roots movement and distort it to their own So the GLC tenants' present struggle is a "non-political' non-PARTY-political sense.
The success of the GLC tenants' struggle has been dependent on the Tenants These were formed number of different ways. Some estates have been prompted into forming associations by the indirect action of political organisations. The Communist Party, for example, through the National Asociation of Tenants and Residents (NATR). On many estates the idea of forming a Tenants' Association was already present in people's minds; the assoclauion existed In embryo. It needed no political party, but increase in October 1968, and it was withheld 20,000 tenants. This was followed in November by a pledge from the GLC that there would be no evictions - clearly a triumph for the tenants since the task of evicting 20,00 families was obviously too much. The GL( then embarked on their characteristic waiting game, designed to break tenants" morale through inaction. This situation continued unti! February of this year when they sent letters to those in arrears threatening to summons them for debt if they did not pay up. Threats. Tenants sent the letters back to County Hall. Idle threats. The GLC did nothing but headmaster because of his long hair, unpunctuality, etc. The headmaster was not in his study, so the comrade waited there, which is apparently against the rules. When the head turned up, an argument took place, and the comrade was suspended indefinitely, the reason given being that he had used the words "fuck off". When he turned up for a school exam, he was refused admittance, threatened with the police, and finally removed physically from the exam room.
the school, a meeting on LSE organised by SAU comrades was broken up by a teacher on the grounds that the class-room might be needed for other purposes. The headmaster made accusations about 'agitators' and threatened several students with reporting to the board of governors if they did not obey his every whim.
St. Clement Dane's, Shepherd's Bush (voluntary-aided)
Alth hcaamactor unilad m Borough tenants. GLCTAC become Committee. This united action against GLC and the United Tenants' Action local Borough increases is important. From the Borough tenants' point of view the support of the GLC tenants gives their fight an organised start and strong backing. For the GLC tenants it is important because the GLC intends to hand over half its estates to local boroughs by 1970, at which time they themselves become Borough tenants.