidence whatsoever against Caprino, and that they - and the Home Secretary-were engaged in a blatant attempt to victi ESTE mise him for his left-wing views and rade union activity. enny we can got is needed to maintain the paper. The capitalist system