To the Editor of The Black Dwarf: As a participant in the October 27th demonstration, I left Grosvenor Square when some members of the crowd began provoking the police. In addition to disagreeing with their tactics, it seems to me that these provocations are self-defeating. At the beginning of the march a fellow standing by me offered an invitation to the bobbies within earshot to join the demonstration for higher wages'. This started me thinking: these demonstrators are making an appeal to the 'workers"; this is apparent in many of the signs and chants. And what, pray tell, is the cop? An aristocrat? And with whom do all the workers viewing the demonstration empathize? One wrongly glorifies the cop when treating him as a political enemy. If this is extended, wny not stone taxe drivers because they transport capitalists to their places of business Dear Comrade Editor. where they exploit workers? True, the cop represents the establishment Following your Diary note about and its laws. But, as a worker. As a our Principal, you may be interested result of his maltreatment, he and to hear of his first military action. many other workers being on October 27th. alienated. The policeman is being Having had calls from Adams made a primary enemy of the move- since Friday pleading for support in ment, with verbal and physical the press, it occurred to Sir John abuse as the weapons in combating Hackett, his own militant him. Police "over-reaction' of students might do an 'LSE' on him. course intolerable. But why shit on He therefore immediately ordered a cop without reason? It is as much full pass checking over the weekthe cop's law he is enforcing as and, and invited the Union yours. He's a worker just doing his executive to join him in defending goddam job. 'our" college. Thus on Sunday, memWILLIAM M. GURVITCH. bers of the executive could be seen P.S. I am an American whose trip in the upper windows, and Sir here coincided unintentionally with Hackett ascended, with binoculars the demonstration. and golfing cap, to the room. Neighbouring sections of the march were surprised when the King's contingent changed from 'Victory to the NIP to 'NATO out of King's and from Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh to 'Prince00K00S Black Dwarf should not Involved themselves. Why? Because their Ideas. Ideas that is. that will obvious as we would wish them to Itself the vanguard paper, but they cannot relate their human pre- help to explain how and why and Seen To DB. we nave a auty to almost as a trade paper dicament our tub-thumping. what led. Is leading them to create a rival culture which reflects whatever level Handing a leaflet to workers de- take on the battle against their the aspirations of our movement in scribing their economic alienation alienation. This can be done by such a way that the short term might be. Any contributions coul must, I feel, be accompanied by an any way which is possible to print "lutility" of knocking one's head be sent to me care of the paper.
ISAAC DEUTSCHER MEMORIAL PRIZI
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